The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-12
GIVE THE LIE TO CALEB powers
TWO WITNESSES CoNTRADro7
HIS TESTIMONY. DIRECTLY
Attorney Reed Takes Stand and Cor
roborates the Story of a Plot n
Kill Goebel.

Georgetown. Ky, Aug. 1.-THE pros.
cution in the Caleb B. Powers trial "a
not conclude its testimony in rebur,sI
this afternoon but will do so Monday. and
the indications are that the jury win h.
taken to Franfort Tuesday. \ large MN
Der OF witnesses were heard TODAY mos.
OF them being introduced 10 cOutra6irr
testimony of witnesses Tor the defense
The prosecution lays much store bv tho
testimony OF two witnesses who testified
to seeing Caleb Powers with other Iass
erS of the mountain crowd on the e,a~
ing of Jan. %. The defendant himself had
testified that he was i'll in his room An
of that afternoon
Several other witnesses Will be intro
duced Monday to contradict Powers
further on this point
A number of Frankfort business mo,
and citizens testified that the talk of mon
violence after the assassination of Gov
ernOr GOebel existed only in the minds
of those in the executive building and
that there was no need Of the military
Among those who testified was SnerfT
Suter, who said he sWOre in a posse of :.
dozen citizens and that il would h9yz
been equal TO the occasion had il MOI
been blocked by the actions of Adjutart
General Collier. who made the civil Of
hcerS SubSerVIent TO the military
Youtsey Not a Witness.
When court convened today it was with
the prospect of the reDuttal evidence for
the prosecution in the Powers case wOrId
be concluded some time during the dav
A persistent rumOr that YOUJSey might
take the stand in rebuJJa1 was denied By
people sufficiently close TO him TO make
the denial Semi-OfticiaL
". +. Grayot, assistant state aduitOr
produced the books of the state aduirOr
III response to subpoena duceS teuum
to show what amount Of the SlOOG0O re-
ward appeared by the legislature had
h.,v s7.ad ars1n
prosecution of those accused of the
crime. The record showed in all $3.50
had been drawn.
Mr.. GrayOt also produced the record
skaWing that w. H. CultOn was paid his
full salary as a clerk in the auditors
Office for December and part OF the
mon-h of January. This was done 10
contradict eX-AuditOr Stone, VINO charged
Culton with stealing $1,000 and who stat
ed that he dismissed CultOn and caused
Auditor Sweeney TO refuse TO give him d
D. P. Mayhem OF Knox county said he
saw Wharton Golden in the barber shop
at Barbourville just before his confession
Golden did not display a roll Of money
and said nothing about going to get Part
of the reward.
Confederate Story Of Plot.
A L. Reed, an attorney Of Laurel
county cOrrOborated the statements OF
the witnesses who gave testimony yes
terday in regard to the statement Of
James Sparks, county attorney Of Laurel
county, on Jan. Is, TO the effect that
| GoebeI was TO be killed that day and
| that Governor Taylor would pardon the
| assassin
Lieutenant Julian Kersey Of the Frank
! fort Military company testified in regard
| to the movements of the militia.
Frank kavanaugh, assistant state
4 librarian. testified he saw Caleb Powers
| in conversation with Charles Finley and
/ Wharton Golden on the afternoon Of
/ Jan. 25 the time Powers claims TO have
/ been sick at the residence Of Captain
4 Davis