Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-16
Mistrial Entered When jur-
ors Report Their Inabili-
ty to Reach Verdict.
ACCUSED REFUSED
LIBERTY ON BOND
Judge SOrrellS Sets Case to BE Tried
Again on June 49, ARKANSAS Red"
Rcmanded in Default of $1,000
Bond as Material Witness.
Standing seven to five for convict on,

Standing seven to five for convict on,
the Jury in the case of Tom S. Brad
bury. charg d with the murder of p
G. Jenkins, was unable to agree and
q mistfial was entered. Bradbury was
remanded without the benefit Of bail,
and the case reset for Monday, June
10.
The case of Mrs. P. G. jenkins, in
dict d on a charge OF accessory to
murder n connection with the killing
Of her husband, was continued to be
reset Mrs. Jenkins is under BOND of
$4,000, fixed when she was first
taken into custody following the re-
turn Of the indictment in January.
Debate All Night.
The jurors animatedly discussed the
case from the time they retired unit
about o'clock yesterday morning,
when the hum OF voices In the jury
room subsidized and those outside
understood that every phase of the
violence had been digested, and each
iurr had determined upon his course.
That this was the correct view was
proved when notification was sent to
Judge w. B. Sorrells at 9 o'clock yes
terday morning that there was no
probability of a verdict. Judge Sor-
rells summoned the jury before him,
and questioned the foreman, N. C.
Cleveland. who stated how the jurors
stood. Later, it was learned that sew
en- favored conviction. The first bal
lot taken shortly after the Jurors re-
tired, last night stood eight to four for
conviction, it is understood.
Bradbury, his relatives and at
torneys appeared keenly disappoint-
ed, as the defendant declared he had
confid ntly expected an acquittal
The jury was composed of NJ c..
Cleveland, foreman; B. F. Adams,
Mack Hunter, c.. B.. Smith, ]. A.
Wright, o. E. Perry, ]. w. Clegg, lack
Tankersley, Carroll Bishop, Roy
Fowles, Ernest Simpson and L. Z.
Lyle.
Counsel for defendant announced an
appeal would be taken from the ruling
denying defendant bail. Bradbury's
two sisters. brothers-in-law and sew
eral friends from Virginia departed
for their home at Orange this after
noon.
"Arkansas Red" Held.
Judge Sorrells ordered Claud Alex
ander, the Sunflower county, Miss,
man known here as VIII Martin. alias
Arkansas Red" held as material wit
ness under bond of $1,000. He was
remanded in default. Red has been
in Jail since the night of the tragedy.
He has admitted that he is white, ana
posed as negro, and is the stepson
Of Louis Bartee OF Sunflower county.
Red" declares that his stepfather's
cruelty forced him to leave home, and
that the term he spent on the county
farm was due to a charge filed against
him by Bartee. RED" asserts that
Bartree has prosecuted him for years.
and that the stepfather would be glad
to seem the stepson hanged.
Review Of Case.
p. G. jenkins was shot to death ON
the rear porch of his home at Sherril
about o'clock on the night Il Decem-
Der 26, 1915. Sheriff Williams and
Deputy Sheriff McBurnett investigat-
ed the crime about three hours after
it occurred, taking into custody Brad
bury and arkansas Red" The Of
ficers found that apparently Mr.. and
Mrs. jenkins and Bradbury we're the
only persons in the house at the time,
"Red" and Ge'rge Lockhart occupy
ing different rooms in the yard.
The information obtained by the
sheriff indicated that all doors were
closed and latched from the inside,
and that the door leading from the
kitchen to the yard on the opposite
side of the porch had a screen and
panel door, both latched from within.
The murderer evidently stood in the
kitchen, and the question Of whether
this particular door was locked is an
important ones Lockhart told the Of
ficers at the time, he had closed it
and is believed to have stated the
same thing before the grand jury
"Red" testif ed Lockhart had closed
it, Bradbury, on the witness stand.
declared he found the door open when
he entered the kitchen after the shoot
ing. Lockhart was not used as wit
ess either by the state or defense.
II was said yesterday that "both sides
were afraid of him."
The finding Of letters and the dis
closure Il other circumstances led to
the indictment Of Bradbury on
charge of murder and Mrs. jenkins
on charge of accessory by the grand
|'jury which was summoned in special
fsession bv Judge 1Sorrelis.
The trial Of Bradbury was started
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