The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-18

he accompany Youtsey to any place or
room anywhere at any time; that he
was not in Caleb Powers office on the
morning of Jan so, or in any other rooms
In that building on that morning1 On
cross-examnination he said he had been
convicted of numbering George Baker in
Clay county, had secured new trial and
went to Frankfort on Jan. 80, to secure
a pardon from Taylor, that he was in
the Board o fTrade hotel when Goebel
was shot. James Kenny and Lee Jenk-
ms, of Georgetown, testified that they
had made the test, and found, that while
running down the down into the base
ment Of the executive, mans foot steps
cannot be heard in the barbershop, door
open or shut.
w. J.. Davidson, Of Seattle, and Mrs
@. E. Mason, of Chicago, testified through
affidavit fN the defendant. Davidson
said the lesseing Of a gun by Youtsey
: In his office On Jan. q, had no reference
. to any attempt to kill Senator Goebel or
any one else. Mrs. Mason said she saw
Youtsey on the East steps of the execu-
tive building, soon after the shooting,
that he could not have taken part in It,
State Senator Huff said he saw ''Tal-
low Dick Combs in the assistant ad-
jutant generals Office when the shot was
fired, also few minutes before.
Prof. ]. j. Rucker, teacher and civil
engineer of Georgetown, testified as to
his measurements from. the window Of
Powers office to the blackberry tree, and
said, if the bullet fell 1 1916 inches in
passing through Goebel's body, estimat-
ing, that distance at one, foot. that the
bullet must have started from point
nine feet above the window sill In Pow
ers' Office, but that if the shot was fired
from the second story window, the bullet
would have passed many feet over Goe-
bells head, if it had fallen l 1916 of an
inch to the foot.
; The legislative act appropriating $780,
: 600 to apprehend the murderers of Will
! lam Goebel, was agreed might be con-
sidered as read to the jury.
c. W. Short, of Pineville, said he was
: in the barber shop under the executive
building, when the shots were fired, and
that Immediately after the Shots some
one behind him asked: Did you hear
that shooting, where was it, he replied
+. II turned to answer the question and
found that 1T was Youtsey who had ask
ed it, He said he did not see Youtsey
enter the room. On examination he said
he told William Ayers, the Pinevflle at
torney that the night after the killing
the little red brick building on the state
house square was full of armed men,
and that by common consent four men
were told off to each window to do the
shooting. He denied telling any others
that the insults to Kohn and Bradley
and Youtsey before the contest board
were prearranged, and done to bring on
a riot, from which the Republicans were
prepared.
/ The defense closed here with permis-
sion TO put on one more witness tomor-
row. The commonwealth began it's re-
buttal by putting William Ayres on the
stand. He said Short did tell him all that
Short admitted. and also told him the
insults to Kohn and Phelps before the
contest board the night before Goebel 8
assassination was prearranged, and part
of the plan to bring on riot.
Court adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing.