The evening times., 1900-04-20

courage aid and procure Henry Toutsey.
James Howard, Berry Howard. Harlan
Whitaker. Richard CoElbs and 9th
er persons to--this jury unknown,
uDlawfuily. feloniously and OF their malice
aforeth6ught. 70 kin ard murder William
Coe0el. which one of the last FIVE above
named persons. or another person acting
With taem. but who is TO this grand jury
ULknowp, so as aforesaid. then. there
thereunto by the said William s Taylor
before he fact counseled. advised, encour-
a., j. aided. procured, did by shooting and
wells 1i..g the said Goebel with a gun or
pistol loaded with powder and other ex-
pIosives; and leaGen and steel ball and 9TH
er psrd substances, and from which shoot
ing nd wounding the said Goebel died the
3d day of February, 1860, but which of the
said last aforementioned persons, so
aforesaid, actually cred the shot that kill
ed os said Goebel is to this grand jury
unknown, and against the peace and dig
nisy of the Commonwealth OF Kentucky"
The Prosecutions Programme
,'ollowiag the indictment of Taylor the
fGil intent of the GoebeI prosecution came
out today The hunt for the assassin has
narrowed down TO one of two men. Jim
Howard, of Clay county, or Henry +. Yout-
sey, of Campbell county. The prosecution
expects to prove that W. 5. Taylor ran
from his Office into the door of the See
retary OF States Office and tried to gain
entrance when the saot that killed Goebel
was fired.
The following is the outline Of the pros
eeutiOn's evidence: W S. Taylor. Charles
Finley, and Caleb Powers conceived the
idea of starting a row in the State House.
Finley and Powers were the promoters.
Taylor finally agreed. The idea had not
been entirely abandoned when Henry E.
Youtsey approached W. H. Culton, a clerk
in the Auditors Office, and told him how
easy II would be 20 shoot Goebel as he
came &c the Senate Chamber
The escape TO the cellar and then out
vs. ,1sy. Finley aud Powers were ap-
praissd OF this; Taylor was not. youtsey
WAS a crack shot, but when asked TO Co
the work. demurrad. The prosecution
further expects TO Prove that Senator Goe-
bel was killed by bullet from a Marin
rife; that the rife had belonged to YOut-
sey; that Youtsey had rafned it of and
that when the fatal shot was fred it be-
Ionged to Grant Roberts; that Youtsey
secretly obtained possession of il and as
secretly put it back in the cellar Of the
Executive Building.
The prosecution expects to prove by
Senator Alexander, Of Louisville. that he
was in Taylor's Office when the shot was
fired; that Taylor drew a revolver and ran
out OF the Office: tiat George Hemphnl.
one of the clerks in the Assistant Secre-
tary's Office, saw Taylor trying the door
leading into the Secretary OF States Office.
and heard him say it was locked. Taylor S
action. the prosecution viii hold. Is ex-
| pected 10 prove conelusiyely that he knew
from what Office the shot came. The pros
ecution expects TO prove that jim Howard
and Henry E. Youtsey were the only oc-
cupants Of the Secretary States Office
and ths. the shot was fred either by How
ard OF Youtsey. while the man who fred
the shot was resting on a lounge beneath
the second window from the west end OF
the Executive Building with the rife bar
rel resting on the window sill