The 1964 murder of Jacques Mossler, head of a $33 million banking and loan empire, became one of the most sensational crime stories the Chronicle has ever covered. At first, it was the story of how an ...
Melvin Lane Powers, a flamboyant boom and bust real estate developer and defendant in one of the most sensational murder cases ever to rock the tranquility of River Oaks, was found dead Friday at his ...
Melvin Lane Powers, a flamboyant real estate developer who was acquitted of murdering his aunt’s multimillionaire husband in a sensational 1966 trial, has died. He was 68. Powers died Oct. 8 at his ...
No question that Lawyer Percy Fore man was “in” once the jury was chosen for the murder trial of Candy Mossler and her nephew, Melvin Powers, 25. The only question was, how much were Candy and Melvin ...
HOUSTON - The notoriety of Melvin Lane Powers has faded with time, but the Houston developer had once been a household name as a defendant in an early murder trial of the Texas rich. A funeral home ...
Oh, what a happy picture. At left, that’s millionaire Jacques Mossler; at far right, his blonde wife, Candy. They’re with court officials, formally adopting the offspring of Leonard Glenn, who ...
Melvin Lane Powers, a flamboyant real estate developer who was acquitted of murdering his aunt’s multimillionaire husband in a sensational 1966 trial, has died. He was 68. Powers died Oct. 8 at his ...