The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-08-14


Ioutsey is the guilty party. The
court admitted the letter as evidence.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 1.-THE de-
Tense in the case of Caleb Powers.
ox-secretary of state, charged with
being an accessory before the fact in
the Goebel assassination rested the
testimony for that side at o'clock.
The prosecution introduced several
witnesses in rebuttal and have a num-
Der of others who will be intro
duced.
The jury will be taken to Frank
fort either Monday or Tuesday to
view the scene of the tragedy. The
Jury when it comes to considering
the evidence will not have to decide
the question of which side has dealt
in perjury, but which side has been
burdened with the largest amount oe
that product, it being concluded that
perjury has been INDUCED in in large
quantities by somebody for the last
few days during which contradiction
and impeachment was the leading
factor and which will possibly keep
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EX-Gov. Brown, leading counsel for
the defense, said that in his opinion
the state had utterly failed to make
out a case against Powers and that
the jury would be compelled to bring
in a verdict of acquittal There ara
few who believe the trial will result
in conviction but a majority of peo-
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yers for the defense insist they are
entitled to a conviction but do not
anticipate the jury's verdict by Civ
ing out any statement.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 12-When
court convened Saturday it was with
the prospect that the rebuttal evil
dence for the prosecution in the Pow
ers case would be concluded some
time during the day. A persistent
rUmOr that Youtsey might take the
stand in rebuttal was denied by peo-
pie sufficiently close to him to make
the denial semi-official. w. f. Grayot,
assistant state auditor, produced the
books of the state auditor in response
to a subpoena duces tecum to show
what amount of the 100000 reward
appropriated by the legislature had
been expended in the search for and
prosecutions of those accused of the
crime. The record showed that in ali
5000 had been drawn.
Mr.. Grayot also produced the req
ord showing that w. H. Culton was
paid his full salary as a clerk in the
auditors office for December and part
! of the month of January. This was
done to contradict ex-Auditor Stone,
who charged Culton with stealing
$1,000, and who stated that he dis
missed Culton and caused Auditor
Sweeney to refuse to give him Il
clerkship.
John r. Pflanz, jailer of Jefferson
county, testified that while w. H.
Culton was in Jail at Louisville IN
March eX-Auditor Stone called at the
Jail and manifested great interest in
Culton's welfare. Stone spoke in the
highest terms of Culton, and said D
the witness among other things thar
his word was as good as his bond.
ID. P. Mayhem, of Knox county, said
he saw Wharton Golden in the bar
bershop at Barboursville just before
his confession. Golden did not dis
play a roll of money and said moth
ing about going to get part of the
reward. A. L. Reed, an attorney of
Laurel county, corroborated the
statement of witnesses, who testified
Friday, in regard to the statement of
James Sparks, county attorney Of
Laurel county, on January %, to the
effect that Goebel was to be killed
that day, and that Gov. Taylor would
pardon the assassin.
BY this time next week the fate of
Caleb Powers, the first of the Goebel
assassin suspects, will be in the hands
of the jury or will have been decided.
1t was expected Saturday morning
that all the. evidence would be in by
the close of Saturday afternoons
session, and the jury will doubtless
be taken to Frankfort Monday for
survey of the scene of the crime,
Tuesday the speechrnaxing will begin,
and there are at least five ATTORNEYS
on each side who will want to ,be
heard, but the court has not yet Civ
en- permission for this number of
speeches. Powers has stood the long
strain well, and has shown wonder
full knowledge of the testimony.
Most of the members of the jury are
used to outdoor life, and some 0t
them have almost collapsed