The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-03-22
|'HANCE OF FRONT
I.,,rton Golden Alleged to Have
~.nr.,sed ~, TO a knowledge of
,he awful Conspiracy.
srpdEAyT ~ The STATE MILITIA.
,.r Saving Myself From the Pen;
%,,b. T. From the GallOws'" He is
Reported 10 Have sald'
Go,beI Hired to Fire the
|" I'm. >ho,-A suspect Now
I,aer Arrest I"'oi'cd'-As-
,oupding Revelations

,,,,u. Shoi.-A suspect NO"
',e, Arrest Invoivcd.-As-
,oupdiug Revelations
..,,.nrs,ilc. Fy, March 19'--l'
'''' ~ here sunday that Sergt. f
'' r",5o, %" Of the local company OF
0o ,arar5s. has allied himself with
o., ne,. FOR the prosecution of the
%, Wuham Goebel, and has
~",,rd much information concern
'o's mon now I'D custody at Frank
III. cousin. Green Golden, OF
." ..',e Guards. returned from
.tfort saturday night and gave 1t
fla, Wharton Golden, the SER
had turned to the other side,
"' ~, c,lob Powers had told him
lccp Wharton from going to
alfart Bat Wharton Lad left be-
=. m. arrival of his cousin. Among
mon in this section who were
s.,nt IN Frankfort when Goebel
a,,,ssipated were Milt Trosber,
-, Golden and a young man named
.p.,,s all OF whom reside on farms
',.oi,;ng that OF Caleb Powers faith
on Brush creek.
Wharton Golden is SAID 10 have
,,.d here few days ago that one OF
1. mon uow held at Frankfort had
r.red these three boys 81 200 if they
,ou6 put Gocbel out Of the way. lie
IS the, refused to take the money
Iiar,on Golden also said that he was
s-oid that these hoys would toll on
. men when the trial came up.
lobn l.. Powers, brother Of Caleb
,,oe-. and for whom there is a war
.,, NJ arrcst. came into town Sunday
\ ,be assurance of Sheriff Reese that
A.. would NOT arres; him. lie has been
.Grg in Harlan county and on his
l,ters farm. Many of the republic
-s here are very much Iucensed over
.e arrest Of Caleb Powers, and de-
.uc that they viii 90 10 Frankfort
necessary and take him out OF GUS
,ly The majority Of these people
.y that even if Powers had some con-
c,,on with the assembling of the
IoO at Frankfort on January 25, he
not guilty Of the crime of assas-
.nation, because, as they say, he did
Id fire the shot. II became known
! Tie republicans at Frankfort last
I,ek that Capt. }. f. Ilawn, of Com
6ly D. "a regiment of the state
yards, had informed Mr. .Beckham
bat he would recognize him, and was
giy 10 make whatever disposition
, saw fit Of the 81 rifles and 5000
ogads Of ammunition in his posses
.gn.
M. Beckham sent one of his Off
,fs 10 BarbourSWlle, with instruc-
.ous to have llawn pack and slip the
ites TO Capt. Longmire at Lexing-
On. but before this could be done
.tlt Col. Morrow came here with or
sl, from Gen. Collier 10 llawn, tell
ag BIN 20 turn the rifles and am
laali0n over TO Lieut.. Gibson. This
la'a refused 10 do. whereupOn
-elt Gibson. with AN armed force,
yoke open the arsenal and took the
..fs The ammunition. however, is
'med ln the vault OF the bank of
sle' q Miller, VINO have refused TO
''e II up except on the verbal order
. capt Hawn. 4 Stcnogrpaher in
-e employ Of the attorneys for the
f~ecluou Of Powers and others .
aae hcre from Frankfort to take
.r deposillouS a. several witnesses
'.o Ia'e been summoned TO the tri-
' .. these mcn When Ais prescLce
j.. purpose became known a crowd
y S'oui 20 wanted 10 lynch him. lie
,@ "a saved from the mob by Sergt.
Wharton Golden, who, under the pre-
fass OF becoming the leader Of the
BOO 50 arranged matters that the
'"n0gFapher got away.
N1ington, KY, March l0.-For sew
's hours Sunday Thomas c. Camp
va Of New York; Robert B. Frank
- 'onmonwealth's attorney, and
,'uss !, Polsgroye, county attorney, of
,''aAHh |, county, and +. W. Golden.
~ louisville, were in consultation
= : ''e Phoenix hotel. The first named
'-'" are attorneys for the prosecu-
~'' IA 'he case Of those accused OF
n, n, p'c'y in the assassination of
.. ..''''Il uoebel, and Golden is a SER
!, a. 10 The Barboursville company (
: mountain militia, Of which John
: 'O"erS is the captain.
r.. ~ : O'Clock Sunday afternoon
,'~psil ,'.l went to Cincinnati and a
,. r' O' hours later Franklin and
d, O'e ,''' returned 70 Frankfort. Col
\" S.,.., Is'I Sunday night on the east
4. ~. y q y. train. At the depot
h, ~.'' '' asked by militiamen as to
hi, ''Ou mere. IL is stated that his
|, r. ,..." "'s' ! am saving myself from
pAovs.p pm ""u maybe the
aa at all. " '"'A 10 newspaper ]
ss.r,ooss os'@H' d Ky, March 2o.-sergt. F.
u II. D.. poloen' republican member
Eat. cus,S cDs,S0arsville company of the
ars.,' 'sa'd' s'i. who is alleged to have :
aasar,'"'''s'eSs evidence and exposed
III y gts'as bet, asGoeOel attorneys 1r'SIe the de-.
ssnt s,ai plot to assassinate Goebel
,,ierDsS sS'aay ! night in Richmond oTeJg,' Ts ]
|asAacsaI mere ,s Monday. lie went to
No., 70 secure fu..,