The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-27
SLEW HIM WITH A BRICK.
GEORGE POWELL. CoLORED. DIED
FROM A MURDERER's BLOW.

QuarreIIed with a Negro known TO
the Police as "Eyes"-.'Eyes''Wait-
ed for Him on Harrison Street and
Crushed in His skull With a Brick
and Escaped-TyvO witnesses of
the Attack-PoweII Walked TO His
Home and Died in a Few Hours.
George Powell. colored. died shortly af-
ter o clock yesterday morning as the
result of a blow received on the head
late the nigh< before. The wound was
made by brick hurled with murderous
intent BY another negro known as Eyes"
According to the story OF Ben McGraw,
colored, a friend Of the dead man, and
who was within few feet of him when
he received his death wound, the row in
which Powell received his death began
at the market. Powell and Eyes" Nc
Graw said, had some words then, but he
did not know what about. The row, he
thought, had been satisfactorily settled,
though he heard Eyes" say as he went
away, y GU all know who l am. / am
Eyes and l won't stand no foolng"
Alter leaving the market McGraw said,
he and Powell went as far as Harrison
and West Broad streets. Just as they
turned into Harrison street he noticed
Eyes" standing little way off, leaning
against telegraph posi-, but he paid no
attention TO him, thinking the row of the
earlier part of the night had been salts
factorily adjusted. He met near the cor
ner of the streets a friend, Willie Page,
and stopped to talk TO him, while Powell,
who was waiting for him, stood few feet
away Within few minutes he heard
something fall and turning toward RDw-
ell, saw him lying on the ground. He
was unable to see what had struck him,
but, turning around. saw Eyes" run
ming up Harrison street.
McGraw went TO the PROSTATE man and
helped him up. at the same time asking
what was the matter with him. He was
told that Eyes" had struck him on the
head with brick. A hasty examination
of the injured mans head failed to show
any wound, though he complained that it
hurt him. McGraw suggested that they
go TO doctor but Powell decided instead
TO go TO his fathers house on Lumber
$3.50 iiS iAHtloSGb " walk tneTe aD-
parently but little the worse for the blow
Shortly after he got home, however. he
became unconscious and as he apparently
grew worse he was removed about
o'clock in the morning to the home of his
sister in Gwinnett lane, near Montgomery
street. Dr. Corson was summoned but
reached the house a short time before the
man died.
Coroner Goette made an examination of
the dead man in the afternoon and said
that the right side of his skull had been
crushed in by the blow. 1t is proba BILE that
he will hold an inquest to-day.
No report of the matter was made to the
police authorities until after the man died
Eyes" had in the meantime made his
escape, but another negro named Toes
who is said to have been with Eyes" at
the time of the assault was arrested by
Detective Garrity and is now in the lock-
up. He says that he had no part what
ever in the assault, but was a witness to
it, and that Eyes" is the man who threw
the brick.
So far as is known Powell, before his
death, made no statement relative to the
quarrel, nor any explanation of the as
sault