The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-19
ANOTHER WIFE
MURDER TODAY
hd..ln jenkins Kills One
Woman and Threatens a
Second In His Home On
First Street
EAYs kE WAS NAGGED TO DEED

SHOOT HIM = LUCY REED
JUMPED FROM A WINDOW TO
SAFETY.
Adam Jenkins, mulatto. who halls
originally from Bennettville. South Caro-
ina, shot and killed his wife. Mary Jen-
lins, in their apartments on the second
anor of the frame tenement house No.
u First street, at nine O'Clock this
norning. He threatened to kill his
rife's sister, Mrs. Lucy Reed, who, half
Isessed. jumped from a second story rear
Window Jenkins was employed by the
United States Express Company at
lights greasing axles Of the Express
company s wagons and doing other odd
obs about the company's stables at
eighth and Henderson streets.
At $40 this A. NJ. Patrolman James
T. Murray was standing on Monmouth
Jtreet, near First, when boy ran up
10 him and said:-
Mr.. Policeman. colored man has
shot his wife at No. 331 First street.
Murphy started on rum Patrolman
Hayes, who was on an adjoining post,
paw him running and joined him. Muir
ply explaining to Hayes the trouble as
Ehey ran.
Arriving at the scene of the murder
The Two policemen raped at the door.
They we've confronted by jenkins, who
still held his pistol in his right hand.
He did not threaten to shoot the Off
GERS, but banded over the revolver and
meekly submitted to arrest. Patrolman
Murphy took Jenkins to the nearest sig
nal box and telephoned to the First Pre-
cinct Station, leaving Patpolnan Hayes
In charge Of the room in which the dead
body of Jenkins's wife lay on the floor
pierced with three bullets. Police Cap
tain Cox and reserves responded to the
signal and Jenkins was taken to the
First Precinct Station, in the basement
of the City Hail, and booked on a charge
of murder. Subsequently, he was taken
before Chief of Police Murphy at Head
quarters ON the top floor of the Muniei-
pal Building. To che Chief and Detec-
tive-Sergeant William Robinson, Of the
Bertillop Bureau, jenkins made a state
ment to the following effect
That his wife worried him to DEATH;
that they auarreled bitterly yesterday
morning and thau his wife made threats.
He was called up at haifpast one o'clock
yesterday afternoon He eaid:-
''She called me and commenced ours
ing me and ceiling me vile names. I
didn't answer. She threatened to blow
out my brains. She said: Some time
you will go to sleep aad never wake up.'
gave no answer. got up at three
o'clock and sAAavEas sitting IN the kitchen
sewing. She cursed me again. I tried to
joke with her. She said4 If you don't go
away TN blow a hole in your head She
reached for q pistol In an open satchel
near by. 7 ran to the dront room. After
wards I cooked something to eat. She
kept on naggaug. 8 couldn't eat. gave
the meal to our dog q went TO work at
6.3o F. M. My wife was IN bed. She
said she did notsfeeD well. started a
fire in the kitchen. Baske6ger what she
did with the pistol. She made no an
swer. told her q would hock the pistol.
was afraid she would either bring
tpolIble on me on her L found The pistol
under the pillow upon which my wife had
been sleeping. Z went TO the United
tates Express Cempany's stables to
ork, taking along her brother-in-law,
Walter Reed. and ha got q job.
When returned home this morning
- wife began to quarrel with me. /
said: For Heavens sake, amt you ever
going to stop quarreling in your life?
She said: No. I'll never stop quarrel
ling until kill you or leave you.' She
said she was going to clean out the house
end leave me and began to pack up
elings. She kept on quarrelling and
aade me so angry that I drew the re-
y and shot her. | think 1 fred three
| am not sure
asips and his wife had lived in the
IT fire months. He had for. awhile
Newark. He said he had had
volver in his possession for two
Reed. sister Of the dead woman,
statement to the effect that she