The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
VOTE is UNANIMOUS
The Verdict Fails Upon Powers Like
a Thunderbolt
NE DECLARES THAT IT IS MOST UNJUST
Yet One Of the Jurors Says Some of the Sro-r.
est Evidence Against Him Was Fun
ished by Himself. Republican
Jurors Statement.

ACOl oSio"h, = -NS 1880 N"# .I'
Jury, find the defendant guilty and tx
his punishment at confinement in ,r.
penitentiary for the rest OF his natural
life"
This was the wording Of the verdict
| rendered today in the case OF EX-Seure-
| tarv of State Caleb Powers. charged with
being an accessory before the fact To- t..
murder of William Goebel. The jury re-
tired at 1872 p. m. and returned its YER
dict at 2:25, having been out only s
minutes.
The vote in favor of a life s@ent.ce.
was unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief was
general that its members would fail 60
agree and in this opinion the defendant
himself was firmly fixed.
When the verdict of guilty was return
ed. Powers, for the first time during the
weary six weeks of the trial, betrayed his
feelings. Under all of the trying Incl
| dents Of the trial he had maintained o
c~hangeless expression. The verdict of
guilty, however, apparently stasgercl
him. He was sitting near the door of the
Jury room and when the jurors knocked
on the door summoning the sheriff. his
face took on an anxious look. When
the Il men filed into the room and took
their seats. and as clerk Penn called the
rol lof jurors, the prisoner did not APP
pear TO be more excited than the rest
Of the spectators.
'Have you made a verdict, gentle
men, inquired the court.
we have" the jurors assented. and az
the same time Mr.. Stone, the foreman
passed the verdict up to the clerk VINO
49,. -: cloud Dnnorc ALWAYS lHL.
grew CHASTITY white as the verdict was
read, and his face betokoned great men
tai anguish. Then, somewhat regaIolo1
his composure, he turned to the Mlss'a
Dangerfeld. who had been in converse
ton with him and said:
Il was not expecting that. The Fcr-
dict is unjust"
There was no sort of demonstrate fol-
lowing the verdict and the vast cro"j
filed out of the court house almost lo
silence. Powers remained in the court
room for some time after the verdict MAS
rendered, in conference with his att1T
ncys, who will at once move for a ne"
trial, and, failing in that, will take an
appeal.
When the jurymen entered the jury
room, Juror Stone, the oldest man Oh tun
panel, was elected foreman.
Juror Porter, the only Republican on
the jury, the first to speak, said
Gentlemen, am a Republican and
I have said that l did not believe Geo
bells murder was the result of a com
spiracy. l did not think Caleb Power
could be guilty, but | have heard the
evidence and / am convinced he is.
Others also made talks, and it us s"|
one of the men of the jury
that be thought the death penalty ought
to be inflicted. However, when a haI'"'
was taken all twelve of the jurors vote.
for life Imprisonment.
The jury which sat in the case was
composed of eight Democrats, three anti
Goebel Democrats and one I{cputlI'ah
as follows:
/. G. Stone, foreman anti-GoebcI. Iiar-
ris Musselman, farmer, anti-GcOb"I. h"
o.. finder, farmer, Gocbel A. W.
Craig, merchant, Democrat; w. p. Niue
son, farmer, Democrat; w. II. oldham
merchant, Democrat; Ben Ford, far"'
Democrat; M. George Murphy, Im".
crat; j. T. Mulberry, farmer, I'H
crat; j. T. Crosswait, carpenter. i"'.
crat; Alonzo Kemper. farmer. I
crat, and j. G.. Porter, school teach
Republican.
One of the jurors said tonight that
Jury1Een were Influenced in mahiaE
their verdict by many things in Oh"
dence, but that some Of the chief
were Powers own admission on the
that he organized the crowd ot
armed mountaincers which cam.
frankfort January 18th, his coTrn.
ton of parts of the testimony Of Nh"
Golden and Culton, the proof that
gave Youtsey the key and that Tho
was fired from his office. 1t is 1".
Whpthor +hn N.,+r1. o,-- mil |A
although it will be called on None
Mr.. Crawford, of the dcfcnse. ~
statement in court this aftcrnr0"
Ioutsey, according to his phEs."
stll threatened with typhoid fever
Of his attorneys, John VI. Steve
also Ill of typhoid fever and Nr.
1ord could not say whether or r
defense would be ready on Mon"
the event the Youtsey case is COM
one OF the other cases, either
Davis, Whitaker or Combs viii Or.
up.
After the jury retired the case %.
1outsey, also charged with comp.
the Goebel assassination, was ra-.
de1ense was represented by /.
ford and r. W. Nelson, Of Ne"l...
Judge Askew of Georgetown.
a long list of witnesses were es..
none answered to their names.
THEY TALK OF A NEW TH''-
Barbourville, KY, Aug. 1>-I..
nouncement by the Associated J."
the conviction of Caleb Power
celved by the people of his na'I'.
as a distinct shock. The yeralr'
SO quickly was a surprise to ALL
disagreement had been eXpcctet.
feeling seems to be very deep,
people hesitate to discuss the
save with close friends. The ca...
Oh conversation now is a new tTlt.
Honest ducks dip their heads