The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-31
VOLUNTARY GRANDDAUGHTER.
Verdict of the COroner's Jury in the
Powell Inquest.

Verdict of the COroner's Jury in the
Powell Inquest.
An Ninquest by the coroner into the
death Of George Powell. the negro who
was struck with a rock Saturday night
by Jesup Fields and died the following
morning, was held last night. md result
ed in a verdict of voluntary manslaugh-
ter.
-Four witnesses were examined. Ed
ward Green, the first, said that on the
night in question, Walter Jones. otherwise
known as Toes" came TO the yard of
Towards saloon, at Harrison and West
Broad streets. He said that Powell owed
him little bill and that he intended to
settle with him. After being in the yard
a short time he went around to the front
of the place, and in about five minutes
went running down Harrison street.
George Brooks, another negro, who was
present, remarked, There goes Toes, who
has just knocked George Powell with a
brick" Upon being questioned the wit
nesses said that he did not see Toes"
run down the street
George Brooks, the next witness, said
that previous TO the row, he, Edward
Green and two women were In the yard
at the rear of Towards place drinking
beer. when three men came into the
yard. He didn't know any of the
men, but afterward learned that
one of them is called Toes"
The men had bricks wrapped in paper in
their hands. Ella Glover, one of the wo-
men in the yard, jumped up, and taking
the bricks from one of the men, threw
them away, but the man named Toes
refused to give UP the ones that ne had
The third man of the party went into the
bar where Powell and friend were drink
ing. while Toes and the other man went
out of the side gate of the yard. going
D. to West Broad street. About five min
utes later we heard someone come INFO
the bar and say they have killed a man
out here" We went to the side gate and
saw the shortest man in the crowd run
ming down Harrison street and when we
got on the corner heard somebody say
it was Toes" that had hit the man. At
the time Powell had a handkerchief
against his temple, while his friend had
one of the men who had come in the yard
backed up in Towards window. The men
that he had in this position said to him:
You know 1 didn't hit the man, don't
you?" The dead mans friend replied:"But
you know who did hit him." and the other
said: Il told YOU ii was Ewes that hit
him
James Green another witness said: 81
was coming from the market Saturday
night and met Toes and Eyes on JEFF
ferson and st. Julian streets. The man
who was afterwards struck had some
cross words with Eyes Later, while l,
Toes and Eyes were on the way to
the club on New street, we met again
near Howard's saloon the man who was
afterwards struck Eyes asked him if
he was drunk, when he was speaking TO
him before The man started toward
Eyes who then struck him with brick
and ran away" The witness stated that
neither did Toes or himself run.
The last and most important witness was
Walter Jones, or as he is better known,
Toes" In substance his testimony was
10 the effect that on Saturday night in
company with Green, Eyes" and a girl
he was coming from market when he
met two men, one of whom was Powell
Powell accosted Eyes" with the remark
that he looked like he had lost something
Eyes replied, telling Powel's compan-
ion TO take him on as he appeared to be
drunk. Powell replied with an oath that
he wasn't drunk and would show him
that he wasn't The witness said that
they then went on but later met Powell
and his friend outside of the store at
West Broad and Harrison streets He cor
federated the story of the other man
about having a rock in his hand. Leav-
ing the yard, he said Eyes went up to
IOWeI, WHO was on the corner ana
asked him if he was drunk when he
cursed him before. Powell replied that he
was not and repeating his former remark
that he would "show him" started forward
with an open knife in his hand. Then.
said the witness. Eyes" hit him with the
rock and ran. Witness said that later he
had met Eyes" at Harrison and Farm
streets Eyes" asked if Powell was
hurt and being told that he was not, went
away. The witness said that ne did not
see him again until the next morning and
he was then on the Clifton, and said that
he intended to go to Button Asked
about the club which ne had mentioned so
often in his testimony, and which seemed
to be a general hanging-out place for the
negroes, he said that 1t was a regular
dive. 1T is located he continued ION
New street, and is run by a negro named
Willie Eady, walking boss of the policy
shops when they are open" Further
questions ELECTED the information that the
club is a gambling house, of which one
part is reserved as dance hail. while
still another is reserved as a parlor for
loose women. The games played, he said,
were skin, crap or anything else that was
called for.
1t took the jury but few minutes to re-
turn its verdict.