The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-18
NEGRO MAN WHO ENTERED LIGHTED
 ROOM IS KILLED Shot by F. c. Powell Yester- day Morning With a
 Winchester Rifle
WERE DISCOVERED
 BY MRS. POWELL
Woman Heard Some One Moving and Raised Her Head to See Negro Man Standing Right
 Beside Her Bed

One of two desperate negro burglars who entered the bedroom of Mir. and Mrs. F. c. Powell. 1904 South Nine- teenth street, yesterday morning while a large electric light was burning full blast in the room, was killed by MT Powell a few minutes later as he fled across the rear yard.
 MT. Powell shot him through the neck with a Winchester .ifle, the negro dy- ing instantly. His identity has not been established.
 Mrs. Powell was lying in bed between 5:45 and 6 o'clock yesterday morning after MT. Powell had arisen had start ed a fire in the grate and was partly dressed. She heard someone moving in the room, but thought it was her husband. A moment later she raised her head from the pillow and was hor- TOT stricken to see standing in the room in the full glare of the electric light two negro men. Mrs Powell told of the incident yesterday as follows:
 Mir. Powell Was Up
 MT. Powell had arisen, built a fire in the grate in my bedroom, unlock d the rear porch door to allow the cook to come in and, partly dressed, had gone into the bathroom to wash his hands. Mir. Powell is in the habit of reading in bed and a large electric light globe is fastened onto the head of the bed for this purpose. When he arose he turned on this light.
 q was still in bed lying on my back and heard someone softly moving about in the room but thought it was MT. Powell in the bathroom or that he had come out into the bedroom again. l said some thing to him and when he did not answer after a moment I raised my head from the pillow and there in the full glare of the electric light stood two negro men.
 T jumped from the bed and screamed for my husband It occurred to me that they were there to make the fires or something, and then realized that was impossible and screamed again. When raised my head one of the negroes was standing right beside my bed and the other was over at the chiffonier where my jewelry, etc, was. MT. Powell rushed into the room from the bath room and both negroes ran. They had propped the rear porch door open with a brickbat after MT. Powell had un- locked it and had come into the room after the light had been burning there some time. They came right from the rear porch into the bedroom and had not been in any other part of the house.
 Fired With Rifle
 When they ran MT. Powell ran for his rifle and then fired twice from the rear porch As he shot one of the men was just climbing over the fence and the other had escaped through the coal house. The one climbing the fence fell in heap shot through the neck. He had a great pistol in his pocket and it is wonder that they did not kill me. They got away with MT, Powells overcoat, my daughters rain coat, my coat and several other articles of clothing and jewelry."
 The other negro ran down the al- ley and as far as can be learned was unharmed. The dead negro had large amount of clothing in his arms, the one who escaped taking a number of articles of jewelry with him.
 officers Hensley and Drake answered the call from the central police station but were unable to trace the second burglar. The dead negro wore a new overcoat which was identified as the one stolen from W. II. Hassinger sev- eral days ago. Coroner B. L. Brasher probably will investigate the killing today or tomorrow.
 A burglar call was sent in at 2:30 o'clock yesterday morning from the residence of Mrs. F.. F.. Garner. 1113 South Nineteenth street. When off cers arrived Mrs. Garner was alone and it Is believed she frightened the thieves away by calling the police.
 It is believed at the police station that the negro killed by Mir. Powell is a professional thief. This is the sec ond negro burglar killed within the past week. T. E. Nicholson killed a negro who was burglarizing a house at 422 North Twenty-second street sev- a