The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-11
LANES TRAGIC KILLING.
THE STORY TOLD IN COURT BY
WITNESSES UNDER OATH.


The = wo Men Who ccompan ed Elm
on Bis Fatal Hide First Put on the
Stand - The Defense Outlines Its
Claim of Just!fab.e Homicide.
QUITMAy, Ga, My 10-Tae twelfth
juror in the Arri G .on-La Re case was chose
this morni 9 W thout muc trou lie. He is
NJ B. Rogers, a young farmer OF the
county.
". A. McNielly the ex-,herif of thu
county, d who was attempt g to remove
Lane to Townsville at the ii re he was
killed. was put on the stand by the state
Mr.. McNelll's evidence was as follows: On
Sunday night July IS, 1888, be was called
upon to serve a warrant upol L wis c.
Lana He did so and Lane was soon
relies ed on boni o. the folio wing morn
ing he arres-e ed ne upon another warrant
placed in MS aads by W. T. Arlington,
the defe dant. Lane was placed in jail
and kept there till no day afternoon. Ga
Monday the pu lie excite g It was inten e,
ani Monday a ternoon, up N G earnest
entreati of La Re and La }e'' friends, he
star ed to remove him from . litmaa to
Th NASHVILLE The arrang ment was to
carry La e 10 ca riaZe W Iicl vas ! wait
ing near the Little wash, about a mile from
Gu TIN IN, and carr him to Townsville IA
that, but for some reason this plan had TO
be aba ldoned.
THE FATAL RIDE.
The witness. Lane and ia mes ThrasIer
left on no seoack, and by a circIitous QUITE
were conf into the Groove vill7 road at
tie Br >ok To- idZe Just b 70 6 thy came
into. the public 70 d Tlrasher 70 ie on ahen /,
and rode upon Arlington and Williams,
The witness and Lane rode on slo wy.
Arrin gton d Villa MS saw hi n and headed
for Lane. They tn nsd ali we pur,uei
by Arlington and " lliams They urne
into the woods and were sool orertake by
the firing Of Al ington and Williams.
Ian S no So stumbl and La e tried 10
6ismou Il and wa 81 the back by Ar
rington IN the act Of dism ing. Live
told Arr gto for Gods sake not to shoot.
The witness also dismounted b nut tle "a n 2
time Lane did. L ne got Lehind him after
he was shot, holding on t. bin, and fired
one shot with pistol tn ut he had given
him. Lane then fell on his face, and
Arlington came up and fired anot-er shot
in mis- err
THRAsHER ON THE ST AND.
The next wi3 ness exa mined was James
Thras Ter. tie les fled at ne left Q ut nal
with Mcneil and La ca d that iu before
Lane was kill d he was riding in advance
of Mcneil aud Lane to rec )unUitre and met
Arlington and A T. William, i, brot Ter |
in-av, VINO wa with hin. The p Use |
him and rode on in pursuit of Men a d |
Lane, who came In z L. Th asher heard |
the shooting, but did not see it. he hearl |
three shots and there may nave ceea more |
LINE OF THE DEFENSE.
After the ex mi att N of these witnesses |
the state res ID its cas-.
Tho counsel ,, he Il afansa than raei~ad |
10 the jury 70 II and wer ab 'ent for half |
an hour They then r9tur cd ID their |
line of defe Sc was outline t. the ~ by |
Col Be net. Col Bennett stated lat the |
defense uld prove q pre- ne litat d at |
tempt at rape by Lane up N the person of |
Miss Arlington; that Arlington was justi- |
fed in defending the chastity Of mis- |
sufhcis.-t c0oiilg time, ali that he first
sho- wa fred by Lane. The fe Sc thel
pu N J. Young on the st nd. Mr.. Young
testified that he went round 10 NJ :. Ian g !
house Sunday night. He foull Arrilg1in,
Williams d one or t vo others there. Ar
ri gtol had shotgul Lane and mis-
mother were out in front OF the house |
Mrs. Lane eyed them not to shoot her |
b =. Tne W tnes ha a talk with Lam. |
Lane admitted having done wrong With |
Mss Arlington, and said Tat be iov,d her |
aud wa ted I marry her, and was oily |
tesd & lie virtue.
OFFERED TO MARRY HER
Lane ii the Wit ess that he offered to |
marry her Lane and Arr.ng had a |
snor, p rva-e talk tn At niglt
Il. I. Williams was mex worn He tes-
titled tnat ne was a brother in-law of Ar
Tingt0n and was pres en- whel The killing |
was done. Hi Ia ems t of il coi1cid Il |
prett vel with Mcneil Is. with { e excsp- |
Iion tha he state that the st OF vas |
fred by Lane and not by Arr.ngt N.
7. j. Powers wa, next swo-n. The cou7- |
sci for the state objected to his evid ncs as |
irrelevant, and p nding the sou sion Of !
this point the jurors ere seat to t cir |
room. Mr.. Powe : evide ice with rs.er- |
ence to a re ma k m lde TO hi n by Lane |
Sunday afternoon. The court adjourned |
eft-r the poi It had been argued at length. !
the judge reserying ais decision til t.-mor-
row