The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-05-07
Jury Unable to Agree
On Murder Case.
Continued f.om Page one.)

PRESLEY stated that he was bloody on
! face hands and clothes, and it was
/ suggested that he wash the stains
/ from his hands. It was then when he
/ left the room where the body Of the
wounded white man had been laid,
and who was then being treated by
i the doctor. PRESLEY was very sure
/ that the negro. jenkins. not only did
stration as to drawing a pistol AMI
4 shooting Later in the day Mr.. Press
| ley positively identified the revolver
/ which had been found by Detective
| Moore and States Attorney r. A. Nc
/ Geachy. Until this weapon was dis
| played in the courtroom. the fact that
/ it had been found was unknown to Mr..
PRESLEY. He said that the negro, Jen-
kins, had often pawned it to him. Wit
ness also detailed how. after the white
/ man had been shot and the negro had
4 been killed, how he was approached
by deputy, who appeared to hold his
| rifle in position for quick action. He
said he clasked his little girl about the
| breast. holding the child to his bosom.
and then told the man to shoot. There
appeared to have been no such inten-
/ ton on the part of the deputies, for
| they walked over to where he was
standing and arranged to take both
| of the bodies to Pensacola. Examined
at greater length, the witness stated
| that he saw the negro practically all
the time, and at no time was there
| a weapon in his hands. His only act,
| he said. was to apparently pull the
| woman out of the car. He said that
| one of the deputies informed him after
| the shooting that they had been in
4
apprehend a bad negro who was COM
/. ing over the ferry" and that they
could not take any chances" I'VE did
not know what you were up to- one
| of the deputies was alleged to have
stated The witness then described
| how the two men who had been shot
| We're loaded into automobiles. They
tied a handkerchief about Lowery' s
| head and placed him in the PRESLEY
car, and then went after the negro,
whom, the witness stated was bundled
/ in the car driven by the other deputy.
Witness was then asked if at any
| time did the negro draw or attempt to
| draw a pistol, and he said that he did
| not. He was then asked IL the depu-
| ties ever made known that they were
/, officers and he said that they hae
made no such announcement, at leas,
4 before the shooting. They never
asked me to halt, but simply waved a.
me, as if to salute"
Physician Testifies.
DR.. w. L. Address was called and
| told of having examined the body of
| both Lowery and Jenkins. He said
! that Jenkins was shot through the
| heart, the bullet going clear through
! the body. here was a single. wound.
| the ball emerging about IL inches
lower than it entered the body.
| He said the white man had been
wounded in the forehead, just bit
above the left eye. and that the bull
| let had spent its force. lodging in the
victims brain He explained how he
| had extracted a bullet from the brain,
and exhibited or identified shattered
ball which he said he had turned over
to the coroner. He said that it was his
opinion the bullet which killed the ne
gro and the one which caused the
death of the white man were of diff
ferent sizes, and thought the white
man had not been shot by a Winches-
ter rifle. A lengthy explanation was
entered into, sustaining his opinion,
which appeared to have greatly inter
ested the prosecuting attorney
Another Eye Witness.
w r. Flowers of Santa Rosa
county. was III the Car WHICH, iOliOWtu
the Presley car and he told of the
occurrence. He knew Jenkins and
Lowery, but did not know the deputies.
He also knew witness, PRESLEY. He
said he was coming to Pensacola with
Herman Cox and that he was follow
ing the Presley car probably one or
two hundred yards behind. He said
the forward car was moving when he
saw the two men step apparently from
the side of the road and begin shoot
and they came from behind their car.
which appeared to have been on the
side of the road. He saw the negro
practically all the time, and never did
see him shoot. About the time he
ascertained what happened, Mr.. Flow
ers said. another car came up and Mr..
Brosnaham was passenger therein.
They talked just a moment and de-
cided, he said, to get away as quickly
as possible, because they were afraid
they would shoot us next" and they
left. The witness stated that he met
Mr. Van Pelt, the sheriff, a short dis
lance up the road and reported to him
that two men had been killed down
there" He then came on to town and
made the best spec possible. 1t was
his intention, the witness stated, to
make report of the tragedy from the
first telephone he could reach but
met the sheriff and informed him in