The sun., 1900-08-20
CALEB POWERS.

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Would fail to agree. and i'll this opinion
kbe defendant himself was firmly CON
finced.
When the verdict of guilty was return
IA, Powers for the first time during the
&eary six weeks Of the trial betrayed
his feelings. Under all of the recent
fying incidents he had maintained a
ehangelcss expression. The verdict Of
Ruilty, however, apparently staggered
Aim. He was sitting near the door of the
hurry room. aud when the jurors Knocked
&n the door, summoning the sheriff, his
8ace took on an anxious look. When the
H. men filed into the room and took their
Seats and as Clerk Penn called the roll
Hi Jurors the prisoner did not appear 10
I1e more excited than the vast throng of
Hpectaturs.
n Have you made a verdict, gentle
'hen?' inquired the court.
IL Powers Hears the Verdict.
Il I'VE have the jurors assented, and at
3fhe same time Mr.. Stone, the foreman,
s2assed the verdict up 10 the clerk, who
'fcad il aloud. Powers, always pale, grew
aghustly white as the verdict was read,
II nd his face betokened great mental an
euish. Then, somewhat regaining his
&onposure, he turned TO the Misses Dam
&erfeld, who had heen in conversation
with him, and said: Il was not expecting
That. The verdict is unjust"
III There was no sort of demonstration
Following the verdict, and the vast crowd
Sled out of the courthouse almost in si-
hence. Powers remained in the courtroom
Tor some time after the verdict was rem
8pred in conference with his attorneys,
who will at once move for new trial,
and, failing in that, will take an appeal.
I'M When the jurymen entered the jury
foom, Juror Stone, the oldest man on the
panel, was elected foreman. Sl
3 Juror Porter, the only Republican on
fhe jury, the first to speak, said: Gen
Stlemen, | am Republican, and | have
SFaid that | did not believe that GoebeFs
s9nurder was the result of conspiracy. |
did not think that Caleb Powers could be
guilty, but / have heard the evidence, and
# am convinced he is.
# Others also made talks, and it is said
bne of the men of the jury intimated that
#Ae thought the death penalty ought to be
33 33nficted. However, when ballot was
9aken all II of the jurors voted for life
imprisonment.
# The Jury which sat in the case was
omposed of eight Democrats, three anti.
#iDebel Democrats and one Republican
@ps follows: l. q. Stone, farmer, anti -Goe'
bel Harris Mussellman, farmer, anti
ioebel; w. o. Tinder, farmer, anti-Goe
bel; A. w. Craig, merchant, Democrat
N. L. Munson, farmer, Democrat; w
III. Oldham, merchant, Democrat; Ber
ord, farmer. Democrat George Mur
bhy, Democrat; j. L. Mulberry, farmer
D Democrat; j. T., Crosswait, carpenter
Democrat; Alonzo Kemper, farmer, Dem
I'm pcrat, and J. G. Porter, schoolteacher
Republican.
Chief Points In Evidence.
One of the Jurors said that the jury
nen were influenced in making their yer
iict by many things in the evidence, bu
38 hat some of the chief points We're Pow
3#5 rs own admission ON the stand that h'
organized the crowd of loo armet
3nountaineers which came TO Frankfor
8 an. IL, his corroboration of parts Of tn
z testimony of Noakes, Golden and Culton
F he proof that he gave Youtsey the ke!
hnd ethat the shot was fired from hi
btfice. X y 4.'--s N ~ sts.+i s''' - =
1t lis doubtful. whether the Youtse'