The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-30
WHO KILLED JENKINS?
THOSE VINO KNOW WILL NOT An
sWER; OR WAS III MURDER?
The Matter IL stu shrouded in Mystery,
but the Belief Is Growing That His
Death Was Purely Accidental.

public, its hearers, by the officials IN
charge OF the prosecution OF the sup
posed murderers Of Solomon jenkins.
..Who killed Solomon Jenkins" Is now n
standing joke all over the city. who
killed him and what killed are the two
ouestions those who know will not an
swcr If the suicide theory IS true, why
IS Il that Lizzie Walters and Virgil Wac
ton are stin held? II they assisted in
uniting him out Of the way, how VIII II
ion,re the case against them TO have
the facts known? These are queries
mat commemorative Attorney Sands anu
his associates can answer, but VIII not
Nhv. VINO knows!
II is pretty we'll established iae' 'lat
prs Chalkley and Kuyh have ueh"l'eiy
settled all doubt as TO the character Vi
rho roison which ended jenkins me-
ant they are not allowed TO ialh. Why
this secrecyg When two such phs sici'"9'
who are undoubtedly experts, are SiNen
charge Of an affair Of this And IL u "o'
reasonable TO suppose That they NV
niven their whole time. or as much 81
il as possible. TO arriving AT shc H"'
Of a poison. 1t is understood that MI.
sands has stated that the name VIII
not be made known until after the open
ing of the trial Of walton and Walters.
This may be all right; We must cough
and bear IL.
{. q. Johnson. the man in whose favor
Jenkins made the policy, is man about
forty years Of age. lie does not look
ae though ne had ever failed I'm anything
but he did. nevertheless, and when ne
,,aao an assignment last September ne
e,id IN the creditors that that policy was
u-ortb more than all his other assets
that the cost of keeping it up would net
tbom enough to pay his full indebeted-
ness Now ne laughs at their failure
to take his advice.
The Policy.
on all sides are heard expressions oi
MIR. Peter Paul's wonderful fuck' a
| mans death, under ordinary circunl-
stances. does not seem a good thlnS 10
! crow Jolly over, but the features or thiS
particular case render it extremely uh-
| pleasant Mr.. Paul does not Ike II, Tor
! moro are dark lines under his eyes from
the worry Of frequent interviews with
| newspaper men and the officials con-
nected with the case.
DR.. T.. W. Hegcman. the druggist on
the corner Of Seventeenth ana Broad
| streets. has been errOnaeousiy 1eaihrcu
In connection with this matter. lie says
that the statement recently puDnsheu III
effect that Jenkins procured medicine from
his store the day before his death was
manufactured out Of the whole cloth.
,rhat Nlessrs Sands and Jewell called
ON him and that he went over all OF the
nrescriptions filled on the day mention
ed with them. and that he conclusively
nroved to them that no medicines com
Dounded into prescriptions that day could
have had the effects noticeable in connec-
ton with Jenkins death.
DIR. Chalklcv. who has given more at
tention TO the analysis Of this poor Eel
lows stomach and head than to any
four previous cases. has been worried
| until he is nearly blind, trying TO eaten
the queer ideas Of numerous reporters
and adapt them TO an intelligent under
standing Of the facts He is like tenn
pered steel. sharpcned through. and they
| all leave him wondering where they
are at"
Outside Of the plain statement that the
| ANALYSIS has not yet been completed. Dr
| Challley VIII not GO His professional
courtesy holds him there. We know thai
Jenkins was poisoned and the character
of the poison was such that its effect.
appeared slowly. That poison was an ir
ritant, but not Of a mineral character.
Are we considering the most ingeniousll
constructed attempt TO kill a man We
conceived, or are we fussing with
tempest in teapot Mr. sands vii
tell you.
Lizzie in Jail.
Lizzie Walters spent 4 very pleasan
day in jail yesterday She mad gotten
through the kindness Of friends, severa
tr.hf fa ch 10 III
TO Kill time Lizzie was not in p yer.
taikative frame of mind or else SIN
found her novel unusually interesting. 70
whenever ! tried TO get her 10 talk abou
Jenkins, she shut up like clam an
Immediately became intensely absorbed d
Laura Jean Libbey's novel Of novels
Lovers once but Strangers Now.
III you will tell me how Ions 1t ma
been since you have seen your husban
/ will bring you real nice BOOK
said.
No answer came from the absorbe
reader.
your husband will be here to-day"
next Ventured.
''NiH he?" was the laconic answer, wit
a side glance Of the eye.
tried a number OF questions, but a
to no avail, Lizzie was too deeply III
terested in the tragic parting OF som
Carls son with his milkmald 'Meeiheai
10 heed me. SO / left hep Derusins he
/, ! novel.
Walton also refused TO talk; be does nc
seem to have time for anything but IN
chewing Of tobacco and the .'-pins
his mustache.
, ST R"nnatt's Denial
Mr.. Robert Bennett, at whose hous
the murdered man visited corrects IN
! report that he had any knowledge of Jer
kins' acquaintance with the alleged mui
| deress; indeed he never had the slightes
. intimation until after the death of Jer
, kins but that he was a moral man
t every way, and says that had he know
of his connection with the Walter
woman. Jenkins could never have darh
- ened his door
, The same may be said Of the cntiI
family. the first suspicious of his immor'
s associations having come TO them throus
Mr.. Snead after his death.