The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-15
MINE THE RECORD
Of A DRUNKARD
Day of Sensations in
Powell Case.
C. C. JONES INVOLVED
Defendants Counsel Endeavor to Con.
meet a GoIdsboro Man With the
Alleged "Jones and Powell Mer-
chandise Company Judge
PurnelI Protected Ladies.

PurnelI Protected Ladies.
With little sympathy manifested
aside from that of his wife. beautiful
and high-hearted little lady, and of a
few stragglers lounging lazily but with
minds intent, about the court room.
the record of ]. b. Powell, the man
accused in Federal court of the fraud
ulent use of United States mails, was
disclosed yesterday. Sensational 10
thrillingly exciting We're the develop
ments during his trial yesterday.
Around the bar were seated nearly
score of men we'll known in the COM
mercial and industrial life of several
cities, who called themselves victims
of Powell
The government rested its case be-
fore recess and in the afternoon when
the counsel for Powell put him on the
stand the interest was intense, and sur
prises of no common occurrence were
constantly unexpectedly brought out.
The biggest sensation of the day. aside
from his fearful erosS-examinatlon by
District Attorney Harry Skinner, was
the attempt of his counsel TO connect
Chas. G. Jones, of Goldsboro, with the
case 1t is notorious that y. Z.
y
the now famous Zones and Powell
Mercantile Comany." has never pub
licly been known to exist.
and it was always believed that the
connection of such man
was creation-rather a nction.
The salvation of Powell was said to be
i'm the establishment of such person.
to make u. c Jones" an actual per-
sonage, and either a marvellous fact is
lot rod nI1a most
fabrications ever born in the mind of
a most resourceful man. 1t is remem-
bered that ChaS. c.. Jones is the young
man of Goldsboro who was indicted
in the Federal court here for having In
his possession stolen stamps, and he
was sentenced~to the Atlanta penlten-
tiary, but was finally allowed to pay
a fine of several thousand dollars. G.
c. Jones was reputed to be sport
i'm every sense of the word-drinker,
gambler. and high liver" When
asked to give q description of y. G.
Jones''-member of his firm Pow
ell described accurately and mIputely
the personal appearance OF G. Z. Jones
or GoIdSboro,s and -sldcied-te@-tlliS that
-. c. Jones' possessed a bank book
which indicated that he had about
$4,000 in some bank and refreshing
his memory. Powell said he thought
it was q Goldsboro bank. His coun-
sci let this information find its depth
in the jury box.
Upon his cross-eXamination Powell
was compelled to give his history
briefly from his nineteenth year, when
he left his home in Franklin county,
this state His life has been eventfui
throughout, and as strange as the
story of a highly exaggerated novel.
1t did not seem life. At times when
Colonel Skinner, often relentless and
frigidly rigid, cast his eyes TO the spot
where the wife of the accused man sat
with tears streaming down her cheeks,
(although she controlled well her emo
tons and it was seldom that she eXhlo-
tied other than sad, pale counte-
nance) he would not press MS ques-
tons and was content with the other
almost endless string of incidents
which he declared showed the dlshoh-
or and dishonesty of Powell
The cross-examination of Powell by
the district attorney was a demonstra-
ton of resourcefulness that sometimes
unnerved Powell and led him into
labryinth of contradictions.
If Powell is innocent the trial is the
result of a train of series OF lnnum-
cradle unhappy circumstances that
have made victim of him. Ii he
is guilty. Postoffice Inspectors Davis
and RuIla. with the assistance of Post
master Bailey, have unearthed the
most monumental and magnificent
fraud ever attempted by the whole
sale and consummated partially IN
North Carolina Its equal was never
hoard of in this state, and its magnl-
tude has brought to this city manu-
facturers. merchants and promoters
from many cities outside and in this
State.
Honor to Women
I'm the midst of the trial Judge Pur-
nell stopped its progress suddenly ana
ordered the marshal to see that proper
resnect was paid to the three young
lady witnesses who were in the ante
room during the trial. the door or the
room being open. Several men had
gained access to the door and were
ANNOYING them with improper conduct
when the Judge declared that the
Young ladies must be protected ana
those molesting them by their i'll man
ners be put out of the court room.
Status of the Case.
The government has rested its case
and today the remaining witnesses Tor
Powell will be placed on the stand
Powell himself may be asked few
more questions this morning by Col.
Skinner. On account of the large
number of witnesses and their anxiety
10 return to their business, several OF
them having come from great dis
tanceS short metre is being made OF
the case and the district attorney says