The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-26
TESTIMONY
or Golden sufficient TO TO'd
PaNers

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FRANKFORT. ny. MARCH 2l-"Johi
Powers told me hey had two niggers
here 20 kin GoebeL They were Hockey
smith and Dick Coomns" This ate
ment was made today by wharton Cod
en-, a frail. consumptive looking Ken
lucky mountaineer, while on the witness
stand In the preliminary examination q
Secretary OF state Caleb Powers, charged
With conspiracy to xiii Goebel Goliea
told story OF the events leading up
to the murder tte, x substantiated Will.
in the minds O. tho connected with the
prosecution, at least probab y g. toward
proving the contentious Of the common
wealth that the murder was the result of
a pan in which several prominent re-
pultican were involved Whether the
defense will seek TO impeach Golden's tes-
timony In this preliminary examination Is
not known as the attorneys for the de-
fense will not talk on the subject but
unless such an attempt the common
wealth will rest It's case. 30 h County
Attorney Potsgrove and Attorney Camp
bell believe enough evidence has been
presented to hold the defendant on the
charges. Golden who Gains 20 have been
friend 10 Secretary Powers and his
brother, John Powers for years, gave
testimony that was practically damaging
60 John Powers. Tut he also brough in
the names OF many others. including
Charles Finley w. H. Coulton ana Gov
ernor Taylor in his history Of the bring
ing OF the mountaineers to Frankfort
previous TO the assassination. Governor
/ Tayor however was not directly impli-
Gated and the attorneys for the common
wealth intimated today that they 90 not
expect to have his name brought forth
prominently in the story OF the eyed
conspiracy.
Golden was not cross examined today
and adjournment was taken az an early
hour this afternoon on account Of his
physical condition. the witness having a
sight hemorrhage during the morning be-
coming so weik under the rain OF the
examination in the ar;ernoon that he
Dtkktu " ht alANMtA Il ANHRiNts AAN WtAs
quite nervous at times. Go.den's testi.
mony tended to show tnat a plan was
made 10 bring to Frankfort several hun
dred regular mountain feudists, VIII
would II necessary. as Golden expresse,
it "go into the legislative hall and XII
of enough democrats mtaouek-rai RI
off enough democrats to make It on
: way"
The testimony did not show the alege
pot to kill Goebel was part Of the orr
ginal plan, nor did It contain the name
OF those who conceived the idea. But th
the commonwealth sougth TO show b
Golden's conversations with various rec
pie that not only John and Caleb Power
) but others as well had fun knowledge Q
the pan of the alleged assassination.
Secretary Of State Powers was th
only one OF the defendants brought int
4 court this morning, Captain DAVIS an
4 Culton remaining In jail Wharton Go {
n en- OF Barboursvi le was the FIRST witness
+ lie has known sccreaTy Powers fc
ahout eighteen years, ana knew Mr.. Gu
ton. He was also acquainted wi n Coz
y ernor Taylor and Captain John Power
lie said he was friend 20 all Of n
defendants He was Ia Frankfort
7. January and February and saw Seer
tary Powers nearly every day lie WI
in Frankfort on January "a, and went
Har an county on the eighteenth, the
r went to Laure county for two or thr
days. from there returning TO Fran
fort.
Where then did you go, TO Barbour
vile" asked Attorney Campbell. AIT
hesitaung the witness said:
.s 81 won't answer that"
=, when did you nave a conversau'
with Secretary Powsrs?"
when Mr. Powers ana ! left here {
!. eether"
"Co.onel Powers tod me 20 80 20 ha
,, Ian county and tell Postmaster John iii
20 send down ten Witnesses in the co
j ses case, who We're regular mounta
i. feudius
= DID you undtrstand what be meant
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