The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-08-14
THE FATE OF POWERS
1t Will Probably Be Known the
Latter End of the Week.
The Whole Court Will Go to Frank
fort to Inspect the Scene of
the GOebeI Murder
in a Few Days.

Georgetown, KY, Aug. 1O.-When
court convened Thursday morning he
defendant was attired in a new suit
of dark clothes, which fit to a nicely.
He has lost flesh during the long or
deal, but does not appear to be as
much worn by the trial as some of
the jurors who are showing plainly
the effect of the strain upon them.
surveyor Goodman, who testified
Wednesday, was allowed to make ali
explanation regarding some of the
statements made by him and also to
make some corrections of answers
which he explained, were made upon
a misunderstanding of the questions
put to him.
The prosecution cross-examined
Goldman again and his testimony
went over the greater part of the
ground covered by him on Wednesday.
The defense had shown by the wit
ness that the bullet, if fired from
the secretary of states office, and
passed through GoebeTs body at the
range of 1 1916 inches through the
body, it would have entered the
ground near the fountain, and that
the bullet cut out of the blackberry
tree could not be the one fired by
the assassin. The prosecution sough.
to break down this contention and the
cross-eXamination strung out at
great length.
On cross-examination Goldman ok
hibited the profile of the surface of
the ground over which the bullet
would have passed. From the corcer
window of the second floor the fan
per foot would have been over two
inches. The line from the second
story window to the hole in the
blackberry tree would have passed IA
feet five inches above the pavement.
The elevation of line from the wiz
dow CT the secretary of states CT
fee above a nail supposed to indi.
cate the spot where Senator Goebel
fell is four feet one inch
The latter elevation referred to the
second window while the elevation
from the first window would be four
feet three and one-half inches. PROF.
j. j. Rucker, Georgetown, said h:
went to Frankfort with Engineer
Goodman on Tuesday, and then he
made a statement corroborating the
testimony given by Goldman.
Georgetown, KY, Aug, 11.-Mrs.
John Davis, the wife of one of the
defendants charged with being an ac-
cessory to the Goebel assassination,
was the first witness introduced by
the defense in the Powers trial Fri
day
Commonwealth Attorney Frank
lin interposed a formal objection to
the eligibility of the witness, but the
court ruled that she was a competent
witness. Powers boarded at her
house. John Powers was also there
January %. She testified that the lat,
ter was i'll in his room at her house
that day, and did not leave his room
after Il o'clock that day. This was
in contradiction of the testimony
of Robert Noaks, who told of an al
legged conversation with John Powers
at the state house, in which he said
the latter told him 'to stay close to
the building as something was going
to happen as soon as Goebel and those
fellows came down."
Solomon Wilder, Whitley county,
testified that Robt. Noaks was at Cor
bin in March and asked him to tell
anybody he was in town, as he might
be arrested in connection with the
assassination conspiracy. Noaks fur
Their said he believed Caleb Powers
innocent. He said the members of
the Noaks military company at Cor
bin, instead of being desperate, as
NCaks had alleged, were mostly good
men.
On direct examination Wilder hal
testified that John L. Jones, of the
Noaks military company, was man
of good character. On cross-examin-
alton, he said Jones had twice been
convicted of murder and sentenced in
each case to life Imprisonment, but
was pardOned.
a telegram sent by Robt. Noaks to
Miss Effie Blankenship, of Crawfords-
vile, Ind, was read to the jury 1t
asked for a return of all of his let
ters. The defense had undertaken On
July p to prove by Noaks that he had
written Miss Blankenship letters in
which he told her that he had to pre-
tend to know a great deal to keep
out of Jail.
The defense then asked to be al
lowed to offer as evidence the act of
the legislature appropriating 100000
for the purpose of aiding in the
search for and prosecution of the as
sassin or assassins of VIM. Goebel
The prosecution offered no obiec-
ton and the act was made.
Walter Day, former republican state
treasurer, testified that Youtsey sent
for him the day before the shooting
tie went to see Youtsey, and the lat
ter told him that for $500 he would
settle the contest. Witness pressed
HoUtsey to know how he would ac-
eomplish it, but the latter would only
say that for that amount he wOuld