The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-03-16
POWERSAND DAVISESCAPE
They Are Intercepted, However, At
Lexington BY Sheriff and
Police and Jailed.

Almost without warning the storm
center Of excitement in the Kentucky
gubernatorial struggle shifted to Lex
ington Saturday night.
Secretary Of State Caleb Powers and
captain Davis, TO- whom warrants
were issued charging completely in the
murder OF Governor Goebel, after
spending the day in the statehouse OF
Frankfort, to which the civil officers
bearing the warrants we're refused adj
mittance by the soldiers on duty, Left
town in disguise. Powers and Davis
were slipped aboard a Chesapeak and
Ohio train at s o'clock Saturday night
and speeded toward Lexington. A
squad of soldiers, coming from the
governors mansion at double quick,
caught the train just before it pulled
out.
The plan of escape was 30 neatly
laid and executed that it took the
police and big force of deputy sheriffs
appointed to guard the entrance to
the capitol grounds and prevent their
escape, off their feet when they real
lied what had occurred It was sew
g-al minutes before the truth of the
escape of the men was definitely
known.
Chief OF Police Williams immedi-
ately sent kilograms to Lexington,
Midway and all stations along the
road, notifying officers Of the escape
and ordering them to be on the look
out.
On the arrival of the train in Lex
idgton at $40 Secretary of State Pow
ers and Capitol Policeman Davis aud
Lieutenant Peak were arrested by the
Lexington police and the sheriff and
deputies. There was large force OF
officers awaiting thefugitives. Powers
and Davis still wore the uniforms of
soldiers and Davis had on false whisk-
ers.
There was wild scene when the
officers broke into the car and revolt
vers were drawn by all, but the small
squad of soldiers were greatly out
numbered by the police force of Lex
ington and the large force of deputies
With the sheriff, and the arrest was eff
fected without difficulty.
A local attorney recognized Powers
and also pointed out Davis. They
were seized and hurried to the Jail. AS
the procession swept toward the jail
some people started the report that
there was to be a lynching, and soon
: the streets were packed with people,
an enormous crowd gathering about
the jail Davis, Powers and Peake
were hurried to the upper cells, but
Peake was later released on bond on a
common warrant charge of resisting
arrest.
Davis had 1925 in money on his
person and a revolver.
There was found on Powers 81 300.
In the inside pocket of each man was
found pardon from Governor W. S..
Taylor, duly signed and sealed. Pow
eEN made the statement to an Asso-
ciated Press representative that he was
not fleeing from arrest. He was sim
ply getting away from Frankfort to
avoid lying in Jail as Whitaker had
been forced to do; that he had nothing
to fear from arrest, as he was not
guilty of the charge.
Sheriff Bosworth applied at once to
the armory for a special detail of sol
diers under Captain Longmire and
they responded, arriving at the Jail
few moments later, prepared to resist
the rumored prospective attack. The
sheriff then designated posse to sup
plement squad of soldiers provided
trouble might come and declared that
any attempt to take either of the
prisoners from the Jail would be re-
sisted to a finish.
The Sabbath day brought hopeful
and encouraging calm to the storm.
Judge George Denny, prominent Re-
publican attorney, called on the pris-
oners during the day and was closeted
with them several hours. He will rep
resent them in whatever legal steps
are taken.