Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-06-29
In the Lewis Murder Case They
Could Not Agree and They
Were Discharged.
The Case Submitted to the Jury at
0 O'clock Tuesday Night-A
Synopsis Of the Deplor-
able Affair.

The jury stood as follows:
James Browning, 10 years.
R.. S. Vaughn, 10 years.
]. Crockett, 2 years.
John Ellis, 10 years.
John Pool, 10 years.
The above gentlemen would have
been willing to accept a verdict of
two years, but the opposing seven
would listen to nothing but 'snot
guilty"
James Elliott, John Mundy, Joe
Wilson, Sam. Gray, H. B. Bush,
F. w. Peck and J. w. Walker were
for acquittal.
ASKED FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
The case was given to the jury
at 8 O'Clock Tuesday night and find
ing at 10 O'Clock that it was going
to take sometime to reach a verdict
Judge Hughes adjourned court I'M
til next morning. All day they
hung without the least inclination of
a verdict. Twice they came out and
reported to the Judge. The second
time Mr.. Hughes asked them what
their difference was based on-the
instructions or facts. One of the
jurors spoke for the body and said
it was both. "We want to know
if Brown had any more right to go
on Lewis premises than Lewis
would have to go on Browns prem
Uses after he (Levis) had been
warned to stay off," The Judge
reminded the jury of the fact that
Mr.. Brown going on Mr.. Lewis
premises did not justify the killing,
but if the jury believed the life of
the defendants sisters or himself
were imperiled, then the prisoner
should be acquitted.
The attorneys spoke as follows:
]. G. Trimble commenced speak
ing at 1:35 p. m. Tuesday and
continued forty minutes. He was
for the State. Col. Hostetter follow
ed for the defendant and talked
one hour and twenty minutes. Ras.
Pearson for the State spoke thirty
seven minutes. Pat Cullen for the
defendant spoke one hour and thir-
ty-one minutes. Dave Ball made
the longest speech-one hour and
f~orty-five minutes with only one
drink of water and without bis
coat-and closed the argument. He
represented the State. VIM. Ed
monston and 1. C. Dempsy, for
the defendant, and Judge Fagg for
the State, did not address the jury.
1t was made up of the following
twelve: James Elliot, John Ellis,
John Mundy, James Browning,
Joseph Wilson, John Pool, J. Crock
EFT, Sam. Gray, H. B. Bush, F. w.
Peck, R. s. Vaughn and J. w.
Walker.
Almost everyone is familiar with
the story of the killing of William
R. Brown. To a make long story
short: MIR. Brown lived near George
Lewis, two miles north of Curry.
vile, Pike county. Lewis, who is
25 years old, fell in love with Miss
Onie Brown, the beautiful young
daughter of VIM. Brown. Miss
Brown r]eciprocated George Lewis
love and they acted for a time the
sweet story of Romeo and Juliet,
The lady's father strenuously OBJ
jected to the match and did every
thing he could to stop it. Finally
when he heard of their engagement
he made his daughter write a let.el
to George Lewis, saying that sht
would dismiss him. After she sem
the letter to her lover she ran of
across the meadow to where he livet
to tell him the letter was not he
sentiments; that she was made t.
write it. While she was over a
Lewis home old Mr.. Brown ant
two of his sons came after her. 4
general row ensued and Georg,
Lewis shot VIM. Brown and killer
him. 1t might be well to state tina
Miss Onie Brown at once took he
stand against her lover and the muir
derer of her father. Whether Levi
. was justified in his act it took q jur,
a long while to decide.
An Ice House Burns.
About | O'Clock last night an lie