The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-16

remember whether they said they were
to do business in Raleigh or not, but
they were to enter North Carolina.
Powell, he said, afterwards was in
carcerated in North Carolina, and did
not see him after the second call of
Powell at his office. He said he saw
Jones" only twice, but he thought he
was rather stout, and thought he
weighed more than 1875 pounds; he
was ruddv but did not remember
whether or not he was clean shaVen,
and he was about forty years of age.
Jones was to supply funds in the
copartnership. My understanding was
that Powell and Stone were partners
to receive a salary and compensation
in profits. He said he saw Stone, and
early last fall several gentlemen with
Stone and Powell came to see him IN
regard to the Powell Furniture Co,
Virginia corporation, and it was de-
termined that an assignment should
be made in favor of the creditors, ana
Powell was to remain as trustee. Soon
after that, he said, Powell was ar
rested, and later Mrs. Powell told nm
that Stone was collecting money pc
longing to the Powell Furniture COM
pany and [ wrote Stone to come 10
see me. He came to me, and IL ap-
peared that Stone vas collecting ac-
counts belonging to Powell, which
were formed before the concern was
Incorporated. Stone told him, ne
said, that he had no interest In the
concern in Raleigh, that he was only
an employed man, and he said that ne
had nothing that could incrimlnate
Powell. He sanctioned the statement
that Powell also was only an en-
ployee.
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of counsel for Powell.
Mr.. j. E. Pickett, of Richmond,
said he knew Powell, and had known
him since 1896. He met Powell in
Kentucky, and they went to Norfolk
together They formed a large in
stallment business, and were associated
for a year and a half, and then they
dissolved. He went on the road, and
later went to Richmond. where he has
been four years. He said that in jan
uary. 1904 he went to Norfolk in re-
Spouse to a letter from Powell He
said Powell told him he was going to
Raleigh to embark in a wholesale bus
mess of every description with a man
named Jones. He said he was intro
duced to "Mr. Jones' in Powell's Of
flee, and in his description of him he
said Jones was of medium height; APP
peared to weigh $50 pounds; was Of
fair complexion and he was clean
ShaVen. He heard a conversation be-
tween Powell and Jones, and they said
that they had already made their ar
rangements, and Powell brought up
the finances OF the firm and Jones took
out two pass books, and they showed
that he had about $4,000 in some
bank in North Carolina. His recollec-
ton was that Powell was to receive
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finance the business.
On cross examination Pickett said
he was born in Georgia. In half a
dozen years after he dissolved with
Powell he did not receive more than
half a dozen letters. He said he did
not consider the letter from Powell
of any Importance. and destroyed it.
He said Powell had very little furni-
ture, and had everything he had in his
little office, 20 by "a feet, and was not
worth very much. He said he had no
evidence to show himself that he was
what he represented himself to be.
and declared angry that he himself
was not Mr.. Jones. lie said he re-
ceiv@d a .etter from Powell while he
PowelD was in Jail in Raleigh. asking
him to como To Raleigh.
Mr.. F. b. Wallace, of Norfolk, said
he had been six years acting cashier
of the Norfolk Railway and Light
Company. said he had known Powell
three years. He said he met Jones
early in January, 1904, and heard a
between them respecting
q prospective business in Raleigh. He
said he met Zones" in the Monticello
Hotel in Norfolk too, and was intro
duced to him by Mr.. Campbell" He
went directly down to PowelPs office
and then said Powell, Puckett and
Jones" He told the same story about
the bank books. He saw Jones and
Powell together twice later. he re-
iterated practically the description OF
Jones made by other of Powells
witnesses. He heard another CONVEX
sation between Jones and Powell, in
which Zones" exhibited to Powell his
references" saying he had already
made them ito a business people of
some kind"
On cross-examination Wallace said
he was reared in Kentucky, but did
not there know Powell. He said he
was not now employed by anybody.
He could offer no evidence as to his
identity. He said he never met j. Z.
Stone. He knew Powells son, X. &.
Powell but did not know r. l.. Pow
ell He said there had never been a
subpoena served on him; he came vol
unfairly, but Powell had not yet paid
his expenses. Recently after Powell
was released from Jail he went to