The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16
ALL TESTIMONY IN
Inc jury Taken to Frankfort TO
View the Capitol Grounds
Oh Special Train.
NUMBER Is IS AGAIN IN EVIDENCE.
ine argument in the Caleb Powers
lriai viii Probably Begin Tuesday
Morning at Georgetown.
special venire Of Juror. for IN.
'ri"i OF Henry Youtsey Or
dered To he SUM-
mOncd.

georgetown, Ky, Aug. 14.-Number
10, which has occurred so freuuentIv
III connection with the Powers trial
Is again in evidence. The taking OF
testimony began July - and closed
Monday, August 13.
IL IS the understanding that the
Aoutsey trial will follow Immediately
upon the verdict in the Powers case.
Inc sixth week of the Powers tIiol
pegah Monday morning with n num-
Der OF witnesses for the prosecution
III reDuttal remaining to be examined.
Inc testimony was completed early
Monday afternoon, and the Jury was
taken to Frankfort on special train
10 inspect the capitol grounds. y. W.
bradburn, member of the reward
commission, was the first witness call
ed Monday.
Bradbnrn testified that of the $1,000
drawn by the commissioners out of
the fund appropriated by the legisla-
ture only about $4,000 had been ex-
pended and said that no money had
pecll PAID to any witness who had
testified in the case and that no agree |
mcnt or contract existed between the |
reward commissioners and Wharton |
Golden, Robert Noaks, w. II. Culton
or any other witness. Penitentiorv
Warden Eph Lillard was called and
asked If il was true or not that the
democrats in Frankfort had 1000 guns
stored at the penitentiary during Jan
uary. The defense objected to the
question on the grounds that there
was no evidence on this point during
the hearing of evidence in chief. The
court ruled out ,hc question.
James Walker, cOlOred, corrobOrat-
I'd the testimony OF j. W. Doughertv
hat John Perkins. the partner in
Ndit. Gen. Golfers office. had told
hem that the defense wanted him 10
eStify that he Pcrkins) had carried
he orders TO the troops at the arsenal
allIng them Out, but that he did not
intend to testify to it. as it was not
rue This was in June. Perkins tes- +;
liied last week that he did carry the j
rderS.
John III. Stuart, a Frankfort news 7
aper man, was introduced to contra- il
let the statement of Milton Trasher. y
no swore that he looked out of the
ouse cloak room at the end of the 4
looting and saw various occurrences d
round the executive building. The n
lrpose of the prosecution was TO
low that it was physical impossi
lity for 1rasher to have seen what
claimed. The question: however, 81
ns ruled out.
The prosecution, through Mr..
announced that il would
st its rebuttal testimony at this
int and Assistant State Auditor Ii
ayot was then called by the defense Gu
nose cross examination of the wit TN
IS in regard to the alleged presenta- r..
ms of w. ii. Culton while clerk in Tic
, auditors Office was not completed an
turday. Grayot produced the addi- tn
nal records asked for by the de- inc
se at that time. Judge Cantrill Ju
N announced that as soon as the sit
cument in the case is concluded and lie
ease goes to the jury the case of COT
nry T.. IOutsey will be called. The cat
riff was ordered to summon n spe- wO
vcnire of jurors for the Youtsey
Z.