, 1883-03-10
MONEY III. ONLY MOTIVE
ovenby and Snodsriy. the Red-handed Hur-
eGers Of cummins Interviewed BY q
Journal" Reporter Sorry tha.
he Croaked

e2ofS oi Cummins Intervfeved ey q
"Journai" Repartsr-snodersy Sorry thas
he Croaked
By the kind PERMISSION Of Sherid Hosler
we accompanied Deputy Shena Cavanagh to
the county jail Wednesday marning in search
of information Of interest to the public.
Seated each IN his cell we're 0wenby and
Snoderiy each ieisurely ponder;ng over a
book, and apparently quite unsolieitoas of
their situation and careless of their late.
Each Vas in his turn introduced to us and
extended his hand through the huge iron
doors and with Il am glad to meet you. {"
gave our hands . hearty shake. A strange
feeling came over Us when Mr.. Oxenby took
our hand his Was the hand of confessed
murderer the hand which SO cruelty and
deliberately took human life To cur
statement that We were in search Of news be
said
81 guess yoa can learn more from Doag
(the jailer) than ME he's been cut more
than / have" which WAS followed by a
hearty laugh.
"Mr. 0Senby." We a.kei, ''have you any
objection to answering a few questions o:
interest TO the public"
Il guess not wha; are your questions,
"You still assert the truth OF your couies-
sion, do YOU
"Yes, sir, do"
"Hsve you since had any regrets that you
made it :"
None at all il Was my intention 10 do SO
tor some time"
.'Wha. ever induced yau TO the confes-
siou, especially while you had chance for
life"
IL thought it hsstsr to tell the whole thing
and take tho Consequences than live IN
misery"
80 yOu expect to suifrr death Tor yorr
crime. do ,oa!"
Il don't expect anything else.
'You consider it just retribStion, then -
Mr. Owenhy here displayed u slight desire
10 evade direct answer and sal /: Il sup
pose it is"
Previous to your arrest, Mr.. Os-nby,
did you have any thoughts OF coufessiug
your crime,
Il thought wculd some time. l expected
to be arrested long before | Was"
"Thy, thea. did yOu not try to eraie the
officers
Because | didn't care mnch whether l
was arrested or not. 1 had come 20 care
very little about myself. and wasn't anxious
to get out Of their way"
please s,ate when AMI how you first be
came cognnant that suspicion rested on
YOU
1T was about three weeks before l was
arrested. went TO Pomeroy with jimmy
Greeson, hand of-Stephens, u saw mill man,
and went INTO Gallagher saloon. Timmons,
a detective, WAS in there. | watched a game
of cards little while aud then went down
to Kernohan's sslo.n and was reading q
paper when Timmons came in. MIR. kerno-
han asked him If he had seen that man with
Greeson he said he had. OF clu Sc knew
they meant me- No attempt was made TO
arrest ne, though, and | soon after went
ont"
do you know Why you We're not arrested
before you were:"
IL do not"
''Do you fear yonr doom. Mr.. Owenby ::
'I don't think | fear IL OF course l
would "a her it were something hesidesdeatb-
| hate it manly on account OF my relatives.
and certainly would accept freedom II If
were tendered me-"
Just for the sake of curiosity will yCn
state whether you would agNn commit such
crime under the same circumstance:
II don't think anything could induce me
to repeat the deed
"Was there any motive other than money
that impeled sou to t,ke the life OF Cum
mins,"
money MAS the only motive"
Further on he stated he was barn in X rks-
vile, Adair county, Mo-, Feb. 9Th. 1852.
that there are thousands of people m that
i,cality vino know him thst he was mar
ried there and emigratrd with his family t.
this country in 1881.
As We thanked him for his information
and passed 10 the next cell he said YOU
might tell the public that the report that
the jailurs once knocked NE down on the bed
and choksa me is false. i have received
none but the bfst treatment from my keep
ers."
In the next cell was Ezra Snoderly. Since
he was incarcerated his appearance has much
changed. Instead cf hight moastache he
wears full dark beard his face IS pale and
his ewes a:e half-circled underneath by dark
lines and altogether he displays considera-
bIe anxiety. When asked whether he would
answer a few questions he SAID:
Il would rather not furnish anything tor
publication.
.You still maintain your innocence, do
you
81 do"
s'Did YOU not make the statement. pub
lished in the Journal a few weeks ago, that
Won did not know OF the nurdrr previous to
its taking place, but that you did not con-
sider yourself as guilty as the other t"o !;
and did not think you should suffer equal
punishment with them"
did make snch astatement, hut that Was
when was scared"
lyon refute it now. do you
Il do. o."-Dayton Journal.
NORTHERN PACIFIC BREAK
Tba arsck Gone for 4 Distance OF Eighty