The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-27
III IS STILL A MYSTERY.
,,,sO Innocent Person Knows the Cause
Of jenkins Death.
,gs WOMAN WHOM hE WAS TO MARRY
I'll. Times Reporter About Her Engage
msnt-she Wss Not Seventeen ana no
Was Finy-rheories Of the Murder.

-. Of the great murder trials Of
81 ...,,t DAYS has been so entirely shrouded
~,stcry as the poisoning OF Solomon
,.,s Those people who ought, from
,uthoritles' standpoint, 20 know all
..., II seem TO know absolutely moth
49, ,,,..
80. bccn working IS simply that jenkins
-., 10 his death because Of the jealousy
,4fzzie walters Later Developments
.ia indicate that this view IS errone-
.s The Walters woman asks very per
...,rnv. ''What could have been my
',. i'm making away With Jenkiasg Did
t.-.vc any benefit from his DEATH
.be vas not interested. the first
".r,l question i. "who VAS
rfe alI-important point about the death
, Jenkins Is that his poisoning makes
,..,l a $500 policy on his life ana TINS
n.v led 90 the investigation "il."
.. resulted In showing that he died 10y
..r hut by whom? This is where inc
s., rests Tor lack Of evidence - -
Intended that the Walters woman uiu
ID. that Walton did IT, th"t nSo.s -
rv did it. but the evidence OF ."S
-r that any one OF them aoi'''''9'e'ON
&, seems 20 be very far-ictcheu'
Mhn, Jewen >ays.
.u tbc insurance agent sent down
,-. 40 investigate the AFFAIR says t.i"'
49,. arc other arrests 90 be made ou'
go ae secrctiVe about who the o'hel
~.o,e in,piicatcd are as ciam' anu
.r Sands has just the same dihoun' oi
,,eormation 10 give out IN the ht'''''
me three arrests SO far mace seem
..,naned TO a class Of people that arc
..t.i,,,s t.ut not necessarily criminal Che
~ ntflo better than a 'wag. ahot"c'
t,..ne where only lost morality mus
home. and the other is a long uihe io''-
Of the woman , and
fszzic saws she has gotten counsel. ana
seems 10 bc disposed 20 say as h',,' ."
POSSIBLE. The people around the San say
She has engaged Washington l"oi'''''
tut She won't confirm II. -.
anfroachcd her with the IchihIh
+A.t 1 knew she was innocent, ana she
cot her secrecy bond long enoush ~
.,elaim. Il know I ON. am eiuI'is
.tsar OF this charge" and then she smut
rp Ike a jack knife.
W Hing 10 Talk.
Virgil Walton. the longtime lover Of
the Walters woman, seems willing 10
f.u everything De knew. bat he does not
arpcar 10 know much. \ paper yesterday
printed the alleged fact that Walton
Was a fiashily-dressed sport etc. jus
how il arrived at this conclusion Is not
known. II an outing shirt, pair OF
working pants. and coat constitute q
dudes outfit, IL is an innovation in the
concentrations Of such characters.
Walton is the only one of those so IA
arrested who has the habit Of looking
nfrson straight In the eve. II he had any
ihing 70 do with the poisoning OF Jenkin
fhc prosecution VIII find IL hard 10 con
tiet him. He says he did not see Jen
EIns for two weeks before he met III
death. and that he does not know q GOD
blessed thing about the poison bein'
GWEN and ne tells his story i'm q name
calculated TO carry conviction with il
what had I 10 gain by jenkins death?
f. said "What possible benefit could
derive2 I have known the Walters wo
man for years. and [ do not deny that
have been intimate with her, and ] knew
Jenkins and liked him. and so did LIZZIE
hut / do not think. nor did her manne
ever lead me 10 believe, that she wa
jealous about his connection with anothe
glrf
jenkins told her about his being en-
Gagged. but she treated the matter yer
lightly. The only remark ever near
her make about his COINS TO marry Wa
I'm effect that she could not see what
Young girl wanted with such an old man.
Geo &c lowry
about the cause for jenkins death
George Lowry. alias Washington. lie ha
made two or three damaging admissions
the most important Of which IS that d
was present when the poison was give
to the victim. He is nervous. and contra
diets himself every time he opens III
mouth. and his appearance is certainl
against him In reply TO a. query as
where he lived. he very frankly state
that he did not live anywhere; that n
slept wherever he could and ate when II
could He has a sister living on Churc
Hll. but outside Of this he is like Lizzie
in that he is opposed TO saying what
knows.
While / talked 10 him he moved mel
vously about his cell. as if afraid tina
somebody was after him with a gun.
this man could be induced TO tell all u
knows Il would go a long way toward
clearing mp the present cloud Of mystery
hut the combined efforts Of Sands. Jewel
and Iailer Russell have only succeede
IN making him close up still tighter.
What snead Says.
James i. Snead. the man with whom
Jenkins boarded lives about four mile
down the River road. Sncad has n large
family. who were all very fond Of th
dead man. His death did not surpris'
hem 10 any appreciate extent. Snea,
knew that Jenkins had had two congestiy'
lhills and thought that his death wa,
eaused by the third one.
Here H. what he says: when we lef
work the evening that Jenkins died,
said TO him TO come on and go hom
with me. He did seem willing 10 -
lafore he came up in the city, so / wen
on home and when / arrived there toll
my wife that ne would be 10 supper in
little while. He came in about O o'clock
sie his supper, and shaved. lie did no
stay In the house more than half an hour
and went out. saying that he was coins
over 20 Benefits 10 carry some mcdicin
for Heck. q nephew Of Benefits
when he came IN 10 dinner he com
planned that his feet were freezing, bu
sal nothing about feeling badly in an
other way. / knew Of his connection
With the Walters woman, and had oftel
PLEADED with him TO give up running
With that sort OF people lie was ;
good man at heart. and his relation!
win this woman were much TO be re
grettcd.
His Fiance.
i also knew Of his attachment 10 Mr.
BENEFITS daughter. Miss Mciie but
molent II he would marry her that u
would change the course Of his life.
She Is a girl about seventeen years
ol. and jenkins was very fond of her