The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-24
STAR WITNESS NOT
YET PUT ON STAND
But Evidence Shows Powers
Should be Held.
HIS PRELIMINARY TRIAL
The Bullets Came From the Direction
of His Office.
GOLDEN IS TO Be PUT ON STAND TODAY
The Court House at Frankfort Guarded Inside
and Out by Militia and Scores Of De-
putty Sheriffs. No Disorder
Occurs During Trial.
lBv the Associated Press.l


iiminary examination of Secretary OF
State, Caleb Powers, charged with
aEetting the assassination of William
Goebef, leean today before Judge
Moore. The court house was guarded
inside and out by militia and scores OF
deputy sheritfs, armed with Winches-
ter rifles t. prevent possible interior
ence from "mountaineers" who were
reported or their way to Frankfort,
but their presence was unnecessary
as, the mountaineers failed to appear
and 10 disorder occurred.
The commonwealth witnesses were
called, numbering forty. Golden was
not in the list.
The witnesses today included War
den Eph Liilard, Detective Armstrong
Sheriff Bosworth, OF Fayctte county,
who arrested Secretary Powers, and
Captain John Davis, and Silas Jones.
of Whiteley county, who is now under
bonds charged with completely in the
murder.
The testimony tended to show thai
the shots came from the section OF
tary Powers office is located, al
tough no one swore that the shots
were from the Secretary's office.
GOLDEN WILL TESTIFY LATER.
f. Wharton, Golden, who is said
to have made confession, will be put
on the witness stand later. Prosecut-
ing Attorney Polsgrove' said tonight
that sufficient evidence had already
been heard to warrant holding Pow
ers, but that the case woiIid be much
stronger before he was through. For
mer Governor Brown for the defense
says the evidence SO far is decidedly
weak.
1t is probable that all of the wit
nesses for the prosecution Will be
heard by tomorrow afternoon.
EVERY MAN GOES HEELED.
During the afternoon a soldier i'll
the rear court yard dropped his re-
volver on the stone tagging and 1t
exploded. In an instant every man
in the crowded court room was on
his feet, fully third of them will,
their hands to their rear pockets.
Eph Lillard, warden of the Frank
fort penitentiary, testified that he
walked just little ahead of Senator
Goebel, and when the first shot was
fired he saw that the second window
in the office of the Secretary of State
was slightly raised. Other shots, he
said, did not come from the same
place. The first shot was evidently
from a rifle. while the others seemed
to be from pistols.
Policeman Wingate Thompson test-
fed that as the crowd was carrying
Senator Goebel out of the yard, he
saw armed men at the entrance to the
executive building and recognized
John Davis and Berry Howard among
them.
STRUCK DOOR WITH A HATCHET.
Detective Armstrong, of Louisville,
said that Secretary Powers refused
any information whatever at the time
of the shooting as to who was in the
building.
Captain John +. Hawn, of Barbour
vile, testified that Powers had asked
him to turn over his ammunition and
company to Lieutenant Gibson, pre-
vious to the shooting.
Governor Brown made the point
that a man cannot be convicted as an
alder of a crime unless some principal
is convicted of the crime. AS the act
ual murderer of Governor Goebel has
not yet been named, the point possibly
involved the liberty of Secretary Pow
ers. Judge Moore ruled against the
defense.
Silas Jones, of Whiteley county, tes-
titled that he thought the shots were
fired from the corner of the building
in which Secretary Powers office is
located. He Immediately walked into
the ante room, where he saw Captain
Davis and Governor Taylor among
others.
There was considerable excitement,
the Governor came to the door and
wanted to know who was shot.
did you see any one try to open
Caleb Powers door," asked Attorney
Polsgrove.
STRUCK DORR WITH A HATCHET.
Eyes, saw man with sandy whis-
kers trying to open the door. He
struck it with hatchet," replied Mr..
Jones.
Jones said there was much noise,
but he could not say that he heard
any from Secretary Powers office.
On cross-examination Jones said he
saw Powers leave his office during the
morning for Louisville. This was pre-