The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-17
Jury Declared
Powell Guilty.
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did not hurt him so long as he coulo
use the name of wife, son, or clevk or
the Jones and PowelIs names OF the
world and so long as he could use
the L. S. mails for fraudulent pur-
pose. Powell knew the value OF those
tomatoes he ordered, said Col. Skinner
but was nipped too soon to consum-
mate that little fraud. He declared
Powell a base perjurer, a back boheo
liar, and in the conflict of testimony
between the witnesses for the gov
eminent and Powell the truth was TO
be ascertained by the character and
reputation of each. Powell had the
reputation of notorious liar ana the
record of a criminal. If Powell Is 10
be believed in preference to the three
women who testified, then the leihple
of justice should be thrown down anu
lawIessness unclaimed throughout the
land. There were three orders for
automobiles; for a rubber-tired bike
wagon: an ertra set of furniture for
the use of a member of the firm; Tor
piano for the wife of a MEMBER OF
the firm; for three typeWrters; lof
gas stoves; what did Powell want with
these goods, except to get a discount
on the articles and freight ana dlS-
pose of them for what would be OIL
fered Powell, he said, was a 1901
when he thought he could go ahead IN
his wickedness and perpetrate fraud
on the administration of justice. 10
cap the climax, he said, Powell or
dered a first class driving horse. The
letter was written in Norfolk and
mailed in Raleigh, when he could
have seen the stock yards in Norfolk
in fifteen minutes, except his credlt
was rotten. He ordered other Things
in Norfolk in this manner, knowing
that if the concerns from whom he
ordered knew he was j. Il. PoWell
they would not have considered hum,
unless to take steps to discover his
further dishonesty
Col. Skinner said the intent to de-
fraud had been established, and the
remaining question was had TIE L. >.
mails been used frauduiently.
Powell himself and his at
torneys admitted the truth of
this. and the next question was Wheth-
Powell had been connected with the
fraud. Powell himself had admitted
that. There had never been such a
man as j. G. Jones, he said, and that
creation was originated in the fertile,
criminal head of J. b. Powell, but
for the arguments sake he would say
Jones he was only the tool of Powell
such as Stone was Brooks was, and
others were. Why, if Jones had a
bank account of $4,000 could not
Powell produce a single check or sig
nature of Jones. There was no such
person as Jones. He said the counsel
of Powell had tried to make the i'm
preston that Chas. c. Jones was con-
nected with the crime. when at the
time that man was in New York city,
and could now be brought to testify
if anybody wanted him. The govern
ment, he said, had been asked why a
subpoena had not been. issued for y.
G.. jones'" Because, he continued, the
governments agents had made a thor
ough investigation, and declared there
was no other man connected with the
fraud except Powell He said stone
had testified that he had never seen
such a man as Jones' asld that ii Was
a lie from beginning 20 end, as Pow
ell had said stone. introduced him to
Jones, while Stone denied it; and
Misses White and Cafee denied that
there was such a person as Jones, and
Powell himself had told them so.
Could these women have amy interest
in swearing to lie in this strange
country? Twelve months ago. he SAID,
when the case was continued, PoWell
said on affidavit that he could prove
the identity of Jones by a dozen of
men, not one of whom had appeared
at this trial, and no one know where
these men were. andsno one knows of
them. He said counsel fer Powell
had declared that Powell should be
credited for telling the truth about
his record while on the stand, while
Powell knew there were witnesses in
the court room who would testify to
the facts, and he declared to be a r'er-
juror.
1t was beyond reason, Col. Skinner
said that upon casual acquaintance
a man with $4,000 would take up
with a man with a criminals record,
and it was stranger still that Powell
should order thousands of dollars
worth of goods without one cent to
pay for them. The ice was too thin, it
breaks.
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