Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-26
POWELL TRIAL RESUMED
Witness Tells ofAdm;ssions Made to Him BY
the Defendant.
story of the Flight From the City and
Subsequent Arrest-0thcr
Evidence Given.

The most important witness to testify
today for the prosecution in the trial of
James Powell, colored, arraigned for tho
murder of William Patrick Lee the lIth
of last October, was Clifton Fantroy The
latter has been in jail since the date of the
coroner's inquest, soon after the death OF
Lee. He has been held as a government
witness. and will receive about 500 as COM
pensation for his detention
Fantroy,. in testifying, substantiated the
statements made to the jury yesterday by
Assistant District Attorney Shilington in
his opening address. According to the wit
ness, he met Powell the night of October
IL on Grant avenue. Powell told the wit
ness that he had struck man. and that
ne was going to leave town. He induced
the witness to accompany him as far as
Benning. They spent the night there but
the following day returned to the city pro-
ceedfng to the residence of an aunt of
foWel. she would not permit them to re-
nam at her house. Powell and the witness
rode to Brightwood, walked to Silver
Spring and proceeded thence toward Fen
wick They met Policeman Mccormick.
who recognized Powell and placed him mn
der arrest While the witness was win
Powell the latter remarked:
L wonder if Lee is dead?"
without Provocntion.
Winslow Robinson, Edward Jackson and
Daniel Booker made statements almost
sIinlar to those of the Witnesses who tes-
tined yesterday; in effect that Powell
stabbed Lee without provocation on the
part of the latter
Juifa johnson and Carrie Williams told
the jury that the night of October II. while
al the dance in the o Street Armory,
Powell had a knife. The next witness. Nor
man w. Pinckard, testified that he was in
attendance at the dance in question
had just finished a dance" said
Pinchard, when Powell came IN and
stated that II he saw me dancing with that
girl again he would take his knife and cut
off my ears. When l left the hall after
the dance Powell tried to have another
row with me. He had a knife in his
hand"
On cross-examination of the witness At
Iorney Jones attempted to show that
Plnckard was engaged in conspiracy with
Lee TO Kill Powell, but all intimations in
that direction were strenuousy denied
Edmund BrockenbOrough a special DO
liceman, and Moses Madrid related the de
tails of row in which Powell, Lee, Pinck-
ard and Ruffin were engaged while in the
Street Hall. A recess was then taken
Officer McCormfck's Testimony.
After recess some testimony of an unim-
portant nature was introduced. and then
Policeman Mccormick took the stand. After
the murder, he said. he began a search
for Powell. While riding along the rail-
road track near Silver Spring on a bicycle
witness saw Powell and Fantroy ahead.
The witness dismOunted from his wheel,
and as he did SO, Powell ran off There
upon witness drew his pistol and started in
pursuit.
on noticing the pistol" stated McCor-
mick, Powell stopped raised his hands
and promised not to run if / would not
shoot. l took him to the eighth precinct
station house,
Did Powell say anything at that time?'
inquired the assistant district attorney
Yes" was the reply; Powell asked Is
he dead% Later he denied that he had any,
thing to do with the cutting
William Alexander, colored, a special po-
liceman, who was with Policeman McCor-
mick at the time Powell was taken into
custody, testified identically as did the pre-
cedinS witness, with the exception that he
stated Powell said to him:
IF it hadn't been for Ruffin I wouldn't
have done the cutting; 1 didn't mean to
kill him.
Prosecution Closes.
When Alexander left the stand, Assistant
District Attorney Shillington announced
b.