Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-12-14

C'Ci avenue or ESCAPE
from the building, that he would sur
render ii they would protect him from
violence. Upon being told he would
be protected, the robber started ou
OF the door at the head of the stair.
with his revolver held out before him
In what looked for a minute or So
TO be menacing attitude, but upon
being warned by the sheriff to puI
down his gun, be laid the revolver
down on the steps, aud came down to
the street with his hands above his
head. He was met at the entrance
by the sheriff and several other
officers, who surrounded him and
started immediately through the court
house yard to the county Jail, which
is situated across the square.
As the officers started away with
the prisoner there were few calls of
"lynch him." and chang him" given
by the large crowd which had
gathered on Main street by this time,
and one man a little more excited
than the rest Of the crowd, jumped
on the prisoners back, and caught
hun by the coat collar, but was
pushed away by the officers, who did
not allow any more Of the crowd to
get close to the man any more.
After reaching the Jail, the prisoner
was taken into the sheriff's Office
where he was stripped and searched.
His hat and overcoat bore the trade
mark of Marshall Field store in
Chicago, but none of his other
clothing was marked in any way.
Neither did he have any letters,
cards, or anything which could give
the least possible clue to his indemnity.
While being searched at the jail he
maintained a cool demeanor and
joked about the bank working off a
lot of bills Of small denomination on
him, and seemed 10 be about the
coolest man in the bunch. He talked
right along, and said that as soon as
he learned that a man had been
killed he knew that it would be USE
less to attempt to make any get away
and that was the reason he had of.
fered to surrender.
After being searched and taken to
a cell Oh the ground floor OF the coun-
ty Jail, he consented to allow the
newspaper men to see him, and told
his story, such as he saw fit to tell,
in verp cool manner, not evincing
any symptoms of weakness until it
came to talking about himself and
the motives that led up to the at.
tempted robbery. He admitted that
the name and address he gave were
hcticiouS, and declined to say any.
thing about his family, except to say
that they were respectable people,
and when offered the suggestion that
they might help him if they knew his
trouble, replied that they were poor
and could not help him.
He gave his name at the Jail as
George J. Lewis and his place of resi-
dence as Kansas City, Mo. He is
about six feet tall, with light hair and
blue eyes, and weight probably l55
pounds, was fairly we'll dressed in a
dark suit and overcoat, wore a pink
shirt, with standup collar, and his
underwear was a union suit. None
of the prisoners linen bore any mark
whatever, and had evidently been
only recently purchased with the idea
probably, Of preventing any identi6.
cation 10 case his plans for the rob-
berry miscarried, as they did.
Lewis came to town, according to
his story, Thursday evening on the
Santa Fe train No. S, and registered
at the Hotel Briggs as George J.
Lewis, and from the looks of the
hotel register, he is not a man who is
in the habit Of doing much writing,
the signature being angular and the
letters out of proportion and out of
line. He said that be had intended
to do the job Friday, but that things
did not look just right for bin to do
a good job and make clean get