The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-21
The Sharp, Shriil Shrek of MORTAL
Pain, Preceding Dissolution.
Evidence introduced at the PreIimi'
nary Examination Of Joseph
Lewis Yesterday.
A Good Showing for the Defense
The Examination to be Con-
tinued To-day.

.rowd diminished until the time for ad-
onrnmept arrived, nearly five o'clock. The
,ol;ce had the greatest difficulty in keeping
,sck the curious mass which surged and
,ressed against the railing dividing the
com allotted for spectators and the space
.eseryed for the accommodation OF the Wit
,esses and attorneys, and in forcing a
passage for witnesses. Many OF the more |
,nxious and impetuous climbed over the |
light obs, acle separating spectators and at,
orneys. but these wer. in the majority OF
.ases. REQUIRED to step outside and afford
more opportunity to those interested and
who had testimony to offer in the case. In
compliance with the request OF the attor-
news on both sides, all the witnesses ior the
defense and prosecution were retired into
adjoining rooms, where they could not near
the testimony given by the one upon the
stand, nor were they allowed to converse
with one another in relation TO the case.
THE PRISONER, JOSEPH LEWIS,
was brought shortly before the time
for converting the court, and was I'M
mediateIy the cynosure OF all eyes lie
bore the searching glances cast at HIM py
the morbidly hungry audience with cooiness
and indifference, and sat with apparent un-
concern talking with his attorney, MI. uod,
dard. the only sign of uneasiness betraxeo
be,ne the nervous stroking Of his mus.acne.
In conformity with his repeated aiiirma-
tions of his innocence, he sat the create,
mart of the time entirely unmoved, anu
faced the different witnesses as they gave
their testimony unfinchingly. Very iit'ie
evidence of q positive nature, or "hich
tended in any measure TO show his connec-
tion with the crime was introduced. IL Is
expected that the main, or damaging tesu-
mopy. if there be any, will be brought out
to-day,
THE TELL-TALE Gun.
Michael Daveron, deputy chief oil po-
lice, was the first witness placed upon tne
stand. He reviewed, in main, the testi-
mony given by him before the coroner
jury, giving description OF the wound ana
the finding of the gun, which Is one OF Inc
principal features of the case. lie found
The weapon behind the door in the front
parlor of Lewis residence. He had IT taken
TO a gunsmith, who drew the load, which
consisted simply Of a small charge of pow
der and a small rag, which had been ram
med down after it. Here the same was
produced.) According to his examination OF
the weaponit had every appearance OF hav-
ing been recently discharged, as the rag,
which had been rammed down on Top OF
the powder, was still damp. The ramrod
of the gun was found a short distance from
where he got the weapon, and was picked
up and handed to him by Charles Lewis,
son of the accused. He had been an old
soldier and thought he could tell when
gun had been recently discharged. He put
his finger in the barrel and found the lat
ter dirty. Ii the gun had not been dis,
charged..with week, or even longer, II
would bear much the same appearance as
this one, with the exception that the pow,
der marks would not look so fresh, and
would not be so moist. Nothing but the
recent discharge of the weapon, in his opin'
ion. would have caused the appearance:
which he observed when he first saw 1t, and
even il il had been laid for a week or mort
in a damp or moist room, it would incline
10 rust. and there was not the least sign o
rust upon this one. A long and exhaus
tive examination Of the witness then ensued
during which he stated that another gun
said 70 belong to the prisoner, was brough
TO the police station, which was OF an i'm
proved order and loaded with cartridge
THE FATAL BULLETS.
DIR. NJ. S. Thomas, who was the physician
called TO make an examination OF the body
stated that the direction taken by the buck
4 shot. after entering, was from lett TO right
diagonally across the body, ranging lIttl
downward, probably an inch. The effect
of such a wound were such as to cause al
most instant death. and from all appear
ance The assassin must have been standln
upon higher level than that upon whlc
Green stood at the time he received hi
death wound, or must have been a some
what taller man. The man had been dea
some eight or ten hours at least when n
saw the corpse.
THE ROUTE GREEN TOOK
King Robinson, member OF the polic
force. gave a partial description of Tn
neighborhood, the scene where the TRACED
occurred, and was in some particular re
citation of what had before been testified tt
According to his opinion the route whlc
Green took at the time of going IRON hi
house toward the city when sh ot, was out G
the back gate of his yard, which opens NJ
on the alley, down the alley to the turnln
at Tenth street, north to Ottawa street. !
was not far from the corner Of the allie
and Tenth street, where the body was ioun6
He had interrogated Lewis in regard to In
musket. and the prisoner told him 1t ha
; not been fired for some time. When h
was searching for Charles Lewis he met th
accused and asked him where he could nm
! his son, and in response TO question froI
Lewis as 10 what he wanted him Tor, toi
him that Green had been killed. Levi
did not manifest the least sign OF trepida
ton or Illustration upon the receipt OF TIL
intelligence, appearing much surprised, an
simply asking, rs it so" or "Has he 7"
WHAT An OLD SOLDIER SAYS.
Henry Yerkes, also member Of the Pc
!, lice force, testified that in his opinion To
! gun had been recently discharged. TheI
was fresh cap upon it when he saw
and upon examination of the lock he foun
eyery appearance of its having been latel
,, fred, as the barrel smelled Of powder. ID
. had carried gun all through the war, ha
hunted upon the plains and handled gu
considerably of late years, and though
himself perfectly able to tell when gu
had been recently discharged. In this cas-
il the gun had been loaded lmmediatei
after its discharge, the barrel would Q
|, comparatively clean.-
e WHO WAS IT?
Jacob Miller, residing on the northwe'
corner of Tenth and POttawatomie street
: : heard the report of gun about half pa
!. eight O'Clock. The report was an unusua
!, ly heavy one, and was followed immedist
|. ly by a terrible scream. He ran out I
doors and saw q man come out OF eiths
I the alley or Ottawa street into Tenth stree
pass down the latter and turn into Po,tawa
+ omie street. He was dressed in light pan
and dark coat and he could see that he ha
!, on a white shirt. Didn't know where Il
man went Was a good sized man, but ,
+ II was rather cloudy at that time h
J, couldn't tell whether the man was white {
colored. Didn't think it was Lewis, but {
|. he wasn't thinking about Lewis at Il
! time, or any one in particular, he didn
q look closely to recognise him.
IS HApNr BEEN FIRED FOR WEEK.
VIM. Miller, a policeman, stated that
a didn't know very much about guns, but n
!. ticed, when his attention was directed.
e this one, that it had a new cap on. He a
is rested Lewis at the corner Of Third n
e Delaware streets and took him to headqus
s. tiers. He spoke to Lewis afterwards abo
e the gun, and Lewis told him sit was load
last Sunday"
THE sHSILL SHREK OF AGONY.
II HE. Miller, who resides on Tenth sire,
L between Usage and Miami streets, testifi
4 that about nine O'Clock he heard \ loud n
10 49, ..,o.4 euidenflx either n shot Run