The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-03

asked as they were not in the jurisdiction
of this courI The court said it would ac-
cept them as bondsmen.
,Hhese gentlemen are Hon. j. l.. Jettl!es,
| ct Norfolk, OF the firm OF JefIies ana
Lawless, prominent member o. the bar
and a former State Senator; MI. j. Il.
| Holiday, secretary of the L. W. Davis
Tobacco Company, of Norfolk, Mr.. Oscar
| FL. Beard a travelling salesman tor the
firm of Brown and Williamson, CT Win
Salem, a brother-in-laW OF Brooks,
Mr. Benjamin Fenner, superintendent OF
Schools of Prince George county, Va,
the step father OF Brooks, Mr.. w. d. Tenn
pie, Clerk of the Court of Prince George
county, Va. These gentlemen, in speak
ins OF Mr.. Brooks, give him a fine char
| acter and state that they had also let
tiers from large number of the best
citizens of Prince George county and of
Norfolk written in commentator OF the
young man, one being from the auditor
OF the Southern Railway in whose en-
| p1oy Brooks had been at one time.
Judge Nichols finally adjourned the case
the various witnesses being bound over
10 appear at the next term of the Federal
court, on the twenty-seventh of May. But
| as the session adjourned Mr. Brooks had
another phase of it to call to the atten-
ton of the court.
He mad in his possession a number of
letters and packages addressed to the
Jones & POWELL concern, and Col. Argo
had asked for them. He did not know
what to do in the matter, as Col. Ago
was insistent and said they were the
property of his client.
| By the advice of Mr.. Pou it was de
| termined by Mr.. Brooks that he would
| turn these over to Judge Nichols as part
Of the records in the case. Col. Argo
again insisted that he should have them
1ut j. b. Powell said that he had not
asked for them. In the course OF his re
marks Col. Argo said the firm had PAID
out over $4,000 for goods, and Mr.. Pcu
| remarked that he would be glad il this
were SO.
]. B. Powell was remanded to Jail aud
aas not yet given the bond required. Mr..
Brooks presented the papers in bis pos
session to Judge Nichols and his friends
| gave the $400 bond for his appearance
IS a witness, receiving from Judge Mich
81; the $40 in cash which they had
deposited when Brooks was first released
rom custody.
While the party was in the office Of
| Judge Nichols arranging the bond, Mr..
Elmer Shaffer, of the firm of Argo &
Shaffer, appeared and made demand for
the letters given the court by Brooks.
He was asked ii he represented R. c.
Powell, ]. C. Jones, or John c. Stone,
Of the firm of Zones & Powell He did
not, but j. B. Powell. Judge Nichols de
elined to surrender the papers saying
&c would like to see the firm Mr.. Shat
fer left, declaring he would take out pa
pers to secure the documents ne Was
after This had not been done last night.
The government witnesses state that
| hey have ample proof 10 convict Powell
and that they do not doubt but that he
| will be found guilty. They claim to have
| information that years ago he success
| fully worked the Same game in Smithfeld,
N. c., and that he tried it, but failed In
| Primers Point. Va. Besides this it is
| stated that he has been in trouble con
crning other affairs.
| The Federal law puts a penalty on the
offense charged against Powell fol
each letter received, but limits the cases
| 10 three with a maximum sentence II
each case of six months eighteen months
in all. and $500 fine, and this would be
the penalty imposed on Powell if ne is
/
| The keys to the store rented from Mr.
| J. NJ Broughton by the Zones & Powell
| concern was given to Judge Nichols by
| Mr.. Brooks, and it was stated that the
| rent had been paid to the 9th of Feb
ruary AT that time, unless more rent IS
| paid, the key will be returned.
| 1t is understood that several shipments
! for Zones & Powell have reached the
express and freight offices here, but that
| these will not be delivered. The parties
! from Norfolk endorsing Brooks say they
! know nothing of Powell except that he
had a desk room In the Arlington Annex
on CRANKY street One order is said to
have been received in Norfolk from the
Zones & Powell concern, the letter be
ing dated Raleigh, and this asking for the
shipment of a horse The letter engaging
Brooks, who responded to an advertise
metn in the Norfolk papers of January q
for young man to leave the city for
month or two, was also dated Raleigh,
but from the time it was received was
evidently written and mailed in Norfolk.
Thus Brooks is out of the affair and j.
E. Powell, the man whom he knows as
the only one of the firm he has ever
seen and the man who employed him, is
in Jail awaiting trial. The amount of
goods that have been ordered by the
firm" to be shipped is only estimated,
but it is said by some that these will
amount to something like $4,000. The full
amount will never be known.
HERE IS A "REMINISCENCES.
Some ten or twelve years ago Raleigh
had a case which is in some points on the
line of the present as to the similarity
of names, which has caused all this
trouble.
This was in the matter of party who