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U.S.• dlf-they buthave!Luca ouu on iuu caiue at me with questions ”azed ;tend next jmy, roun- hisRelative Reid in Death Of BankerwiinvTvsuthlt;see.ccn-, nt-i a 1 intly [inlare-th a eve-way.Ins-Vir-it oIHOUSTON, Tex.—tfl—Melvin Lane Powers, a nephew of the widow of slain Houston financier like Jacques Mossier, was charged with first degree murder Saturday in the death of the millionaire banker.Pnwers had been booked into the Harris (Houston) County jail at 5 p.m. Saturday In connection with the slaying. The warrant, brought here by Miami officers, was served at 4:15 p.m.During the day Powers, 27, was questioned by Major Man-son Hill, chief of detectives from Miami, and Charles Maddox, a Miami detective.Lloyd Frazier of the Harris County sheriff’s department said t I Powers had been in custody since 9 p.m. Friday.Meanwhile, Percy Foreman, noted Texas defense lawyer, said he had looked for Powers several hours before learning he was bcln held by Texas authorities.FOREMAN, WHO said he had been hierd by Powers’ family to represent him, made application for a writ of habeas corpus, asking that Powers be kept in Texas and bond be set. at.4 Powers is the nephew of Mrs. )Wn Candace Mossier, Mossler's wid-amj!ow. Powers' mother, a resident rter of Kansas, is Mrs. Mossler’st;azUccpVUdowtseigrWilt;e.Mrub-ces.the:nedtinglesebyind- u fiber seiAPrrelvijundapitweCoenly'lt;wiin al /atfi-;lveup-sister.Powers reportedly was employed by Mossier at one time.Mossier, S3, was found stabbed to death in his fashionable U|,. apartment near Miami about :ne. 4 a.m. Tuesday. An autopsy revealed he had been stabbed 39 times with a long-bladed knife about 2 a.m.Frazier, 'chief deputy for the sheriffs department, said Miami authorities had been seeking Powers fo rfivc days. The investigators would not discuss a •motive.1mePa;reiWiGeSUU lex , a nle diorestit-Vtopinlt;blt;Ga!ofdt;to
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Gazette Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jul 05, 1964
Page 19
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