The age-herald., 1900-08-19
CALEB POWERS
 FOUND GUILTY His Sentence Fixed at Life
 Imprisonment VERDICT REACHED IN AN HOUR For First Time the Prisoner Be-
 trayed His Feelings. TERRIBLE NEWS STAGGERED HIM The Republican Juror Says He Was Fully Convinced After Hearing
 the Evidence That Powers
 Was Guilty as Charged
TERRIBLE NEWS STAGGERED HIM

Georgetown, Ky, August 1S.-"We, the | jury, find the defendant guilty, and fix his | punishment at confinement in the peniten- ! tary for the rest of his natural life' This was the wording of the verdict in | the case of eX-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, charged with being an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebe The jury retired at 192 and re- turned it's verdict at 2:25, having been out only 53 minutes. Juror Craig stated alters ward that the verdict could have been re- turned even sooner, but considerable time was taken up in reading the instructions.
 The vote in favor of life sentence was unanimous. When the jury retired the be- lief was general that the jury would fail to agree and in this opinion the defendant vas firmly convinced.
 When the verdict of guilty was returned Powers, for the first time during the weary six weeks of his trial, betrayed his feel ings Under all the trying incidents of the trial he nad naintained a chanseiesS ex- pression, the same whether things were going favorable or against him. The ver- dict Of guilty apparently staggered him. He Was sitting near the door of the jury room and when the jurors knocked on the door l summoning the Sheriff his face took on an | anxious look that was noticeable, but did not seem to be particularly apprehensive. "nen the twelve men flied into the room and took their seats, as Clerk Penn called the roll Of jurors, the prisoner did not ap- pear to be more excited than the vast throng of spectators, who craned their recks to catch the first intimation of the verdict.
 Have you made a verdict, gentlemen?. inquired the court
 Powers Showed Mental Anguish
 We have" the jury assented, and at the same time MT. Stone, the forerr-.I passed the verdict up to the cle-A' Who read 1t aloud. Powers, al,'~Js pale, grew ghastly as the verdict was read and his face betokeped great mental anguish. Thi4 for only few seconds however, and then somewhat regainlng his composure he turned to the Misses Dangerfield, who had been in conversation with him, and said: Il was not expecting that. The ver- dict is unjust"
 There was no sort of demonstration fol- lowing the verdict and the vast crowd filed out of the courthouse almost in silence. Powers remained in the court room for some time after the verdict was rendered, in conference with his attorneys, who will at once move for new trial, and failing in that will take an appeal.
 When the jurymen entered the jury room, Juror Stone, the oldest man on the panel elected foreman.
 Juror Porter, the only Republican on the jury, was the first to speak, and said: Gentlemen, l am a Republican, and I have said that l did not believe GoebePs murder was the result of conspiracy. did not think Caleb Powers could be guilty, but I have heard the evidence and 1 am convinced he is"
 Others also made talks, and it is said that one of the men of the jurors intma- ted that he thought the death penalty ought to be inflicted. However, when a ballot was taken all twelve of the jurors voted for life Imprisonment.
 Names of the Jurors
 The jury which sat in the case was com. posed of eight Democrats, three anti-Goe- bel Democrats and one Republican, as fol- lows:
 I. G. Stone farmer, anti-Goebel: Harris Mussellman, anti-Goebel, farmer; w. O.. Finder, farmer, anti-Goebel; A. w. Craig, merchant Democrat; Ben Ford, farmer, Democrat; George Murphy, Democrat; W. P. Munson, farmer, Democrat: w. H. old ham, merchant, Democrat; J. T. Mulberry, farmer, Democrat; J. T. Crosswait, carpen- ter, Democrat Alonzo Kemper farmer, Democrat, and J. C. Porter, school teacher, Republican.
 One of the jurors said tonight that tho jurors were influenced in making up their verdict by many things In the evidence, but some of the chief points were Powers' own admission on the stand that he organ ized the crowd of 1,20O armed mountaineers which came to Frankfort January 15; his corroboration of parts of the testimony of Noakes, Golden and Cuton; the proof that he gave Youtsey the key, and that the shot was fired from his office. It is doubt full whether the Youtsey case will be tried, though it will be called Monday.
 MT. Crawford of the defense made a statement in court this afternoon that Youtsey, according to the advice of his physician, is still threatened with typhoid fever One of his attorneys, John M. Ste venson, is also i'll with typhoid fever, and MT. Crawford said he could not say this afternoon whether the defense will be ready Monday not In the event the Youtsey case is continued, one of the other cases, either Davis, Whitaker or Combss will be taken up.
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