The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-03
Sensational Testimony is Given
at Frankfort.
PLANS TO MURDER HIM
COULD BE SHOT FROM sEcRE-
TARY OF STATES OFFICE
Witness W. H. Culton Gives Evf.
dence That Strongly duplicates
Henry Youtsey-Caleb Powers
Refusal to Listen to Any Such
Murderous Proposals.

frankfort, KY, Nay Wv. II. Culfon
the clerk of Auditor of State Sweeney
VINO Is under indictment as accessory IA
the murder of Goebel, went on the wit
ness stand in his own behalf in the hear
ing OF the motion for bail in his case this
afternoon and gave highly sensational
testimony Culton's testimony followed
aIter the motions Tor bail in the cases
OF Powers, Davis, Youtsey. WHITAKER
ana Combs had been overruIed. The ;;lib-
lows:
/ had talks with Powers and Tavlor
ABOUT bringing men to Frankfort. Taylor
wanted about twenty-five witnesses frcm
Jackson county before the canvass.ng
DoaId- had another talk with powers
/ cecil, Davidson, Howard and Others. /
/ ald not tell the men who came with me
/ that Democratic legislators were 70 be
/ AllIed by raising a row in the senate. and
/ never heard 1t discussed. When Berrv,s
contest was TO be voted on 1 heard it
discussed tAat he was TO rulain his seat
even II voted out 1 heaTd ncTb,1e. Ss-G
ABOUT a plan 10 XIII anybody.
/ oC CulIoH Saiu W K Johnson wanted his
tCultOn s. pistol.
Henry IOutsey told ne that GoabaJ
"Ouiu De Killed l tO.u hfa that il musr
/ NOT DC done. l TOD Governor bradley
what Houtsey said, and brauIey sa.d:
Bradley Was tzc-rined.
Ny God, this must not be done.
no, ' Is afterwards sa,o ,hvre was moth
witness said that On the dav after The
ASSASSINATION ne was w.tn jam howard IN
tne state house yard. howard caued MS
attention 10 a piece OF paper posted IN 4
"!h00H. " ei4. what o. maj 1 asked
On, you have sense enough 10 LfrIrr-
stand nave you not Was How ards re-
lie said Howard took out of his pocket
So4 te 4'-CdhDIe pistol cartridges. howard
tons" A0Oi q"eS-
henry Youtsey. after the assassination.
asked the witness where he was Oh me
day of the murder
tod hun mat l was up in the lobby
OF the mouse, HOutsey asked me how Il
Would DO Tor him 10 say that he was
there with me. / told Youtsev That 7 was
afraid he was going to ger into tro1bie.
also that Grant Roberts wanted to see
HIuI- RoDerIs mad missed his rifle and
toiG me ne believed YOutsey had it. l
Iold MN he had better see Roberts"
Youtsey Had a Scheme.
Inc witness told of another conversa-
lOn with Youtsey, who came with burton
OF BrecklnTlOge county.
Houtsey said he mad the greatest /
scheme yet; mat GOebel could De shot 4
I'm lle secretary OF states office and /
uCDOuy WOuiu ever know who did it, "
witness denied that he had mad a con-
N5rsauon with Miss Sallie Jackson. in /
Which he made statements damaeine to /
himself -
AT a meeting in Powers Office l presid-
ca, ana the question OF providing board 1
ing places Tor contest witnesses was dis
cuSSed. b. B. Burton pulled a handful of
cartridges and said: "A few of these
turned loose in the proper place would
soon settle the contest
caleb Powers said that if ~ such
TAX as that was to be indulgtd in he (
would leave the meeting" Cuiton testifes
again tomorrow
Judge CantriI today ordered change
OF venue 10 Scott county for the trial of
Powers, Davis and others, charged with
cOmp1CltN in the COpbpI mnrderT