The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-21
KNEW coz BEL
WAS To Be SLAIN
Caleb Powers Is Accused BY
Another Witness.
"WHEN G0EBEL is
DEAD" HIS WORDS
More Predictions and Threats
Are Quoted.

Georgetown. KY, July 20.-"When
Goebel is dead, no man in the state
can hold the Democratic party togeth-
err" These are some of the ominous
words attributed to Caleb Powers by
Robert Noaks; a witness, today in the
Powers trial for murder
Noaks testified that John Powers
and Charles Finley conferred with him
in November after the election, relative
to bringing armed men to Frankfort
at the time of the state election. They
told him they wanted him TO bring as
many men as he could TO intimidate the
election commissioners.
NOaks told of being asked by Caleb
Powers to get a company of militia
composed of men who could fight and
to get smOkeless poWdar cartridges.
The witness testified that after he
went to Frankfort Caleb Powers came
TO him and said:
Bob, l understand you have two men
in your company who would kill man
if you wanted them to do it,
Il told him." concluded NOakS, that
did not believe / had such man
That afternoon the men were being
sent home, Caleb Powers told me TO
to keep Chadwell and Jones. My mill
tary company was taken with me- They
wore citizens clothes with their uni
forms under them. We were told by
Powers to do this, so we would be
ready for military service.
Said ''Goebel Would Be Killed"
wv. H. Culton told me 1 must keep
six of my men under arms all Of the
. I 2
Dixon and told him ] wanted to turn
over my company. for 1 had become
satisfied that Goebel would be seated
as governor and L did not want to serve
under him.
Dixon told me not to be discouraged
as Goebel would not be governor.
was tired and asked Powers how long
this was going on. He said not much
longer, as Goebel would be killed and
that would settle it. That morning
checked two large pistols and rife fol
Berry Howard.
L saw Governor Taylor that morn
ing. l went into his office, took my
pistols off and put them into a book
case l passed some words with him
at the TINE
At 8 o'clock tomorrow morning
Noaks will be ss-examined.
Stenographer on the Stand.
Miss Annie Weist of Louisville, who
was stenOgrapher TO Auditor Sweeney
and was in the auditors Office in the
I executive building when the G0ebel as
sassination occurred, was the frs
witness called. She heard three shots
in the direction of the Office of the sec
retary of state
Immediately after the shooting sew
eral strangers came into the room but
they did not speak of the shooting ana
il was five minutes before she heard
what had occurred Miss Weist said
Henry Youtsey came into her office the
day of the Van Meter-Berr contest
and told her she had better leave the
state house, as trouble was likely. She
said that a few minutes after the
shooting Assistant Secretary of State
Matthews stationed two men with guns
at the door of the building with orders
to allow no one either to enter or leave
the building.
Miss Snuffer of Williamsburg testified
that Powers told her Jan IA, that be-
fore he would be robbed of his position
he would kill the last one of them, al
the same time exhibiting a pistol
A letter. said TO have been written by
Powers. was read, in which Powers salC
he did not want to see Charles Finley
There was no need of an understanding
to enable them to tell the truth. Finley
was as innocent as he, Powers, was
This was written four days before
J Powers arrest.