The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-19
CULTON ON THE STAND.
Gives Damaging Testimony In the Coebel
Murder Case.
DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS TO BE KILLED
MountRinccrs Brought TO Fran lsfort
for the Purpose--rayior OGered
to Pay the Expenses,

Georgetown. KY, July is. wv. II. Gull
ton. who is himself under indictment as
an accessory. and supposed to be the star
witness OF the prosecution. was called to
the witness stand today in the Powers
murder conspiracy case,
The court instructed the witness that
he might or might not testify as he might
desire, and If he did so he was not re-
quired to tell anything that would tend
TO eliminate himself, but could refuse
10 answer such questions. He said he
was testifying Of his own free will Colo
mel Campbell conducted the direct exam
nation.
Culton said he knew all the persons
indicted as accessories to the Goebel
murder. Witness said he attended con
ference at Frankfort in January at which
Powers and others were present and the
matter OF bringing mountain men to the
State capital was being discussed.
Bamp Howard. Fnnk Cecil and other
mountain men were there and were asked
by Powers how many men they could bring
from Harlan. Bell and other counties up
there. They promised to bring crowds
ranging from nifty to ECO men from each
of the counties represented IN the meet
charge OF the men In their respective
counties and bring them to Frankfort
armed.
Powers said that when the men arrived
in Frankfort they would give the demo-
cratic legislators thirty minutes in which
to settle the contest, "and il they did
not settle in that time they would kill
every id one of them.
Culton continued: THE mountain men
g,, ID
numbered 1000 to 1900 Those who car
ried guns had them stacked in the office
OF commissioner OF agriculture and each
man was given a tag TO correspond with
a number on his gun. Captain Butler,
afterwards connected with the Williams
burg military company had charge OF
this part. At the meeting held in the
State house yard the bigger portion OF
the crowd was sent home
Culton further said Henry Youtsey came
TO him and told him he had found way
Goebel could be killed and no one lind out
who did It, Yousey said It could be
done from the secretary OF states office
and showed some steel bullets Witness
told YoRtsey such thing should not be
done. Elk Governor Bradley told witt
ness he had heard Gocbel was to be killed,
and said II must rot be done Witness
saw Youtsey again and the latter said
Powers distributed the money among the
various captains s,lo were to bring this
Inountaineers to Frankfort.
Don't know" said the witness, who
furnished II. Governor Taylor furnished
me tho money to bring the Jackson crowd
down"
Witness heard j. r Johnson OF Jackson
county talk about killing Goehel with
nitro glyceriue witness said Governor
Taylor did not want The mountain men
to go home. Witness said Powers said
they ought to be sent away, as they mad
not done what they were brought there
for. Witness told Taylor what Powers
said Taylor replied that Powers was a
hot headed id fool, but he would walt
and everything would be all right, Wit
ness said Taylor sent word to Powers
that he would pay the expenses of the
men. Witness went to Berry Howard and
others at Tayior's instance and told them
that the governor wanted them to remain
and not go home as Powers wanted them
TO do.
On the day OF the Van Meter Berry CON
test. Governor Taylor sent orders by VII
ness to Assistant Adjutant General Dixon
10 have the troops in the arsenal ready
to be called out at a moments notice.
The court adjourned with Culton on the
stand.