Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
POWRALL'S PARENTS
TELL OF HIS MURDER
Blame Husband of Mrs. Uhl for
Events Leading Up TO the
Maryland Tragedy.
From The baltimore sun.

From The Baltimore sun.
Cumberland. Md. Jan 3---Relatives
and friends of Edgar BRYAN Pownall !,
who Was killed herr Wednesday morn.
ing by Mrs Kate thl wife Of Mervin
Uhl, denied yesterday that the stahhing
was brought about because the dead man
had forced attentions upon the young
woman and then refused 10 admit this
To her husband
That was the story told by Mrs. Ubi
Immediately after she was arrested She
said that pownall who lived III the
apartments above those occupied by
her, visited her apartment Tuesday and
attempted to assault her She said her
husband suddenly returned home and
that pnwnali fed when he e4w Uhl.
She said her husband ordered her 70
leave the house She admitted to the
police she stabbed Pownal nficr he re
fused 10 GO 20 her husband and tell him
that he had forced his attentions on her.
fhomas r. pownail, father Of the dead
man, and Mrs William t. PownaH. sis
ter-in-law TO thc father. yesterday denied
that Pownall was IN the apartment of
Mrs. J'hl the night before the murder
They said pownalI and hi attended n
dance together that evening and that
pownail. who returned home Just before
tThl. told them [ hi had taken girl home
from the dance They said Pownai WAS
mounting tho steps leading To the seco1d
floor apartment when Uhl entered They
admitted. however, that they heard ! hi
uuarreling with his wife and that they
heard him accIse her Of having enter
tanned pownall
Tho father OF the dead man said that
shortly before his son WAS stabbed Mrs.
I-hl invited the young man 10 come to
her apartment Because Of what he
heard The night before, he eoid he pleaded
with him not to 90 10 the Uhl apart
ment lie SAID be told Mrs. thl TO
come to the Pownall apartment and
talk there to his son, but that she refused
10 do SO.
BRYAN. in response 10 the plcadings OF
Mrs Uhl, started 70 her apa tment,
said MIR PoWnall ''She WAS not ap-
pa-eEtly angry when she asked him to
visit her. She was smiling ard used
coaxing tone. tried 10 bear their con-
veTsation, but could not. Almost I'M
modiatcly Bryan left her rooms, and
while running past me On the stairway
told me Mrs. tThl had stabbed hun. Ha d.
" two minutes elapsed from the time he
left our apartment before be returned
oJspDeQ-
The statement of Mr.. Pownall Was
corroboratcd by Mrs. William +. Pow
nall. She also said she pleaded with BRYAN
not 10 70 to the hi apartment when Mrs.
Uhl called bin. She said, however. that
Mrs uhl vas m love with Bryan and
that 'tshe killed him because he refused 10
elope with her
''Only 3 few days before the killing,
she said, Mrs Uhl told noe that Bryan
was the dea-est boy on the face OF the
es fth but that her love for him did Der no
good because she was m3rried. She was
good woman, = good wife and s good
nousekeeper Until about two weeks ago
she worshped the ground her husband
walked or, despite the fact that he spent
very little of his time at home. But lately
a change came over her. 4 few nights be-
fore the killing Uhl remsined away FROM
home all night The next night ne put his
wife ont Of the h01se and locked the door
because she refused 10 put his socks on
him. let hcE back IN the house. "
Friends of the povnslls Yesterday at
tempted 10 place most OF the blame for
the killing on the shoulders OF IIhl. They
said Uhl falsely accused his uife OF Pown-
all 5 attentions so that he might have an
excuse for leaving her They also said that
" illiam T.. Pownall, uncle Of the dead
msn. had told Uhl the day before the
killing that he was to be discharged and
that The dead man Was 20 b. gwen his
position as truck driver for the poWnal
Lumber Company
Residents here are anxiotSiy awaiting
the outcome of the trial. Mrs Uhl has
IS her attorneys former States
David 4 Rohb and Saul Praeger.
Mr.. Praeger until recently vas the lae
partner of States Attorney Fuller Pam
aid, Jr., who took charge of his office
yesterday.
v When seen at the jail this morning
Mrs tIhl appeared unconcerped over
the charge against her She was plsylng
With her l6-month-old daughter. Virginia
who is occupying the cell with her Her
other children, Russell, years cid, and
lanes, years old ore at the home Of
his people IN Mount Savage
No arrangements as yet have been
made for the funeral OF The dead man.
His father said today that efforts are
,eing made 10 keep the body for three or
our weeks. By that time. he sail. II is
loped the mother viii be 80 ,mnroved