The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-02
PERSECUTION LED
TO HIS SUICIDE
Illinois Lawyer Driven TO Death
by Domestic Trouble
KNEW ABOUT A MRUDER
AND HIS KNOWLEDGE COST HIM
HIS LIFE, ACCORDING TO A
STRANGE STORY OF THE
DEAD MANS BROTHER

bEfNG NIrNiN y oFhO fNGH
Chicago, Oct. "Details of series
of sensations which are alleged 10
have smouldered for months in Cam
bridge, H., and which may explain the |
mysterious death of John " Streed a
prominent attorney and politician, |
who was found lifeless at mis- Office
door week ago with bullet through
his head, has been revealed here.
DR.. Byrd c. Powell, veterinary
surgeon, Ii ,ng in Sandwich, Ill.,, came
to Chicago and told story back of
4he recent suicide of his brother, VIM
d. Powell of Cambridge. The story
disclcses a chain of facts connecting
the Powell and Streed cases with a
virtual murder of a Swedish domestic
in the home of a wealthy man more
than five years ago She was buried
secretly without death cert ficate or
inquest In the opinion of Dr. Powell
Attorney Streed was murdered becau-
Sc he knew the truth behind the wo-
mans death Streed got the facts
William d. Powell who committed
suicide August 26 last, after William
Powels home had been broken up
and the guilty persons shielded 1t Is
alleged by an Influential political
friend.
DR.. Powell declares thar his brother
was driven to his death by a clique
in Cambridge.
1t Is said that Powell went to Cam
bridge to live about the time of the
death of the domestic, the facts of
which he learned accidentally His
own domestic life was unhappy He
suspected several men OF prominence
Of being too friendly with his wife
and encountered persecution which Il
is said drove him to suicide, First
stories detrimental To Powell's bust
ness were circulated. Then the crowd
made Ii their business to offend him
in the street He wanted to arm HIM
self but was told the sheriff would ar
rest him for carrying concealed wea
DOIlA. AlStl EdiC w llilU Ut hhGApVNh
cd hours, day and night. both to his
home and to his office and told him
he had better leave town. He refused
to be intimidated.
Finally came climax. Powell
awoks one morning to find ira ant
feathers" written on his door. with {
note ordering hi INTO leave town with
in four days or suffer violence at the
hands Of mob. Then Powell sum
moned his brother They talked al
night long, William detailing the story
of his sufferings, of his love for his
wife, the persecution and the threa
of death
what shall / do?" he asked in de
spair.
60 after them, replied his advis
or "You know something of the deati
of this Swedish girl. The men per
scouting you are involved in thai
case. Go after them"
Two detectives arrived in Camhrid
ge as a result to work on evidence
given Them in reference to the deatf
of the domestic. w. D. Powell tool
the evidence to Attorney Streed ant
asked him to prosecute the men
Streed refused TO do 1t because it in
volved some of his best trends. VIM
ID. Powell's suicide followed Dr
Powell believes that Streed and SOM
OF the suspected men quarreled ant
in the heat of dispute Streed betrayed
knowledge of the domestic's death
MY brother said DIR. Powell to
day, was bounded to death by
clique of men. His knowledge of th'
girls death, passing 70 Streed. shifte,
to the latter the fatal mark of tn
gangs enmity III Streed was mul
dered, It, Is simple matter for tn
Cambridge authorities out who ar
the persons interested In bringln
about his death. But they have pul
posely suppressed the truth, which,
revealed, may lead to the discover
Of Streed's murderers and bring 4
light another murder"
Another sad feature of the death Q
Streed was the case Of Miss Matti
Philberg daughter Of PPostmaste
Philberg She was school teache
and close friend Of the Streed fan
lily. When she heard of Streed'
death she became afflicted with heaI
trouble and fell dead.