Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-06-22

uiN NV loth tlit klltIlpil fppl, nor J0dJ
he had not instructed Mrs. Jenkins to
be taken from the room. He did not
recall that Mrs. Jenkins knelt in
prayer beside the bed on which Jen-
kins lay dying Under redirect ex-
animation, Dr. Gregge said he probab-
ly would have remembered if Brad
bury had locked the door, or had men
toned anything about the door.
Counsel for defendant brought out
that In order to get into eommunca-
ton with the telephone exchange it
was necessary to do so through The
store, the questions tending to show
that 1t was TO telephone the officers
that Bradbury left tho house.
Doors TO Kitchen Locked
George Lockhart, who appears to be
just an ordinary, ignorant country
negro, with an inclination to be stub
born, testified he had been on the
Jenkins place for about seven wears.
his duties being to feed stock, end
clean up the yard and house. He told
OF MI. Jenkins giving Claud AleXan-
der, alias Will Martin alias a. rkansas
Red" a gun with which to quad meat,
and of "Red" reporting OH the evening
OF the murder that the gun had disap-
peared from his room IN the ward.
Witness and Red looked fer the fowl
ing piece, but were not able to find it.
Lockhart declared that after the .Jcn-
kinses and Bradbury had supper he
and 'Red" had theirs, and then he let
"Red' out Of the side door, hooking
the screen door. He also affirmed
that the door leading from the dining
room into the kitchen was fastened
securely.
The significance of this testimony
is because OF the states contention
that with all the doors locked from
within the murder was committed by
some one within the house. Only Brad
bury and Mrs. jenkins and Mr. ,!enk-
ms were in the building at the time.
There is no door from the Kitchen to
the room occupied by the .Ienl,inses, in
which Mrs. Jenkins WIS at the time,
according to testimony at the first
trial. Doors open from the room oc-
cupied by Bradbury to the kitchen.
Locklart testified that he heard the
report of the gun, and his wife told
him of hearing the plantation bell He
admitted under cross-cXamination that
it was probably Fifteen minutes" be-
fore he went to the house from his
home, explaining he was trying to get
his clamp lit" He said when DR..
Gregg called for water to give the
wounded man hypodermic, he ard
"Red" started to get it, going out
upon the porch to reach the kitchen.
He said the side door was still locked.
Under cross-eXamination he denied
telling anyone he did not want to go
to the house, because he knew there
was trouble. He admitted that "Red"
might have kept the gun in 3 closet.
Martin testified at the first trial that
the weapon was not kept in the closet
Lockhart said he did not hear Mr..
Jenkins say anything to "Red" in the
nature of a charge that "Red' had
pawned the gun, and steadfastIy main
tanned that he had let Red out the side
door and himself placed the keys on
a nail as customary.
Witness provoked laughter by his
display of disgust because of what he
thought was Counsel Rodgers inabil-
ity to understand. Mr.. Rodgers put
several questions concerning the time
witness and cred" had been sent to
search for the gun, finally asking if
it was not in the afternoon
'"Twarn't in the afterno-oo-on; twas
night" declared the witness. eve
hunted for the gun before we had our
supper and the court was compelled
to rap for order
The Night Session.
When the night session started
Judge Sorrells informed counsel for
the defense that they could recall
Lockhart, if they desired, to ask why
he did not testify at the first trial.
Attorney Rogers stated such action
would not be necessary if the state
would admit that Lockhart had not
given testimony at the previous trial,
and this the state did.
When ARKANSAS Red" or Claud
Alexander, entered the courtroom and
took the witness chair, there was
craning of necks, some little whisper
hear something" 1t was 1855 when
"Red" took the witness stand, and it
was $3.50 when he was excused. He
had been on the stand exactly one
hour and "a minutes.
Only once did the witness appear
to hesitate in giving reply to a ques-
ton, and that was when, under cross
examination, Attorney Rogers asked
IllIIl Ill IL was not Il IacC ClaL at Lne
previous trial he had testified, under
oath, that his mother was q negro
This one question appeared to stagger
the witness, and it was the only one
which had any considerable effect on
his customary sang froid. Attorney
Rogers read excerpt after excerpt
from his previous testimony to the
witness, to stress, for the benefit of
the jury, that on the previous occas-
ion the witness had sworn he was a
negro, he was not Claud Alexander,
and other such things, directly con-
trary to the testimony given by him
last night at this trial under direct ex-
animation. Several of the questions
brought flat denials, but most of them
brought admissions, a few being met
with answers that were tactical or
practical evasions. The fact that he
had, on the earlier occasion testified
that his mother was negress, how
ever, was the one question which af-
fected, to any apparent extent, the
witness manner and appearance.
Gives Life History.
"Red," in answer to questions by
Prosecuting Attorney Parham, related
in detail that he is Claud Alexander,
native of Mississippi. and stepson of