Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-02

| Former Secretary of State Caleb Pow
ers, on trial for alleged completely
| in the shooting of Gov. Goebel, began
/ his third day in the witness box this
morning. He was subjected to a rigid
| cross-examination regarding the or
| ganization of the mountaineer army.
| He said that Taylor and himself were
I the primary spirits in getting it up.
The military companies were brought
along, he said, because they had some
/ discipline, and could be more easily
| controlled.
The witness said he had urged Gov.
| Taylor while the contest board was
| sitting, to call out the military COM
| panies and to send the bulk of the
| other mountain people home, and had
| secured a partial promise from the
! governor to do it. This was to be done
! In order that they might hold posses
sion of the State offices till the SUI
preme Court of the United States has
| passed on the merits of the case.
| The witness contradicted the state
| ment of Banker John A, Black, who
swore that Powers, in discussing the
mountain excursion to Frankfort, re-
ferred to it as a mob. Powers says
Black so referred to it, but that he told
Black he would do all he could to keep
| it from degenerating into an organ
ization of that character
| At the afternoon session Col. Camp
| bell Intercepted the witness regarding
his flight under military escort to
| evade arrest after the issuance Of the
| warrant March 10. Powers repeated
| that he was afraid he could not get a
| fair trial on account of political preju
dice and also because of the 100000
reward fund appropriated by the legis-
lature. Col. Campbell said:
Mr.. Powers, do you not know that
| of the 100000 fund appropriated, the
sum of $95,994 remains in the hands
of the commissioner unused?"
The witness said he had no knowl
| edge of this point. The witness also
cited various instances of what he
construed as hostile demonstrations
on the part of the people of Frankfort
| toward him, which increased his ap-
| prehensions as to his safety there and
his unWillingness to be tried before a
Franklin county jury.
The cross-examination was con-
Guided at 2:10 and Powers quit the
witness box, where he had been since
10 O'Clock Monday morning, or total
of over fifteen hours.
The defense then called +. Wharton
Golden, whom they desired to inter-
rogate for the purpose of laying the
| foundation for a contradiction. He
was asked concerning an alleged con-
versation with a Lexington newspaper
man, but denied that he ever made
the statements attributed to him.
Rev. John Stamper, Golden's
brother-in-law, was the next witness.
He was asked among other questions
whether Golden had told him that he
was to get money for the confession
he made. Stamper said that Golden
made a remark in substance that he
was to get $4,000. He also gave affirm
alive answers regarding other alleged
conversations with Golden in whicl
the latter is claimed to have said that
he was to be paid $4,000 for each con-
viction.
Upon cross-examination Col. Hend-
rick asked the witness if he did not
have a talk with L. F. Sinclair, of the
defense, and asked if he did not tell
Golden he could get $4,000 if he would
leave the State and not testify. The
witness replied that he did say to
Golden that he believed he could ger
those fellows to give him $4,000 if he
would leave the State
He said he had NOBODY in particular
in mind when he referred to those fell
lows"
The witness denied that he got any
thing on testifying and denied that his
relations with Golden are now UNI
friendly. Col. Hendrick insisted that
the witness tell from whom he expect
ed to get the $1,000 to pay Golden to
leave the State, but the witness gave
no direct answer He admitted that
he had conferred with the defendant in
Jail here frequently. While this mat
ter was still under investigation the
court adjourned until tomorrow.