The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-14
POWERS S-G0EBEL CASE
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL
BY THE STATE
EVIDENCE TO CLOSE MONDAY
The state Contradicts some OF the I'm
portant Evidence of the Defense-Its
Own Witnesses Sustained by Docu-
mentary Evidence From the state
Departments-A Large Number of
Witnesses for the Prosecution Ex-
amined.

GEORGETOWN, Ky, August IA large
number of witnesses in rebuttal for the
prosecution We're heard to-day in the
trial Of former Secretary Of State Ca
leb Powers, on trial for alleged COM
plicity in the Goebel shooting. Some
of them were strong in their contra
dictions of witnesses for the defense.
The prosecution laid much store by the
testimony of witnesses who testified to
seeing Caleb Powers with other lead
| ers of the mountain crowd on the even
| ing of January 25th. The defendant
| had testified that he was i'll in his
| room all of that afternoon. Several
other witnesses viii be introduced Mon
| day to further contradict Powers on
this point.
| A number of Frankfort business men
| and citizens testified that the talk of
mob violence after the assassination of
| Governor Goebel existed in only the
| minds of those in the executive build
| ing and that there was no need of the
| militia.
| Among those who so testified was
| Sheriff Suter, who said he swore in a
| posse of a dozen citizens and that il
| would have been equal to the occasion
| had it not been blocked by the actions
of Adjutant General Collier who made
| the civil officers subserVient to the
| militia.
| w. F. Grayot, assistant state auditor
produced the books of the state audit
or in response TO subpoena duces te
cum to show what portion of the $780,
600 reward appropriated by the legis-
lature had been expended in the search
of the crime. The record showed that
in all $1,000 had been drawn.
| Mr.. Grayot produced the record
showing that w. H. Culton was paid
his full salary in the auditors office as
a clerk for December and part of the
month of January. This contradicteC
| eX-Auditor Stone, who charged Cultor
with stealing $1,000 and stated that h
dismissed Culton and caused Auditor
Sweeney to refuse to give him a clerk
ship.
Hon John ]. Cantrill further con
tradicted the testimony of Rev. Johl
Stamper, who on yesterday had deniet
several statements alleged to have beel
made by him in regard to the trutl
of the confession of his brother-in-law
Wharton Golden. Mr.. Cantrill sal,
: Stamper did say that Golden had tol,
t the truth and also said in substance tn
other things attributed to him.
=
I Golden, denied that Wharton Golde
: ever said that there was "a hundre.
. thousand dollar reward fund afioa
I and that he had got a part of it,"
. Judge Sims, of the defense, attacke
the standing of the witness by askin
him how many times he had been in
dicted. The witness studied a momen
and said he guessed he had been in
dicted at least a dozen times. He ha
been indicted in the state courts 70
; carrying concealed weapons and fo
1 shooting and wounding and in the fed
eral court for impersonating an officer
What became of these indict
2 mentS?' asked the lawyer.
S Il beat them ALL said the witness.
n Commemorative attorney, Franklin
= made a statement in which he said tn
prosecution had hoped to conclude it
= rebuttal testimony to-day but tina
e some minor new features had been in
: jected into the cases upon which tn
f state desired to introduce more proc
! and he asked an adjournment unit
Monday for that purpose He said tn
n evidence for the state would all be i
n by noon Monday.