Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-03-28
POWERS ON TRIAL,
Kentucky Court Proceedings Inter
fupted.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN FRANKFORT
~ rlan Drops His Pistol, Which is
discharged by the Fall and a Rush
is Made for the Scene.

frankfort, Ky, Special.-The pre-
liminary examination of Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, charged with abet-
ting the assassination of William Goe-
pei. began Friday before Judge Moore
phe court WAS guarded inside and out
with militia and scores of deputy sher-
ms, armed with Winchester rifles. 20
prevent possible interference from
mountaineerS, who were reported on
their way to Frankfort, but their pres
ence was unnecessary, as the noun
ta!neers failed to appear and no disOr-
der occurred. The Commonwealth's
witnesses were called. numbering 40
Golden was not in the list. Tho wit
nesses included Warden Eph i.illard.
Detective Armstrong Sheriff Bcswortb
Of tayette county. who arrested Secre-
tary Powers and Captain John Davis.
and Silas Jones. Of Whitley county.
who are now under bend charged with
completely in the murder. The tes.i-
mony tended to SHOW that the shots
came from that section of the execr-
tive building in which Secretary Pow
ers' office is located, although no one
Swore that tine shots were from thc
Secrc;ary,s Office. f. Wharton Gold
en-. VINO is said 10 have made a Canfss-
son, VIII be put on the witness stand
later Prosecuting Attorney Pais-
grove said that sufficient evidence aad
already been heard to warrant holdin.
Powers, but that the case would he
much stronger before he was ;hrouel.
FORMER Governor Brown. for the de-
lehSe, says the evidence so far is de-
cldedly weak. 1t is probable that all
oil the witnesses for the prosecution
VIII be heard by Saturday afternoon.
During the afternoon a soldier i'm thc
rear court yard dropped his revolver on
the stone tagging and i; exploded. In
an instant every man in the clcwdet
court room was on his feet. fully n
third of them with their hands to their
rear pockets
Eph Lillard. warden of the Frankfort
penitentiary, testified that he walked
1ust little ahead of Senator Goebcl
ana when the first shot was fierpd lie
saw that the second window in the cf-
nee OF the Secretary OF State was -l!ght
~ raised. The Odhcr shots. he said. did
not come from the same place. The
hrSt shot was evidently frCm rifle.
wniie the others seemed to be from pis-
tols. Policeman Wingate Thomson
testified that rs the crowd was carry
ing Senator Gocbel out of the ward he
saw armed men at tAe entrance to the
executive building and recognized Jobn
Davis and Berry Howard among them.
Detective Armstrong. OF Louisville
SAID THAT Secretary Powers refused any
information whatever at the time of
the shooting as to who was in the
building
Captain John T.. Hawn. OF Barbours-
VILE, testified THAI Powers had asked
him to turn over his ammunition and
company to Lieutenant Gibson previ-
Gus to the shooting. Governor Brown
made the point that "a man can NOT no
convicted as an alder of a crime unless
some principal is convieeed of tho
crime. AS the actual murderer of Goe-
bel has not, yet been named the point
possibly involved the liberty of Secre-
tary Powers. Judge Moore 1uled
against the defense