Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1888-03-03
THE JURY'S VERDICT
POWERS KILLED 81 seAsloN
ths Rad 81 ths csssasr's In4s.st- tsto'
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The C0E8nsr's inquest IA TIE case Of
asnry Poses. auEdesed o. John Sca1lol,
on faesAag aighs as resumed yesterday
s9rensson. Assistant Prosecuting Attorns ,
Carroll appearing foE The psogis. snd J. Ii.
Cam 6sil nor 5ezalon. John MsEonsg wh0
sas Ia eoblPsDy eikh TIE tso fnsn ca tbs
night IA q1ssglea. ga toe rrsk witness
he testl1sd - tns t2cx hat ths three A4l
met a. AekI1kFicks s4iOon s5ous sfo IA kas
sstalnz AID eli drank heavily. Sonl .
dFanx beer snd others draak WHISKY. Aflsr
tins tasy reversed the pEocsedlags.
fhose Who hsd osea afinxlng hssF changed
- snlszy and Eiee vera. Shortly alter >
c'c.Oc2 "a L.1 0ceazloa - visit the eacx
yasa- scanion foiloscd bin 0ut az1 sail,
| rP0ssrs Is ssttlns too Cd d. fresh and
doioz TO nnch fuoBkeying around hsfe.
/ MaFonsy cOunseisd him 70 have ~ row
~lth Posers. a. Ne saa tail Scanloa re-
toFted. II he don't quiz III cut bis d
g. ooA" They got pssity Iali, sad about
80 they all ielt the saloon. AeTonsy re-
malning0a the sfsDs, aad Posers aud Scan-
l0n slauasn< near the water trough. The
nrst thing he saw vas Posen tall. lie
staggsrs4 oat % aelD him. b1t could not
i In nlM- The balance OF his lestimony -
substantially tie SANS IS heret0l0Fs paD-
/ llshsd
Tue sxsminatioa was thar adjourned IN
al The Afternoon shen Thomas "A. Brown.
Who lives Al oo7 South D.ylsion-st. Was
sworn aud testified taat lac sae tie thee
| men. Powers, scsnlon aud Nsronsy IN
1 'front.' Of Mchltuick 5 saloon on the night ia
question. tie heard them talking and
nnaAy ocsnlon SAID. If you want plugsi q <
an t6e man VITO can plug you And Id
| did plag him" continued the witness. II
saw AIM strike powers IN The LETT breast
! VITA bis kBlle. Scanlon then turned aud
rsa toward the east. Asroney tried TO help
Powers. but Vas too drunk. He tell over
aud that Is how be skinned his nose HE
tell on bis nose. lie gave some
further unimportant testimony and
john Slattery. who lives over Mekittrick' 5
saloon. VAS suOfn. Questioned by AIR. Car
roll be said: Saw the three men togethei
all the evening: saw them when the quarrel
| commenced. bur thought it was only Z
friendly tgssle; they were all close together
then, noticed some angry words and then
sew Powers stagSer away from the Others
into the street he crossed the trst street car
track and tell on the second. Ms1oney
started after hun but was 50 drunk LIE fell
three times before be reached him; Ne car
ried Powers ia OF the street and laid him
on the steps leadlng up TO my house; III 4
few minutes ScSnlon came up ana said
We had better send for q
doctor, told him | ddni
think il would do any good rs he was
already dead. he said that be might not be
and started away 10 telephone for one, i
did no see him again that night.
| In c-oss-examination. he said that he did
not sse Scsnlon. or any one strike Powers
lie did not zee nybody raise their hsnc
above their waist. he said IL was tour oil
hive minutes after the stsbbing that ScAnlor
came up and wanted 10 gus a doctor.
After celebrating about half an hour th,
jury returned . verdict that Powers came 4
his death by q wound In the breast. inflicted
with q knife. in the hand OF John Scanlon
Aaroney Was discharged from custody. bu
Powers IS in jail and viii probably be ar
rsisned for examination in Police Cour
this morning
A correspondent for the TELEGRAM HER
AID writing from Stanwood. the forme
home of Scanlon. states that his reputation
there 10 bad and that when there he wa
continually getting into trouble and haC
made several threats against parties with
whom be bad had difficulty.