Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-29

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could readily establish his innocence,
last words, as he stood directly
beneath the moose, were: IF l could
have a little more time to hunt that
witness | would not be hung" 1t
was this that gave rise to a thousand
and a thousand fears and con-
lectures; but every particle of gloom
that surrounded the case is dissipated
by the developments of to-day and a
Of light is thrown upon this
strange crime and its true inner his
tory.
This morning a tall, brawny man
clad in the rough duck suit of miner,
whose grizzled hair bore witness by a
strea king OF white hat he had passed
the middle point Of life, strobe into
the county Jail and asked for the
sheriff.
The deputy inquired his name.
I'm Charley Riley. | want to ask
about Rosengrants."
What" cried the %jailer, mot the
witness Rosengrants wanted?"
That's me" returned the miner.
Here, at last, was the long-lost man,
the only human being in the wide
world who would know whether Ros-
grants died innocently upon the scat
fold, or passed from time TO eternity
with a lie upon his lips, A short
time afterWard Riley was interviewed
by a representative of this paper. The
witness so long missing is a man from
4S to 90 years old, an Irishman, and
altogether 3 man Of considerable
shrewdness and intelligence. He
manifested no dissemination to talk,
and readily promised TO tell all he
knew about it
First ofall," he said, "Rosengrants
did kill Langmeyer.
So sweeping an assertion. coming
from this man, could not be but most
startling, and with halfa sigh the nan
went on:
II know he did" Riley continued,
because he told me so. Poor Rosy's
dead now and it can't hurt him to tell
the truth"
Where did you sec Rosengrants,
and how long after the shooting? Tell
me all about it."
About the LIST of June" said the
miner, II aud Rosengrants came down
Eagle river on a prospecting trip
When We got near Chalk ranch we
met some gentlemen and talked with
them a long time about mines. When
VIZ started to 60 again Rosengrants
saw a jack rabbit, and hot at it
twice with a revolver, but did not hit
it. | said to Rosengrants: Give mo
the gun, and let me take a shot at
him. He handed me the gun, and l
killed the rabbit. After that we parted
company. | went to my cabin, on the
range between here aud Ten.mile,
and he went to his own claims"
When did you next see Rosen-
grants?"
1T wal nearly two weeks afterward,
on the 18th of June, the day after the
shooting, about 1:30 in the morning,
| was awakened by some one knocking
at my door. | opened it and there
was Rosencrants. lie was so white |
did not knog him, aud seemed scared
half so death-his hair was standing
straight up. said, Why, what's the
matter? He said, I've killed a man
back here, and want you to help me
out of the scrape.' | told him to
come in, aud asked him how it was.
He said he had gone to Langmeyer's
tent the day before, and was sitting
down inside reading a copy of the
Graphic. Langmeyer came in on a
sudden aud went at him with a crow
bar. Then he shot him. | said:
My God, Rosy, you're too excitable a
man to carry q gun He said if he
hadn't had it the old man would have
killed him. Then he told me a couple
Of men had chased him, but they
didn't know where he was. He was
quite sure that he had killed Lang
meyer, and rayed about it dreadful
Did he say he was robbing a trunk
when Langmeyer came in?'
mo; he wouldn't say what he was
well, what did he do then?"
He begged me 10 save him. He
said nobody had seen or knew him.
and that ] could get him out. He
wanted me to say that the day before
he had come in from Eagle river, and
had met the men aud shot a rabbit.
| said, Why Rosey, that was two
weeks ago. He said that didn't make
any difference; that we were both
lrishmen and ought to stick together.
At last / told him that l would, but |
told him | was a good Catholic, and if
put on the witness stand | would have
to tell the truth. l told him the best
thing he could do was to get out Of
the country. He didn't seem TO think
he could without being caught, and
after staying about my cabin a week
he went over the range to some claims
OF ours. baked some bread for him,
and gave him some powder and fuse.
The next thing | heard he was arrest
ed for murder. | came in and tried
to get him out by doing what | said |
would, but / then saw that l would
have to swear TO a lie if the case came
up, and | left the city
Where have you been all this
2"
Down in Southern Colorado, work
ing on a soad near Pueblo"
why did you not send word where
you were?"
"Rosengrants knew well enough
/ was all the time. Before
leaving / went twice and told them /
couldn't swear Resengrants was with
me the day of the shooting. They
told me they didn't want me then.
could have put a finger on me
an1 time they wanted me"
kiley's statement was made with
ifsnkness, and bore on its face the
Impression Of truth. 1t ehectually
sveew 70 the four winds all sympathy
IN the man who now stands revealed
peradgenture Of a doubt a
cruel and cONardly murderer.
Ex.Senator Eaton. Of Connecticut.
Old > reporter that should the Pres.
dent gpp Old 61res he will find out
sit rlstake 10 added that "there
pgsi ~ W faction fghf." Mr. Eaton
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