New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
SEEKS T0AVENGEBROTHER
Illinois Man Tells Murder Tale In
uoLcang High Officials.

Chicago. Sept So-Detaus ~ discoveries
which may explain the mysterious death of John
y streed. an attorney and politician Of Cam
bridge, Ill, who was found nfeless at his ONCE
ooor IN Cambridge week ago. with & bullet
through his head. were revealed here to-day
Dr. Byrd c. Powell. veterinary surgeon
living in Sandwich. H.. came to Chicago and
told q story bearing on the recent suicide of his
brother. William D. Powell. of Cambridge. The
story disclosed chain OF facts connecting the
Powell and Streed cases with the virtual murder
OF a Swedish domestic in the home of a wealthy
man in Cambridge more than FIVE years ago She
was buried secretly without death certificate or
inquest
In the opinion Of DR.. Powell. Attorney stresd
was murdered because he knew the trUt;. about
the woman's death. streed got the facts from
William D. Powell. who committed suicide
August 20 last. after William Powell's home
had been broken UP and the guilty persons
shielded, it is alleged. by an influential political
friend DR.. Powell declares that his brother was
driven to his death by clique in Cambridge
1t is said that Powell went to Cambridge to
live about the time of the death of the domestic
the facts Of which he learned accidentally His
own home life was unhappy. He suspected sew
eraI men Of prominence Of being on too friendly
terms with his wife. and encountered az a re-
suit. persecution. which it is said drove him to
interests were circulated Than certain people
made il their business to offend him in the
street He wanted to arm himself, but was told
that the Sheriff would arrest him for carrying
concealed weapons Men came to him by day
and night, and told him he had better leave
town. He refused he intiridated
Finally came a climax Powell awoks one
morning TO ind tar and feathers written on
his door. with note ordering him to leave town
within four days or suffer violence at the hands
Of a mob.
Then Powell consulted his brother. They
talked ali night long. William detailing the
story of his sufferngs. of his love for his wife
the prosecutions and the threat of death
What shall I do?" he asked IN despair
Go after them replied his adviser. You
know something of the death Of this Swedish
girl The men prosecuting you are involved in
that case. Go after them"
Two detectives arrived in Cambridge as a re-
suit to work up evidence in reference to the
death Of the domestic. ". D Powell took the
evidence TO Attorney Streed and asked him to
prosecute the men Streed refused to do 1t, be-
William D PowelTs suicide followed. DR..
Powell believes that Streed and some of the
suspected men quarreIIed. and in the heat OF
disputes Streed betrayed some knowledge Of
the tragedy
My brother" said Dr. Powell to-day. was
bounded to death by certain men who control all
departments in the administration of law in
Cambridge. His knowledge of the girls death.
passing TO Streed. shifted TO the latter the
gangs enmiry. If Streed was murdered It IS
4 simple matter for the Cambridge authorities
TO discover who were the persons interested in
bringing about his death. But they have pur-
may lead to the clearing up Of StTeed's murder
and the revelation Of another murder"