Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-12-03
A LAWLEss LIFE.

A LAwLEss LIFE. I
rhe story of His Desperate Careef
Fold by Ed. Maxwell the Even. i
ing Before His Lynching.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Nov. 2O.-Ia the {
light of the lynching of Ed. Maxwell l
Of civilians brothers" notorlety, !,
at Duraud, yesterday afternoon, fully
reported i'm the Times this morning,
the story of the desperado's life, as
detailed to Mr.. E. Il. johnson, of the
Pioneer Press staff, is of intense in-
terest. The scene of the story was
The rude jail at DuIand; the time
from O'Clock until nearly dawn
of the tatetul day. The man in the
ad, oiniug cell was noisy lunatic.
The witnesses were Henry Coleman,
brother of the murdered man. and a
Mr.. Carpenter and the reporter, Mr..
Johnson, who thus describes the
event:
The scene was strange one. l
threw myself down on the bed. Max
we'll drsgged his chair close to the
side Of it and rested his haudcuffs OIL
the edge. Coleman leaned at the
foot where he could listen, and Car
penter was tipped back III chair in
the further corner. Every now and
then the meaningless whisper of the
demcnted fellow within few feet OF
us punctured the conversation, aud
at times we would hear boot or
yell from the few curiosity-mougers
yet lingering i'll the jail-yard io
tell a 1.-THE of what he told would
| take up too many columns. L can
only dwell OH the more salient al
ventures. He first told me of
THE DEATH OF THE COLEMAN BOYS,
substantially as i'll my former dis
patch, and went on to say they did
not know who they were killing
until July 80, when Lon stole some
food from pantry and put it i'll al
old copy of the Pioneer Press, in
which was ali account of the affair.
He ended by saying: "The Colemans
we're the grit,iest men and had the
most sand of any that ever stood up
before US. They were too gritty for
their own good"
"Tell me of ysur travels after you
crossed the Mississippi at Maiden
rock,"[ asked.
"Weli, we went due west, or may
/ be little north of west, and got ou:
near Breckinridge. We travelled
mostly nights, but some days, and az
we were skillful burglars (this state
; ment was made with the utmost non'
chalance), we did not have much
trouble in getting all We wanted tc
cat. If there was any money handy
I of course we took that, but we lei
l horses alone. To take them woulc
E Kick up too much hullaboo to suit vi
q Just then. We saw good many peo
=. pie, but did not have to make an.
bluffs. If we saw any men coming
we
). THREW OUR RIFLES INTO THE LONG
l. GRASS.
v and sometimes crouched there oul
o selves. What towns did We pass
Indeed, can't tell you the names o
6 them. You bring map of M,nneso
+, Ia aud Iowa the next time you come
e aud maybe l can trace out our route
~ pretty near, at any rate. At last "
!. got into heavily-wooded country
.' and where there were lots of lake.
g more than l ever saw anywhere b'
II fore. One of the highest was calle
IT, Leech lake, and ON it's banks W
camped for long time hunting an
tishlng. We did not have bad tim
till Lou got the fever. He was te
y ribly sick with it for two weeks, Gil
IN | thought be was going to die lots I
times, but pulled him through.
tell you Lon's all broke up, aud it
ne not his hard times but bis grief fl
10 his wife that's done it. don't Wal
ly to say it from vanity, because 81
- was my sister-in-law, but she was
=. A MIGHTY NICE GIRL,
"a and her death nearly drove Ii
g" crazy. We never went near b.
IN grave that he did not sit there for
lie hour. OF course I'd 60 with him f
en- company, aud once l had to ke
-. guard with a cooked rifle. l hea
nc Lon say once: ..What did they tai
IN quart of blood from my wife fol-
ne Aud another time, when asked hi
lly for his knife to cut a hole i'll stra
,,v look up in time 10 see his ey
"' glaring at me like q tiger, and
en-, knife in his hand ready to strike.
are called to hlm and he drew his ha
ice across his eyes and kind Of sighe
=, aud then said: is that you Ed!
lEOuSUL IL WAS Ouc VI tnCu w
ae' tors.'"
"Wben did you leave Leech lake
81 don't remember exactly. I
fin fact is, We suffered 50 with @
w. wounds and travelled SO much
all night, and in such out-of-the-w
er- places, that l got kind of mixed
in about localities, and maybe my ste
ow won't always seem like straight-'
1Np, I tn fn1 70 kr.lf
Lor, na.r % "a T can oet ct it, on
md it must have been along ap,
.tte the 1st of last October when
am. struck south and
,;,b HEADED FOR SIOUX CITY.
ain. We were good walkers, and we tr
80 cled some day-times-when we W
~" in the open, that is. Do you kn'
of I'd Thousand times rather be O
by prairie and be pursued than il
onp wood? Lon aud can shoot strai
for long distance, and out in an 0
"" country we'd surprise some of
A pursuers, while in the woods t
ade might surprise us, and any b
des could always keep under cover e
-, enough. We burgled l,he word
o' his own) good many houses, jus
yes; ret the newspapers and see VII at
'ari- going OIL. When we got to ST
oar, City we skirted the town and str
for the railroad south Of it.
partly walked aud partly stole 4
on night trains to Omaha, aud
III was the way we did when we got
.nts. Nebraska. We walked right thro
verv the principal streets of Omaha, a
,o.. carried the guns while Lon lug
eis' the blankets. No one noticed U
epce all. They are used to Winchest
does but in the upper part of the cou
and every fool wanted to know about
;m new tangled shooters; when we
''" them, now they worked. and Il
IL 10 such STUFF as that. / never suspe
, are Kiliian at the farmhouse where
and were captured. If had. I'd
to,,s shot Gus, the man he had with
.ens' and Lon would have killed the o
long fellow. The sheriff wasn't arol
8 we 81 fsr as l knew. l think Lon
.al,y. all he could 10 help me. He
ow mighty good shot, but he mi
no" kiilisn because he came on him
the hurry aud it was the dark Of
these morning. The fellows while
had me down.
Err. BEAT MY HANDS TERRIBLY
with the butt of revolver. Lo
these scares. l am surprised
wounds healed up SO quick"
atoms He showed me the freshly-ht
ange, sc4rs of number of ugly loo