powell, jack
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Jack Powell; Powell, Jack
- Record count
- 6
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Bloomfield; Dexter; Lilbourn
- First event date
- 1915-04-28
- Last event date
- 1930-03-07
Timeline — 5 events
- 1915-04-28 Dexter. Jack Powell reports the arrival of a fine daughter on Tuesday; with four sons already she 'now has a hand of four kings and a queen.' Quote: "It's a fine girl who arrived Tuesday... now has a hand of four kings and a queen"
- 1929-05-03 Bloomfield. Formal murder charges filed April 29th against him and his brother Robert Powell, held in jail in connection with the death of John Stone, 30; shooting occurred at the Powell farm home a few miles west of Bloomfield shortly after 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon after a crop contract argumen…
- 1929-05-17 Bloomfield. Examining trial for the alleged slaying of John Stone on April 27 held at the Bloomfield courthouse before Esq. W. C. Keaton; bail fixed at $2,000 each, which the defendants could not give; still confined in jail Co-mentioned: Robert Powell; John Stone. Quote: "examining trial of the Pow…
- 1929-12-13 Bloomfield. Jack and Robert Powell, twin brothers, were acquitted by a circuit court jury at Bloomfield Saturday morning following their trial in connection with the fatal shooting on April 27 of W. J. Stone, Parma district farmer; the jury deliberated from 10 o'clock Friday night until 10 a.m. Satu…
- 1930-03-07 Lilbourn. The home of Jack Powell, 42, three miles northwest of Lilbourn, was dynamited at 10:30 o'clock at night; 8-year-old Helen Powell was severely injured with cuts about the face and body; Powell, his wife and three daughters suffered bruises; Powell and his twin brother were acquitted by a Bl…
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