Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-05-22

Extracts FROM The stenographlc
Report Of Ills story on the
Witness Stand.

w. H. Culton, one Of those accus
ed Of the assassination Of Gov. Goe
bel, went on the witness stand il
his own behalf He was aslkin,
for bail and the story hetold proveS
sensational in an extreme degree
1t proves conclusively that con
spiracy to murder Gov Goebel, and
in that manner get him out of the
way, had been formed and thai
prominent Republicans were con,
nectcd with the crime. Below we
reproduce extracts from the steno,
graphic report of his evidence, Civ
ing the more important facts brought
out:
Q-Do you know whether or not a
particular kind of ball or cartridge
was sent for to be used in the killing
of Senator Goebel? A--Well, sir,
only know what l was told
R-Told by whom2 A-Well sir,
all l know about that / had con-
versation with, or Mr.. Youtsey had
a conversation with me, in regard
to some cartridges here.
Dwell was that conversation
about the character of ball that
was to be produced to kill Goebel7
Alt was about the character of a
ball he then had in his possession.
Q-Did you see them7A-I did,
sir,
Q-What were they like?A-Well,
he said they we're, and they resem-
bled a steel bullet: / Edidn't know
anything about it. He said they
were smokeless; / could not tell you
about that, because, never saw
powder.
P-Anything said about the pur-
pose for which they were procured?
Ayes, sir.
Q-For what purpose were they
procured? A-Well he said they
had procured them to kill Senator
Goebel with.
Q-Didn't you tell anybody at all
that Youtsey had procured smoke
less powder, steel balls, for the pur-
pose of killing gGoebel? A-No, sir,
when he showed them to me, told
him, "Youtsey, you can't afford
that; If you do that 1t will ruin
everything, and if you talk to any
of the leaders OF the party about it,
they will advise you not to do it,
and atterward l heard from Gov.
Bradley that there was talk that
Senator Goebel was to be killed,
and he told me, he said-well, using
his language; "By God, it must not
be done" and l told him the only
time had heard it mentioned was
when it was mentioned to me. He
said; "Well, you 60 and see if they
haven't done away with it.. l i'm
went to Youtsey and told
him what Gov. Bradley had said,
and he said that they had done
away with the idea of it; that was
some time before the killing-a
week before.
Q-Before the killing-a week be-
fore the killing? Ayes, sir:
Odd you tell Gov. Taylor, or
the chief of police, or anybody that
could stop it? Nobody at all,
Q-Now, what did you tell Tay-
lor at that time? Al told him
about the circumstances, and told
him that I was afraid Youtsey had
got himself IN very close place
over the matter.
Q-Aud What was told? A by
him?
Q-About the matter, by Taylor?
A-Well, be said he would be a
dangerous man to get in trouble
over.
Ole said he would be dan
gerous man to get in trouble over?
Ayes, sir, that is what he said.
Q-Now, what else was said? A
lie said there was uotelling what
he would tell about the matter, sir,
0-What did you say to that3 a
II said wasn't afraid oiit; he
could not tel anything about me,
and be said "Well we'll He is a
dangerous man ! told BIN !
didn't-see why man that wasn't
connected with if would thiuk any
thiuo about III. and he said he was