The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-16
THE COEBEL CONSPIRACY
Fifth Week of the Trial Of Ex-State
Secretary Caleb Powers.
THETESTIMONY OF E. R. BULLOCK
Position Dchind the Public Foun-
lu.-Cuomh,' Confession.

Position behind the puhlic Foun-
thin Inm"dintcI, After the shoot
inG-Cnomh>' Confession.
Georgetown, Ky. Aug. "A piece of
new testimony was brought out yes
terday at the beginning of the fifth
week in the trial of former Secretary
of State Caleb Powers. charged with
completely in the GUebcl shooting. II.
X. Bullock. of Lexington, swOre that he
was in the adjutant generals office
when the fatal shots were fired. lie
stepped out and saw man in a stoOp-
ing position behind the public fountain
nearby. Bullock could not tell whether
the man was white or black, and did
not know what became of him. Bull
lock declared that he saw Col. Jack
Chinn walk rapidly into the state
house as he stepped from the adiutant
generals office. Apparently BUlIurh' $
statements did not excite much inter-
est.
r. c. o. benjamin, a negro attorney
representing "TallOw Dick tuu!a...
and whose client, it has been rcp',lG-
ly asserted recently, had u1dy "a H-
legged confession, asked JUGlr Nnt.i
to be allowed to make mot.ua 80 urN'
an investigation of his cuud.'' 'a Leo.
matter of the confession ol = ..
which he has been chagGa' ,-
traying secrets of the r.1 .n..,'.
Judge Cantrill inlorm,1 .o;. ,.a' ~a
investigation would nOt J.. '. .. ..
Benjamin then CAV ur' at lN''' E
in which he says that IJom. , .rH'.
ed confession was made IN ,h' ! 'S-... q
of himself Commonwealth NlG'&,!
Franklin and Victor II. Hradt,y, ~ IT,,
prosecution, and that COumbs made al.
the statements attributed to him CN-
cept as to the amount alleged 10 have
been offered HockCrsmith to Kill GOe-
bel. Coombs nephew stated that he
had made Il vain search for !iocEer-
smith, and he thinks HOckCrsmith Is
in either New Orleans or San Fran
cisco. Benjamin said he had cOncIud-
ed it was due To his client to tell all
he knows. as he cannot find Hooker
smith, who told COOmhs all that the
latter knows about the assassination.
Capt Il. B. Golden and other repre-
sentltiyo5 uf the prosecution confer
red with Green Golden, one of tine al
legged accessories, i'll the frankfort
Jail Sunday. and there IS a possibility
that Golden may be introduced as a
witness in rcbuttal to contradict the
testimony of the defendant.
At the afternoon session cy-GOvei-
nor Brown, for the defense, made Il
long argument in support of his posi-
ton that the defense was entitled to
show in evidence that the occupants
of the executive building after the as
sassination heard threats on the part
of the populace, and that they acted
upoL this in aiming themselv6s~ani
excluding the public and civil officers
from the building. The prosecution
argued that the commonwealth should
not be entailed with the burden of
idle threats that might or might net
have been made by irresponsible par
ties, and that this character Of proof
could not be offered in justification of
the course of those who had posses
sion of tnr buildng The court ruled
that tn" witness might rclStc any
specific threat which ne himself h"n't
but that he could not tell Of common
rumor or threats which had come IT,
INN second hand The defense rr5grv-
ed an exception to this rulin'.
St3nOgrapher Stout, who was on th"
stand when the court adjourned at
noon, continued his testimony lie
told of NOulscy coming into the cX-
ecutive Office carrying rife a few
minutes after the shooting. Governor
Taylor was not armed when he first
came into the office, but went back and
got Il pistol.
Wharton Golden was recalled for the
third time and was asked if he had
told J. NJ. Owens in the presence Of
j. c. Owens that Powers was innocent.
but that they could take 100000 and
hang the savior and all Of the apOs-
ties"
Golden said he never said it to
Owens or any one else.
J. N. Owens was then called. but the
court excluded the greater part of his
testimony, on the ground that the de-
fense had examined Golden on this
matter