The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-04
Typographical Map Shown to Estab-
lish the Presence of the Assassin
I'm Caleb Powers's Office.
FIVE HOURS ON THE STAND
CULTON'S EVIDENCE IN BEHALF OF
HIS MOTION FOR BAIL.
No Additional SensatiOns-Cases Set
for Second Monday i'm July-Year
of Trials Promised.

FRANKFORT, KY, May 3.-The second
day of the hearing in the application for
bail for VIM. III. Culton, the defendant who
gave such startling testimony yesterday,
ended with the case unfinished. Culton re-
sumed the witness box this morning and
continued on the stand till almost noon.
He was on the stand little over five hours
in ALL
This afternoon Judge Cantrill announced
that, as the counsel had failed to agree as
to a date for the trials of Powers Youtsey,
Whitaker, Davis and Combs, sent on
change of venue to Scott county, he would
call special term of the court in that
county to begin the second Monday in July.
Both sides had stated that they could not
get ready for trial at the term which be-
gins next Monday They also could not
reach an agreement to which case
should go on trial first, the commonwealth
declining TO elect at this term. Judge
Cantrill said that on the first day of the
special term all of the cases transferred
will be called and assigned on hearing, but
that IL will doubtless be impossible to finish
more than one or two of them during the
term. The assassination cases. all told, in
the opinion of the lawyers, will string out
during the greater part of the next twelve
months.
The most important testimony brought
out this afternoon was that of two of the
physicians who held the autopsy on the
body of Goebel. This had never been made
public before. DIR. WEIGH. of Jessamine
county, a state senator. who also one
of Goebers physicians, conducted the au-
topsy, assisted by DR.. Hume and DIR. j. r.
Ely. DR.. Welch gave long technical
statement about the bullet entering the
right side and passing out on the left side.
DR.. Ely corroborated DR.. WEIGH.
ID. NJ woodson. the civil engineer who
made the measurements in the Statehouse
yard, exhibited a map showing the yard
and buildings, trees and other things and
the streets adjacent. The bullet which was
cut out of a blackberry tree near where
Goebel fell, and which is supposed to have
passed through his body was produced in
court. Ii has been in the custody of the
prosecuting attorney The demonstrations
on the map, made by the witness. were for
the purpose of showing that the shot was
fred from a window of the office of the
secretary of state.
When the court opened w. III. Culton re-
sumed his testimony, He stated that Gov
ernor Taylor authorized the witness to give
Youtsey any amount of money desired If he
would leave Kentucky. AT conference I'm
lie xington the Sunday before Mr.. Goebel
WAS shot IL was decided that Representa-
tive Henry Berry. who had been unseated a
few days before. should go TO the House
of Representatives next morning and take
his seat and refuse 20 give IL up. Van
Meter. his opponent. was TO be In some
way prevented from going 10 the hall that
morning Caleb Powers, who was at the
conference. telephoned 10 Governor Taylor
at Frankfort two or three times I'm regard
to the conference.
On cross-examination Culton said he did