Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-19
JENKINS TELLS STORY Oh
THE PEPPER MURDER

such thing. There was only dem.
onsiration Of curiosity in Culpeper
when the strange procession of lug
GIGS reached tho county ian ana !.
seemed that the only thing desired by
The people is that the law take us
course quickly
II Is just possible that ono or both
of the men may he moved from Cul.
pepor 10 Alexandria or some other
nearby plncc for safekooping. Shcr
III Pulliam. of Culpeper county. nd.
milied that the Jail hero is not very
secure and that the hest cells In the
place are already occupied Anoth-
or point. too, which is being regard
ch MS one in favor of The removal of
at lenst ono of the mon is that tho
authorities want to keep them from
convorsing about the case.
Up to this time Seal has not heard
that his aOnin.law has made n con.
fession ana Commonwealth Attor.
ney G. NJ. Waite said he would prob.
ably not tell the old man for while.
strong efforts will he made To get
a confession from Seal.
a Weird Family Fcud.
Tho story of the lives of tho ppo
pie who have figured in the family
icud is like Il novel. Seal ia tho
father of II children. ~ of whom arc
BOYS. ono of his daughters married
william King who lives In the neigh.
borhood of Slate Mills: another elop.
cd with the victim and married him
nearly three years ago against tho dc.
sire of her father. and the third. n
girl OF II years. married Fred Jon.
kins last January.
Jenkins child wife has l,ahy. and
on tho day that her husband was led
away from her to jail under such n
serious charge the little ono was OK.
nelly n month old TO add To the
singular features IN connection with
the tragedy Smiths first wife. from
whom he was divorced was on thc
scene. She married Joseph Smith n
brother of tho victim. after tho di.
vorce had been granted. Her damgh.
ter by William Smith Is grown and
married. and is MS old MS the Young
womnn who now mourns the loss of
her husband.
Thc widow is Just II years old Ono
OF her children died ana G.months.
old child survives the father. Then
INC old mother of the victim. who
was not too old to play an important
part In the tragedy. ut tho hearing
sat nnHing first at ono of the women
aud then ut another MS each gave her
testimony.
Bad Feeling Among the Men.
Mono of the members of the family
deny that there was bad blood he
tween tho mon, Mrs. Smith realized
thnt her father hatcd her husband
and tried to keep them from marry
ing She declared his Objection wa.
mat she was separating man and VIII,
when she married Smith. divorcee
However, the widow said sho was moi
mt homo when the victim and his first
wife separated.
Then, too, Mrs. Smith said the had
blood between hor lrother.in.lnw
Fred Jenkins. about her husband
might have been brought about by n
rnmor which was attributed TO hcI
husband. She declared 1t was said
that her husband had said jenkins
hnd negro relatives. hut she firmly
denied that her husband had made
such rcm,Ak.
In his statement to the coroner's
jury Seal said thc child wife of JcoiS
ms had told him Smith was trvinp
10 persuade her TO leave her hus
land. And so. from one branch nj
he family To another. tho bad feel
ing seems to have spread. yet. today
when 1t MI was brought to n climax
here was peculiarly pathetic scene
MI of the women sohhcd MS tn. teams
drove away with the prisoners. the
chili-wifc screamed Historically after
heT Young husband. and the two sis
ters cried aloud for their father.
DESPITE all the bad feeling among
nc men there seemed to be little
hostility among the women, who for
the most part were grave and silent