, 1876-07-27

YAxcEBuaa, Ky., July 22.-Thc facts below
were communicated to us by Col. W. 8. l:and,
who was called on as counsel for tho unfortunate
Lee. Last Monday, Robert ELLIS, son Ut nx-
Sheriff satn Ellis, of Lewis County, KY, was
csatltng uats In hs field near Tolsboro, and was
approached by man named Washington Lee, a
near nctghbor, who told Mr. Ellis tlat he ha,l
cosl,c to kill lin for tho seduction Of his vile.
alr. Ellis denied any unlawful acquaintance
With his wife. Instead Of soothing
Lco's anger, this seemed to exaspcratc It
1nosy than ever. Without further conversation,
Ice fired ons barrol ofal shotgun,
loa1ed with larEc s1ugs, At Mr.. Ellis. Tho slut
dil not hase tue desired effest, but Inat!latetl
most earnestly for his afe hut tn no aYall. Leo
Us quickly tlrel tils sesd,ld shut, whtgll took
effect III Ellis leaI. Mr. Fila .liod instantly.
Lee tnlI Ellis, while tho Inter waa begging for
'llooa, aud woult. have It. AT ths 'nou,ant tho
fatal slut was lret, and tl4c soul 4 puuF Ellis
wAs buried bsforu its Stnkcr uaprepared. al1.
Ellis ialtGr was nrWr by with another aon ut
tle time vi thu fatnl sl4oottng, but wus power
less u aid hla murdered SON.
Les, sllcn won't to tic nuthorit!cs and gnye
himself np. liz was safely lodged tn jaii Ut this
place tlat afternuon. Leo was perfectly cool,
a,Hl talked freely upat', any suo1sst. l.ea Is
llis confession to Cnl. Rand stutcd tlMt le had
lad fur wives, all OF wllum l.ad proved lt,-
faithful to him, walicl', l!u said, causctl ltm TO
have no eon1dsHco " men, women, churches
courts, and forced lin tt, tho ErrNt erfnu Ut
50 hclnoils a murder. ~ his 'tfetiao ilo l,a.l
fur fou. yeaFs bren tlcgallt mulnher Of tic
baptist Church, after which te attaeEca linl-
srif to tic MethoIlst faith, III whc'. lu runaln-
I'd for eight years. lie thon adl lle l,ul To uBe
fur lawyers Or clergy'nvn. llc sail he expected
to be haIgel for thv murder Of Gi'is, even ex.
pressing I Willingness to eM hEs existence 10
this wuy.
Monday night must hare been one Of misery
him to prepare fur death, rs lio wuu!l bu
lynchet, bcluro morning, and Ii he lad any cou-
tesslg}tg to n.nle T. wo9ll b. we t"r htm to o
wretch III pEisoli, who had expected during tic
hight to be lynehed al any moment. lii was
yet cool, calsa AMI deliberate, seemingly ready
ieE any emergency t'lat might cotno 70 h!n
During tho dAy he sung many songs Of y rclg-
| had done. He inquired how ihr Afasu,,s l,ad
buried Ellis, atd being informed that y was the
1argcst funeral that had ever hcun knowR iu
his funeral would take Place In the n4dt,l'n.ts,.
ha,r Of u o'clock Tuesday night large num-
eer of 1n4sked men were seen approaching tho
dtsniounted and tied their horscs about square
from thu jail, leaving with them guard. Tllcy
then went OIL foot to thu prison, Of which they
weru perfectly tguorant, III they tirst went to
tho kitchen door, whrru tho 1aflcr, Mr. Willis
tlssey, met them. Tic mob demanded the keys
Of tho TALLER, who refused to give them up. Tho
| spokesman iar n!e lynetIers thcn said, 'We
have como for Washington Lee, and demand
hln." The spokesman told TIC jailer tl,as tht y
wanted nGne other tlIan Lee. and that ho (tha
jaiterlnIght take nll other prisoners out until Leo
hal bccn secured. The spokesman told Mr.
liiscy that It was no tllne 10 argue, and sallcd
out "oac, two, three" Tie sl'okrsann sai'l,
"1'hrte-you know your .!uty.1 At lids guns
wcre lcycicd on the jaiser {Mr lIlsey now shows
wl.rrc the guns knocked Of tho skln), Tue
spokesman told tho Jailer to get d laAtarn and
follow him to the jail dour. Thu ja!tcs went
l'undes the cover of guns and showed tluIn the
! way to upen tho dtur.