Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1919 — JAILER’S WIFE KILLS NEGRO [ARTICLE]

JAILER’S WIFE KILLS NEGRO

Saves Husband Menaced by Revolvers of Two Prisoners Seeking to Escape. Holly Springs, Miss—Attracted to the county jail here by the sounds ot shots, Mrs. W. R. Jeffries, jvife of the jailer, found her husband under fire of two prisoners seeking to escape. She secured Jeffries’ revolver from the office and, firing between the bars in the jail door, fatally wounded one of the men, a negro, and drove the other, white, to his cell, where he sent a bullet into his brain. Jeffries erttered the jail to lock the prisoners in their cells, closing the door behind him. The two prisoners, each armed, confronted him and demanded their release. Although unarmed,. he refused and the men began to shoot. Seven shots were fired at him, but owing to the dim light the aim of the prisoners was poor and none of the bullets took effect. The arrival of Mrs. Jeffries put an end to the one-sided battle.