The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-06
Coroner's Jury Empaneled and
viii Conduct Inquiry
Beginning Today.
TWO INQUESTS
MAY BE HELD
Considerable Interest Manifest
ed in Tragedy on the
Ferry Pass Road.

Witnesses have been summoned fo,
the preliminary or coroner's investiga-
tion into the killing on the Ferry Pass
road, about noon Saturday. of Ed. Jen.
kins, colored, and the fatal woundino
OF Jim Lowery, white, from the effect
of which wounds he later died at the
Pensacola hospital
Coroner VIII l.. Johnson will con.
vene the session of the Jury to prohs
into the cause or the death of Jenkins
at 10 O'Clock this morning at his office
In the court of record building. Ii il
stated that another jury will be early
TINS morning convened, for The purpose
OF making dilligent inquiry into the
cause of the death of Jim Lowery. the
white man who suffered death from
wounds he received in the hnd during
the melee
In the meantime Deputies Graham
and Bayless are being detained in the
county jail upon the orders of Sheriff
van Pelt, who makes the statement
that ne was going to have the shooting
proDed 10 the bottom. He does not be-
lleve that his deputies would deliber
ateiy shoot down anyone as one or tsyn
Witnesses alIege was done in this case
bul for the purpose of having the ar.
Ialf thoroughly sifted, he courts ar
deputies Graham and BayIess hay,
Deen connected with the sheriffs of
lice Tor many months, and were looked
upon as trustworthy and careful Off
1efs. Nr. bayiess severed him c6nnec
Lion with that office some time since
DlIt within tha
sd ana took position under Mr.. Var
pelt ''A
The death OF James Lowerv al tbs
hospital late Saturday night. which wa
'eported in The Journal of Sunday
morning, brought fresh interest i'm ths
iase, and 1T was readily Acknowledged
nat the double killing was an event
OF the next grand Jury. Just who was
y iauIt is IN dispute. It is claimed
nat thefe We're no eye-witnesses To the
ragedy outside the occupants Of IN.
ar of he deputies and the car from
1iiton, but since the occurrence there
ave been several witnesses turning nr
sho give damaging testimony In rnf
dse, ana who practically all place tho
reater weight of blame on the denu.
es. some OF them even go so far as
, say that there was no revolver liz
~'t t"c CaI pECHplG1 Dy PreSgIpy
nd party, and at least one is very nes.
I've that not a gun was fired from ths
anita Rosa county car This is disnut.
] by the officers, who claim ina
factlcaily the first shooting was start
from the stranger car. This. how
'er, VIII be point to be cleared ur
the double inquest to be held TO-DAY
the office of Justice WIN l.. John
m.
The body Of Jim Lowery, white vvh,
ed at the Pensacola hospital as a re.
III or the wounds received during fhe
elee, was at Pou's undertaking mar.
rs last night. The body OF Jeukins
e negro who was Killed. was aIso
ere last night This morning, proba-
one Of the first things to be direct
by the coroner viii be to order ar
topsy on the body Of Lowery for
e claim is made that he was killed
a bullet from revolver fired bY
negro, but counter claim ia made
At the bullet which caused his death
OF large calibre. DR.. Andress ar.
lded Lowery, and from the first real
mat the man had a dangerous
und and readily expressed the onln.
that 1T would probably prove fatal
m examination Of the negro's body
'wed that the bullet which caused
death had plougted through, enter
at the chest and emerging at tbe
x. This was thought to have beef
ifle ball.