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MARCH 6, 1914.
Murder of Denny Dixon
Charged to C. G. Powell
Apparently without provoea-.not drunk, but it was clearly edi
tion and in t.he heart of the city! Merit they were more or lent* under
C. O. Powell is alleged to the influence of whiskey. In Me
Imve allot and instantly kill
ed Denny Dixon, of Pat
terson. Saturday night short-
ly liefore midnight. The shooting
occurred on Mary street, near the
side exit of the (tram! theater.
Mo<e Steed ley, well known tur
pentine operator of Bristol, is a!
Roe's store they bought dopes,
and went out on the sidewalk,
walking to the Pendleton street
earner. At this point Policeman
Gardner overheard * Steedley say
to Powell. "Go ahead and fix it
and I'll wait here for you.” Steed-
lev loft PowcJ! ar.d Dixon, who
TOLD PADGETT
Hlfl INTENTIONS.
Just before leaving McRae's
Pharmacy Powell, seeing Captain
of Police Padgett, went to him
and
id, • Ti
ii going
Dixon. Will
Mr. Padgett \
not making
any promises and that he had bet- j • k
ter keep out of trouble if he did MUCH FUSSING
not want to he loeked up. After
this Mr. Padgett, accompanied by
Policeman Gardner, walked away
from the drug store, as far aa the
CitixeiM Dank. They separated
there. Policeman Gardner return
ing to the Jordan corner. It was
suggested that all three men he
arrested, to prevent trouhJp, but
the conduct of the men indicated
that they were not going to raise
any disturbance and they were
left alone.
POWELL TALKS
OF THE CASE.
To a representative of the Jour
nal the following statement was
!o at the eount.v jail Sunday
afternoon by C. 0. Powell, one of
the two men held for the death of
Dixon: “I am innocent of fit
charge against me. When officer
a eroded me Saturday night I did
not know what they wanted, and
naked what they Were after me
for. That was the find time
so charged with being an acces-1 walked down Pejglleton towards
sory to the crime and with Powell
i* held at the- < ounty jail.
Powell was arrested at the cor
ner of Mary and Pendleton
streets, in front of Farris’ grocery
store, l«s than a block from the
•pot Dixon's body was found.
Captain of Police Padgett made
the arrest. Steedley was arrested
at the Virdie Hotel by Sheriff I).
W. Pittman.
An in quest was conducted
promptly by Judge Harry M. Wil
son, ami following a thorough ex
aininatiori of a number of persons
the following verdict was return
ed: "We the jury find that Den
ny Dixon came to his death from
a pistol bullet wound, said deadly
wound being inflicted with a pis
tol at the hand of C. 0. Powell:
said killing being murder. We al
so find Mono Steedley a party to
the said killing as a principal in
the second degree. (Signed) Dr.
E. D. Mitchell, foreman; James
Harris. T. B. Crawley, C. C. Harp
er, J. E. McClellan and W. C
Gardner.
Dixon’s body was moved to the
undertaking establish incut of D
Lester Morvil, where it was pre
pared for burial. The body wa«
shipped to Patterson liwt night
for interment, funeral services b
ing held at Patterson today.
SHOT HEARD
BY MANY.
The pistol shot that ended Di
oil’s life wits heard by quite
number, nmong them Polieeman
Gardner. Within a few niinut
the body of Dixon was found, and
Powell arrested. Steedley was In
front of McRae’a Pharmacy on
Elizabeth street when the shot
was fired, and he was seen to walk
around the Pendleton street cor
ner and down Pendleton street
to Farris’ store. At that point he
crossed over to the Grand theater,
walked along Pendleton to the
pool room adjoining the theater,
and then went to the hotel. Just
what he was doing and why he
went so near the spot Dixon was
killed are inattcra that have not
been explained.
WHAT OFFICERS
HAVE FOUND.
Across Mary street from where
Dixon’s body was found Police
man W. C. Gardner Saturday
night found four loaded pistol
cartridge* and one empty shell,
all of .3$ calibre. The pistol found
on Powell was a .38 calibre, and
fallowed that it had been used re
cently. It was fully loaded, and
was in Powell's right legging.
Dixon was not armed ami did
not have any whiskey. Steediev
had a .32 pistol, fully loaded.
Circumstances indicate that at
the time Dixon was shot he was
held by Powell. When last seer*
Powell and Dixon were walking
together, nothing in their conduct
indicating an impending tragedy.
Officers saw them together, in
fact all three men were being
watehed because of their report
ed trouble on (’oast Line train No.
r>7 from Savannah.
ALL MEN HAD
BEEN DRINKING.
it is known that the three men
involved in Saturday night's mur
der had been drinking. They wor*
a prominent Pierce county fami
ly. Two Hesters, Misses Carrie
and Vera, survive him also.
LATE TRAIN
RESPONSIBLE.
If the statement of Powell
bout a late train is correct none
of the men who came here Satur
day night would have reached
Wayerosa ibut would have separ
ated at Off-rman and gone to
their homes. Powell says he ac-
Grand theater, and returned .companied Steedley to Offerman
to McRae's Pharmacy. It was on-; to see about a negro. They ex
ly a few minutes later that Dixon ‘‘pected to return on a train due to
was killed pans Offerman shortly after the
one on which they reached Offer-
man from Bristol, hut the delay
in this train’s arrival caused them
to miss the returning train. It
proposed then to upend the
shoot in Wayerosa rather than
stay at Offerman. Dixon was go
| ing to his home at Patterson hut
for some unknown reason eaine on
I
knew Dixon had been killed. This
is the truth and you know
tnncli about the killing ns I do. It
is true Dixon nml I had a little
fuss on the train coming from
Offerman hut as far as I knew we
had patched up the row and part-
I friends.” When asked if it
was true he and Dixon had been
involved in a dispute a jenr
ago Powell said yes. "Wo had a
fuss in a drug store overf match
ing,” he said. "I matched'Dixon
for drinks, using a half dollar.
Dixon used a nickel, and when he
struck me reached over and grab
bed my half. He said be was
mat4*hing for the money and not
the drinks. One thing led to an
other and we had some words over
the matter, hut I had dropped it
long ago.”
STEEDLEY SAYS
HE IS INNOCENT.
Mose St ceil lev also gave a state-
iMit to a representative of the
Journal. He said the first he
knew there had been trouble was
when Sheriff Pittman eaine to the
Virdie Hotel to arrest him. He
said he does not know why he us
ed the name of W. G. Miller when
he registered. "I left the hoy* to
go to bed” he said, "and did not
know they were at outs. The first
news of tiie killing came to me
when Sheriff Ibttman arrested
POWELL MADE
HOME IN CITY.
G. Powell made his home in
Wavenwa several years ago. and
was a member of the police force
under Thief F. B. McDonald, nerv
ine in Deenwood. He formerly
lived in Laurens county, ami it is
said was involved in the killing of
his father-in-law in that county.
No particulars of this affair have
been obtained here. He is 4-1
years old, ami bar* been farming
a mile from Bristol, where his
wife and three children live.
DIXON WAS
NOT MARRIED
Contrary to the publishesl re
port here Sunday the victim of
Saturday night *>
ON A. C. L. TRAIN.
Between Offerman and Way
cross Powell kept up a continual
disturbance, according to passen
gers who came here on the same
train. His language was awful,
and according to B. W. Sweat, of
this city, who was in the smoker
with Powell, Dixon and Steedley
Powell made several attempts to
draw Dixon into a fight. “He
called him all manner of names”
said Mr. Sweat, to a Journal re
presentative, "and I expected
trouble almost any minute. He
pulled his pistol, a long barrelled
one, and made out like he would
shoot Dixon. The gun did not
scare Dixon any , and Powell
broke it to nIiow Di?
loaded. He put his gun down
once and drew a knife, saying h
believed he would rather cut Dix
on than shoot him. Then he gav
his gun to Steedley. saying he
wanted to fight it out with hare
fists. ITe suggested that the con
ductor stop the train and let them
get off and have it out. I ne
saw any man act more the bully
toward another than Powell did
toward Dixon. Powell’* enrsipg
was outrageous and I am confi
dent passengers in the front end
of the car heard a lot if not all of
it. Steedley seemed to he trying
to keep Powell quiet and I did
not see that he had anything
against Dixon or tried to get into
a fight at any time.”
HAD TROUBLE
AT OFFERMAN.
Reports brought here yesterday
state that Powell ami Dixon had
a fuss at Offerman, shortly before
he arrival of the Coast Line train.
It is said that hut for the action
of friends there Powell would
have shot Dixon at Offerman, as
he pullet! his pistol ami said he
u a* going to kill Dixon, ne said
was going to do this because
Dixon had cursed him.
Speculation is general here as
o what defense T. G. Powell will
ffer when he is formally put on
trial for the killing of Denny
Dixon, of Patterson.
Powell today continued his
plea of innocence, ami when ques
tioned regarding his condition
the night Dixon was shot declar
ed he was sober.
"Of course I had taken two or
three drinks,” he said, "but they
did not make me drunk. I re
member everything that was
done by me ami I certainly bail
nothing to do with Dixon’s
death.”
He becomes very emphatic
when it is suggested that perhaps
he was drunk and did not know
what he was doing while in Wav-
cross. "I know what it is to he
drunk, v he said, "and I was not
in that condition while in Wav-
eross."
Officer* have strong
against Powell, and are at a Jtos
POLITICAL POT IN
WAYNE COUNTY, GA.,
NOW BOILING RAPIDLY.
Jesup, Ga.. March 4.—With
twenty candidates announced, it
| is believed that politics in Wayne
jarc well under way and that all
;who expect to get in the race for
the various offices are out. George
McEachern and E. S. Majette,
county commissioners, are the last
to announce for treasurer. This
seems the place most desired, as
six applicants have asked for it;
that of tax assessor coming next
with fiv*».
I). S. Price, present sheriff, is
out for reflection, with W. R.
Williams opposing him. This is
as yet the only two-eomerod race
in evidence, as Ira M. Raybon,
for fourteen years clerk of the
county, and accounted one of th<
best in the state, has no opposi
tion.
For coroner Charles Wages and
T. L. Stewart have announced.
Those who supported Judge Par-
against Walker in the last
congressional race, expressed
themselves as pleased that Quin-
of Douglas, is likely to get in
the race. Friends of Walker, on
the other hand, say that he will
better in thin eonntv than be
fore. Notwithstanding that there
have been several applicants for
the postmastership here the par-
■m content to wait until
politics are somewhat settled be
fore taking up the matter of ap
pointment again.
There i* an agitation being
made over the advisability of
putting on a day current for the
town and residences, beginning
State Chamber Keeps
Busy Every Day Now
had their eyes opened in other re
spects a.s to the unlimited natural
possibilities of this common
wealth.
It takes sixty four different
people to manufacture a single
shoe, say experts. It will take
the eo-operation ami unstinted
support of the whole people of
Georgia to solve its problems,
steadily puahcil, and with the cor-.Through the organization of com-
ganization and re-organization of mercial trade organizations here
trades bodies and county Cham
bers of Commerce, the officials of
the Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce are managing to keep
busy every hour of the working
spectacular work, the State
Atlanta, Ga., March 4.—With
the survey of Georgia looking in
to the manufacturing needs of the
state mrtrily progressing; the
campaign launched creating inter
est in the building of good, per
manent roads; the fight on the
boll weevil menace steadily con
tinuing; the Buy-at-IIome and
Biiv-in-Georgia movements being
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In addition to this more
Chamber is gradually compiling
: mass of statistics of
haracter. which will prove inval
uable in its later work in trying
to induce capital and. new blood
come into Georgia.
President C. J. Haden. of the
State Chamber, in initiating the
industrial survey of the State,
addressed letters to various cities
and towns asking what kinds of
manufacturing enterprises would
lie most suitable in the respective
communities. The query has
caused a veritable avalanche of
mail to shoot into the headquar
ter offices of the chamber. The
information received will he com
piled ami a systematic campaign
for industries carried on later.
Chairman Emory Winshrp of
with the 1st of April. Tt is tin-i Macon, of the good roads eommit-
derstood that the chairman of the tee of tho state Chamber, is quiet-
water and light committee will
onfer with the finance commit-
ee, and if found practical Jesup
may have the benefit of the
change bv hot weather time. The
Methodist church last season in
stalled electric fans. They only
held services at night. It is be
ad that therf* will he many pa
trons if a day current is inau
gurated.
Seal Clerk
Is
Between four am! five o’clock
•sterday afternoon in the Atlan
tic Coast Line freight yards here
Groover Anderson, twenty
ars old, was killed when he was
knocked from a box car by
switch stand. For three months
he had been employed here as an
extra seal clerk. He made his
home with his brother. C. W. An
derson, at No. 1 Kollock street.
At the time of the accident the
onng man was riding on the side
of a box ear. His skull was frac
tured by the blow given by the
itch stand, and he died almost
instantly. The remains were tnk-
n to the undertaking establish-
ut of W. L. Hinson and wen’
hipped to Stockton for burial.
This afternoon at Stockton the
funeral services were held. Tl:
deceased is survived by his p;
rents. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ander
son. of Stockton; three winters,
Mrs. J. N. Jackson, of Milltown;
Mrs. K. L. Dampier, of Stockton,
ami Miss Esina Anderson, of
Stockton, and three brothers, C.
W. Anderson, of Waycross; F. M.
Anderson, of Youker, Ga., and L.
M. Anderson of Stockton.
ly organizing his forces prepara
tory to carrying out various plans
which are calculated to increase
the interest in good roads. A
meeting of the automobile and
auto accessory dealers together
with agricultural implement deal-
ers of Atlanta will he held short
ly and will he followed by others
in various parts of Georgia.
Chairman Winship will make
several extended auto trips In
person in order to gain first hand
information as to the condition
and needs of the State’s roads.
The State Chamber has suc
ceeded in thoroughly arousing the
farmers of the state with regard
to the pending boll weevil inva
sion. Reports from various sourc
es show that practical and strin
gent methods are being employ
ed to counteract the pest when it
does make its appearance in Geor
gia.
Not only are the officials of the
State Chamber persistently ham
mering away on the “Buy-at-
IIome” doctrine and urging Geor
gia people to buy Georgia-raised
and Georgia-made goods , but
they have begun the campaign to
interest outside buyers in goods
grown and manufactured in the
Empire State of the South. For
xatnple, a score or more of Chi
cago business men spent several
lays in Georgia a short time ago
looking into the granite quarry
ing industries and. incidentally.
Take the Weekly Journal.
and there the State Chamber is
gradually enlisting the help of
farmers, hankers, merchants,
transportation company and puh-|+
lie utilities official*, real estate!* 2-20-wkIv-tf. +
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get all the people of the State to I
work for the whole State. Three
special organizers. Messrs. Torn
M. Morgan. Geo. AL Clapp and C.
G. Bradley, experienced men in
their lines, have been stimulating
interest in the formation of coun
ty Chambers of Commerce during
the past month. Among the
county commercial organizations
that are either active today or
that are preparing for efficient
work are the Randolph Chamber
of Commerce, the Taylor County
Chamber of Commerce, the Butts
County Chamber of Commerce,
the Decatur County Board of
Trade and many others. Conyers
and a number of other tows and
cities have recently organized
trade bodies and others are pre
paring to follow in their wake. 1
Tlie Clay County Chamber of:
Commerce was organized on Feb-1
ruary 19 under the personal su- j
pervisiou of Acting Secretary
Charles I). McKinney and Special
Representative Tom M. Morgan
of the State Chamber. Officials,
of the State Chamber have receiv
ed requests to he present to as
sist in the launching of similar
trade bodies in other parts of
Georgia in the near future.
President Haden spent the past
week in New York on business
connected with the State Cham
ber.
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1 am innocent of the killing,”
repeats, "and all I know of
the affair is what the officers told
evidence'me after I was arrested.”
Mose Steedley will get a com-
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takes. It was thought he would before Judge Harry M. Wilson,
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