The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-15
WARL|KE AGAIN.
The Democratic Govern ment of
Kentucky Now Has a Military
Force of, Its Own.
CONFLICT MAY POSSIBLY TAKE PLACE
Taylor's Soldiers, Greatly Reinforced,
on Guard at the State House, and
Beckham's at the Hotel.
Secretary of State Powers and PO-
liceman Davis In Jail at Lexing-
tOn-Whittalxer and CultOn
Removed to Louisville.

ton-whittalser and CuIton
! Removed to Louisville.
Louisville, KY, March 11.--Judge
Fields, in the circuit court Saturday
morning, hanued down an opinion
that he has no jurisdiction in the
cases brought to determine the gov
ernorship controversy. He holds that
! the constitution vests in the legis-
lature the power to decide contests
for this Office.
Frankfort, KY, March 1o.-W. IL.
Coulton, a clerk in the office of State
Auditor Sweeney, was arrested and
placed in Jail, charged with complici-
ty in the murder of the late William
Goebel. The arrest was made by Chief
of Police Williams.
Warrants have also been issued for
the arrest of Secretary of State Caleb
Powers and Capt. John w. Davis, po-
liceman of the state capitol square.
Frankfort, KY, March 12.-The
sheriff who held the warrants for the
arrest of Secretary of State Caleb
Powers and State House Policeman
John Davis, charged with completely
in the assassination of William Goe-
bel, was denied admission, to the cap
itol building, where the men were ali
day Saturday. In the evening the
two men, dressed in the uniforms OF
soldiers, accompanied by about 20
soldiers, succeeded in getting on
board a train, but were arrested upon
their arrival at Lexington, where
they are now in jail
! The first move on the part of Beck
hams followers toward the forma-
ton of state guard under his ad-
ministration has been made. City
Clerk Ben Marshall circulated paper
and enlisted the requisite number of
men who are to compose a company
guns for which have been provided
by citizens here, most of them being
either needle guns or Winchesters.
A report gained currency that
Taylor had given his soldiers orders
to arrest Beckham and other officers
of the democratic state government.
On account of this report the men en-
listed by Capt. Marshall were assem-
bled at the city hall, armed and
sworn in as special police for the pur
pose of protecting the democratic Of
fcers, who are quartered at the Capt.
tol hotel. A large number of citi-
zens also volunteered and were as
signed to various posts in the vicin-
ity of the hotel to offer a resistance
in case the talked-of arrests were at
tempted.
Taylor's soldiers, who are on guard
at the state house, were reinforced
by the arrival of the Barbourville
company of II men, all of whom are
fully armed and equipped.
Beckham appointed Col. David r.
Murray, of Cloverport, assistant adj
jutant general, with the rank of
colonel, and he was sworn in.
Harland Whitaker and w. H. Gull
ton, who are confined in Jail here,
charged with completely in the assas-
sination, were removed from the Jail
at an early hour Sunday morning and
taken in "A hack to Shelbyville, where
they were placed on train and sent
to Louisville under heavy guard.
Taylor has issued lengthy state
ment, addressed to the people of Ken
tucky, reviewing the conditions lead
ing up to the serious conditions and
dangers" now confronting them, and
severely condemning the course taken
| by the Kentucky courts, which he
characterizes as courts of conviction
instead of trial" He also explains
why he granted pardons to Secretary
of State Powers. w. H. Culton, Chas.
Finley and Capt. Davis.
Lexington, KY, March 12.-The
threatened riot over the arrest here
of Secretary of State Powers and Po-
liceman Davis did not take place. The
time was ripe, under misleading re-
| ports that mountain men were pre-
pairing to rescue the prisoners from
the jail, for desperate resistance on
the part of the local officers, who are
mostly Goebel men, and had an at
tempt been made to take the prison
ers, the result is unpleasant to con-
template.
The adopting of disguise by Iavis
and Powers, in order to get out OF
Frankfort, puts an ugly phase on the
matter for the prisoners, although
they explain that they did so merely
to get away from Goebel influences
which, they allege, would work to
their detriment in securing fair
trial. Both tacitly admit that in this
they made mistake, for both strong
ly urge their innocence of any con.
nection with the murder of Goebel
and insist that they have no feal
whatever as to the outcome. Judge
George Denny, prominent repub
lican attorney, will represent then
in whatever legal steps are taken.
Capt. Longmire received orders
from Assistant Adjt. Gen. Dixon, un
der the Taylor administration, to dis
band the soldiers here. He ignored
the orders. Robert Kenny, of thi.
city, is acting as assistant adjutant
general under Castleman.
Trustee for the Piqua Mutual.
Columbus. o., March 10.-State In
surance Commissioner Matthews de
cided Friday to interfere in the rein
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