The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-01
POWERS ON THE STAND ALI. DAY
AND DENIES EVERY
THING
WILL GIVE EVIDENCE TODAY
Most of the Defendants Contentious
FIatly Contradict Allegations of
the PrOsecuttOn-CIaims His
Statements Were Distorted.


GEORGETOWN, KY, July 31.-The d.
rect testimony of ex-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers as a witness in his own
behalf was not concluded until o'clock
today, and the ton, which
will take up at least all of tomorrow, had
progressed only a short way when the
court adjourned. Tomorrow will be the
third day with Powers on the stand.
MORNING SESSION.
Caleb Powers resumed the witness
stand in his own behalf today and took
up the testimony where he left Off yes
terday afternoon. The witness said that
on the morning of the ASSASSINATION he
was preparing to go to Louisville to make
arrangements for bringing more people
to Frankfort. He locked his office door,
as described by Witness Golden. The
witness continued:
DENOUNCED THE CRIME
IT said it was shame and an out
rage, and would blight the chance of all
of us whose offices were in contest l
expressed similar sentiments to other
people that day. We went on to Louis
Vile, but as the assassination of Mr.. Go
bel had upset our political plans, we of
course abandoned our idea of bringing
more men to Frankfort"
BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION.
The day after the assassination, Pow
ers said he began an investigation to
learn from whence the shot was fired
The newspapers were intlmating that the
shooting was done from his office. He
employed detective to assist in the in
vestigation. Powers continued:
81 made no statement to Golden that
I was satisfied the shots came from my
office, and did not tell him 1 was thinking
of going to the commemorative attorney
to tell him all l knew I did have talk
with Gov. Bradley about going to see
Franklin, but he advised against 1t, and
1 did not co.
NOT HIS OWN MONEY.
OF the $1,000 in money in his pockets
at the time of his arrest. $500 was his own
money and $500 of 1t belonged to the Re-
publican campaign fund. The witness de-
MED that he ever had any one of a half
dozen or more conversations with Whar-
ton Golden, about which the latter had
told on the stand last week, and denied
that he had ever talked with him or any
body else about the killing of Goebel or
any other member of the legislature.
ABOUT THE GUNS.
After the noon recess Powers again re-
sumed the stand. In regard to the guns
In his office. which Mckenzie Todd, Gov.
Taylor's private secretary, referred to in
his testimony, the witness said he did
not know how they came there, but I'M
derstood that one or two of them were
left. there at the end of Gov. Bradley's
administration. The others were put in
there later, he supposed, by some Of the
mountaineers.
/ He denied that he made certain state
ments TO Miss Susie Snuffer, CT Williams
burg or that he offered her any induce
ment to leave the state and not testify
against him
Il did not say to her." the witness con-
tinued. that L was surprised to see her
here as she had not been summoned. She
said they told her she had to come and
that she did not have money enough to
leave the state.
81 did offer to loan her some money and
she might have used this as she saw 1T
l did not recall hearing such a CONVEX
sation with her as she claimed, but 1 did
not want her to testify against me and
l have rather know that she had done
So"
The witness said he had no recollec-
ton of seeing Adkins in Frankfort until
after the assassination. A dozen others
of alleged questionable characters were
also mentioned as being on the train, but
the witness only identified few of them
This line of Interrogation was still under
way when the court adjourned until to-
morrow.