Describe(Continued from page 1) envisioned anything like the New Orleans shootout of Sunday.“It was the furthest thing from my mind,” Essex said. “And mine,’’ his wife added.Asked if his son had been influenced by others, Essex observed, “Not around here. After he went into the Navy apparently he must have met somebody who influenced him. He wasn’t the same. He didn’t like t he way things were. He couldn’t takeMrs. Essex said she had talked with the young man by telephone on Christmas Day. “He was the same old Jimmy. He was getting along well in school and enjoyed the South. He said he thought he had found himself in the South and planned to stay there. Jimmy wanted to be a man. This was his philosophy—he wanted to be a man.”