Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-26
MORE EVIDENCE OF A
PLOT TO KILL GOEBEL
Lieutenant in a Republican Militia
Company Testifes Against
the TayIorites.
YovTzY HIRED TIE Asshsslss
Fif,ccn s,inu,cs rcforc the Murder
He Toll! Witnesses "somr,hing
Was Coin. 10 !'nppcn"--Nurrob-
Grated by Other Witnesses.

He Yull. Witnesses ".onls,hing
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Grated by Other Witnesses.
Georgetown. Ky. July ~. I.ieuten-
ant john Ricketts,. an officer in the
Earbcwillc militia company OF which
John Powers was captain, testified in
the Powers case today. He arrived in
Frankfort january 25 With a train
load of mountaineers armed with
guns and pistols. Witness said that
each morning a crowd of from 800 to
GOO mountain men occupied the yard
in front OF the executive building.
Witness had I; conversation With
loutzN The day before the assassina-
ticn. Iontzy said Gocbel had to be
put out OF the Way, and he (Noutzy)
had 500 which he would give Tor the
purpose. He knew ten or twelve 9TH
cls who also would contribute to such
a fund. l'ontzy said Goebel could be
killed from the executive building
and he assassin could escape through
the basement and never be detected.
He said his job depended ON Gocbel
Icing killed. Fifteen minutes before
the assassination witness saw Noinzv,
ard the latter told him he wanted
invent -ti.e or thirty men to accom-
panN him to the cNeculive building.
Containing, witness said:
olltzy put MS inside the cxecm-
tive building near the stairs. lie told
US something WIS going 10 happen,
alId that we must remain There.
left and went into a psivat" residence
acftasS the street from tie building.
J hat Been here Il few minutes when
! heard .ihets. | did not know amy
oil ;hc nsrn whoa | Left at the foot
OF the stairs OF the executive build
ing
Cross examined Witness said that
,hen Nontzy placed he men i'm the
hal! he told them !i;,t Gas soon as
something happsncds a man would
come down the steps and go away
With TEN.
Robert Monks was cross examined
laN Judge 'linslev. He said he WAS de
etiNed into a talk with Colonel Camp
bell nj Ri. Stone Gap, Va, prior 10 his
arrest. where he latter met him, as
Mr. kramar, interested in mining.
The conversation led into politics and
then 10 tlc Goebcl assassination. La
ter llc found he was talking to the
attorney fer the prosecution. He said
Campbell did not promise him any
thing for his testimony.
Expected GoebeI's Death.
Witness said that he had am idea
that Gocbel was TO be killed. but he
thought ii would be i'm IL fight and
net by assassination. When told by
John Powers to keep out of range, as
some fellows in the lobby We're go
ing to do the work for (,oebel when
he came in, he hurried off to prevent
the assassination.
NoaI.s was re-examincd regarding
the trip of himself and his men to
Frankfort al the time of the meeting
of the election commissioners in De-
ccmh@r. He repeated that Powers
had instructed him to have his men
crowd into the state house so the gov
ei'tior would have an excuse to call out
the militia. When they got there.
however, Governor Bradley blocked
their game by telling them ITO keep
off the grass, as the witness eN-
pressed it. Witness reiterated that the
object of Powers and others was to in
tinliGnte the commissioners.
Saw the Shot Fired
Ed Stetfee, a Frankfort messenger
boy, testified that he was standing on
the steps of the legislature building
when the shooting occurred. Witness
saw Goebcl tall. Looking in the .lirec-
ton from which the shots came he
SAW the end of Il rifle barrel protrud-
ing Il few inches from Il window in the
office of secretary of state. the sash
OF which was raised about fifteen
inches and the curtains being drawn.
He did not see who it was that was at
the window.
The attorneys on both sides are OBJ
serving the utmost secrecy regarding
their movements and it is impossible
TO forecast with accuracy what step
they will take next, but it is said the
prosecution will not allow any evil
deHce il has bearing on the question
as TO the man who fired the shot that
killed William Goebel to come out on
this trial
Powers is indicted as an accessory
before the fact for conspiring With
others to murder Governor Goebel,
and all OF the evidence as to the iden-
titN oil the assassin is to be held in re-
serve for the trial of Jim Howard and
Berry Howard, both indicted as Access
series.
The prosecution may close it's di-
rect testimony the latter part of the
week, but i'm that event it is expected
thnt the rebuttal testimony which will
be Offered when the evidence fo,. the