The Portland daily press., 1900-07-27
Officer Tells of Arrest Of
Prisoner.
COnstable's Experience at Exec
utiYe Building.

Georgetown, KY, July 26.-Walter
Bronston, Lexington attorney who as
sisted in the arrest of Caleb Powers and
John Davis at Lexington, was the first
witness called today in the trial of Caleb
Powers for alleged completely in the
Goebel shooting. Powers and Davis were
disguised as soldiers and were both
armed, the witness said. Witness. idenUi-
fled them to the police officers. After q
forcible arrest, Powers was taken to JAIL
where the pardon granted him by Gov
ernor Taylor and $1,000 in money were
found in his pockets. Deputy Sheriff
Rodgers of Lexington corroborated this
testimony.
H. Davis Harrod, constable of Frank
fort, testified that when the shooting oc-
CURED he ran to the executive building
and entered the west door. The door of
the ante-room to the executive office was
closed. Witness pushed it open with diff
Guilty and encountered several men who
thrust pistols In his face. He told tn en-
he was an officer, but they kept their pis-
tolls aimed at him and made no reply
Harrod said that just as he entered the
main door, short, stout man slammed
the door of the secretary of states Office
and dashed down the steps to the base
ment.
Witness did not know Youtsey then.
The pardon granted Powers by Governor
Taylor was then exhibited to the jury.
W. H. Maynor Of Whiteley county, gave
sensational testimony against both Pow
ers and Youtsey this afternoon. He said
he was in the secretary of states office a
few days before 1.-THE shooting. A man
whom he did not know, referring to
Goebel, said: Somebody ought to kill
theyd- rascal.
Youtsey said: 81 have made up my
mind to do that myself"
On Saturday before the shooting Caleb
Powers said in conversation:
eff we could get the head of the ticket,
we could do something If he does not
stand up, I intend to expose the whole
business.
The defense put Robert Noaks on the
stand this afternoon and questioned him
at length for the purpose of laying a
foundation to contradict his testimony.
A letter written by Noaks to his cousin
Miss Etfie Blakenship at Charlottesville,
Ind, since his arrest, promises to play an
important part in the matter so far as
Noaks' testimony is concerned, in the
event the defense can produce the letter.
Harry Tandy, assistant secretary of
state, produced the executive journal kept
by Governor Taylor. The journal did
not show an order calling out the troops
after the assassination. The pardons IS
sued to Powers, Finley, Culton and
Davis, were recorded.
Graham Vreeland, Louisville news
paper man, testified that he saw the
crowd Of mountaineers January %. There
were probably 1900 of them. He was in
the office of the commissioner of agricuI-
ture that afternoon and saw Charles Fin
ley giving the men their guns. A man
whose name he afterwards learned was
Matthews called out with an oath to the
crowd in the room and said: ''Boys, we
ought to go up to the hotel and get
Goebel'
Robert Noaks, recalled, was asked by
Judge Timsley if he did not tell party
at Cumberland Gap that he was going to
get part Of that 800, 600 reward although
he did not know anything about the
Goebel conspiracy. Witness denied 1t
He was then asked regarding letter
written by him to Miss Eff1e Blankenship
Of Charlottesville, In, an alleged quota
tion from which was presented in news
paper clipping. The prosecution objected
to the newspaper as evidence and there
was long debate between the lawyers
The court ruled that the sletter must be
produced or the evidence excluded.
Letters and kilograms from Powers to
NOaks were excluded.