The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-03-31
POWERS HELD WITHOUT BAIL
AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND JURY
TaylOr's Pardon Was IgnOred-COurt
Denied the Right of the Republic
can Governor to Grant 1t, and Held
1t Was No Bar to the Prosecution
Powers Made No Defense.

day of the trial Of republican Secretary OF
State Powers began with the court room
cleared Of all people excepting attorneys,
newspaper correspondents and officers Of
the court. The attorneys for the defense
held consultation, after which Governor
Brown for the defense announced that no
testimony would be introduced for the
defense and that they would waive fur
ther examination.
The pardon issued to Powers by Gov
ernor Taylor was rendered by Brown US
bar to the prosecution and he asked that
defendant be dismissed. Colonel Campbell
said the commonwealth denied Taylor's
right to issue pardon. Governor Brown
then moved that the prisoner be dismissed
upon the evidence, but the motion was
overruled.
Bail was then asked for.
Judge Moore said: 1T is not my belief
that Powers fired the shot which killed
Goebel, but on the evidence it is my opin-
ion he was connected with the conspiracy
to kill him. l shall therefore order that
he be held over without bail to the Frank
lin county grand jury that the case may
be further investigated"
H. l.. Youtsey, republican auditor
Sweeneys private secretary, was arrested
today as the man with the black mustache
whom Golden mentioned in his testimony
as the man to whom John Powers gave
the key to the Office Of Caleb Powers.
Youtsey is a half brother of John l.. Craw-
ford a prominent republican Of Newport
Says the Deal IL Completed.
London, March 2S.-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Paris says:
| ''.rhe sale of the Danish Antilles to the
United States has practically been COM
pleted."
Killed the City Marshal.
st. Louis, March 2s-A special to the
Post Dispatch says that Ellsworth Evans
shot and instantly killed Assistant City
Marshal Hennecke at Bonneville, Mo-
When shot Hennecke was attempting to
arrest Evans after he had robbed cigar
store.
A Star special says: Evans, the mur-
derer of Marshal Hennecke, mas been cap
tured 10 miles east of Bonneville. Prep.
arations have been made to lynch the prls-
oner."
Negro Lynched by u Mob.
Belair, Md, March 2S-Louis Harris
negro who was arrested recently charged
with a criminal assault upon Miss Anne
Mclllvain, was taken from the Jail and
lynched by a mob of 20 men. A tusillade
of shots were exchanged between the sher-
iff and his deputies and the men, resulting
in the wounding of two men. The mot
hustled Harris to neighboring yard, and
placing the moose around his neck, flung
the other end of the rope over the lint
OF a tree. AS he was hoisted from the
ground the limb snapped and Harris fell
to the ground. He was lifted up again
and hanged second time. Several shots
were fired into the body. The loose emo
of the rope was tied to gate post and
the corpse was left hanging until this
morning. Miss McIllvain, Harris victim
is about 81 years of age
Looks Like Aggressiveness.
Yokohama, March 2s.-A Russian
squadron has arrived at Chemulpo. 1t i,
believed this presages demand for con
cession of Ind at Masango, small harbol
20 miles south of Chemulpo, and is arous
ing uneasy comments in Japan.
Beers Massing at Biggersberg.
Ladysmith, March 2S--It is reported
that the Beers are massing their en-
trenched positions at Biggarsberg, and il
is added that their transport trains are
packed at Newcastle, in readiness to facili
tate their retreat in case necessity require.
such step.