Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-13
SIMPLE JUSTICE
A Reply TO Mr.. j. v. Powell from Mr..
r. w. Shelton.

Nh. J. V. Powell has e proper to
rush into print in defense of his son,
Forrest Powell, and, in his great zeal
to defend him, has made assertions
q a he is unable to substantiate, and
which reflect upon me in an unjust
manner. He charges me with having
=" ritied" Mrs. PowelI's trunk of its
contents while it was in my possess
sion, ~abstracting therefrom her bridal
apparel, jewelry, etc. l here declare
this a J~dlsehOOd, kROioinyly and ma
iciOuSty uttered, having foundation
only in the heated imagination of a
cranky old man. The trunk was left
at my houSe-not seized-and re-
manned over fifteen months. In the
meantime l had'rented the house and
furniture to a gentleman in the city,
leaving Mrs. POwell's property in the
house, which'she finally sent for, and
everything delivered to her, as l sup
posed, except the trunk. This she
consented TO leave after her clothing
vas removed from it. After her
clothing was taken home she claimed
that some little things were missing,
and brought suit against me before
Squire Walton. AS | had never
seen or touched any of her things
myself l resisted the suit, the
result of which l have not learned,
but believe it was dismissed, as it was
deemed trivial. Irefer to the state
ment of the attorney who brought suit
against me for a complete refutation
of this base SANDER.
l was the attorney for Mrs. Forrest
Powell in a suit before Justice Walton
against Robert W. Shelton, ESQ. The
evidence did not in any manner re-
feet On the honesty of either Mr..
Shelton or his wife. 1t seems as if Mr..
and Mrs Forrest Powell had left one
trunk with Mr.. Shelton for board for
near fifteen months, and some ten or
fifteen dollars worth of property was
alleged to be lost or misplaced there
from, such as a small gold button and
pen, handkerchiefs, etc, but there
was nothing in the evidence that could
be construed rs a fault in the matter
in either Mr.. or Mrs. Shelton.
r. b. MILLER.
MEMPHIS, July L, 1869.
Again: Mr.. Powell saws in refer
ence to the attack made upon me by
III oO1a II HIS DGtI dN-GIltu 10 Ills
prejudice that he sent up a false name
when he went to seek satisfaction.
His OWL answer to this is that his
message was misinterpreted, that he
inquired for Mr.. Shelton who used to
live on Robson street. and he sup
poses the name of the street was mis-
taken by the SeyUd7it for the name of
the man." The truth of the matter
is, that Forrest Powell called at nay
boarding house, No. 1859 Second street.
and Mrs. Morgan, the prOprietress of
the house, met him at the door, and
when he asked if Mr.. Shelton was in,
he gave his name to Mrs. M.-nOt the
Servant-as Mr.. Robinson" and
when l afterwards met him in the
he acknowledged to me that
he had sent up the name Of Robin
son."
l have thought it necessary to make
these statements in vindicatiOn of
myself, and not for the purpose of
Drejudicing the public. Forrest Pow
I'll is now in jail, awaiting his trial, |
md upon which trial and the termin-
alton thereof, the community can de-
lermine whether he be saint or sinner.
July 18th. r. W. SHELTON.
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