The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-24
PROGRESS
or the TrIalOf GOebel's Assas-
sins.

che court horae sOdoy, while "a file 0,
soldiers stood az The doors and pa sse
on the credentials OF persons entering ne
room. The cause OF display Of force was
the opening Of the preliminary hearing
court, being admitted Those admitted,
however, soon filled the court room wnich
is on the second floor OF the building.
The Lexington and Winchester nigtis
companies armed with Wlnchesters were
scattered through several rooms Ont,
the usual crowd was on the streets
and there was no excitement.
Colone, r. G.. Campbell ands Arthur
Goebel appeared at the court house at
$3.50 o'c'ock few minutes, Ex-Governor
John Young Brown, w. r. Ramsay r.
G. KinlSead and j. c.. Sims, attorneys
for the defense arrived.
The defense announced It's readiness
to proceed and called August Muninger.
a Covington undertaken as tn first wit
mss. He did ntt answer and an attach
ment for him was Issued by the court
The Witnesses present were ordered to
retire, and were admonished not TO talk
TO anybody
Judge George Denny and w. G. Dun
lap, OF Lexington who had been added
10 the list Of attorneys for the defense,
hook seats with their associate counsel.
Eph Lillard, warden OF the Frankf irt
penitentiary. was the first witness sworn.
He testified that he was with Senator
Goebel when the latter was shot. He
walked ahead Of Senator Goebel and was
Just entering the state house when the
shot was fred. He turned back from the
state house and saw what had happened.
He looked toward the executive building
and saw that the second window OF the
corner room was slightly raised. This
was the office Of the secretary Of state.
Tie thought the shot had been fired from
this room. There were several other shots
but, he said, they did not come from lie
same place. The first shot was evident
~ from a rifle. while the others seemed
TO be from pistols.
Cross-examined by Ex-Governor Brown,
Mr.. Lillard said ne saw nobody IN the
room from which the shots seemed TO
have been fired, and he did not see any
one In the main door or on the steps II
the building at the time Of the shooting.
There was a long wrangle between he
attorneys over the question whether Wit
nesses who had been examined might re-
main In the court room. The attornsys
for the defense objected 10 allowing Wit
nesses 10 remain because many OF ther1
would be witnesses in the trials OF Da-
Wis and Cutler later or IN which practi-
cally the same issues were involved.
Judge Moore, however, ruled that W.T.
nesses who had testified might remain
Policeman Wingate Thompson was the
the state house yard when the shooti ig
occurred. but arrived as the crowd vas
carrying Senator Goebel into the vac IL
He saw armed men at the entrance TO
thef executive building and recognized
John Davis and Berry Howard among
them.
Detective Dee Armstrong Of Louisville
said that after the military authorities
allowed the detectives to enter the exc
rttffVa ht1fldfno eavpraI daVq affpr the
shooting, he visited the various state Of
fees for the purpose OF securing the
names OF persons who were In the Ouiid-
ing at the time OF the shooting. He said
that Secretary Powers refused TO tell hun
who was In the office OF the secre.arv Of
State at the time Of the shooting aad
declined 10 say who was In charge "
said that ne Powers) was out OF The
city on that day. At 1906 court adjourn
ed until 1880.
The preliminary examination OF 5ecre-
tary Caleb Powers, charged with nhct-
ting the assassination of William GoeNei
began at y. m.
The witnesses today included Warden
Eph Liliard. Detective Doc Armstrong,
Sheriff Bosworth, who arrested Ss"re-
tary Powers and Capt. John Davis and ST.
las Jones. who Is now under boris
charged with completely In the murder.
Tho, testimony tended 10 show that the
shots came from that SECTION or me eN-
ecutive building In which secretary
Powers office is located, although 10 one
swore that the shots we're from the sec
retary's office. The strongest evidence
perhaps, was given by Silas Jones Wl.o
was tn Governor Tay,or's ante room whoa
the shooting took place.
There were many In there whom he did
not know II was his impression the shots
were fired from the executive building md
he thought from the corner Of the bun =
ing IN which Secretary Powers office S.
located When the shots were fired he
walked into the ante room where he saw
Capt Davis and Governor Tayor, among
others.
There WIS considerable excitemont.
Governor Taylor came TO the door an4
wanted TO know who was shot
'sDid you see any one try to open Caleb
Powers door2' asked Attorney Polsgr0Vr.
Yes, ] saw a man with sandy whis-
kers trying 10 open the door. He struck
II with hatchet,' replied Mr.. Jones.
Jones said there was much noise but
ne cou.d not say he heard any from Sec.
retary Powers room.
On cross examination Jones said he saw
Powers leave his Office during the norn-
ing for Louisville. This was previous
10 the shooting
No evidence was adduced today teniing
TO show that the defendant was inlpli-
Gated In the conspiracy, but in one Of
the frequent wordy disputes between the
attorneys for the defense ana the COM
monweaith, the fact YVES brought out fhoi
\ ". W. Wharton Golden, who s. sail 20
have made a confession, would be put on
fhe witness stand before the hearing ends.
proseoutlng Attorney P0'sgrove said to-
Aieht that sufficient evidence had al
Iaa1v heeu heard 10 warrant holding