Van Buren Press, Vol. 14, No. 32, 11/14/1876:
The Killing of Allen Powell
On the 4th inst. near Van Buren Allen Powell was fatally shot by a negro named
Geo. Green. The circumstances are about these. On Saturday after the circus,
Mr. Powell was leaving town on the Alma road, and when about two miles out was
overtaken by the negro who asked Powell for a sack containing merchandise
which he(the negro) had lost. Mr. Powell said he knew nothing of it,
whereupon the negro began swearing and threatening, and rode off a short
distance, and returned and began shooting with a revolver. His victim was
shot through the shoulder and breast, and fell off his horse when the negro
cooly rode off. Mr. Powell was soon found by some friends, and surgical
assistance at once summoned, but he died from the effect of his wound on the
fourth day. He was a quit, inoffensive man, who had been living on Little
Mulberry, for several years past. The Negro is supposed to have lived in
Washington county, and had been picking cotton on A. B. Howell's place for a
short time past. He is still at large, but officers are still on his track,
and it is hoped that he will soon be apprehended.
The following proclamation appeared in a number of papers for several months
after Allen's death:
$500 REWARD
Proclamation by the Governor.
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Executive, that GEORGE GREEN
(colored) killed Allen Powell on the 4th of November, 1876, in the county of
Crawford, in this State, and that said George Green, (colored) is still at
large:
Now, therefore, I A. H. Garland, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of said
State, do hereby offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest and
delivery of said George Green (colored) to the Sheriff of Crawford county. In
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the
State to be affixed at Little Rock, on this the 11th day of November, 1876.
A. H. Garland
By the Governor,
B. B. Beavers, Sec. of State,
By G. W. StClair, Deputy
The Killing of Allen Powell
On the 4th inst. near Van Buren Allen Powell was fatally shot by a negro named
Geo. Green. The circumstances are about these. On Saturday after the circus,
Mr. Powell was leaving town on the Alma road, and when about two miles out was
overtaken by the negro who asked Powell for a sack containing merchandise
which he(the negro) had lost. Mr. Powell said he knew nothing of it,
whereupon the negro began swearing and threatening, and rode off a short
distance, and returned and began shooting with a revolver. His victim was
shot through the shoulder and breast, and fell off his horse when the negro
cooly rode off. Mr. Powell was soon found by some friends, and surgical
assistance at once summoned, but he died from the effect of his wound on the
fourth day. He was a quit, inoffensive man, who had been living on Little
Mulberry, for several years past. The Negro is supposed to have lived in
Washington county, and had been picking cotton on A. B. Howell's place for a
short time past. He is still at large, but officers are still on his track,
and it is hoped that he will soon be apprehended.
The following proclamation appeared in a number of papers for several months
after Allen's death:
$500 REWARD
Proclamation by the Governor.
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Executive, that GEORGE GREEN
(colored) killed Allen Powell on the 4th of November, 1876, in the county of
Crawford, in this State, and that said George Green, (colored) is still at
large:
Now, therefore, I A. H. Garland, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of said
State, do hereby offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest and
delivery of said George Green (colored) to the Sheriff of Crawford county. In
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the
State to be affixed at Little Rock, on this the 11th day of November, 1876.
A. H. Garland
By the Governor,
B. B. Beavers, Sec. of State,
By G. W. StClair, Deputy
Van Buren Press, Vol. 14, No. 32, 11/14/1876:
The Killing of Allen Powell
On the 4th inst. near Van Buren Allen Powell was fatally shot by a negro named
Geo. Green. The circumstances are about these. On Saturday after the circus,
Mr. Powell was leaving town on the Alma road, and when about two miles out was
overtaken by the negro who asked Powell for a sack containing merchandise
which he(the negro) had lost. Mr. Powell said he knew nothing of it,
whereupon the negro began swearing and threatening, and rode off a short
distance, and returned and began shooting with a revolver. His victim was
shot through the shoulder and breast, and fell off his horse when the negro
cooly rode off. Mr. Powell was soon found by some friends, and surgical
assistance at once summoned, but he died from the effect of his wound on the
fourth day. He was a quit, inoffensive man, who had been living on Little
Mulberry, for several years past. The Negro is supposed to have lived in
Washington county, and had been picking cotton on A. B. Howell's place for a
short time past. He is still at large, but officers are still on his track,
and it is hoped that he will soon be apprehended.
The following proclamation appeared in a number of papers for several months
after Allen's death:
$500 REWARD
Proclamation by the Governor.
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Executive, that GEORGE GREEN
(colored) killed Allen Powell on the 4th of November, 1876, in the county of
Crawford, in this State, and that said George Green, (colored) is still at
large:
Now, therefore, I A. H. Garland, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of said
State, do hereby offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest and
delivery of said George Green (colored) to the Sheriff of Crawford county. In
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the
State to be affixed at Little Rock, on this the 11th day of November, 1876.
A. H. Garland
By the Governor,
B. B. Beavers, Sec. of State,
By G. W. StClair, Deputy
The Killing of Allen Powell
On the 4th inst. near Van Buren Allen Powell was fatally shot by a negro named
Geo. Green. The circumstances are about these. On Saturday after the circus,
Mr. Powell was leaving town on the Alma road, and when about two miles out was
overtaken by the negro who asked Powell for a sack containing merchandise
which he(the negro) had lost. Mr. Powell said he knew nothing of it,
whereupon the negro began swearing and threatening, and rode off a short
distance, and returned and began shooting with a revolver. His victim was
shot through the shoulder and breast, and fell off his horse when the negro
cooly rode off. Mr. Powell was soon found by some friends, and surgical
assistance at once summoned, but he died from the effect of his wound on the
fourth day. He was a quit, inoffensive man, who had been living on Little
Mulberry, for several years past. The Negro is supposed to have lived in
Washington county, and had been picking cotton on A. B. Howell's place for a
short time past. He is still at large, but officers are still on his track,
and it is hoped that he will soon be apprehended.
The following proclamation appeared in a number of papers for several months
after Allen's death:
$500 REWARD
Proclamation by the Governor.
Whereas, it has come to the knowledge of the Executive, that GEORGE GREEN
(colored) killed Allen Powell on the 4th of November, 1876, in the county of
Crawford, in this State, and that said George Green, (colored) is still at
large:
Now, therefore, I A. H. Garland, Governor of the State of Arkansas, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the constitution and laws of said
State, do hereby offer a reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for the arrest and
delivery of said George Green (colored) to the Sheriff of Crawford county. In
testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the
State to be affixed at Little Rock, on this the 11th day of November, 1876.
A. H. Garland
By the Governor,
B. B. Beavers, Sec. of State,
By G. W. StClair, Deputy
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