The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-21

ter being handcuffeG to another prisoner
syss taken over 10 the county jail, followe
Qy the usual crowd OF curiosity seekers.
ANOTHER TALK WITH LEWIS.
A TINLEs preventative called at tn
county jaii yesterday afternoon, and had
conversation with Lewis, who seemed will
ing enough 10 talk, and at the same tim
somewhat constrained IN manner. In re
ply 10 the question as 10 what he had {,
say, ifbe wished anything published in re
gard to himself, he replied that he had not
Il am an innocent man" said he, ''and
will be aDleto prove nay innocence. / un
derstasd that yOu reporters have been told
lot OF stories about me, which | can tel
you now are lies. They donrdo any good
anc only help 10 prejudice the peopl,
against me-
..But you will be able to prove your in
nocence when brought before the court
won't you?" querisd tie reporter.
= Il don't want 10 get mt court il | can
help il" said he. "a ga. ss ! viii be able
10 CONVINCE them at the 7 liminary ex dm-
ination d the truth.of what lam telling
yI. MANY an innocent man has been hung
before me-"
"Yr, but the rope isn'; around your neck
by any means yet, joe
IL K o. IL amt, but many an innocent
man has been convicted Of what he never
did"
Il was told, to-day" continued The re-
porter, "lhat You We're Implicated in the
killing oi PIIksIon, the u,an who shot
BruoS some years ago, and also that you
= had Killed a nan at Hyandotte before you
came here
-. la
Aud the glisiening eyes and compressed lips
showed how strongly such a question at It
ed him. ats iie, told to you TO inJ -
me You can go and tell them tina, Iv.a
you that I say it's lie" After a pa,Is
a momen; or 50, he said, ':The jury . =.
anGslt- brought ina verdict ol uog
There was a III cf uIsa going arDunt Tor
, ing ceizens INTO the army. 4 kim of 4
rajN arose, aud "a ring inc row or Whatever
ia could cal. II, Que of the citizens was
j lied. I was arres ed, out the jury re-
5ei,.ed me.Al ave minutes. In that Pink
stdpn affair, WIS arrested with nine or tea
otbers, SnI all OF Us were released except
tiks1e OF four. They arrested every man at
III lat time VINO held his heal up
t.You say that there had never been anv
bsd feeling between yon aud Green. Now,
how is il that your wii., dau shter and son
swore before the coroners jury that there
had been?'
Il don't know, and don't believe they
sworeso ANYTHING OF that kind. Ii tney
did, it was something they didn't know
anything about. / dI MT have any hard
feelings against Green, never had any
words with him, and no threats ever passed
between US Green may have had hard
elinys against me, but didn't know about
it"
"Did you and he speak every time you
metz
I'VE didn't meet very often"
"But you spoke every time you did
meet ?"
"Yes."
"Where were you on the night OF the muir
der?"
"Ixa at home stayed there from the
ssvay the next morning, shortly after six
o'clock"
HOW ne FEELs.
Lewis is not inclined to talk, principally
frotf1 she fact, as he saws. that he has nothing
10 say He is more nervous than he has
been at any time since his arrest, but this
cannot be taken As sign of guilt, any
innocent man would act in a similar man.
ner under similar circumstances. He de-
MED that there was or had been any family
trouble between himself ami G,een, OF any,
thing of IN t soft. He most streuuously de-
nies any knowledge of the crime, and says
the first intimaiiou he had OF II was the
mex; morning, when a boy came down to the
store where he was working ani iold him
about il. Lewis is
An HoNFer STRAIGHTFORWARD II n,
bearing a good reputation, and hard-work-
ing and industrious He has been for years
Connected with the auctIcn house of q. Nj.
Barns, and is now in the employ OF Hon. j..
L. Abernathy He keenly feels the critical
situation in which he is placed, but afhrms
that, he will come ont of it all right. His
friends also confident that he will be
[ able TO prove his innocence, and it is to be
Loped that he will do SO. His previous
reputation is everything in hisfavor.
THE STORIES ABOUT HIM.
Among the stories current upon the
I street yesterday, floating around among the
/ thousand and one rumors which filled the
air. were two which were prominent among
I the rest, q bare outline of which Lewis
gave the reporter in the interview. Very
little could be learned regarding the al
lesed shooting of a man at Wyandotte, be-
fore Lewis came here, but from all which
could be CLEANED ne was innocent, as the
iury brought in a verdict of not guilty, af-
Ter being out q very short time. The Pink
stou affair was an exciting episode, and
formed topic for discussion for weeks af-
ter its occurrence, 1t happened eight or
nine years ago, and is remembered by hun
dreds of our citizens. Bruce, the victim,
was a brother to U. $. Senator Bruce, of
Mississippi, had been at one time in part
nership with a man named billiard
in the restaurant or saloon busi-
ness, but owing to some disagreement
between the two the partnership was dis
solved and each man engaged in business
for himself Bruce prospered but billiard
did not, and it is believed that billiard,
angry and Jealous hired Pinkston to kill
his former partner. One night, as Bruce
was entering the gate of his residence, on
the North Esplanade, between Kiowa and
Dacotah streets, he was shot by hidden
assassin, from the effects of which, however,
he recovered, and is now living in Atchison.
Pinkston was arrested. snd as he was being
taken from the county Jail to the police
court, handcuued nanu 10 n fnu Win CHAR
acter known as Ed. Montana, he was at
tackled by a number of men at the alley on
Fifth street, between Cherokee and Della,
ware, and filled full of bullet holes, he dy-
ing two or three hours afterward. Jack
Cunningham and a number of others
among them Joseph Lewis, were arrested
for the shooting, but after being kept short
! time in the county Jail all were released,
With the exception of two or three, who oh.
tained . change of venue to Lawrence
where they were acquitted. Lewis was
anoag those who were released. Pinkstou
has been formerly \ member of Quanfrell'f
gang which sacked and burned Lawrence
in 1853. billiard, some time after that
died Of consumption.
TIE PRELIMINARY EXANINArION
will take prace on Friday morning, before
the police judge. Twenty-one witnesses
have hees Summoned, and It is expected
that say family matters bearing upon Tie
case viii - brought to light MANY ru-
NON vuss sile y<sterday which nsy taks
ta,gia2e I'm at ths exaninatiaa. -
Mil ~, Posibly, tsrn inAs thia e.