Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-05
AFFECTED BY CRIME
REMARKABLE POWERS EXHIBITED BY FRANK POWELL OF WISCONSIN.

His Peculiarly Nervous and Sensitive Tenn
 perament-why He Didn't Buy House.
 Couldn't Rest In a Room In Which 8
 Brutal Murder Had Been Committed.
 Dr. D. Frank Powell, mayor of La Crosse, Wis, who, under the name of White Beaver, is also head chief of the Winnebago Indians, is possessed of a pe- cullarly nervous and sensitive tempera- ment. It is not affection, for probably no man living is less affected. Speaking of this when in St. Louis {. few days ago, Dr. Powell said to a reporter:
 's1 have never been able to account for 1t. Individuals quickly repel or attract me. Sometimes a man with whom I shake hands, and who is apparently a pleasant gentleman, causes me to shud- der. l at once become aware that his disposition is antipathetic to and not in harmony with mine. On the other hand, l am strongly drawn toward others. Houses and rooms have an even more remarkable effect on me. You will hard ly believe it, but I can never rest any where where the former occupants have led quarreling, pickering life. An in describable uneasiness comes over me. and I am miserable until I find other quarters
 An instance of this occurred some years ago in my own town. My wife and myself were thinking of buying an eligible home that became vacant. For tunately we decided to rent it for awhile before making the purchase. From tho first l found the rooms unbearable. There was some influence in the atmos- phere that was utterly repugnant to me- After few days and nights of unrest I said to my wife, Why did you never tell me that MT. and Mrs. did not live happily together?'
 My wife then told me the story of the domestic infehcity of the owners of the house, which had been notorious among the ladies of the town, but which had never reached me- Naturally we de- cided against the investment
 Some years ago Twas at Minneapolis on business l registered at the best ho- tel The proprietor, being an old friend of mine, directed that be assigned one of the best rooms in the place. It was an elegant apartment, opening out on balcony, and under ordinary eircum- stances I should have been greatly pleas ed with it.
 During the first night, however, I never closed my eyes. In the morning I requested the clerk to give me another room. He seemed surprised and so did the proprietor. Why, doctor, exclaimed the latter, you have the incest room in the hotell You surely are not in earn est.
 " I am very much in earnest, re- piled. Tn fact, if this is the only room you can give me, shall have to go to the other hotel.
 At his request I accompanied him up stairs to the distasteful chamber. He pointed out it's advantages, in which I readily eoncurred. But, colonel, add ed, something once happened in this room He looked me steadily in tho face for moment, changed color and proceeded to pull the massive bedstead from the wall Immediately behind the head of the bed was dark spot rec ogniZed it at once as blood. The colonel then confessed that this was the very room in which cruel murder had been committed, the assassin having gained entrance by the balcony and dispatched his victim with coupling pin. How the blood spot remained after the room had been repapered no one could explain. The landlord had put me there never dreaming that one who had seen so much of wild western life could have scented out the evil associations of the place. !"