This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Howard,Jenkins,Dockery Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AB.2ACI/6858.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello. I have the details on microfilm of this triple murder. I will jot down, what I recall from memory and when I get time I will send u what i have March 1926. Hascue Dockery, age 20, went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins of Loyall, looking for his wife. They had been married for only a couple of months and Mrs. Dockery returned back home to her foster parents, not wanting to stay with Mr. Dockery after several alteracations with him. Mr Joe Jenkins was just returning home from work around midnight, Mr Dockery was hiding outside the home and killed Mr Jenkins as he stepped upon his porch. He then shot through a window, killing Mrs Jenkins, who had a small baby in her arms. He shot Mrs Bradley Howard, when he mistakenly took her for his wife. He went into the bedroom and found Mrs Dockery and she promised to met up with him later, not to kill her. He was captured, hours later and was placed in the Harlan jail. Dockery trial was April 3, 1926 and he was found guilty by a jury consisting of J.F. Cawood, John Rice, Chas Pennington, J. G. Montgomery, Bill Vanover, A. N. Hagery, W. C. Anderson, Chad Wynn, James Jones, J. A. Chitwood and C.R. Reynolds. The jury took only seven minutes to decide his fate. The verdict was death and he was taken to Eddysville to be held until he was to be electrocuted on June the 11, 1926. Notes Mrs Jenkins maiden name was Creech.