Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1910-09-16
Logan Tells His Story.

Logan, the man in jail awaiting
trial on the charge of having com.
united the murder of Will Miller.
In a. letter to his former associate
In business, Mr.. Lynch, at Otta-
wa, or the first time tells his
story. What he expects to gain
by this kind Of a tale is hard to
say. Although the date of his
trial will be some time in Novem.
Der, no efforts have been made
sc lar by any of his people to
procure attorneys for him, and
II is likely that the presiding
Judge Will have to appoint an at
tOrney.
His story is as fOllows:-
mo doubt you have given nd
getting an answer from me. | rel
celved your letter some time AGO.
you cannot tell how good it makeS
me feel to receive letter from
some 5 one that will call you a
friend. A friend in need is a
friend indeed, and if ever one was
IN need of a friend il is when hA
is in trouble, especially when il
is trouble of this kind.
Il will try and explain my DO.
sitiOn and just how it came about.
On July 9th l left Great Bend
IN a southeasterly direction until
! reached a distance of seventeen
miles. l left that point about
half past Z o'clock in the even.
ln5 on my way back to Great
Bend. | started back on anoth-
tr road from the one | went down
on. On my way back it was very
dark. | met a team in the read;
there were two people in it. As
soon as they saw me they jumped
out and ran away, leaving every
thing there with me.
"l took in my situation. and
the more | thought about it the
more | got scared, so that the on
ly thing | could think of was to
take the stuff and just Scatter it
about and get away from it. Pos
sibly that was the very worst act
| could have done, but when one
is placed in a position Of that
kind, there is no one knows what
he will do. The sheriff and the
county attorney told me that if
| had taken any other plane l
would have not lived to tell the
tale, as the people were so excit-
ed that they would not. listen to
anything. | did not knOw any
thing Of the murder until two
hours after | was arrested. When
! was told that murder was at the
other end, | just fell back in a
chair perfectly speechless. That
murder is just as blank to me as
murder can be. | never saw the
man in my life and do not know
where he lived. | never saw the
place IN my lie.
"Of course | do not know the
evidence they are going to bring
up against me, but | feel sure
that they are going to do every
tnlng they can to find me guilty.
| do not know what the people
around Ottawa think of it. All
that | can say Is that my con-
science is just as clear as the
drifting snow and if they do find
me guilty and Stamp out. of ex-
lstence my little family, they will
stamp out one of the happiest it-
tie families in Kansas. When
they tear inc away from my fam.
lily, | want them to finish the job
at once for life would be moth
ing for me away from home.
"Nlr. Lynch, you cannot imag-
Inc my feelings, when | have liv-
ed the life | have always tried to
live and now have such trouble as
this come on me and my little FAM
lily. There are no words in the
English language to explain the
SufterlngS have gone through
and of which at present | cannot
see the end. l do hope that no
other human being will ever have
to go through what ] am going
through" "