Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-28
JENKINS KILLED BY ONE WITHIN
 HIS OWN HOME
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says that Sunday evening about { o'clock. Bradbury came to his room and ;0ld him to place sCne wocd On the fire in Bradbury's room. The 1 negro says when he lad completed the task, and returned to his own , :com he notic d that the gun wa; missing. He infcrmoi his employer ;b ut the incid nt a few minutes later. and the matter was accepted as jok2. the employer, his wife and the guest suggesting tha Martin had 1 laWned the gun for "Caristras nancy"
 The darkey, Lockhart. questioned 3y the sheriff, declared it was part of lis duty to latch from tha inside of the kitchen the door on the left side, leading into the yard. The negro, whc SC right hand is useless because i C an abscess, positively ass:rts he latchsd this door before he took his lantern and went to his own slsep- ing place. Apparently, every door was locke d from the inside before MT. and Mrs. .Jenkins retired to the room. lt was some mcments after the negroes had depar;ed from tho kitchen that MT. Jenkins, as it was his nightly custom, lift his room and went to the pump to draw water. While he was engaged in this service, 1Ee assassin fired. MT. Jenkins died in 8 short while without ragaining consciouSn
 Bradbury Calls Police
 Bradbu ny immediately went to Sherrill and called up the Pine Bluff rclico staticn.. He said he had en- 1cav3red to communicate with T. F. Nays, Mrs. Jenkins 'step-father, but the telephone call was not answered. He requested the police to notify the Mays of what had happened. He told the police Jenkins was still alive Night Chief of Police Fiv?as conn lnunicated with the Mays, and theA phoned Sheriff Williams, inquiring # the sheriff had been notified. He had not MT. Williams and Deputy McBurrett started for the scene im- mediately. After !heir investigation, ihek took Bradbury and Martin into custody, returned to Pine Bluff for c 1T mitment from Justice Of the Peace Br- wster. and then carried the Two men to Little Rock. This was .recaution taken to insure that no violence would he done by friends and relatives of MT. Jenkins at Sher- i'll.
 Heard No COmmOt1en.
 L. H. Crutcher and family, who were motoring from Sherrlll to Pine Bluff, passed the Jenkins home as the shot was fired. MT. Crutch:r' says le heard no commotion, thougat ncthing of the matter and resulliad his drive. He learned of the tragedy when he reached Pine Bluff.
 The gun with which the murder IS thought to have been committed was picked up from the same table and in he sam, room where Paul Vauglne, Mrs. Jenkins first husband. placed a s,lass from which he swallowed i ! oison about six years ago.
 Mrs. Jenkins is said to be on the verge cf nervous prostration She was with her moth r, Mrs. Mays. last night. but 9 friend of the family stated ever the phone she was cer- tain Mrs. Jenkins was in no condition ct mind to make a statement at that time.
 It is und erstood that MT. Jenkins carried life insurance to the extent of $l5 900. He is said to have taks,v cut additional Insurance only recent l lv. Efforts last night to ascertain the k2neficiary CT beneficiaries under .hcsS palices were unavaling.
 Sheriff Williams and his deputies 1 lave not terminated their investiga- ton. It is Txpected there will be further developments.
 The verdict of the coroner's jury. after an inquest al the Jenkins llace, Sunday night, was that the da- ceased came to his "death from q eunshot wound in his cwn house at the hands of person CT persons un- Fnown to the jury" and recomr end cd that Bradbury and Martin be held.
 Was Popular Citizen.
 Than Phil Jenkins, thsre were few men in the county more widely known CT more generally liked and respected. He was born on Plum Bayou in November, 1862, and had spent all his life in Jefferson county. Left an orphan at an early age, he was reared by Mrs. J. R. Martin of Pine Bluff, who loved him as sen. and to whom he in turn was deeply attached
 "He was always cocd boy" said Mrs. Martin last evening, "iust as he was a good man. He never harmed any one. by word or deed. He n:ver spoke i'll of any one. and was always glad te do a favor or to help any one. He attended his own business s'rictly. and allowed other p:ople to attend theirs"
 In his carly life. MT Jenkins was a member of the Catholic church. but n later years he has not attendsd to any extent. He gave all his time and energy to the operation of his store at Sh rrill and his big plantations in that section. He was man of strong and just character. as was evidenced by his attitude on the free bridge pro- position.
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