Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-27
Goebel Suspects Brought Into
Court at Frankfort Today.
ARE HEAVILY GUARDED
seyenty.five Police Oficers Surround
the Door Of the Court House. While
Two Companies of Beckham's
Troopss FIJI the Room.

SQclated PreSS.J-A squad OF seventy
five police officers and deputy sheriffs
guarded the outer entrance to the
court house this morning while a file
of soldiers stood at the doors and pass
ed on the credentials of the persons
entering the room. The general pub
licswas excluded by the order of Judge
Moore, only attorney relatives of the
accused, witnesses and officers of the
court being admitted. The Lexington
and Winchester companies, armed with
Winchesters We're scattered thru the
4 various rooms. There was not much
: more than an ordinary crowd on the
streets and there was no excitement.
Colonel I. G. Campbell and Arthur Co
ebel appeared. at the. court house at
$3.50 O'Clock. "A few minutes later ex-
Governor John Young Brown, w. r..
Ramsey b.: c. Kinkead. and sJ.sC Sims,
attorneys for the defense, arrived.
Judge; Moore convened court at 10
O'Clock. The prisoners. Republican
Secretary of State Caleb Powers, w. III.
Culton and John Davis, were brought
into the court room and took seats BY
their counsel. The commonwealth
witnesses We're then called, numbering
forty. The name of Sergeant Golden
was not on the list. AT the conclu-
sion of the call OF commonwealth wit
nesses, County Attorney Polsgrove an
npfpnced that he was ready for the
trial in the Powers case. Ex-Governor
Z Brown read the warrant against Pow
ers, charging MN with. being accessory
slos1he murder 81 Goebe and asked the
uIsin 1 |, OF the defendant Ion the
ground 1hat Inc warrant was fatally
ueIeeculVe IN not ailegIng that the
s clatne was ,.eollin1ltted ~. .trankl1n
csanoy ands dia nos even shoW Y the
g.sIss Was conllnlllsd IN shen!ucky.
lle es ~. sne on!Jeeiloen
~ aa.,.-:. W ss. Ml
uss y 4l, e. Ioslns 1on under-
Vas sns U.s. NsAtlasss cailed. He
as 81 Was
= aoe IN I'M we . noui1. ~ me
y s brown al Wit
\ ~ liliaIu, Tue warden ot
s ea l.al'flolS pehi. - was the
Ml.nsss ssoln. ne was Win 9oe-
sns ~ was sllo.. ne was
sssalniis ausau y oospel ailu was JUST
- . rs e ;a ST.. M mouss wen Ine
49,. ~ M'. u ano iioohea
IL, LIZ ae5au.se e p IN. ana saw
sns sSoiu MlnuoM - .ne corner room
slsly 4alssu a. LIS 4ls u r. lns ONCE OF
t A secleoaly ~ sSa0e. ne ehouSn ~, the
snoS was nIeu from 1nls room. !, Ihere
sNstrs several otlies sno Us put the lat-
, gsf ul g not come lroin ane same place.
me nrst sho1 was eVluensiy from Z, q
I raals, Whlle Inc obhers seemed TO be
I 1 rom pistols.
Nyhen 4, cross-eAaHlned py Brown, Lii
ARE sald ne saw NOBODY IN the room
from s's 20 whleh the shots seemed to be
49lesa, and ne, saw no one IN the main
coor 81. on the steps OF the building
{ aNgIne cme or The shooting. Asked If
hssor Jack Ch1nn, who was with Goe-
y Dei, drew a pistol, he said: \ didn't
draw my pistol and did not see Chinn
draW one. don't think he did.
ollceman Nlngate thompson was
me ne ss witness: he was not in the
ssase mouse YARD When flfsr the shooting tn
h occurred, nut arrived as the crowd was
& carrying Goebel out OF the yard. de
Davis ana Berry Howard