Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-23
Preliminary Hearing of GOebeI Sus-
poets at Frankfort, Ky,
SLOT THAT KILLED GOEBEL
One witness Thinks 10 Came from
Powers, OGice, hut Other Shots Did
Not-Further Testimony.
tAfternoon Dlspatehes.l

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extra police officers and deputy sherits
guarded the outer entrance to the court
house today while a fife OF soldiers
stood at the doors and passed on the
credentials OF persons entering the
room. The cause Of tbls display OF
force was the opening Of the prelimi-
nary hearing of the Goebel suspects.
The general public was excluded by
an order Of Judge Moore, only attor-
neys relatives Of the deceased, Wit
nesses and officers Of the court being
admitted.
Those admitted, however, soon filed
the court room. which is on the second
floor OF the building.
The Lexington and Winchester militia
companies, armed with Winchesters,
were scattered through Various rooms.
Only the usual crowd was On, the
Streets and there was exe,tciaeni.
Col. l.. Campbell and Arthur Goebel
appeared at the court house at 9.05
O'clock. A few minutes later ex-Goy.
John Young Brown, w. Il. Ramsey, Il.
c. Kincaid and j. G. SIMS, attorneys
Tor the defense, arrived.
Judge Moore conveneo court at 10
O'clock.
The prisoners, Republican Secretary
Of State Caleb Powers, wa. Culton and
John Davis, were brought into the court
room and took seats by their counsel
The commonwealth Witnesses were
called, numbering forty The name Of
Sergeant Golden was not M the list
Al the conclusion OF the call OF the
commonwealth witnesses, County At
torney Polsgrove announced that he
was ready for the trial to proceed
Ex-Goy. Brown read the warrant
against Powers, which charged him
with being accessory 20 the murder ot
William Goebel Gov. Brown asked Tor
Dismissal oil defendant .aa the ground
that lha warrant was defective in not
stating that the crime was committed
in Franklin county, and did not show
the Offense 10 have been committed In
Kentucky. County Attorney Polsgrcye
said he warrant followed the lines laid
down In criminal cases. Judge Moore
oyerruled the objection TO the form OF
the warrant.
taker, was called as the first witness.
He did not answer, and an attach
ment for him was Issued by the court
The witnesses present were ordered 70
retire, and were admonished not 10 talk
to anybody.
Judge George Denny and w. G.. Dun
lap Of Lexington, who had been added
10 the list OF attorneys for the defense
txsifh
sci
Eph Lillard. warden Of the Frank
fort penltentlary. was the first witness
sworn. He testified that he was with
Senator Goebel when the latter was
shot. He walked ahead Of Senator
Goebel ana was just entering the State
house when the shot was fired He
turned back from the State house steps
and saw what had happened. He looked
toward the executive building and saw
that the second window OF the corner
room was slightly raised This was
the office Of the secretary Of state. He
thought the shot had been fired from
this room. There We're several other
shots. but he said they did not come
from the same place. The first shot
was evidently from a rifle while the
others seemed 10 be from pistols.
Cross examined by ex-Goy. Brown,
Col. Lillard said he saw nobody in the
room from which the shots seemed 10
have been fired, and he did not see any
one In the main door or on the steps OF
the building az the time Of the shoot
ing.
There was a long wrangle between
the attorneys over the question whether
witnesses who had been examined
might remain in the court room. The
attorneys for the defense objected 10
allowing witnesses 20 remain because
many OF them would be witnesses in
the trials Of Davis and Culton later,
In which practically the same issues
were involved.
Judge Moore, however ruled that Wit
nesses who had testified might remain.
Policeman Wingate Thompson was
the next witness introduced. He was
not In the State house yard when the
shooting occurred but arrived as the
crowd was carrying Senator Goebel out
OF the yard. He saw armed men al the
entrance 10 the executive building and
recognized John Davis and Berry How
ard among them.
Detective Dee Armstrong, OF Louis
Vile, said that after the military au-
thorities allowed the detectives TO enter
the executive building. several days
after the shooting, he visited the vari-
Gus State officers for the purpose OF
securing the names Of persons who
were In the building az the time OF the
shooting He said Secretary Powers
refused TO tell him who We're In the Of
flee OF the secretary Of state at the
time Of the shooting, and declined 20
say who was In charge. but said that
he Powers) was out OF the city that
day.
Sergeant F. Wharton Golden who. Il
IL alleged. will be the chief witness for
the commonwealth In the Goebel as
sassination case. Is said TO be In the
city but his whereabouts are beng kept
n secret. II is not known when he viii
be placed on the stand