Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-28
Officers Confident Sherrill Planter Shot With His
 Gun from Kitchen.
SHERIFF HOLDING
 GUEST AND NEGRO
T, S. Bradbury and Negro. VII Martin. in Little Rock Jail-JenEins Carried Life Insurance of
 About $45,00O.


 wealthy planter of Sherrill, was mur- dered by an assassin within his own home and with the victims own gun is the theory of Sheriff R. H. Will lairs, Deputy Sheriff J. L. McBur- nett and others who have investigat- ed circumstances associated with the tragedy, which occurred Sunday evening about o'clock. shortly after Mir. and Mrs. Jenkins had returned home from a Christmas visit to Mrs Jenkins mother, Mrs. T. F. Mays, Tn Pine Bluff.
 Frcm all accounts, there were only three people in the house when the shooting took place. These were: P. G. Jenkins, his wife, and T. s. Brad fury, a young man about 2S years of age, who has been at the Jenkins home sinca December 1, doing odd jobs, and endeavoring tto secure a position with MT. Jenkins during 1916 Two other persons, negroes, Will Martin, alias Arkansas Red. Jen- kins' yard-boy. and Will Lcckhart, who looked after the Jenkins stock, occupied cabins in the yard.
 The Jenkins Home.
 Sheriff WilliaIs made diagram Of the Jenkins home, which is of the "I." style of cv1struetion. Looking at this diagram, with the front at the top or north, it is seen there are two rooms in front. with a hall through the center. This hall opens on a porch, extending along the rooms on the rear. Beth front and rear porches are screened. Behind the front room on the left or west are built four other 1coms. These, in the order they come from the front, are: a bedroom, with curtained opening into the dining room, the dining-room with a swing ing door into the kitchen, and the last a bedroom. Between the kitchen and the bedroom behind there is no occr. All the rooms have doors open ing upon the porch. There is door, also, from the kitchen opening direct ly into the yard on the left. The pump is on the rear porch almost opposite tn, kitchen dcor. Bradbury occupied the front room on the right of the hall. The room on the left is used as a narlor. The bedroom behind the parlor was not occupied. MT. and Mrs. Jenkins occupied the room at the extreme rear-the room behind he kitchen.
 What the Officers Learned.
 Sheriff Williams and Deputy Mc- Burnett ascertained from Mrs. Jen- k:ns and Bradbury and the two negroes that
 MT. and Mrs. Jenkins and Bradbury had supper together in the kitchen; that after they had concluded the re- past, the two negroes had their sup per at the same table used by the white folk. Then, each is supposed to have retired to their respective rooms. The negro, Martin, occupied a cabin about 20 yards to the left of the house, and Lockhart used room probably 30 yards to the right, both a little to the rear of the Jenkins home. Follcwing the shot that killed MT. Jenkins, all rushed to the dying man. Bradbury and the negro Martin were only partly attired.
 The charge that killed MT. Jenkins was evidently fired from within the kitchen, or from that direction. The charge tore through the neck above the Adams apple, and buried itsell on the inside of post of the porch rear the pump. The dying man was ricked up and carried to a couch in she bedroom just behind the parlor pr. J. IS, Gregg, who had reached the scene by that time, asked for water Martin started through the dining ,oom into the kitchen. Heres the eun," the negro cried, pointing out te others a single-barrel fowling piece lying upon the kitchen table with loaded shell beside it. Bradbury "broke" the piece, and placed it bacl On the table. There Sheriff Williams found it when he arrived.
 Negro Says Gun Disappeared.
 The gun was one loaned by MT Jenkins to Martin several days ag' to guard some meat in the smok