Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-03-29
Witness Golden Says It Was the
Result of a Plot.
lives Evidence Against Secretary of
State POwers-Implicates Other
Republicans in the Altered
Conspiracy.

questions, and his testimony made a
deep impression.
where then did you go? To Barbours-
Vllle! asked Attorney Campbell. The wit
ness hesitated, then said:
won't answer that
when did you have conversat ton with
Secretary Powers?'
when Mr.. Powers and left here t..
gether. Col Powers told me to go to Har-
Ian county and tell Postmaster John Hirst
TO send down ten witnesses in the contest
case"
How were these witnesses to be Sc
lected and in what manner were they to
Gomez"
Regular mountain feudists "
Give the exact conversation between
you and Secretary Powers relative to get.
ting witnesses in Harlan county,
He told me to go to Harlan county and
tell Mr.. Hirst to send down ten men who
were regular mountain feudists'
DID ne understand what you meant by
that. and if so what was your understand
Ing OF that requeSt?'
Objected to, but overruled.
Il won't answer that" said Mr.. Golden.
After some parley Mr.. Golden said:
well, men who would stand up, and if
necessary go into that legislative hall and
kill off enough to make it in our favor.
Il did not see Mr.. Hirst. I saw Hamp
Howard. l told him we wanted ten regu-
wanted men who had good Colts ass"
Were the Colts ASS to be put in evil
dence?' asked Attorney Campbell.
Most assuredly they WERE" answered
Golden.
The witness identified receipt for $50
given by Bingham. Witness also said he
gave Mr.. Howard $3.50 for ten tickets to
frankfort and return. He knew some OF
the men from Bell county. The men, a
good many of them, were mountain feud-
lists In all about 1900 or $500 men were
brought to Frankfort They were fed back
OF the statehouse, Capt. Davis and Charles
Finley providing the provisions. Contin-
uing Golden said:
Brings I'm Gov. Taylor's Name.
1--WE sent most of them back that night
By we mean myself, Caleb Powers,
Capt. Davis, Bull CultonS and Gov. Tay ..
lor Finley, Taylor and Powers decided
to send them back, all except ten or fifteen
from each county. I selected the men to
be kept from Knox county, II of them,
we'll armed. Deputy Marshal George
Thompson selected the men from Laurel
county. About IT'S men of the mountain
GERS brought to Frankfort remained here
to see that we got justice"
Did you have any further conversa-
ton with Powers regarding the work to
be done by the men remaining here?"
mo, sir. We understood what they were
kept here for. We knew that those men
and if necessary clean out those fellows
what fellows?"
1.-THE democrats, enough to make ma
jority on our side."
The answer created a sensation in the
courtroom.
Golden said he was in the executive
building on the day before the shooting
He met Caleb Powers In Gov. Taylor's
ante-room. Powers asked him to go to
Louisville that day: He told John Powers
he was going to Louisville with Caleb Pow
ers. During lengthy argument over a
court was adjourned to 80 o'clock.
Sensations of Afternoon.
Golden resumed his testimony at tn"
afternoon session. He said John Powers
and a black-red .mustached man had Il
talk concerning the closing of Secretary
Powers Office during the latters absence.
II had my back turned" said Golden,
.'but when 1 turned 1 saw John Powers
give the key to the man. John Powers
said to me: 'Goebel is going OF be killed
this morning. 1 said: This must not be
DONE. He said: Don't get excited. [
gave that man the wrong key l said:
We must go and see Caleb John PoW-
ers saw him. 1 didn't"
did you have any talk with Caleb or
John Powers about Dick Coombs?"
mo; but they had two negroes there to
kill Goebel. John Powers told me So.
They were Hockersmtih and Dick Coombs.
I saw Dick Coombs at the drug store near
the depot every morning for week or
so previous to the shooting. Coombs,
talking to a man named Wallace in my
presence, said:
Cd him, know him as far as can
see him and I can kill him as far as I can
see him..
HE was talking of Goebel. This con-
versation was In the adjutatnt general S
office"
ION Tuesday did you meet Caleb and
John Powers?" asked Attorney Campbell.
Eyes, / did. I saw them insCalebs office.
I got a letter from Brakeman that morn
ing asking me to come to Louisville.
Caleb said he was going with me- but
said he might want me to go to the noun
tains. He was talking to Walter Day and
Gov. Taylor. r. J. Howard, of Harlan
county, came up, and he talked to Tay-
lor. He insisted on Taylor calling out the
militia. Taylor said: MY God, you peo-
pie must do something first, adding: I
can get the militia quick enough. You
fellows must act first BY that I under
stood we fellows must raise a riot in the
senate chamber. Goebel was there. AS I
told you this morning, we would clean out
enough of that legislature there to make
it our way"
what do you mean by that?"
"Oh, kill them.
after Taylor was through talking (
urged Powers to get the train with me.
as it was due. I learned that Senator Goe-
bel had been shot at La Grange. We con-
tinued on to Louisville. I do not know
why Mr.. Powers went to Louisville. Both
John and Caleb Powers were along. We
left Frankfort that afternoon and went
directly to the statehouse. never saw Mr..
Powers again that day."
Golden's illness proved more serious
than at first thought, and in the aft
ernoon adjournment was taken until
ten a. m. to-day, when the defense will
take up the cross-examination and in.
troduce testimony in rebuttal.
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accordingly. This advance will make
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