The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-28
SAW GUN MUzzLE
IN THE WINDOW.
Shot That Killed GOcbel Apparent
~ Fired From Secretary of
States Office.
HAMPTON INVOLVES TAYLOR.
Republican Legislator Testified
That Taylor Told Him Human
Life Would Have 10 BE
Sacrificed.

Sacrificed.
Georgetown. Ky. July 21.-The first wit
ness called in the Powers trial to-day WAS
Judge James u. Black of Barboursville,
who was a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor before the recent
State Convention. lie testified as To the
letter which Powers wrote James Stevens
Of Barhoursville on February -. in which
the statement. Il am largely responsible
for the dIsorsanized condition of the Dem
ocrats: am an open advocate Of war"
was used
Private Dudley Williamson who was a
member of the military company which
took charge OF the Statehouse Immediately
after Goebcl was shot. testified that the
members of the company were drawn up
in the arsenal that morning. prior TO the
shooting Witness said that the company
had been kept insid. the arsenal since the
Legislature met. but previous To that day
had not been uniformed
ID. II. Sinclair. former manager OF the
Postal Telegraph office at Frankfort. tcsti-
ned as 10 many kilograms sent through his
Office before and after the shooting. Some
related to calling out the militia, others to
supplies for the mo..ntaineers who came TO
Frankfort before the shooting.
Sinclair was subjected TO a rigid cross-
examination
Gun in the window.
George Weaver Of Denver. colo. was the
mex! witness. He was in Frankfort AT the
time of the assassination and was Just en-
terinG the rear If the capitol grounds when
So.
the direction Of the Executive building and
saw the muzzle of a gun pointing from IN"
Secretary of States Office. Witness >aid IL
Thought h. saw the hand Of man hOldin:
the gun. Wiin,ss had p-ver been in Frank
fort before that day. and left THAI after
noon.
-, cryss-eNamira;iun by Judge Sims wit
ness said he was q native "f London. Ny;
went To Colorado in 1871. lived a; Trinidad.
Hastings and other small towns IN Colo
Iado. bat claims Denver As his home now,
ni~ family being there. lie wds a barber
until last fat. ana since then has been en-
pioycJ 10y tue MoOdmen of the World.
irdt. rnal organization.
Weaver could not remember about tn"
Gather on The day of the shooting; and
could not give II good account 81 his move
m"uts Nh!le an Frankfort.
Hampton Involves Taylor.
l.. ". Hampton. L Republican member ~
the legislature from kuoX County. testified
this AFTERNOON that he Vas talking with
Governor Taylor in january on the subject
,f the contest. Thr witness Stii Taylor JUd
hym thIt human lIi- would have l." he sac
iitcrd. Hampton continued. Il replied.
Well II tie Governor says bur he urol>e
iu and said 40 me-: oh, cant advise ycu.
/ had called un the Governor to urge him
10 call out the militia. He told me SOME
thing would have 10 be- done before he could
40 this. It was IN this connection that h.
spoke of sacrificing human life. TN the
day after the Contest Board Was drawn
witness said h.. heard that Taylor was ah,is-
ing the Republican members. Tie went Sc
the r>-cuiiv, "tiir- ami Taylor said To him:
You fellows sat over there and allowed M
L. %. robbed: -
Hampton also said h.. Wa in frequent con-
f-reUc- with Caleb Powers ana asked the
latter If IL did not have chance to hold
ON To his office even II Taylor should b. un-
seated Powers replied To- Witness that he
did hot want tile uftiC- if Taylor lost the
ro,eTuUrshIp. ,;".h.l would haV- him
az SaS~iu..i.d. Powers a-~o tuld witness he
Intended IL iirhl till death rather than give
up Til, defense did not cr"s~-.Xaminc the
witE--s.
Goid-n's startling Testimony.
T. Wharton Golden followed Rrpr-S-uta-
tive Hampton on TN stand.
asked hin, Ia gn 10 the mountains and get
q crowd Of InoUntaiG fvuii>tS To bring -
Frankfort. Powers accompanied WITNESS
part ~ tn. way on the "trip. and witness
Wen; through Harlan. Bell and other couT-
ties getting up the crowd Receipts from
liaInp Howard. Doctor Bingham and other
mountain men for money paid t. them by
Golden were exhibited To the jury. Witness
go; the money from Powers.
At BIrb"uryill. Golden saw POv'is and
Charles Finley. Finley s,id:
We viii go down there and petition IN"
legislature. and II they don't drop that
thing. We will Kill them.
Powers. vino WAS present. spoke appr"V
ingIy Powers and witness went TO Scott
Green of Knox County To- ask him tu bring
some men from the Frankfort "trip. Green
could not go and said.
If were To- - would kill GOebel and
eud this business
Negroes to Nil Gocb-f.
ca. the day before the shooting witness
saw John Powers give loutSey the Keys TO
III. Secretary of states ofIiC. and later
Powers told him they had procured two ne
rroes Mason iiockcrSmith and "Tallow
Dick CONS. 10 Kill Goehrl. on the morn
ing OF the assassination witness. Caleb and
John Powers and Walter Day Wen, ~
] louisville. Before leaving. witness was IN
the United States Attorneys office. GOV
eTUlr Taylor WAS there ana several Hel.
from the mountains. +. J. Towards If
Harlan County wanted the Governor to call
ont the troops. but the Governor replied
You all must act first"
While the Powers brothers. Day and the
witness were on the train en- route TO
! louisville they heard of the assassination.
Caleb Powers said sarcasticai;y,
THAT is shame"
John Powers also laughed over il. In
February witness was in Secretary Pow
ers's Office when Il civil engineer was max
ing some measurements. Powers said
They say the shot came from this room.
and they are going 10 prove IL. j believe il
would he better for us TO go TO Franklin
and Potsgrieve and tell them all about it,"
TayIor'a Peculiar Remark.
Witness walked home with Governor Tay-
Tor one evening, and the latter asked him
If he and the other mountain men would
back up "A Republican member of the Leais-
]ature in case a fight should he precipitated.
and further along in the conversation he
said:
Golden, il looks like a horrible Thing to
kill {, man. but il looks like the only way
To handle Goebel aud his gang
The cross-eyamination was begun, hut
rad only proceeded little way when court
adjourned
MOUNT WATCHING THE CASE.
indianapolis. Ind. July Ex-Governor
Mount to-day said he was studying the
Powers trial at Georgetown, Ky. closely