Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-05-06
CDLTON REMANDED TO JAIL.
JUDGE CANTRILL REFUSES TO AD-
NIT THE ALLEGED CONSPIRA-
TOR TO BAIL.

His Trial will Come Up Mt the Regu-
lar September Term of Court in
Frankfort-The Others Charged
With Conspiracy to Murder Gov
ernOr GoebeI will be Tried in
Georgetown.
FRANKFORT, KY, May 81. B.
Matthews was recalled by the defense
in the Goebel murder trial to-day and
testified that kilograms signed by
Geo. Denny, of Lexington, and filed
Immediately after the assassination
were sent to seven persons in different
parts of the State. saying that the riot
had commenced and told the receiv-
ers to send different numbers Of men
to Frankfort at once. kilograms sent
or received by parties indicted for the
assassination were produced and read
and filed by agreement of both sides
Duane Sinclair, of the Postal Tele-
graph Company, testified that on the
morning of the assassination he sent
a number of kilograms to commanders
of two Kentucky regiments which only
said:
"All right" and were signed by Ad-
iutant General Collier.
Constable Davis Harrod stated that
he saw an unknown man run out OF
the Secretary of States office and run
down into the basement a few mo-
ments after the shot was fired.
4 Wharton GO1dnn nrpcpntpd q n1Ir1
Der of letters from Gov. Taylor to Col
his support. They were read. Golden
then went over the testimony given in
the examining trial.
Golden gave some additions to his
former testimony. Among them was
a statement that Culton said the man
who killed Goebel was so drunk he
could hardly stand up. Another was
that Caleb Powers told him on the day
before the assassination that the best
way to kill Goebel would be to start
an argument in the Capitol Hotel and
kill them there. Powers, the witness
averred, said Taylor would pardon the
assassin.
AT the afternoon session Wharton
Golden told again about Youtsey get
ting the key to the Secretary of States
Office from John Powers. John Pow
ers told him two negroes had been
brought here to kill Goebel.
In cross-examination, Golden told
that Finley said that if the contest
was not stopped "Goebel and his gang
would be killed" Golden replied, 81
am with you in that" Witness heard
people around the State house say that
Goebel would be killed if the contest
was not stopped. When asked if he
was not testifying because he had been
promised immunity, Golden stated that
T. c. Campbell said he would do all he
could for him.
George R. Hemphill, clerk in Secre-
tary Powers office, and also when
Charles Finley was Secretary of State
followed Golden. He saw Youtsey in
the Office Saturday before the assassin
alton, with a rifle. Hemphill said the
first shot sounded as if it was fired be-
tween the executive building and the
old State house, and the next few
sounded as if fired in the hall Of the
executive building Youtsey came into
the room minute or two after the
shots. Governor Taylor came into the
room and asked what the trouble was
and when told said: My God, this is
terrible!"
Witness heard Sheriff Burton (now
deceased) threaten to kill Goebel sew
eral times.
Republican States Treasurer Walter
R. Day testified that he was on the
train going to Louisville (the same
train that Caleb Powers was ON when
he heard that Goebel was shot. A few
days before the assassination Youtsey
left word for him to come TO his Office
to see him. When he got there
Youtsey said he could settle the con-
test for $500. Day asked Youtsey how
he would settle and he declined TO say
and Day left the ROOM In cross-ex-
animation Day said he knew nothing
of any conspiracy to kill Goebel. The
commonwealth rested its case at the
conclusion of Days testimony.
In the testimony in Tebuttal Culton
again testified. He denied that he had
a conversation with Golden in regard
to the condition of the man who killed
Goebel He did not know who fired
the shot. He denied Miss Jackson E
testimony relating TO what his wife
had said to Miss Jackson about "Goe-
bel going to be killed"
Ed. Hogg, one of Culton's attorneys,
and Cultons brother-in-law, who heard
the conversation between Mrs. CuIton
and Miss Jackson stated that Mrs. Culton
denied having said that Goebel was going
to be killed. After Charles Reynolds tes-
titled, the defense closed and the court re-
cessed until I o'clock to hear arguments
At the conclusion of the arguments
Judge Cantrin denied the application and
the defendant was remanded to Jail In
delivering his decision the court said in
part: si2f@
4 could not now indicate what sort OF
evidence. brought out In this case. would
be competent in the final trial. but direct
evidence on some of the points of the case
left the court no recourse but to refuse
the defendants application for bail"
Culton's trial will come up at the regu-
lar September term OF court The others
win be tried at Georgetown.