The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25


ing. on Sunday preceding the shooting.
when did you next see Caleb Powers?"
81 saw him on Tuesday. 1 got on the
train at Ferris Station, Laurel county. He
had a couple of men on the train named
Pease and Locket. He told me to take care
of them. / next saw Powers In Frankfort.
I don't remember what conversation we
had then"
PICKING THE MEN.
"Who selected the men who came from
Harlan county,"
"Hamp Howard. He selected thirty men,
besides the ten. Caleb Powers, 1 think,
selected the men from Knox county. There
were about seventy or eighty. Jim Sparks.
county attorney In Laurel county, selected
the men from Laurel county"
when was 1t determined to bring the
men to Frankfort
'I don't know"
who informed you they were wanted?'
"Caleb Powers. / saw him In London.
Caleb said he wanted a regular army to
come to Frankfort"
"Do you mean United States army men?'
No; mountaineers."
In answer to further questions Golden
said Powers gave him s16o to give TO Judge
Bingham. in Bell county II gave some Of
it to Bingham to send ten men down to
Frankfort" said Golden.
The witness identified a receipt for $50
given by Bingham. Witness also said he
gave Roberts $3.50 for ten tickets to
Frankfort and return. He knew some of
the men from Bell county. The men, a
good MANY Of than, uara y,,nupto;p foud-
lists. In all, about twelve or fifteen hun
dred men were brought to Frankfort. They
were fed back Of the Statehorse, Captain
Davis and Charles Finley providing the
provisions. Continuing, Golden said: I'VE
sent most of them back that night. BY
we mean myself, Caleb Powers, Captain
Davis. Bill Culton and Governor Taylor.
Finley, Taylor and Powers decided to send
them back, all except ten or fifteen from
each county. / selected the men to be
kept from Knox county-twelve Of them,
we'll armed. Deputy Marshal George
Thompson selected the men from Laurel
brought to Frankfort remained here to see
that we got Justice"
did you have any further conversation
with Powers regarding the work to be done
by the men remaining here?'
NO. sir. We understood what they were
kept here for. We knew that those men
were kept here to go into that legislative
hall and. if necessary. clean out those fell
lows
What fellows?"
1.-THE members-enough to make a major
ity on our side.'
The answer created a sensation in the
courtroom Golden said he was in the ex-
ecutive building on the day before the
shooting. He met Caleb Powers in Cover
nor Taylor's ante-room. Powers asked him
to go to Louisville that day. During a
lengthy argument over a technical point
Golden became i'll and court was adjourned
to 1:30 o'clock.
GOEBEL TO BE KILLED.
Golden resumed his testimony at the aft
ernoon session. He said John Powers and
a red-mustached man had talk concern
ing the closing of Secretary Powers's of
flee during the latters absence Il had my
back turned said Golden, "but when l
turned L saw John Powers give the key to
the man. John Powers said to me: 'Goe-
bel is going to be killed this morning /
said: This must not be DONE. He said:
Don't get excited: L gave that man the
wrong key 1 said: We must go and see
didn't
after John had talked to Caleb Powers
on that Monday morning. what was next
done?"
"We all went back to the Statehouse. 1
didn't go to Louisville that morning; 1
can't say why
do you know a man named Dick
Combs?' asked Attorney Campbell
ST do He is colored, and lives in Beatty
vile. He came down with the Lee county
contingent
did you ever have any talk with Caleb
or John Powers about Dick Combs?'
mo; but they had two negroes there to
kill Goebel. John Powers told me so. They
were Hockersmith and Dick Combs. 1 saw
Dick Combs at the drug store near the
depot every morning for a week or so pre-
vious to the shooting. Combs, talking to
man named Wallace in my presence, said:
D him, know him as far as 1 can see
him, and l can kill him as far as 1 can see
him. He was talking of Goebel. This con-
versation was in the adjutant generals Of
flee. He also said: Il know his every
movement, and I can hit with this as far
as can see him. He carried a Colts
80, that shoots Winchester cartridge.
six or eight inches in the barrel. Combs
was in the adjutant generals Office on the
morning of the shooting with Hockersmith
ard Jim Wallace. 1 saw the man who got
fba Lev from, John Powers this morning
The fellow was a little man. When we
Caleb and John Powers and MYSELF went
back there he said: You have given me
the wrong key / don't remember what
John said to him. The rest of the day /
was around town. No reference was made
to the key the rest of the day. The key
was to Calebs Office"
ION Tuesday did you meet Caleb and
John Powers?" asked Attorney Campbell.
Eyes, did; saw them In Caleb's office.
/ got letter from Brakeman that morning
asking me to come to Louisville. Caleb
said he was going with me. but said he
might want me to go to the mountains. He
was talking to Walter Day and Governor
Taylor
WANTED THE MILITIA.
"R. ]. Howard, Of Harlan county, came
up, and he talked to Taylor. He insisted
on Taylor calling out the militia. Taylor
said, My God. you people must do some
thing first adding, Il get the militia
quick enough. You fellows must act first
BY that understood We fellows must raise
a riot in the Senate chamber. Goebel was
there. AS / told you this morning. we
,.,fS clean out epourh of thatyT .ezieiatrrra