Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-03-31
POWERS HELD WITHOUT Raj
AWAIT ACTION OF GRAND INV
Taylor's Pardon Was Ignored-Co
Denied the Right of the Renu
can Governor to Grant 1t, and H.,,
1t Was No Bar to the Prosecuti..
Powers Made No Defense.

Frankfort. KY, March 2S-The four,A
day of the trial of republican Secretary :,
State Powers began with the court ROW.
cleared of all people excepting ATTORNEY,
newspaper correspondents and officers Al
the court. The attorneys for the defen,a
held consultation, after which Goyerna,
Brown for the defense announced that n.
testimony would be introduced for tba
defense and that they would waive fnr.
Their examination.
The pardon issued to Powers by Gov.
ernor Taylor was rendered by Brown Az
bar to the prosecution and he asked that
defendant be dismissed. Colonel Campbell
said the commonwealth denied Taylors
right to issue pardon. Governor Brown
then moved that the prisoner be dismissed
upon the evidence, but the motion was
oNerruled.
Bail was then asked for.
Judge Moore said: 1T is not my belief
that Powers fired the shot which killed
Goebel, but on the evidence it is my opin.
ion he was connected with the conspiracy
to kill him. | shall therefore order that
he be held over without bail to the Frank
lin county grand jury that the case NAV
be further investigated"
H. T.. Youtsey, republican auditor
Sweeney's private secretary, was arrested
today as the man with the black mustache
whom Golden mentioned in his testimony
as the man to whom John Powers gave
the key to the office of Caleb Powers
loutsey is half brother of John l.. Craw-
ford prominent republican of Newport
Says the Deal Is Completed.
London, March 2S.-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Paris says:
'The sale of the Danish Antilles to the
United States has practically been CEN
pleted."
Killed the City Marshal.
st. Louis, March ga special to the
Post-Dispatch says that Ellsworth Evans
shot and instantly killed Assistant City
Marshal Hennecke at Bonneville, Mo.
When shot Hennecke was attempting to
arrest Evans after he had robbed a cigar
store.
A Star special says: evans, the muir
derer of Marshal Hennecke, mas been cap
tured 10 miles east of Bonneville Prep.
arations have been made to lynch the pris-
oner."
Negro Lynched by "a Mob.
Belair, Md, March 28-Louis Harris.
q n tod |l,y i, 4
with criminal assault upon Miss Annie
Mclllyain, was taken from the Jail and
lynched by mob of 20 men. A fusillade
OF shots were exchanged between the sher-
if and his deputies and the men, resulting
In the wounding of two men. The mob
hustled Harris to neighboring yard, and,
placing the moose around his neck, flung
the other end of the rope over the limb
OF tree. As he was hoisted from the
ground the limb snapped and Harris fell
to the ground. He was lifted up again
and hanged a second time. Several shots
were fired into the body. The loose end
OF the rope was tied to gate post and
the corpse was left hanging until this
morning. Miss McIllvain, Harris victim,
Is about "a years of age
Looks Like Asgressiveness.
Yokohama, March 28.-A Russian
squadron has arrived at Chemulpo. 1t is
believed this presages demand for a con
cession of Ind at Masango, a small harbor
20 miles south of Chemulpo, and is arous-
ing uneasy comments in Japan.
Beers Mnssing at Biggersberg.
Ladysmith, March 28.-It is reported
that the Beers are massing their en-
trenched positions at Biggarsberg, and it
is added that their transport trains are
packed at Newcastle, in readiness to facili-
tate their retreat In case necassitz renuires