The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-20
He SENT WARNINGS.
POWERS TOLD ALLEGED CONSPIR-
ATORS NOT TO TALK.
GAVE MOUNTAIN MEN BADGES.
BEGGED CULT0N NOT TO co ON
STAND AGAINST HIM.

Witness CuIton Put Under a Severe
Cross ExsminattOn-Discri
i'm Favor OF CuItOn Made by the
Prosecution-TRyIor Asked wit
ness Jones Why He Came with
out Arms-Jones said shots Seemed
to Be From Secretary of states
Omce.
| Georgetown, Ky. July 19.-To-day's ses-
sion of the trial of Caleb Powers, charg-
ed with completely in the Goebel shoot
irg. started off wi h a long debate before
the court on the admissiHihty of matters
transpirug between the date of the shoot
| ing of Goebe and his death. The p2int
was raised by question put by The prose
cutiou to Witness Culton regarding a con-
versation between him and Henry Yout-
sey before Goebel died. The court ruled
that This evidence mus be exc.uded.
| Afte~ the assassination Culton said
Powers came to him and told him to
write TO the parties who were in the con
ference and tell them they had better be
very careful and do no talking as they
were liable to be connected with the muir
der. Witness told him l. would be danger
Gus to write, and Powers said he would
do it himself
! The prosecution produced a box of cart
! ridges for the witness to inspect Culton
said the cartridges were Likely those
! Youtsey showed him when talking about
| killing Goebel.
Powers gave witness badges for the
so they could distinguish their own men
/ from others
! Culton declared that while in jail with
! Powers al frankfort Powers begged him
to not go on the witness stand in the hear
ing of his (Culton's) motion for bail. Wit
ness told Powers he wanted to get bail,
as his family needed him.
! Powers told him he would see to il that
his family was provided for If witness
would agree not to go on the stand. Wit
! ness refused.
Under Cross Examination.
rs it not true" asked Attorney Owens,
for the defense, that you used over $1,000
belonging 10 the funds in your charge
while clerk in the auditors office and
! that Audito Stone was compelled to make
your shortage good?"
! 1T is not true. | was not short and
Auditor Stone did not have to pay any
thing on my account. There was ques-
ton a bout the legality of some claims al
lowed in my department."
| Culton was asked If he had not been in
dicted for forgery in Jackson county. He
| answered that he was indicted for the
technical offense of signing another mans
| name TO petition for the building of a
new court house
Witness was asked about visiting Col
Campbell and others of the prosecution.
He denied that he had been promised
immunity.
In becoming a witness in the Powers
case he was following the advice of his
father. Judge Culton.
Mr.. Owens asked how it happened that
TIE witnt SIS, although in jail at Frankfort.
is here merely under guard.
| Cultcn said the commonwealth consent
| ed that he might remain under guard ap-
pointed
A collo1uy followed the attempt Of the
defense to show intimacy between Culton
and the prosecution. and that discrin.i-
nation was being made between Cuiton
ard the other defendants
A number of questions was asked by the
defense TO show that Culton's evidence
new is at variance with that given in his
application for bal at Frankfort.
Powers Eyes on CuIton.
During the severe fire of interrogat tives
on cross-examination of Culton, the de-
fendant, Powers, sat with his eyes rivet-
ed on the witness.
Culton was asked 20 again relate the
conversation between him and ex-Gov.
Bradley regarding report that Goebel
was to be killed
Culton said Bradley. told him he under
stood twelve men had been picked for
that purpose and said:
That must not be done under any
circumstances"
Culton was asked if Powers did not
come to him after the assassination and
ask him If he knew anything that would
lead to the discovery of the assassin Wit
ness could not recall such a conversa-
ton
Culton concluded his testimony at 2:3O
o'clock, having been i'm the witness box
a total of over seven hours.
Sias Jones of Whitley county. who
went with the montaineers to Frankfort
and remained there until after the as
sassinatiOn. said he was in the executive
building when the shooting occurred. The
shots sounded to him as If they came
from the secretary of states office
Prior to the shooting witness said he
was in Taylor's office. The Governor ask
cd him why he was not in the house lob
by
Witness replied that he did not want
10 go up there, as he was not armed
The Governor asked with an oath why
had come there without arms, and said
| had as wei go home"
George G. Fetter of Louisville testified
that he was entering the state house yard
when Goebel was shot, but was positive
the subsequent shots were fired in the
main holl OF the executive building