The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-07-19
The RAILROAD REGISTER WANTED.
a Letter Signed by the Defendant
was Produced and Made a Part
of the Court Record.
Defense Objects to Introduction of
'opies of TeIcgrnms Sent
Through the Telegraph Of
flee at DnrboursvIIIc.

il"i ihihS there were eight accepte
, jurors in the box and three seate
? subject to challenge.
The completed jury stands W. c
= Finder. farmer. Brown; A. w Craip
, merchant, Gocbel; w. =. Munson
farmer, Goebel; w. II. Oldham, mer
'hant' Goebel; George Murphy, farm
er, Goebel; j. {. Porter, farmer, re
publican; AlOnzo Kemper. farmer
Brown; Il. +. Ford, farmer. Goebe
(doubtfuD; j. u. Crosswaite, carpen
ter Goebcl; j. T. Mulberry, black
smith, GOcbcl; Harris Musselman
farmer, Goebcl.
Col. Campbell stated the case for the
prosecution. He reviewed the politi-
cal events of last fall, and especially
the events following the election and
the instituting Of contests by the
democratic candidates for state Of
fees. lie said that Caleb Powers was
most aggressive among those who
/ sought to settle the contest by vio-
ience, and that TO him largely was
due the importation of mountain
"feudiStS' to Frankfort.
During Surveyor Woodson's testi-
mony he produced the chip cut from
the blackberry tree in the state house
yard. The chip contains the steel bull
let which is supposed TO have passed
through the body of Mr.. Goebcl. Mr..
Woodson had not completed his testi-
mony when court adjourned.
Georgetown, Ky, July 1j.-Satur-
day. Mead Woodson, county surveyor
of Franklin county. and the OWL EN-
ginecr who made the measurements
was on the stand for over two hours.
lie had with him profile drawings,
diagrams and block of wood taken
from Il tree in the state house yard.
which was supposed to contain the
fatal bullet. The defense undertook
TO show that the surveyor had not
been sufficiently accurate in his meas
urement from the supposed point of |
entrance of bullet into the tree |
to prove that the shot was
fired from the window of the secretary
of states office. lie left the stand at
ll:1j.
At the request of the prosecution.
Mr.. Wodson. after leaving the stand.
removed the bullet from the block of
wood when il had lain undisturbcd
'Or six nj )nths, and after marking il
or Identification, passed the bit Of
cad about the bar. Judge, jurors
md lawyers all examined it with in
crest. Apparently the prisoner and
Arthur Goebel, the brother of Will
lam Goebel, paid less attention to the
all than some OF the attorneys.
Clothes hat Goebel wore on the IA
al day was brought in at o:3O by two
olorcd porters and placed in the
nte-room adjoining the main court
OOm.
Warden Eph Liilard, of Frankfor, !
rison, close friend of deceased.
as next called. lie accompanied Mr..
oebel TO the st&te house on the
'orning of murdcd and left him Just
efore the shot was fired.
Georgetown, Ky. July 17.-TAe
'ial of former Secretary of State Ca
b Powers, charged with being ac-
'ssory 10 the Goebel murder, was re-
lmed at $3.50.
On motion of the prosecution sub !,
'ena duces tecum was awarded re- :.
hiring James Eggleston. of Frank y,
rt, to bring in to court the railroad :,
gister showing the time of arrival u,
Id departure of trains at Frankfort =.
c day of the assassination. The .pur- -,
se of this is to contradict the claim -
the defense that Jim Howard, who "
alleged TO have fired the shot ar =,
ed after the assassination. =;
4 letter signed by Caleb Powers, in -;
lich this expression was used: 49,
i have had hard time getting H.
ylOr and others TO start, but they 49,
all right now, and this thing will 20
4 end" was filed and made a part 40
the record.
FRS. Anderson reiterated her state :.
Mt made on Saturday that many of ,,a
, kilograms on file in her Office for l.
months of January and February nm
been tampered with. The defense -,
ected TO introduction of several ora
agrams as evidence because they g.,
re only copies. The objection was riff
r-ruled. The first kilograms read ~,
e from Powers 10 the various cap Ts
is charged with the business of get H.
Z up the excursion of mountain 10
l 10 go TO Frankfort, and most of .m-
N read: -
How many can you insure from an,
T county. Wire immediately"
(Signed) {. POWERS. Mo
he defense filed formal objection \
heir competency as avidence. the
othing new was brought out in the
testimony of Mrs. Anderson. Wy
enry Kelly, manager of The Pos join
Telegraph Office at Frankfort, was pou
introduced to prove kilograms a r.
through the Frankfort office. wit
ne kilograms were identified by cloi
Kelly, but were not read. They MOI
: placed In an enyelope and sealed incl
nd the court will pass upon their itze
ission as evidence later. Ipita