Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-27
Parham Dismisses Charges After Three Mistriala,
 and Mystery Remains.
MRS. LONG'S CASE
 ALSO MOL CROSSED
Failures of Juries to Agree Prompts Prosecutor to End Prosecution. Former Constable be Placed on
 Trial on Murder Charge Today.

The sensational Jenkins murder case came to an abrupt conclusion yesterday in the circuit court here, when Prosecuting Attorney T. G. Par ham moved the court for the dismiss sad of the pending charge of murder against Thomas Shaw Bradbury of Orange, Va, and the pending charge of accessory against Mrs. P. G. Jen- kins, of this city.
 With the dismissal of these charges, the Jenkins case becomes a closed book, and the mystery surrounding the death of the planter likely never will be solved.
 "Phip" G. Jenkins, one of the best known and most prominent planters in this county, was assassinated on the back porch of his home at Sher Till, about S:30 o'clock on the night of December 26, 1915. Almost all of one side of his face was shot away, and death was virtually instantane- ous.
 Officers rushed to the scene and after a cursory examination took in to custody T. s. Bradbury, a young white man employe, and Arkansas Red," supposedly a negro, also an en- ploye. The shot had been fired from within the house, in which at the time there was no one except Mrs. Jenkins and Bradbury, so far as has ever been disclosed.
 Bradbury was given three trials, all attracting great crowds, and each re- sulting in hung jury. Mrs. Jenkins fn1 1ftOr sassination of her husband, and was Immediately released on bond. Mrs. Jenkins was never placed on trial, the prosecution desiring first to con clude the Bradbury case.
 The three Bradbury trials were per- haps the most senational cases ever heard in the courts of Jefferson cOun- ty.
 No Conclusive Evidence.
 Letters and notes alleged to have been exchanged by Bradbury and Mrs. Jenkins were read to the juries; let ters from other women to Bradbury figured in the trial; it was shown that Bradbury had rented pOstOffice box, through which he might correspond with one or more women But there was nothing to prove that there was actual understanding between the ac- cused and there was much uncertainty as to whether the kitchen door was locked or unlocked.
 The particular feature of the first trial was the disclosure that "Arkan- sas Red was not negro, but actual ly was white man, from Mississippi who had been living as a negro. with negroes, and working as negro, be- cause, as he himself testified. he could get along easier that way. He had had trouble with the authorities at his former home in Mississippi, it was brought out also. one of the witnesses to this effect being his stepfather.
 Bradbury's parents, two sisters and other rec ativs hame here to attend each of his trials, and after he was released on bond, after the third trial, he returned to his former home with them He is understood to be there now, although several days ago it was stated by some of his friends here that he was working in Chicago.
 Other Cases NOl Pressed.
 An indictment charging Mrs. I. F. Long with assault with intent to kill, also was dismissed yesterday by Prosecuting Attorney Parham. Mrs. Long was tried at the last term of court, hung jury resulting.
 Mrs. Long was charged with having shot and wounded Will Jones. in Fourth avenue near Chestnut street, several months ago, alleging that (Continued on Page 2l