The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-05
SAW A MAN RUN.
Out of Secretary..s Office After
Goebel Was Shot.

Frankfort, KY, May 81. b Matthews
was recalled by the defense today in the
Goebel murder trial and testified that
kilograms signed by George Denny, of
Lexington, and filed Immediately after
the assassination were sent to seven per-
sons in different parts of the state, say
ing that the riot had commenced and told
the receivers to send different numbers
of men to Frankfort at once kilograms
sent or received by parties indicted for
the assassination were produced and. read
and filed by agreement OF both sides.
Duane Sinclair, of the Postal company,
testified that on the morning of the as
s~assination he sent kilograms to omman
ders of two Kentucky regiments, which
only said: "An right" and were signed
by Adjutant General Collier.
Constable David Harrod stated hat he
saw an unknown man run out of the
secretary's office and run down into the
was fired.
F. Wharton Golde presented a num-
Golden in which the former pledged him
his support. They were read. Golden
then went over the testimony given in
the examining trial.
Golden gave some additions to his for
mer testimony. Among them was a
statement that Culton said the man who
killed GoebeI was SO drunk he could
hardly stand up. Another was that Caleb
assassination that the best way to kill
Goebel would be to start an argument in
the Capital hotel and kill him there. He
SIdICd liza I'VE odl0 thai Ia
would pardon the assassin.
Court adjourned till 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Anderson, manager Of the West
ern Union at Barbourvfle, read a lot of
kilograms to and from the defendants, all
relating to the eXcurSiOniStS of last jan
uary. AT the night sitting of court, ex-
State Auditor L. G. Norman testified that
prior to the assassination he overheard
Judge George Denny, of Lexington, say:
Somebody ought to kill Goebel and
Governor Taylor ought to. pardon the
man that did it, He said the tenor of
Denny's conversation was that Goebel's
death would save the lives of other peo-
pie. Witness communicated the remark
| to Goebel.
Mckenzie Todd, private secretary to
Gvernor Taylor, said he saw Culton
and Youtsey at the governors office
several times. Did not know Jim or
: Berry Howard. Saw armed men around
| governors office the day of the moun
taineer excursion. Asked if he saw any
guns in the secretary of states office,
witness aid he saw two there the Sat
urday prior to the assassination. Yout-
sey was in the room and later picked
up one of the gunS and took a position
nsa the window. He asked YoutSey
what he was going to do. YOutsey said
he thought there was trouble in the leg
iSlative building and IF he started he
wanted to be prepared to protect the
wanted to be prepared. YoutSey said
he would not start any tro1-
BILE but would be prepared to protect the
building if it did start. Il was in The
reception room of the governors office
at the time of the assassination. The
shots seemed to come from the west enc
of the building. 1 did not know that
GoebeI had been killed until John Davis
ran in and told US. 1 went with Davis
to his house and got a gun. We came
back Immediately. The door to thu
Office of the secretary of state was opeI
while we were gone