The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-23
THEORIES SHATTERED.
SULPHAfE or MIGNHsI1 CAUSED
SOLOMON JENKINS DEATH.
Hearing OF Walters and Walton Ended.
Their Cases 60 on To the March "rsnd
Jury-veats' Character Attacked.

It was not laudanum. Rough on Rats
etc etc but T. was sulphate Of |
maencsla that killed Solomon Jen-
kins. 1t was found in the intestines
on the post-mortem examination made OF
the stomach and intestines by DR.. Chalk-
ley. the theological expert.
At 10 o'clock Yesterday morning the
hearing of Lizzie Walters ana NIsie
Walton was continued. Win one oredh OF
an hour the hearing continued until II
/ o'clock at night. The courtroom was
crowded all through the session. The dead
mans skull was produced IN court, ana a
/ practical demonstration given OF the nledl-
/ cine which caused mis- death.
Here is letter, which Is part OF the
record. from Miss Bennett-nO date:
MIR. jenkins:
II am sorry 10 hear you are sick, but
hope you Will be better tomorrow.
will try TO come over tomorrow. would
| like 10 come tonight. but | can't. ike
10 got my dress burned off Of me, and l
burned my hands and arms. Yours.
"MOLLIE BENNETT
Some OF the damaging statements
which go to show Walton's connection
with Lizzie in the affair follow, as ex-
tracted from his letters to her:
you said you were not going to let
jerks get the best OF you; that's right
don't let him do it, He will If you give
! him the chance. baby" II would
see you every day il | could
IN a letter or November ihtn. rove
! you. Lizzie but Il will be I'm vain 3s long
IS you keep the one yoJ have with you
| up" Maybe you will get tired
OF making gentleman Of the boss and
viii then notice me some. I
love you from the sole of your feet TO
the crown Of your head" This letter is
full of endearing terms. Lizzie had evil
IDENTIFY had frequent fuses with walton,
as evidenced i'm a letter bearing date as
far back as November s. 1892, as he AYERS
therein that she had told him never to
put his foot in her house again In very
strong language Later letters to Lizzie
from Walton indicate that he had a very
decided animosity TO Jenkins
The dead mans correspondence with the
woman covers two or three years. In
two or three Of his letters TO her he calls
her attention 20 threats she had made
against him. He closed a letter. dated as
late as December IS, 1899, thus: II hope
you will be happy. Your wrongs 20 me
are the cause OF your trouble. | did not
think So but ! do now Some OF the
letters are signed IS. b." Solomon Jen-
kins." others simply jerks They all
express different periods of intimacy with
the woman. In one of them he implied
that Walton was a loafer and was just
making a convenience Of her.
she Ex mination.
The first witness OF the day was ord
way Fuller. He testified that his cohnec-
ton with the case consisted in his iindinS
b the letters of Jenkins and Walton 10
| magnesa found I'm the wOmans room.
After a recess George h. Harrison Was
the first person called 10 the stand ne
T ! examination brought out the fact that ne
. had AT different times had whisky IN
81 ! IizZie's house He testified that Liza,
| had threatened 10 kill jenkins one nlsnlt
I / a week or two before Christmas WIN
she was intoxicated II appeared from hi'
Z / statement that she could not have real
\ lied the importance Of her words at TN
/ time. lie stated that Jenkins had sac
. he 'be ID il he would pay any more
| I rent i'm answer to question OF AttoI
ney Sands. Lizzie made no reply To I'M
remark. Walton told witness the morn
q ing after Jenkins death qhat he had hear'
!, George b. Harrison. the son of the pre-
l. ceding witness gave an account or
n talk Lizzie had with Jenkins "a Few morn.
+ ings prior % his death. N was simply al
account Of row, and was brought on
q bv the defence To show that Lizzie ~
= tended 10 give Jenkins "a black eye
. He also testified that Lizzie then an
/ there stated that she proposed 10 XIII MN
The names called both by the dead ma
:, and Lizzie are not Of character 10
u Ellen Ferrlter. Of Short clay street, had
j. been i'm Jenkins company about i've
20 weeks before Christmas. She was presen
at IiZzie's house. ana jenkins ana Llz1l
:, had "A bottle of whisky. of which Wltnes
= took a drink to Harrison Lizzie aske
-, him about the rent, and ne sara ne on
,
- he was going 10 let some OF the loatef
l. around the house pay IT, Witness got mac
- with Attorney Coalter, ana gave mn
- several sharp answers. She testineu lila
ia Lizzie WIS peaceful when she was soDe
y, Magistrate Tyler thought, during IN
- examination Of this witness that IL seen
~ ed 10 be useless prOlonging OF the exam
u nation 10 insist upon the witnesses ana
-, wering the same question propouhded
- a dozen different ways.
- Dr, ChaIki'y Testife..
81 And then the Commonwealth put ID
)f | Chalkley on the stand Tie made the post
So norton examination In connection WI
H. Or Kirk He detailed the account OF u
NJ rim when the body was exhumed III
i'm | necessity for the trip was 10 get add
a. tional portions Of jenkins body. lie 'opn
If i'm the stomach. liver bladder, ana III u
IN vomited matter "A large amount or go
phate Of magncsia and traces or Ho
al | The parts were cOugeSted, although u
n BODY had not badly decomposed. The co
= gesfion seemed confined 10 the stoina
,a | and brain He produced portion ~ IN
Skru where he found a dark clot
IN | blood lust under the RICH. temple. lWn
,v the skull was produced IL had no Nlsin
~ | efffct On the prisoners. tie gave q
n technical analysis Of the parts. VIM
counsel for the defence asked might
ba given in plain terms. Suiphate OF ma
~ nesia had produced death In several
ri stances. as mentioned in prominent tnN
~ | cOlOgfcal works. The symptoms WIN
- scientists agree follow an overdose
49, naeuesia are similar 10 those produc
in Jenkins death. His examination W
thorough but ne found only the I"
&c medicines The clOt found IN me IRA
ng was probably produced by the vOmitln
IT, which might have caused rupture
~. one of the blood vessels.
o. lie was called uuon by Attorney san
MS to attest 10 the finding OF a package
IA h.psom salts or sulphate of magnesid'
ar Lizzie Walters house, from when a p
IN ton had been taken.
IN on the examination OF the Doctor
ar, | Mr.. Pollard the point was ELECTED ~
nd the usual dose OF 'nagnesla. or So
n when used as a laxative, was about h
-. an ounce. that one ounce or an oui
or and half had been known 10 cal
lie ! death.
20 The glass which the medicine Is suppose
oy 4, have been administered IN was inc 81
ng of a pony whisky glass. y practical I
IA was given. What Dr. 'haikley lhou'
. WAS about two ounces was put in sif
ey. preserve glass. IL half tlled the ga
sX- hut when water was addcd 'tr adi's
ne gan 10 dissolve rapidly. tho water 90
lty hack TO lis former clear state. II was
he demonstration that the defence Viii ~
he some trouble in lispOslns %.
nd ret~ciiV' a..
S Detective Yeats was called back 70
700 stand He got mad. and claimed y
- Pollard had called him liar laSt ne
- II was all about question asked az
81 . niece OF paper found IN Sneads no,
r. i'm Jenkins room. This piece OF pa
1t" was found by reporter or Inc II
49,. and analyzed by "A prominent phvsic'
.n' ,yho found no trace Of any sort OF me
a. rine and with Yeats testimony the GO
-"e mouwealth rested the case.