The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-19
THE YOUTSEY TRIAL.
Defendant is Still Very Ill ana
Lies PROSTATE.
The Defense Closes Its Case, and 1t VIII
Soon Be in the Hands Of the Jury
Jim Howard Takes the Stand.

same condition as last week. His
room door was opened and his bed
pulled up in plain view and hearing
of the jury, and while the witnesses
were being examined YoutseJ could
be heard calling his wife name in
hollow, moaning voice and could be
seen tossing on his bed. OF course
the feature of the day was the testi-
mOny of Arthur Goebel, the brother
of the murdered man. He told of go
ing to the Jail the day YOutsey was
arrested and that Youtsey confessed
to giving the cartridges to Jim How
ard, but would not tell who fired the
shot.
Georgetown, Ky, Oct. 17.-If Hen
~ Youtsey heard word uttered in
his trial Tuesday, he gave not the
slightest indication of it by any
movement of the hands, head, eyes
or lips. SO far as any one in the
courtroom could tell, he never ut
tered a word all day.
He was the unconscious actor in
another realistic scene Tuesday af
ternoOn when he was brought into
the courtroom proper, lying on his
bed. His eyes and mouth were
lightly closed and he looked every
whit a dead man, while Col. Nelson
in a loud voice asked MN how old he
was and where he lived.
Mrs. Matte Stamper, sister of
XVbor+Op COI1ap cold che hard him,
say he was to get $4,000 for his testi-
mOny, and that he made a confession
in order to save his neck and Gov.
Taylor's. c. o. Reynolds and D. r.
Walcutt, of Frankfort, swOre that
Culton told them that he had con-
tract with the commonwealth to Sc
cure immunity. Porter Thompson,
ST., and Porter Thompson, jr., said
they passed through the hall of the
executive building few minutes be-
fore the shooting, but saw no men
in the hall. John w. Davis, one of
those indicted with Culton, corrobo-
rated the Thompsons.
James Chipley, of Scott county
said Culton told him that Wharton
Golden had caused all of them to get
into trouble because Golden wanted
a part of the 100000.
Georgetown, KY, Oct. 1S.-Judge
Cantrill convened court promptly at
9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Yout-
sey's condition, despite Tuesdays ex-
periences, is better. A consultation of
yDb1ve;o;or,e ,,-oe HILL XVaJ,o~1.-- -, -,
ing, after which DR.. Knox said:
"Youtsey is Better this morning.
He slept well Tuesday night and made
no demonstration whatever. Stories
of the prisoner suffering from lock-
jaw are false. He took nourishment
Wednesday morning, and his general
condition is much improved"
Georgetown, Ky, Oct. 1S.-Youtsey's
condition Wednesday night was much
worse. He had another paroXysm,
and is unable to take nourishment OK
cept hyperdermicaliy
In the trial Wednesday Prof. J. J.
Rucker, teacher and civil engineer, of
Georgetown, testified as to his meas
urements from the window Of Powers
Office to the blackberry tree, and said
if the bullet fell l 1-16 inches in pass
ing through Goebel's body. cstimat-
ing the distance at one foot, that tho
bullet must have started from Il point
nine feet above the window sill in
Powers Office, but that if the shot
was fired from the secOnd-stOry win
dow, the bullet would have passed
many feet over GOebeFs head, If it
had fallen 1 1916 inches to the foot.
James Howard testified that he was
the same Howard who was recently
tried and convicted for the murder of
William Goebel; that he never saw
Youtsey in his life to know him; never
had any talk at any time with Yout-
sey, nor did he accompany Youtsey to
any place or room anywhere at any
time; that he was not in Caleb Pow
ers' Office on the morning of January
30, or in any other room in that build
ing on that morning. On cross-exam-
ination he said he bad been convicted
of numbering George Baker in Clay
, NOtiIi y 1letU GU Il NEW lIldl. anu
went to Frankfort on January 20 to
secure pardon from Taylor: that he
was in the Board If Trade hotel when
Goe5el was shot.
The defense in the Youtsey trial
closed its case late Wednesday after
noon, and the commonwealth began
its rebuttal testimony, which will
likely be concluded Thursday.
The feature of the day was the tes-
timcny of Col. Nelson, one of Yout-
sey's attorneys, who denied that he
had told Arthur Goebel and Col. Camp
bell that "Youtsey knew enough to
hang Gov. Taylor" but admitted that
he did say his client (Youtsey) knew
something that would be very bene-
fetal to the commonwealth in its
prosecution of Taylor"
Sir Alfred Miner at Pretoria.
Pretoria, Oct 17.-Siy Alfred Mil
ner. who it is announced will be APP
pointed governor of the conquered