The commonwealth., 1910-08-11
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Aoulla 7. Powell Dangerously Wounded
Himself In Durham.

We take the following account o1
the attempted suicide Of Aqulla L.
Powell from the Durham Herald OF
the 9Th inst.
"Aquila T. Powell, the Oldest son
of E. E. Powell, Sr., who recently
was sentenced to thirty years IN the
penitentiary for the murder OF Chle1
of Police C. w. Dunn, OF Scotland
Neck, yesterday afternoon shot him.
self dangerously, if not fatally, and
is now at the Watts hospital where
he is being cared for.
Young Powell, who came here
last winter and went into the Bull
factory as an Inspector and general
helper, left Durham before the trial
of his father and had since been
awav. He attended the trial and
probably received there full proof OF
the unhappy, wreched condition that
his life had wrought upon his family.
The old man Powell had killed Char
lev Dunn and wounded dangerously
Senator E. L. Travis and Paul Kit
chin, the mother died as result OF
the shock and it all came back to the
time where Aquila Powell had stab
bed friend in a fight, his father
had written Senator Travis to ap-
pear for Aquila, the letter had been
unopened and the murder followed.
Life Imprisonment trod upon the
murder.
Young Powell has borne the repu-
tation of the worst boy and lately he
has been heard to speak of it. Three
or four days ago he came here, but
he had few friends and made them
slowly. Yesterday afternoon he went
into the near-beer saloon of }. +.
Belvin and turning to w. L. Bowling
said: "G've me a piece of paper;
have but seven minutes to live" He
wrote the name of w. H. Josey, of
Scotland Neck and his own name,
Auuila Powell, turned the pistol to
the floor and shot once, then twice
Mr. Bowling thinks, and fired into
his body. The wound was made on
the right side, but the ball did not
go through the body.
He fell upon the floor and white
ness of death fell upon his rather
good features. His brown, curly hair
alone made those who knew recog-
nize in him the unlucky weight of
Old Man Powell, Of Halifax. His
extremities became cold and blood
less, his eyes glazed and glared and
there was for fifteen minutes hardly
a sign of life. DR.. M. N. King, who
lived at Warrenton, where the old
man was tried, was first to attend
the boy. He used hypodermic and
revived Powell with brandy. At
first the boy, who was issuing from
the deadly stupor, declined to take
the liquor, but drank it, began to
moan mutely and observed things
about him. When asked about his
two sisters. he made out the name
of them both, Mrs. w. T. Eure and
Miss Alice Powell. He wanted one
of them notified.
Though the young fellow had de
liberatley planned his own death, a:
he was placed in the ambulance anc
rushed to the hospital he asked the
doctor to do all that could be done
for him. The hasty examination wa!
not satisfactory yesterday and nc
body could tell just what the bulle
of 38 calibre had done. 1t caused n,
flow Of blood from the outside an(
but one entrance could be found
The boy placed the weapon below
the short ribs as the laity understand
it and seems to have had the sol
purpose of putting himself to deatl
. with body wound. The numbe
:. of perforations, if any, could not b.
found out last night.
Aquila Powell is a young man O
perhaps twenty-five years and is O
> good appearance Dark brown hal
:. and smooth features, with not a ba'
;. eye, made him appear we'll and h
is intelligent. In the employ of tn
American Tobacco company he fail
ed to do effective work because O
t the incessant brooding over some
e thing and his inability to concentrat
e his work. He was unquestoinabl
=, unpopular in his own home, havin
= been warned not to come to Scot
/ land Neck when his father was i
d the deepest trouble.
7, He seems to have fighting chanc
+ for his life. Opinions and statement
. differ as to his condition before tn
/. shooting. There was every indics
q ton that he had been on debaucf
p, but he was not drunk when he use
" the gun. His purpose to die by hi
:, own hands had been deliberate an
= he shot with the best intentions.
/ midnight he was resting fairly an
D. was slightly improved.
d LATER.-Mr. Powell died in Dul
,s ham Tuesday evening as the resu
10 of his wounds inflicted with his ow
hands Friday of last week. His r,
:. mains were brought here this ev,