The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-04
FIRE.


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TONED al the prosecutors office
jenkins and his wife had beer
"a guing in the upper flat OF the
building early Sunday evening
loud voices were heard. and
footsteps running across the
for
Later the screams OF woman,
believed 20 have been the de-
I ceased wife. and the crash OF
GLASS attracted more attention
ID the disturbance. Witnesses
said they believed that Mrs.
jenkins was thrown out OF the
siicaen window bv her husband
Constance jenkins, the eldest
daughter told police that she
! iLmped from the second floor
wiriow and called police afts
discovering that the house wa
.laliLg
According 20 witnesses Jesse
I JenFinS was a strange type o,
person and was mean 10 his
frmily The couple spatted day
20 day
LAND LADY TALKS
Mrs Emma German ~ 39os
24th. landlady Of the Jenkins
>ald Monday afternoon that she
did not know how the fire
started The blaze. she said, dc
velopcd in an attic room, but
tld not result from stove
because the house was neateo
Oy steam.
"All l know IS" replied Mrs
German. that heard noise
Upstairs, started up to lnvest-
Eat il and was pushed back
rs hot flames Of fise
Sre said the couple had had
il a'ed arguments Saturday eve
nng and she was forced to go
40 20 their apartment twice,
asking them 10 calm down, due
,1 the illness OF her - year
&C mother who lives with hel
80 IN. FIRST floor
PLANNED TO MOVE
Mrs. jenkins and her chill
drcr were planning on moving
Wednesday. Dee. l." asserted
Mrs Gotmsn she bad told mc
'hai she was not goinr 70 tar
itr husband" then he added
K he starts anything tonight !
gu call the police
- took Mrs jenkins and FIVE
children in my home nine months
as9. | dim, know that she had |
rnv more children or a husband
anti later She gave birth 70
the Youngest child here
II have had them IN court
'r'~t. on account Of incir argu
ncnts and vile language.
iou know said Mrs Cor
man who Is a private registered
nulsc. Mrs jenkins surely did
act strange SUNDAY evening She
-0ntesssed 10 telling lies on me
~ court. showed me pictures Of
nor children and II seemed that
she couldn't stay away from
MINISTER RECALLS
TIE Rev Ben Scott assistant
lsstcr Of St Paul CME Church,
clatcd how he used 70 carry
iNe jenkins children 70 SUNDAY
school and church services. He
aii last Sunday the children
refused to 20 70 either Sunday
sch 81 or church, saying we
have quit gong
Rev. Mr.. Scott. 4 roomer.
declares that Jesse Jenkins ran
ci,t OF the house before the
fire department arrived. He
said police arrested him sit.
li,.s in parked car in front
CT the house.
The oldest Girl was cut and
ere az tho other children had
IN 'coih knocked out the MIN
sand.
IA TIER INTERVIEWED
H. IN interview with Jesse
jenkins from his bedside in the
prisoner ward % the Receiving
= n'al Monday evening bv
'its Reporter he gave the f0l
llN INK 'Nl-l'N 0' WHAT lup-
pcN-c sunday n'rht.
Someone in The house tried
T. kin US. Now nv w-ole fam
Nv IS dead sir't ihev?
Trio landladv hated my vote
ana aid she was going 70 got
us cut
SUNDAY night wc went Ia
oyt a0oI, $50 pm. anu later !
as awakened BY the screams
{ uv daughter. Con tsncc VINO
al the house was stire. | 1El
ms wife and the children.
7 rlt blaze was so hot until
ar wc didn't have much of
+ chance told them 10 follow
tte then | broke down door
I ia room occupied by Horace
( .yments. and broke out win
+ 3W when looked for my
aUlY 10 get them out. they
F., wc gone They must have
+ iurred around and il was too
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