Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-09
William Smith Was Slain for Try
Ing to Lure AaolhaP Rams wife
from Her Home.
TRAGEDY END or FAMILY FEuB
William Seal and His soo.in.iuw,
Frederick Jenkins the Accused
Murderers, Have Been in Jail Ever
Since the Crime was committotd,
September IS. M
spociol to Tho Daily press.)

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RICHMOND VA. Nov S.-When
the Circuit Court OF Cnlpeper coun-
ty convencs next Monday morning.
among tho most sensational OF the
criminal casos TO como before Il viii
~ that OF William Scnl and his SON
in-law Frederick Jenkins. charged
with the airoCious murder of William
smith. after they had called tho la,tor
from Isis homo on tho nrctcxt OF rot.
ting him 10 aid in mondlrg their wag-
on which they said had broiIcn down,
seal and lcnkins have hccn in iail
ever since their arrest. which was
made day or two after tho tragedy.
which occurred on the night OF Scpt.
To- near Slate Milla hack in tho wilds
OF Culpepcr county.
Smith. tho victim. was ron.jnlow
OF seal. who Is accused with shooting
inc former with shsotg,n alleged
to have boen borrowed from Ienltins,
smith had somehow grown In diam.
vor with hia father.in-law. Tho cnse
resembles tho celebrated Thnw case
IN one rosnnct. in that IL win no nj.
lcred that Smith tried to induce ion.
INNS slil wife TO leave her husband.
SEM probably does nof know TINT
h'H daughterss husband. jenkins. has
also boon charged with the murder.
and u has been tho pnrpoao or Com.
m,onwealth's Attorney Charles NJ.
Waito to keep the prisoner from
learning it, II possible.
Or. Il. II. Lewis the coroner and
Deputy Sherlifs George L. Lillnrd and
=. W. wood viii be among tho i'm.
portant witnesses.
Was Bad Blood Between Them.
Mono OF the members of the family
uehy that there was had blood no.
tween tho mon. Mrs. Smith rea,jzea
.hat hcr father hated her husband
ana tried TO keep thcm from marry.
lug. She declared his objection was
.nat she was separating man and wife
When shc married Smith diyorcen
however the widow said she wos pot
~ nome when the victim and hin Gret
wife separated '''' "a o.
Then, too. Mrs. Smith said tho hod
mood between her l-othor-in.,or
rreueriek Jenkins. ana her husband
mieht have been brought about nv n
un,or which was attributed 10 har
mnsh"nd She declared II was said
,n"t her husband had said Jenkins
n"u negro relatives. but shc firmly
denied that her husband had made
such a remark. ''''oe
In his statement to tho coronsr's
jury Seal said the child wife of JenI,-
ins had told him Smith was irving 10
persuade her to leave her husband.
ANA 80 from one l.rNnch Of the family
10 another, the had feeling seems To
have spread. yet, when 1t was all
brought 10 climax, there was n ne
culiarly pathetic scene. All OF the
women sobbed when the teams drove
away with the prisoners; tho child
Wife screamed hystcrlcallv after her
young husband and tho two sisters
cried aloud for their father
Despite all the bad feeling among
me men there seemed to he little hos.
tility among the women who for the
most part were grave and silent until
mat moment OF parting.
1t vas not until he had boon ouas.
toned twice by the coroner that Jen.
kins made his confession. The arst
time he denied all knowledge Of the
CRIME, us Seal has done But after HE
bloodhound had been put on tho tran
Jenkins was recalled and he gave
MS version of the murder.