The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-26
TRIAL Of CALEB POWERS.
Gov. Taylor's Private Secretary Was
the Leading Witness and Told
of COnyePsnttonu

GEORGETOWN. KY, July 25.--A dozen
or more witnesses who had been sum-
moned on behalf of the commonwealth
In the trial OF Caleb Powers, charged with
completely in the shooting Of Gov. Goebei,
were excused today on motion of the
prosecution As the same thing has oc-
CURED each morning this week. the total
list OF witnesses for the prosecution has
been reduced very materially. Some OF
those excused were put on their own rec
ognfxance 10 appear and testify in the
In the distance. This was the fifteenth
day OF the trial The defense asked that
Robert Noaks be recalled that they might
stated ib so fbev m,s on rac ane PGn' put
for further cross-examination. The pros
ecutfon consented to this and Noaks was
asked to fix the time OF the several con-
versations he claimed to have had with
Caleb Powers at Frankfort January Is
Mckenzie Todd. who was private sec
retary to Gov. Taylor, was the next wit
ness called. Witness had seen Gov. Tay-
lor in conference with Powers, Culton,
Finley and others frequently. Saw Yout-
sey IN the governors private office twice
d az e. some nc. stsnnogyaphc work witness
work, ms the governor had stenographer
OF his own. Saw Caleb Powers and Yout-
sey together January 80. Later the same
governors reception room, carrying gun
foutsey took position by window and
later went into the ONCE Of the secretary
dow out Of which he pointed gun. Pow
ars saw Youtsey apd asked witness TO get
him out OF the room. and witness asked
Youtsey what he was doing there with n
gun. Youtsey said there was trouble at
the legislative building. Witness told him
the legislature had adjourned. and asked
Of trouble. Youtscy said: II don't intend
TO start trouble. but II II starts this
building must be protected
Witness said Caleb Powers then Joined
N "a m uxr n ind ~ "a ~
Il would never do for anyone 10 shoot
from that building. Youtsey had the win
dew raised and the blind pulled down
ers remaining ON Monday following
Powers told him Youtsey was outside and
wanted admission to the office OF secre--
tary Of state. Powers said Youtsey acted
no peculiar that he did not want him
around. ana asked witness to go out and
get him away.
on SATURDAY prior to the assassination
witness saw three guns In the office of the
secretary OF state. Youtsey called the
attention OF the witness 70 them by re-
moving plank under which they we're
concealed. foutsey said: Powers claims
to he a brave man. but he hid his gun"
While Powers was in Jail at Frankfort,
Judge Matthews. formerly secretary of
state, called on Witness and asked him 20
sign a statement. Matthews was making
an Investigation In the interest OF Pow
ers. Witness refused to talk with Powers
or to sign the statement.
At this point. court suspended until af-
ternoon.
At the Afternoon session Juror Kemper
had recovered sufficiently for the case to
no on
Louis ID. Smith. colored porter In the
basement OF the legislative building, said
that on the morning OF the Van Meter
Berry contest there was "A large crowd
OF mountaincers In the basement Yout-
sey came In and gave them some orders
They left hurriedly. but came back after
a while Witness asked what WAS going
on. and Green Golden said; III our man
had been In his place you would have
reen what was going on. II he had been
there. there would have been hell"
This was on Saturday previous to the
shooting, Witness eorrobornted the state
ments OF Watts and Porter. as 10 Yout-
sey running through the basement i'm
mediately after the shooting