The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-20
SLUGGER GETS
FIVE YEARS
H, A, Powell Found Guilty Of
Robbery Of John Kennedy
Last December

The ju5 had comparatively lIttlo
difficulty IN arriving at verdict IN
tho case against H. A. PaWics for
the slugging and robbery OF John
Kennedy last December, A fcw hours
after being given the charge BY the
court nto yesterday even
Ing, the jury returned a verdict find
Ing the defendant guilty and fixing
his penalty at five years III the PEN
itentiary.
A Pay Day Orgy.
The Kennedy smuggling Ia simply
another story OF the riii-raff that
floats into Amarillo and stays for
few hours or days on the Bowery,
Kennedy was a big, hulking, Init
crate railroad laborer who had been
at work on the south plains road to
ward Plainyiew. Coming into Can
yon after he quit work there, with
q young fellow named Ward an.
other fellow whom they called Cur
~" and the man Powlcs the four
cashied their checks and began
spending their money For $4iO
they bought gallon Of whlskey IN !
Canyon and then they camo to ANA
r After round OF the Bowery |
ICONS, Kenndy came 10 himself |
some time in the night with his |
money gone, most OF his clothes torn |
from his body, and his head and |
face a mass Of clotted, bloody gasheS
and bruises When he found him
self he was lying in the open some
whore down in the railroad yards
With difficulty he crawlcG to the
nearest light which happened to be
in the Pecos Valley round house.
Here he was cared for TIL he could
be sent down town.
Then he told a story OF being beat
en- and robbed by the man with
whom he had come from Canyon,
land OF heggtng for mercy while tho
fellow Slngged him q.fRish the job
From tha clues Which KonncdyIgaYe [
Guy Marshal jqgl Snider caugAhRe I
man and HIS ,fpmparop, W+FdobihI
Dalhart a fey AFprs after tRRt caPl-.
NISSAN Of the crime. Kennedy was |
here to testify in the examination
. trlel hut could give no bond for his
appearance at the next terui of court
and was put in jail, Being consid-
cred a trusty he was given liberty
which he used TO get away and he
is now somewhere in New Mexico
Working on the railroad.
Ward Not Indicted.
At first II was thought Ward was
an, active accomplish Of Powles in
the smuggling and he was pu. und'r
"a heavy bond by the Justices court
The, young fellow, however, comes
of an honored family in Hood county ,
and through the help of his father
he, made the bond and was set at
liberty, On his return the sanitary
lesson given him by the danger of
sentence seems to have had a desired ,
effect on him and he presents q
greatly changed appearance on his
appearance here this time. He tes-
titled without attempt to conceal any {
Of the circumstances and as his cen.
nection with the offonse was trivial
the grand jury did not find an indict-
ment against him.
PoWles is stocky young fellow :
with. u we'll knit body Of less than !
average height. lie has clear, |
dark face with large distinctly !
aauiline nose, and dark eyes that
snap and glitter under close cling
ing crop Of jet blaol1 hair, lie is,6
handsome fellow OF the understand !
ed work sort, but a look az his face :
goes far toward confirming the sto- /
rlcs that other witnesses relate o. q
bis having Dragged OF the victims he D
Aae sluggc1, r,ts ... .