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Kentucky Court Proceedings Inter.
fupted.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN fRANKfOR,
\ rlan Drops His Pistol, Which Is
Discharged by the Fall and 4 Rush
is Made for the Scene.

Frankfort, KY, Special. The pr>-
liminary examination Of Secretary Of
State Caleb Powers, charged with abet-
ting the assassination of William Goe-
bel, began Friday before Judge Moore.
The court was guarded inside and out
with militia and scores of deputy sher-
IFS, armed with Winchester rifles, to
prevent possible interference from
"mOuntaineers," who We're reported on
their way to Frankfort, but their pres
ence was unnecessary, as the noun
taineers failed to appear and no disor-
der occurred. The Commonwealth
witnesses were called, numbering 49,
Golden was not in the list. The wit
Iesses included Warden Eph Lillard,
Detective Armstrong, Sheriff Bosworth
of Fayette county, who arrested Secre
tary Powers and Captain John Davis,
and Silas Jones, of Whitley county,
who are now under bonds charged with
completely in the murder. The testi-
mony tended to show that the shots
came from that section of the execu-
tive building in which Secretary Pow
ers' office lis located, although no one
swore that the shots were from the
Secretaryis office f. Wharton Gold
en-, who Is said to have made confess
son, will be put on the witness stand
later. Prosecuting Attorney Polls
grove said that sufficient evidence had
already been heard to warrant holding
Powers, but that the case would be
much stronger before he was through.
Former Governor Brown, FOR the De-
Tense, says the evidence so far is de-
cidedly weak. It ds probable that all
Of the witnesses for the prosecution
will be heard by Saturday afternoon
During the afternoon soldier in the
rear court yard dropped his revolver on
the stone tagging and it exploded. In
an instant every man in the crowded
eeslrt room was On his feet, fully
third o1 them with their hands to their
rear pockets.
Eph Lillard, warden of the Frankfort
penitentiary, testified that he walked
just a little ahead of Senator. Goebel
and when the first shot was fiered he
saw that the second window in the Of
flee of the Secretary of State was slight
ly raised. The other shots, he said, did
not come from the same place. The
first shot was evidently from a rifle,
while the others seemed to be from pis-
tolls. Policeman Wingate Thompson
testified that as the crowd was carry
Ing Senator Goebel out of the yard, he
saw armed men at the entrance to the
executive building and recognized John
Davis and Berry Howard among them.
Detective Armstrong, OF Louisville,
said that Secretary Powers refused any
information whatever at the time OF
the shooting as to who was in the |
building.
Captain John f. Hawn, of Barbours-
willie, testified that Powers had asked |
him to turn over his ammunition and
company to Lieutenant Gibson previ- |
Ous to the shooting. Governor Brown |
made the point that "a man can not be |
convicted as an alder Of a crime unless
some principal is convicted Of the
rhine. AS the actual murderer of Goe-
bel has not yet been named, the point |
possibly involved the liberty Of Secre-
AIRY Powers. Judge Moore ruled
against the defense.
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