The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-19
SHOT 66WN Al Ms a0Rg
I'm. Smith Called Out Of HIS Houss .ndAss.,>
mated kea cuIpeDsf.

otutal assassination was commit.
NJ y clock Saturday night in Cnlt..,..,
county. about - mills from Gul,..,,.-
"Hen some person, whnS,s identify h ma,
SHOWN, called VIM. Smith. snrs.ri,,t,.,,
dent OF the farm oi Cape Miller. fro,n bj.
mouse and shot him To death.
man, thought To have b,,en "A tnnl ,i
,he murderer, called Mr. Smith from hi.
mousse saying that his wagon had brnl.,,
down on the public road nearby aud tbnt
ne was III need OF assistance Mr.. Smith
VINO was sitting with his family. started
out 70 give what help hecould Tvv.rt,'
feet from the house someone ,r.d a,..,
emptied two loads OF buckshot into ~,
unsuspecting man, who met in.,a,.t
death. One load almost took his hsod
away, the other struck him full i'm Tho
chest Ut '''
\ 'eud between the Smith family and
another family of the county had IL j.
seld existed Tor some time. and the she,,o
ana MS deputies are proceeding on that
me. They express confidence thnt tbs,
VIII soon make an arrest and thar M
viii get the right man.
smith had been married twic. the first
marriage resulting in divorce. and ti,.r,.
Il some suggestion that the ARRAY was
over the divorced woman.
MI smith was quiet and iuuii-nsive IN,
ms ~, manner aud was popular. Sherin 4
W. fulllam and COMMONWEALTH Amor
crime.
WIN: Sea was locked up in jail at Gull
PepeI uesuhy alter the cOrOner's Jury
had returned verdict finding tbnt bs
had iured his sOn-in-law. Joseph smith
10 the door Sunday night and shot him
70 death. In near hy cell Is Fred len
Alns' another sOn-in-law of Seal. charged
VIII. VIII ueihg accessory To the murder
Inc TWO men arr kept i'm separate coils
lor Jenkins confessed that Seal had kill, 4
smith after having tried I'm vain IA in
uuce Jenkins TO fire the first shot
jenkins protested his Innocence at The
inquest declaring hecOuld proveAn nliti
Later he weakened aud confessed
seal In his testimony said.
smith and had not been ON fri,nd'v
terms since he married my daughter "A -
have not spoken OF had anythin,, IN IN
win each other. | told Smith at m,
Orange horse show last year wnuld
~ ~. ", mn Il ne uldn keep away from me.
seal Is about fifty years Old He has O.,
VIE ana seventeen children
He swore he was at his homo M ,h.
hour when Smith was shot down
II amt got but one gun" ne said
That Is the one my father carried in the
war. Wv
smith tried TO persuade Fred's wife
20 leave him. Fred's wife told her hus-
band about it three weeks ago" he said
PERSISTENT questioning did not bring
out further details of the attempts of ne
one son-in-iaw to ALLEVIATE the affections
oil the vile OF the other. jenkins said
when put on the stand that he nnid no
attention TO what his wife had told him
about Smiths trying To induce her to 90
away
In his confession Jenkins said Seal tried
to get him To shoot Smith and offered "a
give him alarm II he committed The decd
jenkins refused. but agreed To- accom-.
pany Seal. and borrowed the gun with
whlch the murder was done. after seal
had threatened 10 LII jenkins if ha ~.
FUSED TO aid him. lie said they went ia
smith = house, where seal called him out
and shot him.
The bloOdhounds' trail corrohorated
many parts of Jenkins story. The inrv
held Seal on the charge Of murder and
jenkins as accessory. The prisoner.
We're taken To the jail at Culpaner hut II
II possible they may be transferred IL
Alexendria Tor safer keeping.