The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-31
POWERS
Takes the Stand and Denies the
Testimony IF Witnesses

GEORGETOWN, ky, JULY 30-Ex-
Secretary of State Caleb Powers too
the stand In his own behalf today, but
did not complete his testimony on direct
examination. He will be on the stand
all day tomorrow. His defense is an
admission that he organized the body of
mountaineers who went to Frankfort on
sevtral occasion last winter for in
formation with the state contest board
and the ex-governor but no to intimidate
them. He entered a denial of the dam
aging charges made against him by Wit
nesses Culton Golden Noakes and 9TH
ers. On the stand this afternoon he de-
MED that Henry Yutsey had the keys
to his office on the day of the assassin
alton, but said there were two keys TO
the office, one of which was in the pos
ession Of a former assistant secretary Of
state, w ]. Davidson, and another in
possession of Ben Rowe Governor Tay-
lor's colored porter. Powers says neith-
or of these keys were ever in his posses
sion and said that he had his own key in
his pocket in Louisville the day of the
assassination Davis is in the far West,
supposed to be in the state of Washing
ton, and Davidson the colored porter, is
somewh re in Indiana, probably is Ander-
son.
At the afternoon session the defendant
resumed the stand He told of the con-
ference at which Finley Powers and 9th
ers discussed the arrangement for TAX
ing the mountaineers to Frankfort with
John A. Black, who strongly opposed the
movement. The witness said he request
ed Finley and Black would use their best
10 keep the crowd from degenerating in
influence to a mob but he denied to Black
that he was going to organize a mob.
He said that he had no recollection OF
having said in the presence of w. H Gull
ton that the legislature would be given
thirty minutes to act and If 1t did not
in that time they would kill the demo- /
cratic legislators. Afterwards he said
positively that no such remark was made
and added:
Nothing of the sort was done We
could have cleaned them up, If we had
desired"
In regard to sending the men home
from Frankfort the evening of January
25, about which Witness Noakes testified
last week and told Of a breach between
the witness and Governor Taylor, Powers
said:
81 heard that they were going to send
the men and I opposed, as the men had
been up all the night before I went
to see Governor Taylor and he told me It
had been decided to send them home as
their presence was having a bad effect
Some Of the anti-Goebel democrats had
strongly disapproved of bringing the men
armed and threatened to desert Cover
nor Taylor in the contest unless he sent
the men home"
The witness testified that he did not
give YSutsey a key nor did he hear a
conversation with Powers and Golden in
reference to Goebel going to be killed by
Talow Dick Cc''i s. He did meet Yout-
sey in the hall of the legislative building
and Youtsey asked him to let him IN the
office. Witness did not know why Your-
sey wanted to get in there, but witness ,
did not want him in there. Witness had {
his keys in his pocket
He talked with Treasurer Day and with
W. j. Davidson Monday evening. January
zs about bringing another body of men ,
to Frankfort, but did not decide until
Tuesday morning of the assassination. II :
was agreed TO do II.
Day Golden and witness went TO T,ou,s- {
vile for the purpose Of securing trans
portation for the crowd that was to be
gotten up. The witness testified that the {
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