The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-28
\ CAN HARDLY Be MURDER,
NsIns Frablbly Came 10 His Death By
His Own Hands
WITH ONLY IN EVERYDAY MEDICINE
cat without any Intention Of Committing
saicide-Dr. Chsikiey Has completed
His Work hut has Made no Report.

..f hat solomon BENJAMIN jenkins was
murdered: that his death was neither
,..,.rilal nor suicidal. but accidental.
-. a.cd from the use OF some drug out
..so o. the ordinary list OF poisons. most
,te.y taken by himself as a medicine.
aeo interval Of time between his visit
e., tas house Of Lizzie Walters and his
,i-- taken sick at the home Of Mollie
p.,ref his fancee. is entirely inconsistent
..h tho theory that the fatal dose was
..m.n.stcrcd while ne was at the Walters
house
u Viii be remembered that jenkins. af-
ter eating a heavy supper. shaving. and
dressing. went over 60 Bcnnets house TO
axe him some medicine II IS not i'm
rrttsbie that when he secured the medi-
.-. for Bennett he also took dose him
s.if f0r some indisposiiion he then felt
r.f ~ sufficient moment 10 have caused
tn Co. make complaint TO others. and that
Ills death was the result.
careful research shows that such
medicines as phcnascctinc, lntipyrine' ana
tte Ike arc not only toNicant. but when
,.tcn I'm LARGE doses cause similar syfnp-
ems r. those suffered by jenkins. There
sr, also other medicines IN everyday use
which. when taken IN large doses and in
foncentratcl form. cause death under sim
Tar conditions.
Not q Common Poison.
IL was pointed out by the Times yes
f.rlar that had the drug been any of the
o.llrary poisons, such as arsenic, mer-
clfy anthony lead. zinc, and the like.
fhat The ANALYSIS would have been "a mat
Ger ~ few minutes. further. that strych-
nine and the alkaloid poisons could be
detected In half the time it has taken an
expert t0xic0logist to arrive at a definite
conclusion In this case.
Therefore, some other agent must be
boxed for. and all The evidence points to
one ot the commoner medicines in every
day use rs the cause Of jenkins death.
nr. Chalkley last night finished his
analysis Of the stomach Of the supposed
murdered man. but not having made his
report 70 the county authorities. and per-
ilps on account of q further Investigation
catered into yesterday. hc again declined
OH give any information in connection with
me case.
Another Search.
In company with Mr.. Sands. he vester-
CAV visited the house Of Lizzie Walters.
and from The time they entered until
they LETT the house was three-Quarters of
an hour-a sufficient time TO make a COM
p.cte search and 10 test whatever Of
suspicious character was brought 10 light
Further than the statement that the
Ease Us an exceedingly interesting one. Dr.
cia'kley could not be induced 20 talk
when I saw him last evening
Skilled In Poisons.
10 r0w looks as II the case will fall
through f0r the want Of proof
M The agent which caused Solomon
Jenkins death was administered by an
other with mnrderous intent, il was in
stieated hy one consumately skilled I'm
toNicant drugs and learned in the use Of
them.
hr Sands at any rate, has a very
e1unitll case. and the charge OF murder
VIII De diihcult of substantiation.
The Won ms Counsel Talks.
Messrs. John Garland Pollard and Y
iNmas Mosby, two well-known young
lawyers Of this city, have been secured
as Lizzie Walters counsel They were
hard al work on the case Yesterday. ana
nave, IN fact, been diligently engaged i'm
the Investigation Of the case for several
days but not until Yesterday was il made
pubic that they were the womans coun-
sell
The opinion IS held by many that the
commonwealth will have great dffculty
in convcting any Of the parties arrested
and u IS also held that the officials who
have been working up the case have
done a hap-hazzard sort of work, and
have gone ahead with apparently little
grounds for their action.
when interviewed Messrs. Pollard and
Mosby. the woman's counsel. yesterday
they were not very communicative. deem
ing u best. as they dld, 10 keen many
details from the public for the present
I learned, however some facts which
have not been heretofore brought out.
Not in Glass of Beer.
ut Is absolutely certain 10 my mind" |
said Mr.. Pollard. that jenkins was not
poisoned In the Walters woman's bouse /
IL is claimed that he drank glass Of |
beer which was drugged. jenkins is |
known 10 have been total abstainer for !
months past. He was repeatedly offered |
intoXcants in The Walters woman's |
house, and several witnesses will swear |
that he always refused. That the poison |
was taken in a glass Of water is un-
true. There was no water IN the room, eX- !
cept that in a bucket from which the |
others IN the room also drank"
You believe that the poison was ad- |
minstered after Jenkins left the Walters |
woman" I suggested.
I'm confident Of IT," replied Messrs.
Pollard and Mosby in n breath.
What Is your theory
4 smile and d shake Of the head was
my reply.
Il have been hard at work on this case
for days" said Mr.. Pollard land there
are several important facts that / prefer
10 withhold for the present. L think /
might say. however. that the suicide
theory 81 the most reasonable one I have
Vet seen advanced. That drug was taken
some time after o'clock on the night
before the man was found dead. unless ]
ana very much mistaken"
The laudanum theory. as already cx-
r.olcd by The Times, is out Of the ques-
ton, I SUPPOSE
Absolutely So" said Mr.. Aiosby. I'VE |
can prove TO any jury that laudanum was
not the cause OF the mans death"
Who the Woman Is
u Is now n neat little point for the
commonwealth 20 prove that the woman
low languishing IN the Henrico ian
charged with the crime is Lizzie Walters.
j Is reasonably safe 10 say that her
name IS not Lizzie Walters. She is now !
me legal wife of a wel-known man in i
North Carolina. Eight years ago she I
quarreled with her husband left him. {
ana came 20 Richmond where she has ! (
neen ever since. She has never been
divorced from her husband and II the J
'laiement made by herself 10 the effect 4
nat she has been trying 60 conceal her | +
whereabouts ana identity from her peo- b
PIE Is true, why she almost certainly
hanged her name. y
Jenkins some time ago made ovcrtures d