The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-05
GOEDEL MURDER TRIALS.
TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES WHO
SAW GOEBEL FALL.
They Thought the shots Came From
a Window in the once of the Sec
rotary of state, and One witness
Thought He saw q Rifle There.

FRANKFORT. KY, May 4.-Hearing OF
evidence in the case Of W. II. Culton.
charged with completely in the Goebel as
sassination, was resumed today.
Capt. J. f. Howe, a Barboursvtlle mill
tary officer, testified that Caleb and John
Powers came to him ten days before the
assassination and tried to get MIN to bring
his company to Frankfort, disguised as
citizens. He declined to do so unless or
dered by Gov. Taylor. and no orders came
until after the assassination OF Goebel on
January 30.
Col. Jack Chinn, who was walking with
Goebel when the latter was shot, stated
that he was sure the shot was fired from
the executive building
Ed. Steffe, who was standing ON the por-
tico in front of the state house. saw Goe-
bel fall. Immediately after the shot he
looked toward the executive building and
thought he saw the barrel of a rifle point
ing out of the window OF the Office of the
secretary OF state. The rife was drawn in
and the window closed. In the cross-ex-
animation Steffe said that after the shot
was fired he thought he saw little smoke
rising above the window at which he saw
the rifle.
In the afternoon the question of COM
pelling the telegraph companies to pro-
ducs copies of kilograms sent or received
by the accused was argued. the compa-
MES having pleaded that such kilograms
were privileged. Arguments were heard
from attorneys for the telegraph compa-
MES as we'll as counsel in the case. The
court ruled that the writ should be amend
ed so as to apply only to messages bearing
on the Goebel assassination.
Mrs Anderson. manager of the Western
Union at Barboursville, read lot Of tele-
grams TO and from the defendants, all re-
lating to the excursionists of last January.
AT the night sitting OF court ex-State
Auditor l.. G. Norman testified that prior
to the assassination he overheard Judge
George Denny. OF Lexington. say: Some
body ought to kill Goebel, and Gov. Taylor
ought to pardon the man that did it," He
said the tenor of Denny's conversation
was that Goebels death would save the
lives OF other people. Witness commune
Gated the remark to Goebel.
Mckenzie Todd, private secretary toGov.
Taylor, said he saw Cuiton and foutsey
at the governors office several times He
did not know Howard. He saw armed
men around the governors office the day
OF the mountaineer excursion. Asked IL
he saw any guns in the office OF the secre-
there on the Saturday prior TO the assas-
snation. Youtsey was in the room and
later picked up one OF the guns and took
a position near the window He asked
Youtsey what he was going TO do Yout-
sey said he thought there was trouble in
the legislative building, and that IF Il
started he wanted to be prepared" Yout-
sey said he would not start any trouble.
but would be prepared TO protect the
building II 1t did start. II was In the
ception room OF the governors Office at
the time OF the assassination. The shots
seemed to come from the west end of the
building. | did not know that Goebel had
been killed until John Davis ran in and
told us l went with Davis TO his house
and got a gun. We came back immedi-
ateiy. The door to the office Of the secre-
tary OF state was opened while we were
gone"
Private Dudley Williamson, who was with
the soldiers In the arsenal, testified that
they got marching, orders one hour before
the assassination and were uniformed and
armed at the time of the tragedy. The