The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-09

''"'t frlday afternoon. WA
P'"ceu on tho witness stand Soturd.
morning for cross examination a,
.orhcy John X. lIcndrick conducto,
IT, witness told of keeping soldier
, "t the state arsenal at Frankfort nr;o
'' 20 the shooting, but could NOT ro
a"e"'"cr whether lie had brought an,
arms INTO the state capital grounds
c 'ie admitted having refused TO allow
.i'n' oihcers 10 go into the cxccuti,.
""'iuihg 10 execute the writ of In.
peas corpus. saying that he had mr..
oers from Gov. Taylor to do So
Over the objection Of tho dofona,
'ndge Cantrill allowed the prosecu'
uoh 10 show by the witness that .on
'"o occasions prior TO January 20
'he day Of the Colson-Scott ducl o,.I
OF the arrival OF 1,20O armed noun.
'aln petitioners. the feeling at Fro,l,-
Tort was intense and that no soldier,
were then called TO preserve peace.
witness was closely crosS-cxamined
as 10 movements of troops and arms
uur'hg month following assassination.
ne said that he never before thc
SNORING OF Gov. Goebel heard any one
say that the best way to settle tho
contest was 10 Kill him. Witness tolI
Oh preventing by military force the
assembling Of the legislature in th,
CITY OF frankfort on the day follow
ing The shooting. The defense Oh.
Jec'ed to witness stating that h,
went TO the Capital hotel. where tb,.
wounded man lay and warned th,
proprietor that he would close his bo-
tel II he permitted the assembly 70 |
meet there, claimin,. the question 70
DE incompetent The jury was sent
OUT and argument made. The iudgn
adnonlShed the iur" upon its return
mat all evidence Of the witness con-
ccrning incidents which happencd AZ
ter the shooting should be consid.
cred only to his interest. Witness
then stated that he did give such
warning to the hotel proprietor. ,
Witness Collier left the stand of-
ter two hours and Rev. c. +. Cody. of
georgetown, was next called He tes- I
tlhed OF meeting Wharton Gold,n ,
lDout March 21st at home of Witness s
Iohn Stampcr. and OF Golden saving !
mat he had made Il confession only g
'or MS own protection. On cross-ey- n
imlnation prosecution brought on.
nat witness had displayed much in 4
crest IN the case on the side of fhc Ii
lefense, working in conjunction with i
he attorneys. :,
georgetown, Ky, Aug. THE fifth
week Of the trial of ex-secretarv of n,
tate Caleb Powers. for ALLEGED com. =,
'lcity i'm the Goebcl murder conspir-
cy, began Monday morning. Ex-Gov. n.
Ohm Young Brown, chief counsel for f.
overs. says the defense will CON
ludc ITS testimony probably on Fri Ill
aY, but possibly not till Saturday. m
Tier that the prosecution will CON nc
lme three or four days in rcbuttal. cc
Capt. ID. i. Walcutt, who had charge IN
the soldiers that were Quartcrcd
the arsenal at Frankfort prior 10 M
le assassination and who were called 70
NJ immediately after tho tragedy, Fl,
rs the first witness called Monday. mn
ne troops, he said. were placed i'm rs
Ie arsenal January 1, the day the co
gislaturc met ~
Capt. Nalcutt stated that il was bl,
'Out fifteen minutes after the assas- siz
nation when the company was cali tn;
out. On crOSS-cXaminatiOn he said fh,
""" "'N'I "'ioTc seen the STATE ma
scnal under guard for the same IN,
lgth of time. Got his orders from Tsi
lit. Gen. Collier. and did not know inn
+ what purpose the guard was we
'ced there. lie said il was merely sta
.idcntal that the soldiers were
npped with side arms. and equip fer
nts and ready for active service lnC
cn Goebcl was shot. although it Chi
s not customary for the men to be the
tipped inside the arsenal. lie de- doz
d that the men were already lined of
but said he lined them up after mcl
y heard OF the shooting. viii
Il the close OF the examination of 10
IT. Walcutt the defense withdrew F
witness, with leave TO recall him last
the purpose of contradicting W. ii. arg
ton. the
Ohm l.. DOzier, Knox county, as entl
ed Powers in organizing the men
unian army. On direct examina- con-
I, said he got only good citizens, tern
Powers directed. On croSs-exami- mill
ion he admitted several who were kille
cted and sent TO Frankfort were allie
characters. thre
c. Blanford, Marion county, was CHR
sent at the conference at Frank of {
/. at which W. II. Culton presided. sista
riff Burton, of Breckinridge coun- of (
made a wild speech, saying: The othe
: way to stop the contest was to may
ode some cartridges in the neigh plac,
rood of the Capitol hotel" and intrC
rebulSed by Powers. Witness de- and
that he had said To John McElroy so rs
Others on Monday before the arriy
ting that "Goebcl will be killed Unle
re he can take his seat; that mat dowr
has been fixed" nor that he made desp'
lar statements TO other persons trool
previous occasions. Chow
II. Bullock, of Lexington. gave favor
, entirely new testimony. Witness fense
he was in the adiutant generals Tn