Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-05
SENT2OUT RIOT CALL
Denny Sent Seven Messages When
Goebal Was Shot.
GEN. COLLIER'S, CURIOUS TELEaRANS
Said Only "AIf5 Right" in Dispatch
* to- Troops.
J. B. MATTHEWS TESTIFIES

| FRANKFORT, Ky, May 81. B. Mat
| thews was recalled by the defense in the
| Goebel murder trial today and testified
that kilograms signed by George Denny of
Lexington and flied Immediately after the
| assassination We're sent to seven persons
| IN different parts of the state, saying that
| the riot had commenced, and told the re-
| ceivers to send different numbers of men
| to Frankfort at once
| kilograms sent or received by parties in
dicted for the assassination were produced
| and read and filed by agreement of both
sides.
Duane Sinclair of the Postal Telegraph
Company testified that on the morning OF
i the assassination he sent number of tele-
| grams to commanders of two Kentucky
regiments which only said: All right and
We're signed by Adjt. Gen. Collier.
Constable Davis Harrod stated that he
saw an unknown man run out of the sec
rotary of states Office and run down into
the basement few moments after the shot
| had been fired
F. Wharton Golden presented a number of
| letters from Governor Taylor to Golden, in
| which the former pledged him his support.
They were read. Golden then went over
the testimony given in the examining trial.
Testimony Last Night.
At the sitting of the court last night ex-
| State Auditor l.. C. Norman testified that
| prior to the assassination he overheard
Judge George Denny of Lexington say:
Somebody ought to kill Goebel. and Gov
ernor Taylor ought to pardon the man that
did it" -
| He said the tenor of Denry's converse
| ton was that Goebers death would save
! the lives of other people. Witness com
| inundated the remark to Goebel. Mcken-
| zle Todd. private secretary to Governor
| Taylor, said he saw Culton and Youtsey at
| the governors Office several times. He
did not know Jim or Berry Howard. He
| saw armed men around the governors Of
| fee the day of the mountaineer excursion
When asked if he saw any guns in the
| office of the secretary of state witness said
he saw two there on Saturday prior to the
assassination. Youtsey was in the room
and later picked up one of the guns and
took a position near the window. He asked
YoutSey what he was going to do, and Yout-
sey say he thought there was trouble in
| the legislative building, and that if it
started he wanted to be prepared Yout-
sey said he would not start any trouble,
! but would be prepared to protect the build
| ing If 1t did start.
Shots Came From West End.
Il was in the reception room of the gov
ernor's office at the time Of the assassina-
tion.' said the witness. 1.-The shots seemed
to come from the west end of the building.
| did not know that Goebel had been killed
went with Davis to his house, and he got
gun. We came back Immediately. The
door to the office of the secretary of state
was opened while We were gone"
]. M. Biggerstaff and John T. Embry of
Richmond and Henry B. Ware and r. E.
Combs of Frankfort also testified.
Assistant Secretary of State ]. b. Mat
thews testified: Il was in the governors
reception room when the assassination oc-
CURED. John Davis had just handed me
my mail. The first shot sounded to me
If it came from between the two buildings.
got pistol and started out. As l opened
the door 1 met Henry Youtsey. who was
| coming In. He had revolver In his
hand. He asked me where the Shoot
ing was. Governor Taylor asked Mr.. Hart
grove to go out and see what had hap
pened. Hartgrove went out just ahead of
me. l remained out of the office but
few minutes, and when 1 returned several
people had come into the office. We tried
| to get in the secretary of states office to
get some guns that were in there but the
doors were locked, and l had to crowd
| over the transom to get in. The windows
and curtains were down.
Found Several Rifles.
| A rifle was lying by of the windows
| with the butt toward the east. There was
also rifle in each corner on the left side
! of the room. Two were of .3S caliber
| examined them to see if they had recently
| been fired. 1 am positive that two Of them
were iOdutup pul aii llOl sure DIS " lllG QUIZ
| er one. 1t soiled my hands. but do not
know that this was caused by powder.
| Don't know where this rifle is now. The
extreme west window was raised about
| four inches when l inspected the room"
Matthews continued: Il have talked with
Caleb Powers in regard to Youtsey He
| told ME he loaned Youtsey the key to his
office on two occasions, but did not say
when. Powers told me Of a meeting in his
Office to appoint captains to take charge of
the witnesses before the contest boards
Culton presided. He told me that Burton
of Breckenridge county made fiery speech
advocating powder and ball. Powers called
Burton to order. but added that he was in
favor of an open declaration of war and
believed the people would indorse it,
Assistant Secretary of State j. B. Mat
thews and Mckenzie Todd, private secre-
tary of Gov. Taylor were the star witness
ses, and gave testimony nearly as sensa-
tional that of Culton. Matthews stated
that pardons were issued to Charles Finley.
John H. Powers. Hariand Whitaker and
possibly w. H. Culton The witness first
said pardon had been issued to Culton
but later said he was not sure as to CuIton
but thought he entered a pardon for him at
the same time he entered the other three
pardons and those to Caleb Powers and
John Davis, March 10. The hearing will
conclude tomorrow.