The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-25
TRIAL OF CALEB POWERS
Powers Told Miss Smith He Would Be Will
Ing 10 Kill GOebeI.
SAID GOHBEL WOULD NEVER BE SEATED
A shotgun Londed with Ruckshot
Was Left in Powers Office nnd
He was Told 70 Use IL.

Georgetown Ky, July "a. --The prosecu-
tion In the Powers case this morning ask
ed for and was awarded subpoena duces
tecum against managers Of both telegraph
offices at Frankfort requiring them 70
bring into court all cipher kilograms sent
through their Offices between the dates
OF December 20 and February o also a
subpoena ducee tecum against both the
secretary of state and the adjutant gen
eral, requiring them 10 bring the e&eco-
tive journal and other records.
Editor Patrick Mcdonald OF EranKlol'
testified that on January 80, few minutes
prior TO the shooting, ne saw w n Nui
ton and another party wnom ne Iao0s ~
VS. s.aUe Inspector Lester SJanulhe o.
the mint where Coz bel tell shortly allsr-
ward. on Saturday, prior 10 the Ass~ss
nation. witness saw d man run down lhs
stems from the Legislative nails ana cau-
ing 10 d crowd OF mountain men sara
Get your guns, It's time for the shootihE
10 begin
Representative Berry (Rep.) had just
baen unseHted. Witness did not know
the man who was talking.
Ed Porter Thompson. Jr., was standing
on the street nearly opposite the executive
building when the shot was fred and saw
Goebel fall The shots sounded 10 the
witness as if they were AIRED from the
executive building, or between the exeCu-
tive and legislative buildings.
Frank Heuey, d Frankfort merchant
whose store is on Broadway opposite the
State house yard heard the shots and
ran to his front door and SO Goebels
body on the pavement NO one was near
1t. Did not see either Jack Ch!nn OF Eph
Lillard
II. II bergman Of Frankfort was the
last witness on the etand at the morning
session.
At the afternoon session Miss Ella
Smith OF Barboursvil1e told OF CONVEX
sation between John Powers and herself
on January is They were regretflng the
Colsun- Scott tragedy, which happened at
Frankfort that day, and Powers said there
would be some more blood shed at Frank
fort II Goebel was seated. Witness was
surprised at this statement, and said:
oh, Mr.. Powers you would not be willing
to kill him, would YOU" to which Pow
ers replied that be would
Miss Bessie Hardin Of Frankfort cor
roborated much Of the evidence Of the
prosecution as to the arrival Of the noun
taineers and other points.
James Fletcher Of Knox county testi-
fed to having heard John Powers say
in December that "Mr. Taylor had been
elected governor and If any effort was
made to count him out Goebel would never
be seated.
John 7 Dssler OF Knox county heard
Charles Finley, then. secretary Of state,
tell Caleb Powers early IN December that
he would leave a shotgun loaded with
buokshot in the Office Of the secretary
Of state and advised Powers to use 1t II
any attempt was made TO unseat him.
The court excluded this testimony on
the ground that il was not competent.
George Lockhart OF Knox county told
OF Caleb Powers coming 10 him and ar
ranging with him 10 90 10 Frankfort Pow
ers told him he would be paid Il Taylor
won in the contest and had him to arm
himself There was no suggestion that
he was 20 be used as a witness before
The Legislature contest hoard. Lockha1t
was the last witness tonight.