The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-08-25
POWERS STUNNED BY
The JURY's VERDICT
The Kentucky * secretaryof State
Was Confident Of Ac-
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xlLL MOVE COR 8 HEw IRlAL.
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1aken.,'Jur Wns Unanimous
la Favor OF y Life
Sentence.

georgetown KY, Aug. olive, the
Jury, n the defendant guilty and
ny MS punishment ut confinement in
inc Penitentiary for the rest Of his
natral life"
n was the wording of the YER
slct N the case of ex-Secretary of
state Caleb Powers, charged with be-
ing an accessory before the fact to
h murder of William Goebel, The
Jury retired at 1882 Saturday and re-
turned its verdict at 2:25, having been
Y only thirty-fiye minutes. Juror
Sralg stated afterward that the YER
alct could have been returned ever
sooner, but considerable time was
taken up i'll reading tho instructions.
The vote in favor Of a life sentence
wa unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief
was general that it would fail
70 agree, and in this opinion the de-
iendant himself was firmly convinced.
when h verdict OF guilty was re
turned Powers, for the first time dur
ing the weary six weeks of the triul,
betrayed his feelings. Under all the
trying incidents of the trial he had
MAINTAINED a changeless expression,
the same whether the things were go
ing fayorably or against him. The
verolct OF guilty, however, apparently
staggered him.
Have you made a verdict, gentle
nlen?"
Stasgcrs Powers.
We have" the jurors answered,
and at the same time Mr.. Stone, the
foreman, passed the verdict up to the
clerk, who read it aloud. Powers, al.
ways pale, grew ghastly as the yer.
dict was read, and his face %betokened
great mental anguish.
This was only for a few seconds,
however, and then, regaining his com
posure, he turned to the Misses Dan
gerfield, who had been in conversation
with him, and said:
u was not expecting that. The yer,
dict is unjust"
There was no sort Of demonstration
following the verdict, and the vast
crowd tiled out of the court house al.
most in silence. Powers remained in
n court room for some time after
the verdict was rendered, in confer.
ence with his attorneys, who will at
once move for u new trial, and fail,
ing in that will take an appeal,
When the jurymen entered the jury
COON Juror Stone, the oldest man OH
the panel, was elected foreman. Ju.
ror Porter, the only republican on the
Jury. the first to speak, said:
Gentlemen, I am a republican, and
I have said that I did not believe Goe.
bells murder was the result of n con.
spiracy. / did not think Caleb Pow.
ers could be guilty, but / have heard
the evidence and / am convinced he
Iis.o
Others aEo made talks, and 1t is
said one of the iurymen intimated
that he thought the death penalty
ought to be inflicted. However, when
q ballot taken, all twelve OF the
Jurors voted for life imprisonment.
The jury which sat in the case was
composed of eight democrats, three
nnti-Goebel democrats and one repub-
l;can, MS follows: l. q. Stone, farmer,
anti-Goebel; Harris Musscllman, farm.
er, anti-Goebel; w. o. finder, farmer,
nnti-Goebel; A. w. Craig, merchant,
democrat; w. p. Munson, farmer; w.
II. Oldham, merchant; Ben Ford,
farmer; George Murphy; j. T. Null.
berry, farmer; j.. T. Crosswait, carpen-
ter; Alonzo Kemper, farmer, all dem
ccrats, and j. C. Porter, school teach
er, republican,.
-Onc. of the jurors said that the jury
men We're influenced in making up
their verdict by many things in the
evidence, but that some of the chief
points were Powers own admission on
the stand that he organized the crowd
of 1000 armed mountaineers which
came to Frankfort January Is; his
confederation of parts of the test.
mony of Noaks, Golden and Culton,
the proof that he gave Youtsey this
key, and that the shot was fired from
his office.
1t is doubtful whether the Youtsey
case will be tried, though it will be
called today.