The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-29
.|LLNESSOF JUROR
MAY DELAY TRIAL
w. E. Hicks Is Stricken While
Hearing E. E. Powell
Case.
MAY MEAN COMPROMISE
Believed Both Sides Would
Agree to Second-Degree
Confession.
MAY MEAN COMPROMISE
Special to rho Times-Dispatch. ]


Warrenton, N. c., June 2s-The
trial of q. e. Powell of Scotland
Neck, charged with the murder Of
Chief of Police c. W. Dunn, of that
place, on March last, was interrupted
this afternoon, after the hearing Of
nearly all the testimony on both sides
except that of expert witnesses. by the
announcement to the court by Sheriff
Davis that one OF the jurors was too
sick to proceed with tn trial.
At the beginning of the morning
session the cross examination of Miss
Alice Powell was resumed. The State
endeavored to shake her vivid state
ments Of her fathers ingane-appearing
acts. by having her admit that Powell
used Whiskey constantly.
B. D. Webb and others told of his
good service as a Confederate soldier
and OF his having become mentally
unbalanced in recent years. The State
In It's cross examination of many of
the witnesses shook their testimony
by showing the feeling engendered by
PowelPs bitter hatred toward prohibi-
ton in the several local option cam
paigns OF Scotland Neck, and by
showing the dependents upon and re-
lations of many of the witnesses to
several prominent families of that
w. F. Butterworth swore that he
considered Powell unbalanced. as did
most of the others of the defendants
witnesses, but the States question to
each of these was, do you swear
that you believe that at the time ct
the shooting of kitchn. Travis and
Dunn, Powell did not know the diff
ference between right and wrong?'
and this several witnesses could not
answer attirmatively. Others also
swore that Powell is perfectly sane
except at intervals of great eacite-
ment.
Mrs. w. r. Eure. another daughter
of the defendant. testified that she
has lived at a distance from Scotland
Neck for nine years. that she visits
her father two or three times a year
and that she has seen him sometimes
have insane spells. while on other
visits she found him perfectly sane
1t was developed that one Of
Powell's sons is now in prison in de-
fault of $500 bond for selling whiskey,
and that none of his relatives. who are
amply able to do SO. is willing TO go
on his bond.
s. f. Dunn. lumber and real es-
tate dealer. gave very graphic ac-
count of having seen Powell in the
cemetery at his sons grave. Witness
said that, aIighting from train. he
had on one occasion passed through
the cemHtery where he found Powell
lying on top OF his sons grave. a
pistol at one side and gun on tho
other and his dog, gaily decked in
ribbons and bells. tied to the tomb
stone: that he persuaded Powell to
leave with him, and as he left Powell
said to the grave, "Good-by, son: don't
get impatient. l Will come back to
see you at IL o'clock
Frank Edmundson. colored barber,
told OF Powells having put pistol in
front of him while being shaved. with
a warning not to cut him; of the de-
PENDANT dancing jig. and threaten
ing to turn a somersault backward
down the stairs.
At this point Judge Ward requested
DR.. NJ. P. Perry to examine Juror w.
e. Hicks. who was sick DIR. Perry
announced that Hicks was very Ill
with gastric ulcer. There is little
chance for his Improvement and 1t is
impossible to state what the result