The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-17
JENKINS WAS JUSTIFIED.
He KILLED PORTERFOR BREAKING
INTO BIS HOUSE.

Filled With Whisky and Thirstina
for Revenge Porter Arms Himself
With an AK and Forces Bis Way
Into jenkins House TO Commit
Murder-His Intended Victim Met
Him With a Musket and Sends a
Load of Shot Into HIS Breast-Tbe
Dead Mans Friends Try to Mob HIS
Sleyer-Jenkins Turned Loose by
the Coroner's Jury.
Charles Porter. who was killed yesterday
morning by Fred Jenkins. successfully
courted death while under the excitement
of liquor aud thirsting for revenge.
Porter ami Jenkins became involved in a
quarrel about a trifing matter in Meyers
store in Lovers lane, shortly before
midnight general fight followed
aud Jenkins ran OF to his homo,
on Vine street, near Anderson.
When Porter discovered his absence he an
nounced to the crowd that he intended to
do Jenkins before morniog. He knew
where his enemy lived and proposed to go
to his house and get even. Several parties
tried to talk Porter out of the idea Of con-
tinuing the difficulty, but he declined to
listen to reason, branded Jenkins as a
coward for running away, took several sd-
ditional drinks and started off, swearing
vengeance on the man already at home.
BROKE INTO JENKINS HOME.
Porter lived on Vine street also, only four
houses below jenkins home. He went there,
secured an az and started on his intended
murderous mission. which terminated lew
minutes later in almost instant death to
himself
Porter knocked at Jenkins door and de-
manded admission. 1t was refused, ana the
next Instant be landed the ak on the door,
breaking the lock- Then Porter strobe in
with the announcement that be had come to
kill jenkins. The latter however, upon
bearing Porter breaking his door, jumped
out OF bed aud determined to sell his life
dearly. He always kept On old loaded
musket In his bedroom. and grabbing up
the weapon he stepped into the front room
10 meet the midnight invader OF his home
VARIED IN VAIN.
As Porter entered jenkins raised his gun
aud commanded him to halt Porter,
though. was too much under tile influence of
liquor to realize what the command from
behind tho barrel of tho musket meant, and
with an oath, he raised hi5 ak and started
toward jenkins. Ths latter pulled the
musket trigger without further besitency
and PorGer dropped TO the floor with a yell
of pain, while his ak fell several feet away.
The entire load of shot had entered Porter's
breast aud he only lived about minute or
two.
AS soon as he satisfied himself that the
man was dead Jenkins began dressing with
the intention, as he told his wife, of coming
into the city and surreldering at the police
barracks.
PORTER'S FRIENDS TALK LYNCHING.
The majority of the negroes living in
that vicinity had not retired at the time.
end the report of the gun caused them to
crowd into the street To find OUT the cause.
jenkins wife announced TO them what bad
happened and in a few minutes there was
great excitement. "A number Of
Porter's friends gathered in front of the
house where the tragedy occurred and be-
gan making threats Of lynchlng jenkins.
Ills vile said be was going to give himself
up, but the dead mans friends replied that
tneir intention was to avenge Porter's
death without any reference to the cir
cumstances which had caused the shooting.
JENKINS SCARED OUT OF THE CITY.
This demonstration frightened jenkins
and instead of suTrendering to the police he
climbed over the back fence and went off
In a sOutherlY dire ton. AS soon as the
news Of the tragedy was received at the
barracks Detective Bossell aud Policeman
Neidlinger went out to the scene to invests
gate. From the stories told there jenkins
act appeared justifable, but nevertheless
they remained in the neighborhood several
hours looking for him, but we're unsuccess-
full. He surrendered at ? o'clock in the
afternoon and told Detective Basch that
several times during the search he was
almost upon him IN the bushes where be
was hiding from Porter's friends
Coroner Dixon gave permission to Por-
ter's friends TO take bis body home from
Jenkins house, and yesterday afternoon
Justice Naughtin went out o I'd held a a 10
quest. All the evidence was in jenkins
favor add the jury rendered verdict OF
justifanle homicide and Jenkins was dis
charged