Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-02-13
HAMMOD IS ALSO KILLED
JIM JENKINS WITH SHOTGUN
Most Terrible and Bloody Tragedy Ever Enacted in the
History Of Codington County. Two Men Dead
and One Life Hanging in the Balance at the Water
town Hospital as Result Of Family Feud


stairs, heard the shooting and the
struggle and she grabbed loaded
shot gun and ran down stairs and
handed the weapon to her son, James,
who turned the muzzle and with a
supreme effort fred shot which took
effect in Hammond's head above the
left eye. He fired another shot which
took effect i'm his breast about four
inches from the neck. A third shot
was fired which took effect in the
side. Any one Of the shots were fatal
and We're fired at close range, boring
IA hole into the body about two inches
in diameter. ..~s -
James Jenkins, the wounded man
was taken care of by members of the
family and DR.. Freeburg was hurriedly
summoned to the scene Of the tragedy.
He found the young man in pretty
bad shape. The bullet had lodged in
his throat and taken downward
course and fractured his left shoulder
blade. After taking an ante.mortem
statement from him he was bundled
up in blankets and taken out to Isiior
Hanten's automobile and driven to
the city at the rate of FIVE miles an
hour. 1t was necessary for Mr. Han
ten to drive slowly on account of the
serious condition Of the patient. The
young man was taken to the Water
town hospital, where his wounds were
dressed by Drs. Freeburg and Camp
bell. ..
James Jenkins, the wounded man
is a married man anG his family was
living with him at the Hammond home
The murdered man, Clifford Jenkins
was single and worked on the railroad
section during the winter months, Ii
is said that Hammond got along with
him better than any other member oi
the family. They used to quarrel al
times, but always made up the differ
ence again and were pretty friendly
towards each other.
! James, the elder boy, never did gel
along we'll with his step father ant
it did not take very nslch to start {
war of words with either one of them
! Mrs. Mabel Carr, a married daugh
ter, also lives at the Hammond home
Her husband being away in Canada
was not present at the tragedy.
Archie Hammond, brother OF O
E. Hammond, was at the farm at th'
time of the tragedy. He says he wa
at the barn feeding the hogs when h
heard the shots and ran to the hous
to find the two men dead ad tn
'lhouse in terrible commotion.
The Story Of Glen Jenkins.
) Glen Jenkins, a boy of abou
eighteen years of age. was at the barr
milking the cows when he heard tn
J, shots fired He ran to the house a
, quick as he could but the bloody wor
!, had been completed. The boy say
, the trouble grew out of a quarrel {
a the day previous when Clifford weI
, to hitch up a horse to a buggy and g
: to a neighbors visiting. Harmon
9 forbade him to hitch up the horse, bt
/. his brother grabbed the rifle and wer
\ to the barn and hitched UP and drop
away, returning later in the evening
The boy says that there has been CO..
siderable trouble of late regarding Il
sale of the 1912 crop and the paymel
! tof contracted debts.
4 A Sad Scene at the Home.
i. Isidor Hanten invited T. Q. Mil
q naugh, Ira Woodward and the edit
II of the Saturday News to accompar
If him to the scene Of the tragedy
e one OF his new studebaker cars II