The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-15
DYED WITH HIS BLOOD
The Garments of GoebeI Pro-
duced in Court.
Death Wound inflicted by Steel Bullet, Ply
scians Say. kilograms Pull ined
From BarbouresyiIIe, Later.
(By the Associated Press.)

Georgetown, KY, July 14.-Aside from
garments worn by Governor William
Goebel en- the day of his assassination,
todays proceedings in the trial of ex-
Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged
with completely in the murder of Goebel,
was barren of any particularly interest
ing details. Late in the aftertoon there
was a sensation when Ex-Governor John
Young Brown, chief counsel for the de-
Tense, caused a witness for the prosecu-
ton to tell that certain telegraph files
in keeping at the Western Union office
in Barboursville (Powers' home) had been
purloined by some unknown party and
afterward returned.
The first and most important witness
of the day was Civil Engineer Mead Wood
son. of Frankfort. who made measure
ment of the Capitol Square and surround
ings for the prosecution.
Woodson produced a block of wood
taken from tree in the State house
ward. which was supposed to contain the
fatal bullet. Woodson was cross-examln-
ed in an attempt to show that bis meas
uremonts were inaccurate. Mr.. Woodson,
after leaving the stand removed the bull
let from the block. The bit of lead was
passed about the bar. Judge, jurors and
lawyers all examined it with interest.
Warden Lillard of Frankfort prison,
close friend of Goebel, was next called.
On the morning of the shooting as he APP
preached the State house with Goebel and
Jack Chinn, he said he noticed that the
capitol grounds were clear, whereas on
previous occasions, mountain men were
numerous He had reached the door to
the main Capitol building when he heard
shots and looking back. saw Goebel fall
He declared that one of the front Win
dows in the office of the Secretary Of
State was partly raised at the time.
Mr.. Lillard was recalled this afternoon
and the Commonwealth sought to ask
questions which had been forgotten du-
ring the examination The objectSns OF
the defense were sustained.
DR.. T. 3. Welch, of Jessamine county,
a fellow State Senator Of Mr. Goebei, de-
scribed the wound in the body OF the
deceased, saying he was shot in front ana
that the wound was not inflicted with
leaden bullet He said the wound was
the SIZE of As calibre bullet. Here the
blood stained clothing worn by the VIC
tim On the day of the assassination, was
produced and identified by the witness.
The greater portion of the afternoon
session was taken up with the testimony
of physicians who examined Goebel S
wounds after the shooting and later per-
formed an autopsy. They united in the
belief that the fatal wound was inflicted
by a steel bullet fired from a rifle OF SS
calibre. While DR.. 7. R. WEIGH, one OF
the surgeons and also a State Senator,
who had been closely associated with
the deceased in life. was on the stand, a
trunk containing the clothing worn by
Goebel was produced. There was an in
tense silence as the witness identifed
each garment and then lifted it aloft and
held it, bullet torn and covered with great
black smears of dried blood before the
jurors eyes. Arthur Goebel, brother OF
the deceased, was present, but kept MS
head turned.
The last witness, Mrs. B. Anderson,
telegraph operator at Barboursville, was
brought forward to identify a large 'num-
Der Of kilograms received or sent from
her Office in the first of the year. These
kilograms are alleged to have bearing
upon the case, and the Commonwealth
will GEEK to offer them as evidence Mon
day. Mrs. Anderson, in response to ques-
lions from the defense, said that the files
for January and February, 1900, were
missing from her office for two weeks
in March, but were afterward returned as
mystcriously as they had disappeared,