The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-12-24
QUEER CASE OF ABE lEVAA7
Confesses to Crime for which An
other is Imprisoned.
Ex-Sheriff Kavanaugh in a QuaBdary over
Man Who Prefers Minnesota to
Arkansas Prison.

u Little Rock, Dec. IQ. Special
ID Is Abe Levant swearing falsely
. when he confesses to the murd I of
&c. O. Bader, a saloon keeper OF
Y Minneapolis, Or IS the prison rec
ord Of Minnesota state penitertiary,
Al which shows him to have been
convict there, at the time the
crime was committed, in error?
u This is Que question c. {. Kavan-
n augh, ex-sheriff of Pulaski county,
i is endeavoring to solve. II Levant
tells the truth, Sheriff Kavanaugh
is entitled to $500 reward for his
arrest, and he is now waiting to
hear further from the Minneapolis
officials before taking the man to
Minnesota.
The history of the Levant case is
most peculiar one. He was ar
fkested here several months ago,
y soon after being liberated from the
penitentiary where he served a
term as a convict from Jackson
county, in company with Will
Patoca, a local youth who had also
Just been discharged from the pen
itentiary. They were trying to
pass forged check on a saloon
keeper when arrested.
After his arrest, Levant, who
was then going under the alias of
Williams, sent for c. c. Kava-
naugh, who was sheriff at that
& time, and stated that he did not
want to go back to the peni-
Tertiary, for he had had trouble
with one of the wardens, and if he
was sent back, feared he would be
killed. Levant stated he was
-wanted In Minneapolis for the muir
of c. O. Bader, saloon man
there, and would rather be taken
bacN and allowed to plead guilty
to such a degree of murder as
would not give him over 81 years
in the penitentiary, rather than go
back to the Arkansas state prison,
az Sheriff Kavanaugh then wrote
for descriptions of the murderers
WANTED and they tailed SO closely
with Levant and the description he
gave of his partner, that Sheriff
Kavanaugh telegraphed the facts
I to Frank 7. Corrison of Minnea
polls, superintendent of the police
of that city. That official hurried
to Little Rock, arriving here about
six weeks ago. He talked with
Levant and was convinced.
S Levant told how he and his
partner walked into the saloon of
Bader, through swinging doors,
land leveling their revolvers on
those in the room, commanded
them to throw up their HANDS.
Ill evant claims his revolver was &C.
cidently discharged and Bader was
killed. The men in the saloon
were lined up against the wall, one
sdarting through the door and es-
gaping. Levant then told bow he
Stepped over the body Of Bader,
went to certain drawer in the
We and secured something over
5000, accounting for the money to
q penny. He said the men then
Turned and ran out of the building,
and went to house of i'll repute,
where they were harbored until
leady to leave the city. Levant
then told the officer where he
dropped cap in his flight, which
was picked up later by the officers.
Chief Corrison left Little Rock
convinced, and went back to see
about the reward. The prison
record at Saltwater showed, how
ever, that Levant was incarcerated
there at the time. Matters began
to grow cold in Minnesota, and
Sheriff Kavanaugh fearing he was