The age-herald., 1900-08-08
THE POWERS TRIAL
 STILL DRAGS ON
Both Sides Dealing Extensively
 in Contradictions.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS
Corporal of the Militia Company Says the Shot That Killed Goebel Was Fired from the Window
 Over Powers Office

Georgetown, Ky, August 1.-The trial of | Ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers today l developed that both sides in the case are | dealing extensively in contradiction. and 1 impeachment of some of the witnesses who i have testified in the case
 The most important testimony heard to- | day was given by Corporal Milt Trasper of the military company at Barboursville, of which Caleb Powers brother John was 1 captain Trasper gave testimony that the l shot which killed Goebel was fired from the | third story of the executive building and not from the Secretary of States office, | which is on the first floor He declared that he and other members of the military | company had been in Frankfort since Jan uary 25 under secret orders from Governor | Taylor.
 | At the afternoon session of the court the l defense further sought to contradict w H. Culton by introducing two witnesses who testified that Culton told them he had an arrangement with the prosecution by which he was not to be confined in jail. Culton, 1 on the stand, denied that he ever made such statement, and it was also proved that he has been confined in jail since his l examining trial.
 The prosecution in the Powers case this morning was granted a subponae duces tecum on State Auditor Coulter requiring him to bring his records into court. This is done to contradict the testimony of ex- Auditor Sam Stone, who testified that he discharged w. H. Culton in December and charged him with stealing s1,000 The prose- | cution expects to show by the record that Culton was presented his salary in both December and January and by other wit nesses to prove that since that date State Auditor Stone recommended him. ..eif W. J. Lewis of Frankfort was the first witness heard today. He said that Goebel fell at least ten feet from the spot marked by the prosecution as the point from where he fell
 John B. Hurst of Corbin testified he was in Frankfort several times in January The last time he went was with the mountain eers, January 8 More than half of the men were armed. Hurst declared that the men in the mountain army were average mountain citizens, and closed by stating that he had himself been delegate to the National Republican Convention. Did you see any of the alleged assassns of Governor Goebel at that convention? asked Attorney Golden.
 The witness said he did not, but after
 
 there.
 Were there any of the others who were in that armed crowd that went to Frank fort up there at the Philadelphia conven- tion?"
 The witness said he did not see any such persons.
 Ex-Governor Brown objected to the man. 1 ner of the examination and there was hot tilt of words between him and Golden. Hurst admitted that he himself had been lt.lt tod t-to for farer vile, Tenn. He was asked about alleged forgery at Pinevile, but the defense ob- jected.
 The court allowed the question to be answered, and the witness admitted that he was charged with the crime, but that there was no prosecution.
 State senator Alexander
 State Senator G. H. Alexander of Louis vile testified as folows
 'I was in Governor Taylor's office talk ing to him when the shooting occurred. There was one shot, sharp and loud and four others which were dull and untitled. got up and ran out of the office and stood behind tree on Lewis street. I cvould see the body of the wounded man lying on the pavement I then walked down to Broadway, where I heard that it was MT. Goebel who had been shot. I don't remem- Der what Governor Taylor said when we heard the shots, but believe he made some 
 rough looking men in the ante-room of the Governors office as first came in."
 John Perkins, the colored porter in the adjutant-general's office, said he was in that office when the shooting occurred.
 Ialow Dick' Combs and Mason Hooker smith, the former of whom is indicted as an accessory, were in the office at that time. About five minutes after the shoot ing the witness went to the arsenal with a message from Assistant Adjutant-Genera Dixon, calling out the troops For several days prior to the assassination a large number of armed men slept in the building at night and loafed there during the day. About the same number were Quartered in the executive building.
 Culron Recalled
 W. H. Culton was recalled and asked if he had not said to Captain D. B. Walcut that he had a written contract with the prosecution by which he was to confess this from immunity. He denied that he made the statement to anybody. Walcut was then recalled for the purpose of contradict ing Culton He testified that Culton did make the statement c. O. Reynolds also swore that Culton did make similar state ment to him. Ed Mentz testified that he went to Louisville on January 30 to confer with G. w. Tong, Powers and others. He said the conference was for the purpose of taking a crowd from the western part of the state to Frankfort, but after the kill ing of Goebel it was abandoned.
 Milt Trasper of Knoxville, one of the mountain men who arrived at Frankfort January 25, said he remained in Frankfort until after January 30 and was in the House cloak room looking out of a window toward the executive building when the shooting occurred. He saw window on the third floor of the executive building raised, heard the shots and saw smoke, but could not see either man or gun. Wit. ness did not go up into the executive build- ing where he saw smoke coming from for over an hour after the shooting. He claimed that he found two boxes one up- on the other near the window he had noticed when the shots were fired. Cross-examned, the witness said he was member of the John Powers military company. The latter sent for him on Jan- uary "A and told him he had secret orders from Governor Taylor to bring his mili- tary company to Frankfort. Witness was af xaaiaht