Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-02
ABE POWERS GIVEN
FIVE YEARS. TERM
ON LARCENY CHARGE
Continued from Page u

called him Kansas We got to talk
ing and, under questions by Moore,
Powers admitted that he knew a GER
tain Judge Baker. who, he said, rep
resented 80 per cent of the race
horses in the United States. Powers
told US that he was one of thirty
men sent out by this racing associa-
ton to break up race horse betting
in the pool rooms.
''He showed US clipping from a
Kansas City paper giving him and
the association a sensational write
up, and then he showed US a letter
from the president of the associa-
ton, warning him against such pub
licity, and telling him not to let it
occur again. He asked US not to say
anything about his scheme for that
reason, and in return for our silence.
told us he would show US how to
pick up a little expense money"
Moore seemed so anxious to make
this money" said Lamar, that the
two of them met Powers the next
day at the Piedmont hotel, and from
there went to a building on West
Peachtree street which Powers call
ed the exchange
On their first visit, said Lamar,
Powers told them that he had abso-
Iutely sure information every day
from tne nedu OF MS dsSoc!dlloh Oh
how certain races were going. He
asked them to place little bet for
him. as it was against the rules for
him to bet himself. He gave them
five $500 bills piece. They made the
bets. They won, and they turned
over to Powers $1,000 each.
Then, said Lamar, Powers made a
bet by which he won $4,000, but
he had put up a check and the CASH
Ter refused to pay, until he had evil
dence that the check was good, or
the equivalent in cash.
Lamar said they all left the ex-
change. talking about how they could
get $4,000 to show that the check
was good. Then, he said, he and
Moore left Powers. but had an APP
pointment to meet him the next day.
At ten the next mornine. said la
cited. He told them he had walked
and walked all night, that he had
telegraphed Judge Baker and that
Judge Bakers wife had sent him
$4,000 of the money. He said he
could raise $4,000 more in st. Louis,
He asked Moore, the witness said, ii
he couldn't raise $1,000, and then
asked Lamar what he could raise.
telling them there was no risk. that
they wouldn't have to part with the
money at all: they would simply
have to show it to the cashier. =
"I told him I would go home and
see what I could do" said Lamar.
graph back to nina code system
in which the word carloads was
to represent thousands. If I could
get the $1,000 T was to wire him.
I am coming with eleven loads
Lamar said he couldn't raise the
money. but he brought back to At
lanta with him his friend, Mr.. Hol--
xr,hn did raise If Powers and
Moore met them at the train. he
said, and took them to a room at
the Piedmont. Then he said they
all went out to the exchange he
Lamar) with Holley's $1,000 in his
grip.
which I put the grip" said Lamar.
Moore came up with a package
(which he said was $1,000. Powers
laid down another package he said
was $4,000. making $4,000 in. all.
The cashier told us we would have
to go out and count our money. Pow
ers took the grip and the packages,
passed them to Moore, and Moore
gave it to the cashier and went out
with it. That was the last I ever
saw of the money"
Moore Bet It AL >.
When Moore came back, said the
witness, he was flushed and excited.
He told them that he had bet not
only what they brought, but what
they had won-$S2,O00 in all, on a
horse; that he had won again. and
that they all stood to collect $164,-
600 if they could show the money to
cover some checks he had put up as
part of his wager.
Lamar said he and Holley went
back to Aiken to raise some more
lanta, Moore and Powers met them
at the depot again, and also met
them at the Piedmont. After that,
he said, they had some difficulty
making appointments with Moore.
He said that Holley's brother was
to meet any third parties. Finally
said Lamar. he and Holley got so
suspicious that they called the At
lanta police and had two detectives
come to the Piedmont.
He described how he and Hol1ey,
expecting the detectives to follow
them, encountered Powers outside the
Piedmont, walked with him down
Luckie street, and when the detect
ives did not appear, seized him
themselves and held him until they
could get a policeman.
Cross Examination
Attorney John S. Mcclellan, of
Mcclellan, Key & Mcclellan, the law
firm that, with Attorney Samuel D.
Hewlett, is defending Powers, sub
jected Lamar to a grilling crosse x-
animation. The principal point he
strove to make was that Powers had
never touched Hol1ey's money, and
that Lamar in conversation with po-
licemen had admitted as much.
In answer to this, Lamar said that
when the money was on the table in
a grip, Powers took the grip and
handed it to Moore and that Moore
and the cashier went out together
with the grip.
why didn't you demand your SILL
600 back?" asked Attorney McClel-
lam
1--WE did, but we were told that it
had been bet like the rest" said the
witness.
Lamar denied that he had said in
the presence of Police Lieutenant
Shaw, Policeman Whatley and Citi-
zen Policemen Bellflower and Ed
mondson that Powers never had a
hand on his grip. Attorney McClel
Ian insisted that such a conversa-
ton had been held, and when the
solicitor objected to his questions,
told the court he was trying to show
that Lamar had changed his story
after he had seen the solicitor.
Lamar repeated his denial, But Mr.
McClelland had Lieutenant Shaw
Policeman Whatley and Policeman
Bellfower brought into court and
identified by Lamar as men he had
talked to. 1t is understood that he
will call them later to attempt to
prove his contention.
Describes Arrest
Lamar described in detail how he
and Holley. seized Powers. He said
the reason that the detectives didn't
accompany them from the room in
the Piedmont was that the detectives
told them the Atlanta crooks had po-
lice officers spotted and it would be
a mistake for them to go along. Aft
err the seizure, said Lamar, crowd
of people followed them up the street,
and a young man in the crowd went
and called the police station for them.
Lamar admitted that Powers did
not resist arrest. He said, however,
that Powers begged to be turned
loose, and that Holley replied, "Gim-