The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-30
TRIAL OF POWELL
STARTS THURSDAY
Charged With Murder Of Officer
Dunn, of Scotland
Neck.

Weldon, ~. C MARCH 23.--B. E>'
Powell will be put upon trial in
Halifax superior Court Thursday
morning, the a1st on bill OF indict-
ment charging him with murder OF Of
ficer Charles w. Dunn.
Powell, on Friday, March y, on the
main street of Scotland Neck, shot
and seriously wounded Senator q. h
Travis and A. Paul titchin and then
turned his deadly aim upon Ofileer -
w. Dunn, who was sitting about thlf-
tv feet distant; shot the officer In me
bach and then went Immediately
home. barricaded himself in his house,
and threatened to shoot any one Who
attempted TO arrest him
Mr.. Dunn died Monday, March III
Feeling In the county was running
high and Powell was hurried to Raj
eigh and placed in the penitentiars
as a matter of 7recautlon. dc is no"
in Halifax tail awaiting trial Thurs
day. When the case is called he WIZ
be represented by Aycock and Wins
| ton, of Raleigh. and Gay and MidSetle'
| OF jackson. The state will be eduallF
I as abiv represented by District Attor-
! ney John n Kerr socilitor oil the SEE
| ond District, and Hon. Waiter " Ian
iel. who was for twelve years soi'ci-
| tor of the Second District. the uc-
| tense will endeavor to prove INSANITY
while the state Is prepared, IL Is al
/ legged to introduce evidence TO onset
the insanity plea.
Judge Ward to Preside.
Judge George II. Ward, OF Elizabeth
! civ who will preside, is one OF the
best Judges in the State. and at one
time he was powerful as a prosecutins
1 attorney, before his elevation to tho
bencb Of the Superior Court. curl
Gus fact Ia that the presiding judge
was a prosecuting attorney OF the
First District at the time w r. pan
lei was solicitor OF the Second DIS
t,ict and Il was said then that tneF
were two of the ablest solicitors III
North Carolina AZ the Powell trial
one will preside as Judge, whiic the
other will aid the present solicitor N
the prosecution. one hundred aho
eftv veniremen have been summoned
TO appear at court THURSDAY mornine
~ o'clock. There will also be the
regular panel Of eighteen jurors fo'
the work. 1t is not thought that i
Will require more than the morning
! session to get the trial jury
Powell Talks Little.
Powell talks but little and eat!
scarcely anything at all. He has los
considerably in flesh since his con
: ffnement In jail The prisoner claim
i that his mind was a perfect blank a
the time the fatal shots were fred
!. which sent one of the best police ON
n GERS in the state to his death. an
10 came near proving fatal in the othe
% two cases The only known cause 70
the shooting is alleged to be an ac
count OF the failure of Senator TraNi
IS TO reply to letter Powell wrot
q. Travis at tire time Aquilla Powell, SO
of the defendant. was on trial for US
80 ing a knife on Scotland Neck cit
- zen. The letter had been overlooke
90 coming probably in the absence
senator Travis from home, and ma
never been opened. 1t was four
among some of Senator Travis's o
NV papers after the shooting
The letter was not dated. but
II. was In 1903, August term of court
irt about that time.
a owing to prominence of all the pa
So ties concerned the trial of Powell
ny attracting wide attention, and In
e's probability it Will be ono OF IN
:, hardest fought legal battles ev
~; known in Halifax AT least 100 w
tie nesses will he in attendance, ar
nd while no one can form an idea of IL
'rs how long 1t will take to try the ca
ii is generally thought by both sid
that the case can be given to t
Jury Saturday evening