Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-29
DECLARES JENKINS CASE
TEMPEST IN TEAPOT"
Prosecution i'll Hines Trial
Says So-Callcd Confession
Has No Value in Law.
ARE "nEsTI>G on THEIR oAnsy
STANLEY u. Wills. Who RcpudIrt-,
statement Establishing Aunt for Al
legged Sclf-Arcusri. Ia he ArraIsnrd
Today.

Except for the nrraiynmcnt of s,nn
ley II. wills. Of 25O5 Decatur s,r..t
IN foi'"e Court this morning on n
Mhpp act violation charge. devotion
mchtS III the Jenkins Wills HIncg
controversy Involving the honor OF a
u'"n war veteran, arc not expected
uht'i next week. The prosecution
IN now fully satisfied that IL can
resist successfully efforts To hive tho
hitccn- year sentence Of Hines set
aside on technical grounds. while tho
S"-c"lled d"athbcd confession Of Cur
us *. jenkins has been 80 completely
shattered that IL hardly enters int,
their plans
Wills. who stepped into the lime
lEht TWO days ngO by furnishing "a
cru" which chn clearly prove an alibi
Tor young Jenkins. today viii answer
TO charge OF transporting liquor and
with destroying evidence. Ycs,erduy
no continued to hold tho center ~ n.
stage by denying that he had made
any effort To save his former com
RACES name from the stain plac.d
upon II By relatives. His action ip
similar 10 that OF Raymond " Jen-
hihs. brother Of the acc,yed Vet
Gran. VIII" also rcpudiatcd a state
ihtnt made - the police in connection
WIN IN" Efforts OF relatives 20 prove
me lead boy confessed murderer
Contradictory tn Character
INC Jenkins matter has bccDnl. so
contradictory in character tina,
Whatever valu" II may HAY. had has
been completely lost. i'm tho oni,,ior
~ prominent attorneys While mo
public accepts tina, the accustru,
relatives acted In good faith. fe.y
h"Il"v" That TN" alleged statement
mas any value. II being IN. conscn-
sus Of opinion that Jenkins II M.
made the remarks. was in the condi-
u"n or dc!ir'um that bja rlrtcr-in-
law. Mrs. Bessie jenkins. believed
him when she heard the alleged self
accusation This. coupled wIth tho
iac' That jenkins and woman com.
ramon spent the night prlur to the
ur'N murH"r on II nearby farm.
closes This chapter in the Hincs case
u ts Relieved by tn" prosecution
w kirk Mathews. VINO assisted
commemorative Attorney Willis g
lnlilam in tho prosecution Of Hines.
looks on TIA" Jenkins Juror az "a
i"mrcai in teapot" He said yes
terday that ne and Mr. rulliam ar.
resting ON their oars" and that thu
S"-call"d confession has no value in
The eyes Of the law
\. IIcnrsny, S WorIhl-s~.
II any OF tn" PARTIES 10 tn" con
f"SSion ar" correctly quoted, even In
their contradictory statements tho
confession is h"arSay only and. "a.
such - worthless Mr Mathew
said N this Kind 81 testimony bore
weight Ia courts OF justice, IL would
be abHplutrly Impossible To convict
any murderer. Any friends Of The
accused could clear him by swearing
that John Doc. who had left for f.u-
ron" ar other parts unhro~n. had
confessed tn" Grim" prior 10 his de
partur". The case IN hand seems Ia
IN" To hc entirely analogous with
this hypothetical situnt!On'
wills was arrested Saturday night
after he is alleged To have broken .,
bortl. ~ liquor he is said To hav"
had on his person. ~" lis wc.d.r
by trade. but has mad no regular en-
ployu"n' since tho American Loco
motive Works closed down more
than year ago.