The age-herald., 1900-07-17
EVIDENCE IN THE ]. TRIAL OF POWERS  Great Crowds Present But No
 Excitement. TElEGRAMS WERE STOLEN Col. Jack Chinn Was Put on the Stand and Told How the Shooting of
 Go bel Occurred-Other
 Witnesses
TELEGRAMS WERE STOLEN

former Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being accessory to the Goebel murder, was resumed at 9:30 o'clock this morning. This is County Court day in Scott County, and adjoining counties are here, but there is no excitement.
 A squad of deputy sheriffs still remains on duty at the court room doors and searches all persons entering the room to prevent any one entering with pistols.
 A letter signed by Caleb Powers in which this expression was used: 'I have had a hard time getting Taylor and others to start, but they are all right now, and this thing will soon end" was filed and made part of the record.
 Mrs. W. B. Alexander, manager of the Western Union Telegraph office at Bar bourville, the home of Powers, resumed the stand to identify telegrams sent through that office which are supposed to have a bearing on the case
 On motion of the prosecution a subpoena duces tecum was awarded requiring James Eggleston of Frankfort to bring into court the railroad register showing the time of arrival and departure of trains at Frank fort the day of the assassination. The purpose of this is to contradict the claim of the defense that Jim Howard, who is alleged to have fired the shot, arrived af- ter the assassination.
 Howard at one time claimed that the train on which he came did not arrive until afterward, but the register shows that it arrived some thirty minutes previous to the murder, and in addition the prosecution will offer proof to show that Howard had spent the night previous in the city.
 Telegr rams stolen
 Mrs. Anderson reiterated her statement made on Saturday that many of the tele- grams on file in her office for the months of January and February had been tam pered with
 The defense filed a formal objection to the introduction of several telegrams be- cause they were only copies.
 The objection was overruled.
 The first telegrams read were from Pow CTS to the various captains charged with the business of getting up the excursion of mountain men to go to Frankfort, and most of them read:
 How many can you insure from your county? Wire immediately.
 (signed) 70. POWERS" The defense filed a formal objection to the competency of the evidence.
 Nothing new was brought out In the tes- timony of Mrs. Anderson, the telegrams produced by her being the same that were produced by her at the Cuiton examining trial at Frankfort.
 Henry Kelly, manager of the Postal Tel egraph office at Frankfort, next called, was introduced to prove telegrams sent through the Frankfort office.
 The telegrams were identified by MT. Kel- ley, but were not read. They were placed in an envelope and sealed up for future consideration. Other telegrams were identi- fled by other witnesses, including one from Powers to Robert Noakes, calling him to Frankfort at Powers expense for confer ence.
 Col. Jack Chinn
 He was followed by Colonel Jack Chinn, who was with Goebel when the shooting occurred. Chinn said there had been crowds in the State house yard every day during January, and members of the Legislature had to elbow their way through daily to get to the State house. At the time of the assassination there was not human being in the yard with the exception probably of one or two about the gates. The first shot seemed to come from window in the Sec retary of States office. The other shots were muffled and could not tell whither they came. Witness said he saw a window
  Chinn was asked if he could identify the clothing worn by Senator Goebel when he was shot. The blood-stained garments were removed from the trunk and he identified them
 During this ordeal the Goebel brothers, Justus and Arthur sitting behind the at- torneys for the prosecution, sorrowfully looked in another direction. The defendant engaged in reading and did not look up. Continuing, the witness said that in eight or ten minutes after the assassination troops took charge of the state house. w. B. Anderson, who kept a hotel at Bar boursville in January when Caleb and John Powers. Wharton Golden, Charles Finlay and others held conferences there, was in- troduced, but was withdrawn and will be recalled later. He was withdrawn from the stand by the prosecution upon failing to answer several questions which the prosecution expected him to answer and which 1t is supposed would have an import ant bearing on the case.
 Finley Anderson was then put on the stand. but did not conclude his testimony Young Anderson 1t is said, would give im- portant testimony against Powers, after which the elder Anderson would be recalled to corroborate him.
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