Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-01

the Things Imputed to Him by
Goiden-Did Not Speak Ironically
of Goebefs Murder.
GEORGETOWN, KY, July 81
Former Secretary of State Caleb
Powers resumed the witness stand in
his own behalf to-day in his trial for
alleged completely in the killing of
Gov Goebel.
Rev. s. G. Naylor and wife, of the
Island, leave tomorrow for Atlantic
City.
He said that on the morning of the
assassination he was preparing to go
to Louisville to make arrangements
for bringing more people to Frankfort.
He locked his Office door, as described
by witness Golden, but denied that
anything suspicious was said. At La
Grange the party heard that Goebcl
had been assassinated and that the
shot had been fired from the second or
third story of the executive building.
Il said it was shame and an out
rage" continued the witness, land
that it would blight the chance of all
of us whose offices were in contest. [
expressed similar sentiments to other
people that day. We went on to
Louisville, but as the assassination of
Gaehel had upset our political plans,
We Of course abandoned our idea of
bringing more men to Frankfort
Golden's statement that he spoke de-
risively when told of the shooting,
was absolutely false, he said.
81 thought it my duty" Powers
continued, ito return to Frankfort as
soon as possible and did so that after
noon. | went to the executive building
and with my key, the oaly one | ever
had to the Office, unlocked the door.
found that the lock had been battered
and had difficulty in getting the key
out OF it. l did not take the lock off
and supplant it with a new one, as has
been stated in the prosecution. J. B.
Mathews put on the new lock-
He never heard any sort of violence
talked Of in any of the many confer
ences in which he participated except
one held in the Office of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture, in which Sher-
if Burton, of Breckenridge county,
talked in an incendiary manner and
was reproved by the witness.
The day after the assassination, wit
ness said he began an investigation to
learn from whence the shot was fired
He denied making a statement to Col
den that he was satisfied the shots came
from his Office and did not tell him
he was thinking of going to the COM
monwealths attorney OF tell him all
he knew.
Powers then detailed the event i'm
mediately preceding the arrest OF
himself and Captain Davis. He said
his attorney advised him to make his
way to the mountains and remain
there until public excitement died out
before giving himself UP for trial.
The legislature had appropriated
100000 for the prosecution of persons
charged with the crime, and he did not
believe it possible for men to get a
fair trial in Franklin county"
f'Mnronuor hn Cd
believe the civil authorities there
would protect me. / did not know
that could get change of venue and
these were the reasons which suggest
ed flight from Frankfort"
OF the $1,000 in his pockets at the
time of his arrest, $400 was, he said,
his own money, and 5000 belonged to
the Republican campaign fund. The
witness denied that he ever had any
one of a half dozen or more converse
tions with Wharton Golden about
which the latter told on the stand
last, week, and denied that he ever
talked with him or any other person
about the killing of Goebel, or any
other member of the legislature.
In regard to the testimony of Rob-
ert Noakes, witness said he never had
conversation with Noakes in regard
to the smokeless powder cartridges
and never saw Noakes at Frankfort on
January 25th, when NoakeS alleged that
the witness made so many damaging
statements to him. The witness was
kept busy denying statements made by
the witnesses, Noakes, Golden, Culton
and Anderson.
In regard to the guns in his ONCE,
which Governor Taylor's private Sec
rotary, Mckenzie Todd, referred to in
his testimony. the witnes said he did
not know how they came there, but
understood that one or two were left
there at the end of Governor Brad
leys administration. The others were
put in there later, he supposed by some
OF the mountaineers. Powers said he
wrote the letter 10 Prof. Stevens, of
Barboursville, February 10th, saying
in substance:
THE present demoralized condition