The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-27
JlNESB.HONARD TO RAN1
GOEBEL MURDERER DECLARED
ny THE JURY TO BE GUILTY
AS CHARGED
HAS A RECORD AS A KILLER
Murdered George Baker and
Thought to Have Murdered Tom
Baker-Youtsey Trial COM
mences Monday.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 26.--James B.
Howard who has been on trial for the
past ten days, charged with being prin-
eipal in the assassination of VIM. Goebel,
was found guilty by the jury today, fixing
his punishment at death
The fact that the jury had deliberated
all of yesterday afternoon without reach
ing a verdict, led to the belief that it was
hopelessly divided and this fact made the
verdict shocking to Howard and to those
who hoped for his ultimate acquittal
Howard did not lose his composure when
the verdict was read. He glanced AT mis-
attorneys and smiled but said nothing
After the jury had been discharged. How
ard was taken back to the jail, and here
for the first time he betrayed emotion
He called for a pen and paper and wrote
long letter to his wife during which he
wept. He was Joined by his attorneys,
who spent a good part of the day in CON
ference with him in regard to the motion
for a new trial which will be filed to-
morrow and other matter in connection
with the case.
GUILTY ON FIPer BALLOT.
One of the jurors, after the jury had
been discharged, stated to the Associated
Press that number of ballots Were tax
en-, but the first ballot resulted in q un-
animous verdict of guilty. After that the
ballots were as to the degree of punish
ment and on the ballots ten members
voted for the death penalty, while two
voted for life Imprisonment This was
while the jurors were in the jury room
yesterday afternoon. The fist ballot to-
day resulted in verdict, the two Jurors
who had voted for life Imprisonment gave
in to the majority and voted for the death
penalty. The jury which tried the case
was divided politically, niHe Demoera is,
one Republican and two anti-Goebel Dem
ecrats. The verdict of the jury it is be-
lieved, was based largely upon the de-
struction of Howard's alibi, upon which
he depended solely.
H. H Culton who is under Indictment
as an accessory to the sGoebel murder and
gave damaging evidence against both
Howard and Caleb Powers, was released
on bail this evening and his case was
continued until the January term. His
bond was fixed at $4,000 and his brother
in-law, r. E. Hogg, of Owsley county and
]. F. Halcon1b and John Johnson of Jack
son county became his sureties.
Howard was represented by ex-Con-
gresham w. Z. Owens of Georgetown and
Carl Little of Manchester The prosecu-
ton was represented by Acting Common
wealth Attorney Williams. T. c. Camp
bell, of Cincinnati, and H. B. Golden OF
Bafboursville.
HAS A BLOODY RECORD.
Jim, Howard, as he is commonly
known in the mountains, is a strikingly
handsome man. forty-foer years of age,
and would be one of the last to be point
ed out by a stranger as the man on trial.
He had the record, however, of being the
leader of the Howard White faction in
the Baker-IIoward feud in Clay county,
in which numerous lives were taken He
had killed George Baker and was sus-
peeted Of the assassination of Tom Baker,
who was killed after the same fashion as
Goebei, and Howard's friends believe that
these facts had~very much to do with the
making of the verdict sentencing him to
the gallows.
The trial of Heo-v E Youtsey of New
port, Will be called at Georgetown next
Monday.