The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-15

clean shaver, had red hair. pleasant
address, and would appear to anybody
to be an up-to-date business man. Il
did not see him constantly, in inter-
walls, he said. He was fire.
quently at my place / don't know
| where he stopped in Norfolk | don't
remember the date the bargain with
| Jones was contaminated did not
| rent place in Raleigh before the 5th.'
| Mr.. Powell was here required to
| read to the jury letter saying they
| had rented a store in Raleigh, and en-
closed money for postofflce box, and
| the letter was dated January 5th
/ signed by Jones and Powell before a
| contract had been colsed by J. c. Jones
| and Powell. The solicitor asked him
| if he was not indicted before u. S.
| Commissioner while in connection
with q Smithfield, Va, firm. Powell re-
| piled no. Solicitor Skinner showed
| him the court records and asked him
if he was the man referred to. Powell
answered yes, declaring it was another
company. He admitted that he was
hound over to court by the L. S. Com
| missioner. He said that no true bill
was found when the case reached the
grand Jury. On another bill head,
which the solicitor exhibited, there was
the name OF "R. l.. Powell, and Pow
ell said this was his son too the same
son as "R c. Powell. whose full initials
were ''R l.. G.. Powell" Another name.
"R. d. Tucker on that head, he adj
mitted was only collector. In his let
ter to the real Jones and Powell in
Raleigh, he had written: Il now live
in Franklin county, but have not been
i'm Raleigh for a number of years.
Powell said he did not intend to write
that. as he had lived in Norfolk ten
wears and meant only to say that he
was originally from Franklin county.
He was shown statement where ne
had said his contract with Jones was
for only $40 per week and as he had
lust stated his contract was for $25
per week, he was asked if he was
lying. Powell said he thought he was
to have received $25. He was asked
if there was a single witness to the
contract present. Powell replied no,
that those who were not dead were
beyond reach, and he did not know
where in all the world they were. He
was asked if the Jones" name did not
come to him by the publicity OF the
Charlie c. Jones case, who had checks
on n Goldsboro bank He said he had
never heard of Jones, asked who he
was then remembered that he had
read of the trial of Jones in the Fed
eraI court He said he never saw his
firm rating, never looked for the
rating. He admitted that he referred
the business concerns 10 our COM
mercial rating" and that it might have
deceived. When asked why he con-
timed to use stationery bearing the
stvle of the Raleigh firm, he replied
that il was because he had no other
stationery, and soon as he could he
had il changed. He said he used some
of the new stationery but could not
proye it, He said Jones said
he (Jones) told him that he had
plenty of coal and wood, and mer-
chandise too. He admitted he ordered
an automobile, but said he was not
familiar with the statement the solicit
tor made that he ordered gold foun-
tain pens and typewriters but posi-
ively denied that he ordered a horse.
He was shown the letter containing
the order for the horse and admitted
that il was his own handwriting. The
letter was written in Norfolk, ana
lated in Raleigh. Powell sald ne mao
forgotten about this, and said 1t must
have been the inStruction of Jones
The orders for other things IN NOR
folk, the orders written there ana
mailed in Raleigh, he, SAID must nave
been by Jones instructions. Inc soLicl-
tor said as Powell was going TO open
in Raleigh, he wanted to know why
the first consignment was forwarded
to Raleigh if he intended doing leglu-
mate business in Raleigh. why, ne
added. were they not shipped direct
to Norfolk. This Powell threw of on
Jones. He said he told Michael. the
Norfolk grocer, what Jones told him 10
saw in regard to the tomatoes. Asked
as to his object in having the letters
mailed in Raleigh, he said first, to
comply TO the letters to everything
Jones said, and second, that that WAS
the only way to do business properly
as the business was located in Raleigh
He was asked il he ordered to be writ
ten the letters. He would not swear
it. but admitted that they were his
signatures. Among the letters
we're orders for q vast va
iety of merchandise and furnl-
ture of all kinds and descriptions
Powell said he was in business IN
Berkeley three years, and returned 10
Norfolk He was in business in New
port News two years. He was asked
f that business was not sWlndllng
scheme. He said he failed, and did
lot pay off all his creditors, but the
reason why Il have failed in business
Turing the past ten years, he SAID Is
because | have drunk too much Whls-
.ey and never saved money. lie had
business which he Ityled Love ana
COMPANY, the business WAS uoilc Ill
Ter that firm name, until he sold out
bout five weeks ago. He said he was
10 years of age when ne left Frank
in county, and denied that he had TO
cave because he committed crime
de said he lived in Henderson Is
years ago, and denied that he did not
pay for a business he had purchased.
asked ii he had not been accused or
attempting to burn up the store there
O get the insurance, he said he dld
lot know that. but once lamp ex-
,loded near his window, but did no
reat damage. He did not remember
hat he was indicted for this, nor that
,e offered q James Bowton $25 not
o inform on him. He kept there a
aloon, but denied that he kept
gambling den there. He said he shot
through the window of a house at
nan named f. n. Jackson, and he
eft the State on this account.
me and two O'Clock in the night. He
vas drunk, and had just returned from
Texas. He had been to Michigan,
Kentucky and other States He was
lsked if he did not kill a man in Ken
lucky Asked if he was required to
In rnnlU and he