The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-15
BLOODY GARMENTS.
WORN BY GoEBEL WE'RE DISPLAY
ED TO THE JURY.
PROGRESS OF POWERS TRIAL.
ARTHUR GoEREL TURNED ASIDE
WHEN CLOTHING WAS SHOWN.

Western Union Telegram Files Were
stolen From the BnrbOursviIle
Omce md MysteriOusIy Returned.
MoodsOn Produced the Block in
which the Bullet That KILLED
GOebeI Was Buried - Phy sicinns
Testified About the Wound.
Georgetown. Ky. July 14.-Aside from
the production in court Of the blood-dyed
garments worn by Gov. William Goebel
on the day of his assassination, to-days
proceedings in the trial of ex-Secretary of
State Powers, charged with completely in
he murder of Goebel. was barren of any
par icularly Interesting details. Late in
the afternoon there was a sensation when
exGov. John Young Brown, chief coun-
sci for the defense. caused a witness for
the prosecution to tell that certain tebe-
graph files in keeping at the Western I'm
ion Office in Barboursville powers home)
had been puro.ned by some unknown
party ard afterward returned.
The first and most important witness of
the day was civil Engineer Woodson OF
Frankfort. who made measurement of the
capitol square and surroundings by
which the prosecution endeavored
| to show that the fatal shot was
fired from the office of the
Secretary of State produced a block OF
wood taken from tree in the state house
yard which was supposed to contain the
fatal bullet. Woodson was examined
in an attempt to show that his measure-
ments were inaccurate Mr.. Woodson af-
ter leaving the sand, removed the bullet
from the block. The bit of lead was pas
ed about the bar, judge Jurors and law
yers all examining 1t with inte est.
n I'm nd of L Fnr
close friend of Gov. Goebel. was next call
ed. On the morning of the shooting. as
he approached the statehouse with Goe-
bel and Jack Chinn, he said he noticed the
Capitol grounds were clear. whereas on
previous occasions mountain men" were
numerous. He had reached the door to
the main Capitol building when he heard
shots, and looking back, saw Goebel fall.
| He declared that one of the front win
dows in the Office of the Secretary of
State was partly raised at the time.
Mr. Llllard was recalled this afternoon
and the commonwealth sought TO ask ques-
tons which had been forgotten during the
examination. The objections of defense
were sustained.
DIR. T. B. Welch of Jessa mine COUNTY a
fellow state senator of Mr. Goebel. describ-
ed the wound in the body of the deceased,
saying he was shot in front and that the
wound was not inflicted with a leaden bull
a 4s-calibre bullet. Here the bloodstained
clothing worn by the victim on the day
of the assassination was produced and
identified by the witness.
The greater portion of the afternoon ses-
sion was taken up with the testimony of
| physicians who examined 6oebefs s wouuCfz
after the shooting and later performed the
autopsy. They united in the belief that
| the fatal wound was inflicted by steel
bullet fired from a rife of 38-caliber The
downward course of the ball through the
victims body was shown to be an inch
and thrteen-sixteenths
While DIR. T. r. Welch, one Of the sur
geons and also a state tor who had
been closely associated with Goebel in
life. was on the stand a trunk containing
the clothing worn by Goebel was produc-
| ed. There an intense ST.
ence as the witness identified
each garment and then lifted It aloft and
held 1t, bullet-torn and covered with
| great black smears of dried blood before
the jurors eyes. Arthur Goebel, brother
of the deceased, was present, but kept his
head turned.
The last witness, Mrs. B. Anderson. tel
egraph operator at BerbourvNle, was
| brought forward to identify a large num-
Der of kilograms received or sent from her
office in the first of the year. These tel
egrams are alleged to have bearing upon
the case, and the commonwealth will
seek TO offer them as evidence on Monday
Mrs. Anderson, in response to questions
from the defense, said that the files for
January and February. 1900, were missing
from her office for two weeks IN March,
but were afterwards returned as mystic
riously as they had disappeared.
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