Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-02

It was said, however, that nothing
was found in the woman's trunks
which implicated her in any way.
Powers Statement
The defense introduced no wit
nesses, resting it's case on the state
ment of Powers himself, who took
the stand late Tuesday afternoon
and told his story to the jury, talk
ing rapidly and at times beating the
arm of the chair with his fist in
order to emphasize his declara tons
He spoke as follows:
"All I've got to say about this
is that I was on my way from New
York to Houston, and stopped off in
Atlanta. When [ got off the train
at the Terminal station, l met a
man named Grant, and we chummed
around a little. We went up to the
Piedmont and got room together
if 1 wanted to make little money.
Then he enticed, me to this place on
West Peachtree, explaining that the
horse racing bets were sure thing.
He didn't have any money and he
asked me to bet for him. So / bet
a couple of thousand and won.
"The next, day / met Mr.. Moore
and Mr.. Lamar. Later on I met Mr..
Holley. I told them about the prop
osition and they said it sounded
good. We all went out to the place.
Holley went in and bet some money
and won, and I congratulated him.
We decided that it was such a good
thing that there wasn't any reason
why we shouldn't use a check. Ii
they accepted it SO good. If they
wouldn't, we didn't lose anything.
after we placed the check and
won, man came out who said he
was the manager. He said the
knowledge and Holley said that was
all right, he would furnish the
money, and he'd keep on furnishing
the money if I'd, furnish informa-
~ Just a Pool Room
"When we finally went back out
there with money to cover the checks
one room, and I sat out in another
room with old man Lamar. I never
put my hands on it. The cashier
said he'd wait a while on us and
we'd have to wait while on him.
While we were waiting, Mr.. Grant
told me he had another sure thing.
II asked the manager how long it
would be before we got our money
and he said about thirty minutes.
81 asked him if it would be all
right to make a bet and he said sure,
that we had a big balance coming.
So we wrote out a check just as a
matter of form. Holley and the
rest agreed to it. After we won,
Holley said: Well, we're all in the
same boat we were before; we've got
to get more money to establish our
checks, but leave it to me, I'll get
all the money I want
"Now, gentlemen, I believe in my
honest heart that it was just pool
room and they would have paid us,
if all this fuss hadn't come up. This
is the first time I've had to say my
side, and that is it,
After Powers finished his state
ment, the state put Holley back on
the stand in rebuttal, and Holley de-
MED that he had consented to a check
being put up for the bet, or that he
had authorized the bet being made
at all.
An echo of the controversy be-
tween Solicitor Boylxin and Chief of
Detectives Lamar Poole came when
Mr.. Boykin was examining Holley.
Holley testified that, after Pow
ers' arrest, he went with city officers
to look for the West Peachtree place
and couldn't find it, but that, when
he and Lamar went there with the
solicitor, they found it easy" He
added to this the statement that it
was thirty or forty minutes after
Powers arrest before they left the
station with police officers to look
for the place.