The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-02
COURT in SESSION.
GoebeI Assasslns Will Be Investigated
Thoroughly by the Law.
ALL EYES ON JUDGE CANTRlLL
Thought That His Charge to the Grand
Jury Will Be Vigorous.
LARGE NUMBER OF SUSPECTS PRESENT
And Many More VIII Be Brought 10 as the
Case Proceeds.
JURY MAY REPORT BY SATURDAY NEXT.
De Facto officials Have Nothing TO
say--yery Few OF Them TO Be
Seen In Frankfort.
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.ARGE NUMBER OF SUSPECTS PRESENT
And Many More VIII Be Brought 10 as the
Case Proceeds.
Jury MAY REPORT BY SATURDAY NEXT.
De Facto officials Have Nothing TO
say--very Few OF Them TO Be
Seen In Frankfort.

Frankfort. Ky. April 1.-The converting
of the April term of the Franklin county
court tomorrow with Judge Cantriil sit
ting marks the beginning OF the final
legal proceedings against the alleged as
sassns Of the late Governor Goebel. anl
on this account makes 1t tho most inn
portant in the history OF criminal trials
In this State in many years. The session
of the court will be taken mainly tomor-
row with preliminaries The names OF the
grand Jurors have not yet been made pub
lie and Will not be until tomorrow. Judge
Cantrills charge to the grand jury. always
vigorous and comprehensive, Is looked
forward TO with more than ordinary in.
tercst
The grand jury will probably get in
working order Tuesday, and OF course the
assassination case will be the first mat
ter taken up. It Is understood that Com-
monwealth Attorney Franklin, who Will
conduct the prosecution on the part Of
the State, has had subpenas issued for
numerous important witnesses In rotation
and others will be issued as soon as the
court gets down 60 work. The names OF
the suspects who have already been mr.
anu whose cases nave DcoL TeleTEtl
TO the grand jury for investigation are
republican Secretary Of state Caleb Pow
ers, Judge w. H. HazelIpp Lakeland:
Henry Youisey, Frankfort; j. l.. Sutton,
williamsburg; Harland Whitaker. Butler
county; silas Jones. Whitley county and
John Davis Frankfort.
Warrants are also out for ex-Secretary
OF State Charles Finley. Captain John l..
1 Powers OF Knox county, and "Tallow Dick"
Coombs. colored IT Is not probable any
indictments will be returned before the
I latter part Of the week, at the earliest,
Rnd II The prosecution makes good It's
claims, the investigation win Involve u
large number OF others against whom In
dietTnents viii be returned. The general
impression prevails that none OF the trials
viii come up at the present term. and 1t
Is understood that the defense, probably
In every case, will move for a change of
venue to some other county on account OF
the heated state OF public feeling here.
Republican Adjutant General Daniel r.
Collier. 80 far AS known, is the only one
OF the republican contestants who is in the
i city tonight.
| Colonel T. C. Campbell, special counsel
for the prosecution, was In conferences
with Henry Youtsey one OF the men ar
rested for n long time at the Jail this
Afternoon. The attorneys for the prose-
cutim persistently claim THAI they have
more damaging evidence agatha Youtsey
connecting him with the crime than
against any of the others so far arrested,
and 1t Is said that the statement made by
Culta2 has strengthened the case against
him. Republican leaders profess to not
know the plans of republican Governor
Taylor. but It Is generally believed he will
not return here until the action of the
grand jury is made public. II he returns at
all soon, and In this opinion, democrats
and republicans coincide,