Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-21
WHEN soEstl is DEAD
Parry Can Not Hold together. Is m, a,,...1
statement q Caleb Powers.

georgetown. Ky, July 20.-Annie wa,v.
OF Louisville. Auditor Of State Swee ms.ss
sten9Srapher, was the first witness caI;a's
~ me triai, today. Of Caleb Powers
shooting. She heard only three sbots III
the sound came from the direction ~ a IN
ONCE OF the secretary Of state. She oon ac
tinued; Immediately after the shootins
several persons came into the andi,n...'
room but did not know any of them
never heard anybody ask about who Wa
shot and II was about five minutes befnr
| heard what had occurred
Witness said Henry Youtsey came int
her Office the day Of the Van Meter,
Berry contest and told her she had bctt1r
leave the state houSe as trouble was lil<a.
y TO occur Youtsey had a rifle in his
Miss Snuffer OF Williamsburg. testified
that Powers told her. Jan. a. that before
he would be robbed by the Democrats h.
would XII The last one Of them, at the
same fime exhibiting . pistol.
Robert .Noaks. a railroad conductor.
was called. Noaks said that John and
Caleb Powers and Charles Finley con-
ferred with him. in November, after the
TO Frankfort at the time OF the meeting
of the state election commission board
Noaks told of being asked by Caleb Pow
ers to get company Of militia composed
of men who would fight. He secured a
company and ii was mustered in Then
Powers directed him to capture two
trains and bring his company to Frank
fort. Charles Finley objected and warned
Noaks not to do that and proposed to
hire the trains.
Noaks' next statement created a sensa-
ton. Asked II Powers ever spoke to him
about Goebel. he said yes. Powers, he
said declared the contests would amount
to nothing and that when Goebel was
dead 10 man in the state could hold the
party together.
Witness had another talk with the pris-
oner's brother. John Powers, who said
This Is a life and death struggle with
us, but we intend to hold our own. even
il we have to kin some one.
Finley sent us the train from Louis
VILE, which carried the men, on Jan %
After we got to Frankfort, John Powers
told me to stand closer TO the executive
as ! might get hurt. He said:
Some of our men are up stairs and when
Goebel and those other fellows come in
they are going to do the waive for them.
Il told rim this must not be done. He
told me to keep. cool | went back into
the secretary Of states office. Caleb
two men in your company who would kill
a man if you wanted them to do it, i
told him ! did not believe had such 4
man. and he mentioned Chadwe1 and
Jones. | told him did not believe they
were men of that kind. That afternoon.
when the men were being sent home, Ca
leb Powers again told me to keep 10 or
Y Of our best men and to keep Caldwell
and Jones. | went TO assist Adjutant
General Dixon and told him l wanted to
turn over my company as | had become
satisfied they were going 70 seat Goebei
as governor and | did not want to serve
under him. Dixon told me not TO be dis
courag ed as Goebel would not be gov
4rnor | was tired and asked Powers how
long this was going on. He said not much
longer as Goebel would be killed and thai
would settle it,.
Noaks will be crOss-examined, tomor-
row. III