The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-07
WITNESSES FOR POWERS
Rehearsing the Story Of GoebeFs
Assassination.
Stewart b. stone, TnyIor's StenoE-
rapher, Says the shots Sounded az
Though Fired From the Direction
of the Omce of the Accused-Cnpt.
ID. ID. WaIcott Takes the Stand.

GEORGETOWN, KY, Aug. e.-This was
not a star day for the defence. as none OF
the witnesses except Captain Walcott
seemed to remember anything that tended
to acquit Caleb Powers of the charges
against him.
r. H. C. Benjamin, the attorney for
"Tallow Dick" Combs. came here from
Lexington today with a letter from Combs.
in which the latter says he has the utmost
confidence in Benjamin and that the state
ment given out by Benjamin last week
as to what Combs had confessed was cor
rect in every particular except that he
(Combs) had not said Youtsey offered
Hockersmith $1,000, but he did say several
hundred dollars" Benjamin asked Judge
Cantril to have the charge of unprofes-
sional conduct against him investigated at
once, but the Judge told him to wait till
the trial was over. Hockersmith seems to
be the key to the situation just now, but
his usual haunts know him no more.
d. B. Walcott. ex-captain of the Frank
fort Company of State Guards, testified
tlat on the morning of January so he went
20 the State Arsenal about $3.50 O'Clock.
He had been stationed with twenty men
at the arsenal on January 4. That number
was increased until January 80 he had
forty-fcur men, who were drilled daily.
About 1850 Lieutenant Moore came to the
arsenal and said there was riot in town
and that Goebel had been shot fourteen
times. The witness continued:
Il at once called the company to fall in
line. Ten or fifteen minutes later John |
Perkins. the colored porter, came with
orders from General Collier to leave ten
men at the arsenal and bring the balance
of the company to the state house. We
arrived at the capitol in three or four min
utes. halted the company in front of the /
legislative building and put guards on the |
gates. did not see anything of the wound
ed Goebel.''
On cross examination by Judge Williams /
he said that he did not know for what rea-
son the State Guard was reorganized in |
October. Had never seen an armed guard |
at the arsenal before. Did not know why |
a guard was put there in January. He was |
simply obeying orders.
R. c. Blanford, of Lebanon, said he was |
in the meeting in Powers Office in jan |
uaryNwhen Sheriff Burton talked about u.s. |
ing cartridges to settle the contest and |
that Powers objected to the talk. Witness |
said he did not say in the presence of one I
or more Of the McElroys on January Is |
in Lebanon that Goebel would never be |
Governor. as he would be killed. nor did |
he say to the same men on the following |
Monday that Goebel would be killed, as |
the matter had been fixed.
Capt. z. R. Bullock, the next witness |
saw the shooting and immediate events in !
different way from any other witness. |
He said:
Il was in the adjutant generals Office
when the only shot l heard was fired /
get up and walked out to the front door
and saw nan lying on the pavement near
tie fountain. l walked on over to the
corner Of the legislative building and rec
oGniZed the man as Senator Goebel.
saw Jack Chinn about ten feet from Goe-
bel. Chinn was walking rapidly toward
the legislative building, and went inside
into the lower hall / saw a man on the
lower side Of the fountain, opposite Goe-
bells body. in a crouching position, but he
had nc gun or pistol, and 1 did not watch
to see where the man went. / went into
the legislative building and saw Chlnn and
other men in the hallway. l then went
over to the executive building. and saw
Governor Taylor, Capta Sharpe. and
oshers in the reception room. It was fully
ten minutes after the shot before Goebel's
body was taken out Of the yard"
Stewart B. Stone. OF Lexington, who was
Governor Taylor's stenographer in Janu-
ary, said:
Il was in the reception room near the
mantelpieee, next to the Governors pri-
Tate ofhce when the shots were fred. They !
sounded like they came from near the /
legislative building and up high, but in |
the general direction OF Powers office |
from where ! stood. We were all con-
FUSED, and l ran around in the room for |
several minutes. Mr.. Hargrave came In |
and said Golden or Goebel-I did not un-
derstand which-had been shot. | rushed 1
INTO Governor Taylor's private office ana |
told him that Goebel or Golden had been 1
shot. He said; 1t is IN awful thing or
It's terrible thing Go and find out /
which one is shot -
The defence recalled Wharton Golden
and asked him If he did not tell J. C. |
Owens. in Winchester. in March, that |
there can take that 100000 ard hang Jesus |
Christ apd the twelve apostles" He said |
he had not.