Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-03-16
THE SITUATION DESPERATE
Both Taylor and Beckham Have Armed Forces
and complications Reach Critical Stage.
POWERSAND DAVISESCAPE
They Are Intercepted, However, At
Lexington By Sheriff and
Police and Jailed.

Almost without warning the storm
center of excitement in the Kentucky
gubernatOrial struggle shifted to Lex
ington Saturday night.
Secretary Of State Caleb Powers and
Captain Davis, for whom warrants
were issued charging completely in the
murder OF Governor Goebel, after
spending the day in the statehouse at
Frankfort, to which the civil officers
bearing the warrants were refused adj
mittance by the soldiers on duty, left
town in disguise. Powers and Davis
were slipped aboard a Chesapeak and
Ohio train at 8 o'clock Saturday night
and speeded toward Lexington. A
squad of soldiers, coming from the
governors mansion at double quick.
caught the train just before it pulled
out.
The plan of escape was 80 neatly
laid and executed that it took the
police and big force Of deputy sheriffs
appointed to guard the entrance to
the capitol grounds and prevent their
escape, off their feet when they real
lied what had occurred. It was sew
eral minutes before the truth of the
escape of the men was definitely
known.
Chief OF Police Williams immedi-
ately sent kilograms to Lexington,
Midway and oil stations along the
road, notifying officers of the escape
and ordering them to be on the look
out.
On the arrival of the train in Lex.
idgton at $40 Secretary of State Pow
ers and Capitol Policeman Davis aud
Lieutenant Peak were arrested by the
Lexington police and the sheriff and
deputies. There was large force OF
officers awaiting thefugitives. Powers
and Davis still wore the uniforms OF
soldiers and Davis had on false whisk.
ers.
There was O wild scene when the
officers broke into the car and revol
vers were drawn by all, but the small
squad of soldiers were greatly out
numbered by the police force of Lex,
ington and the large force of deputies
with tie sheriff, and the arrest was eff
fected without difficulty.
A local attorney recognized Powers
and also pointed out Davis. They
we're seized and hurried to the jail. Az
the procession swept toward the iai
some people started the report thai
there was to be lynehing, and SCOT
the streets were packed with people
an enormous crowd gathering abou
the Jail. Davis, Powers and Peakt
were hurried to the upper cells, bu
Peake was later released on bond on
common warrant charge of resisting
arrest.
Davis had 1926 in money on hi
person and a revolver.
There was found on Powers 81, 800
In the inside pocket of each man was
found pardon from Governor ". s.
Taylor, duly signed and sealed. Pow
ers made the statement to an AssO
ciated Press representative that he was
not fleeing from arrest. He was sim
ply getting away from frankfort tC
avoid lying in Jail as Whitaker had
been forced to do; that he had nothing
to fear from arrest, as he was moi
guilty OF the charge.
Sheriff Bosworth applied at once tC
the armory for a special detail of sol
diers under Captain Longmire and
they responded, arriving at the Jail 6
few moments later, prepared to resist
the rumored prospective attack. Tie
sheriff then designated n posse to sup
plement squad Of soldiers provided
trouble might come and declared tina
any attempt to take either of the
prisoners from the Jail would be re
sisted to q finish.
The Sabbath day brought hopeful
aud encouraging calm to the storm
Judge George Denny, Appointment Re
publican attorney, called on the pris
oners during the day and was closeted
with them several hours. He will rep
resent them in whatever legal steps
Aaknn