Jeffersonville (IN) Weekly Journal, February 19, 1897, p. 6. DANIEL LEWIS LIBERATED Slayer of Clinton Blakely, a Tramp, Released from the Penitentiary This Morning Daniel Lewis was released from the Prison South this morning and taken to the county jail where he was discharged from custody. Lewis hails from Sellersburg where he has resided fifteen years. He is originally from Scott County. In 1892 Lewis, who prior to his trouble was looked upon as a peaceable man, became involved in a difficulty with Clinton Blakely, a tramp. The men were loitering in a saloon drunk when Blakely asked Lewis to treat. He declined whereupon Blakely drew a knife threatening to kill Lewis. Rather than run chances of being cut, Lewis left the saloon only to return with a revolver. The trouble was renewed resulting in Blakely being shot in the abdomen from the effects of which he died shortly afterward. Lewis' arrest followed and at his trial a jury gave him five years at hard labor. At the time of his conviction, persons familiar with Lewis' habits looked upon the verdict as unjust, basing their opinion that Lewis killed his antagonist in self-defense. He is 24 years old, a son of Polly Lewis, and is unmarried.