The Portland daily press., 1900-07-24


Spectators were scarce today
when the trial was resumed
OF Caleb Powers, charged with
completely in the Goebel shooting. The
prosecution gave notice that they would
excuse half dozen persons summoned as
witnesses for that side. Among those
excused was Ike Golden, brother of Sar-
geant E. Wharton Golden.
Lieutenant John Ricketts,, an officer in
the Barbourville militia company, of
which John Powers was captain, was the
first witness. He went to Frankfort
January 25 with the train load Of noun
taineers. The men were armed with guns
and pistols. Arrived at Frankfort, they
took possession Of the agricultural build
ing and stacked their guns there.
Witness said each morning a crowd Of
from three hundred to six hundred
mounted men occupied the yard in front
Of the executive building. He saw Yout-
sey frequently and talked with him. The
day before the assassination, Youtsey
said GoebeI had to be put out of the way
and he (Youtsey) had one hundred dol
lars which he would give for that purpose
and knew ten or twelve others who would
also contribute to such a fund. Youtsey
also said Goebel could be killed from the
executive building; that the assassin
could escape through the basement and
never be detected. lie said his job de-
pended on GoebeI being killed. Fifteen
minutes before the assassination, witness
said Youtsey told him he wanted twenty
five or thirty men to accompany him to
the executive building. Continuing, the
witness said: 'Youtsey put US inside the
executive building near the stairs. He
told Us something was going to happen
and we must remain there. When he
started through the hall I left and went
into private residence across the street
from the building. I had been there a
few minutes when heard the shots.
did not know any Of the men whom left
at the foot of the stairs IN the executive
building.
'"Ihe men whom Youtsey placed were
just outside the Office of the secretary of
state. Witness said he left because he did
not want to be present in case of a kill
ing"
Cross-examined, the witness said that
when Youtsey placed the men in the
hall, he told them that as soon as 'ssome-
thing happened, man would come
down tho steps and go away with them.
Witness said when Youtsey left the
men he went in the direction of the gov
ernor's office.
r. E. Coombs. private secretary to APP
pellate Justice Hobson told of a converse
ton between two mountaineers in the
House lobby a day or two before the as
sassination in which they spoke of pick
ing them out, y meaning the Democrats.
During the cross-examination of
Coombs, ex-Gov. Brown objected to tes-
tinony that mountaineers went to
Frankfort armed, as the right to carry
arms was q constitutional privilege. The
court said that the law does not permit
crowds of armed men not in the military
service and called out in the regular way
to gather for any purpose.
Brown filed an exception to the re-
marks Of the court and repeated a previ-
Gus statement as to what the defense ex-
pected to prove as to the purpose Of the
Of the mountaineer excur-
sion.
Eyes, interrupted Judge Cantrill,
and the court objects and excerpts to the
continued refteration by counsel Of things
which the court thinks is meant for
spectators in the court room and not for
the court. -
"We object to that statement OF the
court, came from several attorneys for
the defenses Both the court and Brown
showed irritation.
Assistant Adjutant General Murray
read letter which he found on tile in
his Office at Frankfort, having been left
there at the time Of the evacuation Of the
Taylor troops. Tt was from Powers to