The age-herald., 1900-05-05
Matthews Said They Were Is- sued to Defendants.
MORE CHARGES AGAINST YouTsEY
rs panies Were Ready to March an. Hour Before the Shoot,
 ing Took Place

Frankfort, Ky, May 1.-The most impor- tant testimony yet brought out in connec- ton with the assassination of Goebel was brought out tonight in the hearing for bail In the Culton case. Assistant Secretary of State J. B. Matthews and Mckenzie Todd, private secretary to Governor Taylor, were the star witnesses, and gave testimony nearly as sensational as that of Culton. Matthews stated that pardons were issued also to Charles Finley, John l.. Powers, . Harlan Whitaker, and, possibly, W. H. Culton.
 !. The witness first said pardon had been issued to Culton, but later said he was not sure as to Culton, but thought he entered a pardon for him at the same time he en- tered the other three pardons and those to Caleb Powers and John Davis, March 10. The hearing will conclude tomorrow. Hearing of the evidence was resumed this morning. Captain J. F. Howe, a Bar bourville military officer, testified regard ing Caleb and John Powers coming to him ten days before the assassination and try ing to get him to bring his company to Frankfort disguised as citizens. He de- clined to do so unless ordered by Governor Taylor, and no orders came until after the assassination. Captain Chinn, who was with Goebel when he was shot, stated that he was sure the shot that hit Goebel was fired from the executive building.
 Ed Steffee, who was standing on the portico in front of the state house, saw Goebel fall. Immediately after the shot he looked toward the executive building and thought. he saw the barrel of a rifle pointing out of the window of the office of the sec retary of state The weapon was drawn in and the window closed.
 aHfeaa-rv Saw Smoke Rise
 In the cross-examination Steffee said that after the shot was fired he thought he saw a little smoke rising above the window from which he saw the rifle. He did not look to see where the shot came from un- til after Goebel fell.
 Judge J. G. Williams, one of the attorneys for the commonwealth, was placed on the stand. He told of having seen Culton in a whispered conversation in the state house yard on the morning of the assassination with Berry Howard, but did not know what they were talking about.
 Wade Watts a bootblack in the basement of the executive building, saw somebody run down the steps into the basement right after the assassination, then saw Youtsey running through the basement. He heard some men whom he did not know talking about killing the democrats in the legisla- ture.
 Frankfort, Ky, May At the afternoon session, arguments were heard from att torneys of the telegraph companies in re- gard to the submission of telegrams as evidence. The court ruled that the writ should apply only to messageS~bearing on the Goebel assassination. Several tele- grams were read to and from the defend- ants, all relating to the visit of the armed rprl ,rt a me n n a Atgthe night sitting of the court, ex-State Auditor l.. c. Norman testified that prior to the assassination he overheard Judge George Denny of Lexington saying:
 Somebody ought to kill Goebel and Gov ernor Taylor ought to pardon the man that did it."
 He said the tenor of Denny's conversa- tion that Goebeps death would save the livesgof other people. Witness com- municated the remarks to Goebel.
 McKinzie Todd, private secretary to Gov ernor Taylor, testified that he saw Culton and Youtsey at the governors office sev- eral times He did not know Jim or Berry Howard He saw armed men around the gosernor's office the day of the mountain eer excursion.
 Asked if he saw any guns in the office of the secretary of state, witness said he saw two there on Saturday, prior to the assas- sination. Youtsey was in the room and later picked up one of the guns and took
 
 Youtsey what he was going to do. Yout- sey said he thought there was trouble in the legislative building and that If 1t started he wanted to be prepared"
 Est Youtsey Was Prepared
 Youtsey said he would not start any trouble but would be prepared to protect the building if it did start The secretary testified as follows:
 ''I was in the reception room of the gov ernor's office at the time of the assassina- ton. The shots seemed to come from the west end of the building. didn't know that Goebel had been killed until Joe Davis ran in and told I went with Davis to his house, and he got gun. We came back immediately.
 'The door of the office to the secretary of state was opened while we were gone"
 Assistant Secretary of State J. B. Mat thews vas called to the stand. He said:
 'I was in the governors reception room when the assassination occurred. The first shot sounded to me as if it came from be- tweensthe two buildings. got pistol and started out. As I opened the door met Henry sYoutsey coming in He had re- volver in his hand. He asked me where the shooting was Governor Taylor asked MT. Hartgrove to go out and see what had happened d.4 F1artgrove went out just ahead of mel remained out of the office but few minutes and when returned several people had come into the of1ce We tried to get i1 the secretary of states office to