New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
POWERS FOUND GUILTY.
RESULT OF GOEBEL MURDER TRIAL IN
KENTUCKY-JURY OUT BRIEF
TDIE-THE PENALTY LIFE
IMPRISONMENT.

Georgetown, KY, Aug. 1S.-"We the jury
find the defendant guilty. and fix his punishment
at confinement in the penitentiary for the rest
Of his natural life
This was the wording of the verdict rendered
to-day II the case of the ex-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers charged with being an accessory
before the fact TO the murder Of William Goebel
The jury retired at 1;32 D m. and returned It's
verdict at 2:25 D m, having been out only 53
minutes The vote in favor Of a life sentence
was unanimous. When the jury retired the be-
lief was general that it's members would fail to
agree, and in this opinion the defendant himself
was firmly convinced.
When the verdict OF guilty was returned
Powers, for the first time in the weary six weeks
of the trial betrayed his feelings. Under all Of
the trying incidents Of the trial he had main
tanned changeless expression, The verdict Of
guilty, however apparently staggered him He
was sitting near the door OF the Jury room, and
s-rHr ta-grs knocked % TIE aeor sun .r.onsrz
the Sheriff his face took on an anxious look
When the twelve men fled into the room and
took their seats and as Clerk Penn called the
roll Of jurors, the prisoner did not appear to be
more excited than the vast throng OF spectators
Have you made a verdict. gentlemen? % in
quired the Court.
We have" the jurors replied. and at the same
time AIr- Stone. the foreman. passed the verdict
UP 10 the clerk, who read it aloud. Powers, al
ways pale. grew ghastIy white as the verdict
was read, and his face betokened great mental
anguish. Then, somewhat regaining his com
posure. he turned 10 the Misses Dangerdald,
who had been in conversation with him. and
said: "I was not expecting that The verdict is
unjust"
There was no sort Of demonstration following
the verdict. and the vast crowd fled out Of the
courthouse almost in silence. Powers remained
in the courtroom for some time after the YER
dict was rendered, in conference with his attOr-
neys, who will at once move for a new trial. and
falling in that. viii take an appeal
When the jurymen entered the jury room I
G. Stone, the Oldest man on the panel was
elected foreman J. c. Porter. the only Repub-
hcan on the jury, the first to speak, said: Gen
tlemen, 7 am Republican, and have said that
I did not believe that GoebeIs murder was the
result of a conspiracy. did not think that Caleb
Powers could be guilty, but I have heard the
evidence and 7 am convinced that he is"
Others also talked. and it is said one of the
members OF the jury intimated that he thought
the death penalty ought 10 be inflicted How
ever, when ballot was taken all twelve Of the
jurors voted for life Imprisonment
The jury which heard the case was composed
Of eight Democrats, three anti -GoebeI Demo-
Gratis, and one Republican. as follows: I G.
Stone, farmer. anti-Goebel; Harris Nusseuman.
farmer, anti-GoebeI; W. o. finder farmer anti
Goebel; a. ". Craig, merchant. Democrat: w.
P Munson. farmer Democrat; W. II. Oldham.
merchant, Democrat; Benjamin Ford farmer,
Democrat; George Murphy. Democrat; J. T.
Mulberry, farmer, Democrat: J. T. Crosswait
carpenter. Democrat; AIonzo Kemper. farmer,
Democrat and ]. c. Porter school teacher Re
publican.
One of the jurors said tonight that the Jury
men were influenced in making their verdict by
many things III the evidence. but that some of
the chief points were Powers's own admission
on the stand that he organized the crowd Of
twelve hundred armed mountaineers which
came TO Frankfort on January 15, his corrobo-
ration of parts OF the testimony of Noakes
Golden and Cuton, the proof that he gave Yout-
sey the key and that the shot was fired from his
Office. It is doubtful whether the Youtsey case
viii be tried. although it win be called on
Monday.
Mr. Crawford. of the defence. made a state
ment in court this afternoon that Youtsey. ac-
cordlng TO his physician is still threatened with
typhoid fever one of his attorney- John
Stevenson. is also I'll with typhoid fever. and
Mr.. Crawford could not say whether or not the
defence would be ready on Monday, In the
event of the Youtsey case being continued, one
OF the other cases. that of Davis. Whitaker or
Combs, viii be taken up
Commonwealth Attorney Franklin made the
final argument for the State against Powers to-
day During the presentation OF the case by
Mr Franklin Powers sat, usual, with his
counsel His face did not change color as the
attorney went through the evidence and held
up to the jury the most important points against
the defendant
showed him guilty OF treason. even prior 70 the
murder Of GoebeL Powers, though he had taken
vxr.-tot- rses.rsor White ATour+afre n II Oman