The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-28
PEPPERS ORDEAL
The Second Woman Ever Tried
for Murder in Hudson
Was 1t a Suicide.

The trial of Jennie Robinson, alias Pep
per, alias Brooks, a colored woman, foi
the murder of Charles w. Pepper, her
common law husband, was begun today
nj Court of Oyer and Terminer. 1t was
half past eleven before the case was
opened by the Prosecutor.
The accused woman is a light mu-
latto, slender in build and has a th1n
but progressing face. When she was
brought into court by a constable, she
smiled and ak as br1skly as II golng
to a party. h smiled and boWed to
ex-Judge William T. Hoffman and Alex.
Simpson, and then became interested III
the proceedings.
The jury secured was as follows
D SamaeL gannoh r G 5Gf9laasl william Nit
tan, Louis J. Smith Gustav A. Lill1en-
thai. James D. Knight. James Nerrler'
). VI. T. McCrea and William Spencer.
The accused woman gazed apprehen,
sively as each juror was drawn, ano
in their hands. She is the second WON
an ever tried in his county for murder,
the first one being Jennie Smith, whose
three trials are famous in the history OF
'no Story OF THE CRIME.
In opening the case Prosecutor VIM
mouth street, died from the effect OF a
pistol shot wound inflicted by Jennie
RODl1lSOu, lila ISPPCl dllio DiOONo.
Pepper was a married man." he went
on. n his wife lived in Camden. She
and Pepper formerly lived in his city,
Robinson, after this, got together and
lived as husband and wife at the house
1yds !, Pe 5Re1s+ died tSrea On o7c1 the day s IN aTe Is
and his wife, of No. 2S9 York street, vis-
tied the Peppers i They lived on the le
d drinPfng l0e Smoking nee a tr%e PLAYING Msi passes cards. 81
They had supper there and left at about
half-past ten o'clock These two per-
who lived on the second floor. At a
few minutes before twelve o'clock the ac-
cused went upstairs and knocked at the
when he went to the door she said, Char
lie is sick Lee called his wife, who
went downstairs. and there Mrs. Pepper
shoot me, and shot himself Clark then
came downstairs and found the body of
Pepper lying on the floor Of the kitchen.
doctor, but instead of doing SO he called
a policeman. Mrs. Pepper told the
p poIieeman s asked sans %he story ibe When When I'll the e
Mrs. Pepper replied that Ed. CLARK
had it. Clark was then placed under
arrest; The pistol was not found or him
and the policeman made search for it.
The weapon was found beneath the foot
OF the bed in the sleeping room. While
the search for the pistol was being made
the woman became historical andwanted
room. but was prevented. DIR. Converse
stant1y and died where he fell. When
the Lees left the house Pepper was
smoking a pipe and when the body was
found the pipe. was found lying by his
body was found. Chief Murphy came to
the house, ard he found the body quite
cold. What effect his will have will
appear later in the trial. h Lees left
the house at half past ten o'clock, and
it was one and one-half hours later when
the body was found, and it must have
taken some time for the body to get
that way. The accused says that Pep
per tried to shoot her, she grabbed hds
wrist and he shot himself.
David G. Lee, the visitor on the night
of the tragedy, and Edward Clarke and
his wife, the occupants of the floor above
h Peppers, were the first witnesses.
Ihelr stories We're merely amplifications
OF the Prosecutor's statement.