Milford chronicle., 1938-02-04
s. G. POWELL Held
UNDER $1,000 Bail
FOR KENT COURT

1888, at about 7:15 p. M, just south
of Dover on the Governors Avenue
Highway by an automobile accident.
Samuel G. Powell admits his car hit
Massey Minner and 1t was not prov
en- to the jury that another car hit
Massey Minner before Powells car
did"
State officials had no comment to
make on the verdict.
Powell Testifies
Powell himself, was the only eye
witness to the accident, told that in
view of the circumstances of the
case and the investigation which
followed the accident that it was
not compulsory for him to testify,
he volunteered to take the witness
stand. Other witnesses who follow
ed, heard the crash but did not see
1t.
Mr.. Storey stressed that his Of
flee produced all witnesses and all
evidence there was to he produced" :"
Sergeant Powell said he was driv-
ing north when he saw car headed
south, coming toward him. He said
he also saw "an object" on the high
way, apparently Minner walking.
The lights of the approaching car
went out. he said, and he saw a
body thrown against my car.
CrOss-examined, he admitted he did
not actually see the other car strike
the man.
Gives Part OF License Number
"When saw the body thrown
against my car | Slapped on my
brakes" said Sergeant Powell. My |
car swerved around and hit the soft
dirt shoulder of the road. l got out |
of the car and ran back to the body. |
The other car had disappeared"
Sergeant Powell said that he got !
a glimpse of the rear license plate
of the other automobile but caught"
only the first three numerals. which.
he said, were 1Ol.
A few seconds after the accident,
MumfOrd. of Dover. ran up
with a fashlight. turned MINERS
body over and found the man still
% he breathing. The two then rush
I'd Minner TO the Kent General Hos
Dital, a few hundred yards away.
Tells OF Fog
Mumford testified he was only a
short distance away from the acci-
lent scene and while he heard the
,ound of the impact, did not see it.
The night. he said, was misty and
'oggy. He added that. in driving 10
he scene of the accident. driving
conditions were so bad he almost
an over MINERS body himself be-
ore he saw it in the road.
Powell's car. said Mumford was
700 to $50 feet away from the point
where the body was found.
Cecil Moore. operator oi a gaso-
inc filling station about 200, yards
rom where the crash occurred. said
hat he had heard the sound OF the
impact as he stood in front of his
tation talking to. another man.
"As | was talking ! saw a car 60
ng south rather fast" he said. 1T
vas going so fast II attracted my
ttentiOn. Then heard brakes
uueal and then heard a crash. !
-ot in the car of the man | was
alking to and drove to the scene.
iumford was there. ! saw Powell
nd he was in very nervous con-
ition. He was trembling. He eX-
,lained that a southbOund car had
it the man and thrown him over
gainst his car"
Saw SOuthbOund Car
George Clarke. also of Dover, tes-
flied that just before he heard the
rash, he saw the red taillight of
car going south and the headlights
+ another car coming north.
Richard Knapp of Dover told the
lry that he had made turn into .
he highway at about the time of
he accident and saw the police car
topped on the northbound lane.
In cross-examinatiOn, DR.. f. r.
teele of Dover. who testified as to
he injuries received by Minner.
aid that he saw Sergeant Powell
fter the accident and that he gave
o evidence of either having been c
ltoXicated or having been drinking.