Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-04-12
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Al hough the jury in the Bradbury
 case was empanelad to try T. $. Brad
 bury on the charge of killing P. c.
 Jenkins, the }sberrill planter. if will
 be called upon 10 pass upon another
 issue--a Woman's honor
 That testimony to be presented by the state ar the trial of Bradbury
 will reflect on the character of Mrs. p. q. Jenkins became definitely known yesterday after noon, wfea Prosecuting At. orney T. q. parham outlined 10 the jury the testimony the state would introduce to support the charge in the indict- mant tlat T. s. Bradbury fired the charge that put an end to the life of one of the best known men in .Jefter- son county.
 " Wth the acc ptance of l.. F.. Lyle as the twelfth juror al o'clock, there was brief recess. and then Prosecut. ing Attorney lpafham arose to pre- sent the states case. Characteriz 'ng the murder of Jenkins as "one of the mos horrible crimes in the history Of the county" Mr Parham reviewed the publicly known history of the case, exhibiting to the jurors dia- gram of the Jenkins home, showing the locat on of the different doors, the porch and the pump, at which Jenkins was standing when shot down. Mr. Parhsm stated that it would be shown from the presence of shot cn the inside of the porch post hot ,1,i J.;1l tlanGjng in the dining yroom; that testimony would be introduced to show that only three persons were in he house at the me-the victim, Mrs Jenkins and Bradbury. and that all doors were latched from the in side; that the only other persons nearby were the negroes, Will Martin and George Lockhart, and that they occupied different cabins in the yard
 Mrs. Jenkins will testify, said the attorney that Bradbury with MT. and Mrs. Jenk ms for about l. minutes after supper and part of the house. that shortly there after. MT. Jenkins announced he in- tended to re-ire, and went out on the porch to draw water, as was his GUS tom; that she will say she heard the discharge of "a gun, and ran out on the porch. Because Of the darkness, she could see nothing, and returned to obtain lamp. MT. Parham said
 hat when she returned with the light, Mrs. Jenkins say her Husband lying beside the pump bleeding from a hor- rible wound through the neck and head. She screamed, and Bradbury came out of his room. Will Martin ran out of his room in the yard, ap- rearing without trousers. The prose- cutting attorney said Mrs. Jenkins will testify she did not hear any noise before or after the shooting. and that there were only three in the house, and she did not see or hear any one leave the yard.
 MT. Parham stated that Dr. Pryatt will tell of reaching the Jenkins home with n short time af-er the shooting, and of his conclusion that Jenkins was beyond medical aid. He said Dr. Pyatt will testify to noting the nerv- ousness of Bradbury, until the &C., cused was told that Jenkins was dead. when the physician observed differ ent demeanor." pr. Pyatt will also testify, said the prosecutor, that Mrs. Jenkins made no effort to touch her dying husband, displayed no grief and that the physician did not find it nec- fssary to give her any treatment, which he considered unusual.
 Motive Not Robbery.
 As to the motive for the assassina- ton, MT. Parham asserted the testi- mony would show that it was not robbery. as valuable gold watch and a diamond stud were removed from the dead mans clothing. "He had had no trouble with anyone" said the except a negro, who had been accused of crime, and the testi- mony will show that on the night of the killing this negro was in jail in