The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-03-22
Wharton Golden Alleged to Have
Confessed to a knowledge of
the Awful Conspiracy.
4 SERGEANT IN THE STATE MILITIA.
"Pm Saving Myself From the Pen;
Maybe From the Gallows," He is
Reported to Have Said.
The Assassin of Goebel Hired to Fire the
Treacherous Shot.-A suspect Now
Under Arrest Involved.-As-
founding Revelations.

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was said here Sunday that Sergt. +
w. Golden, of the local company O.
state guards, has allied himself with
attorneys for the prosecution of tn,
assassins of William Goebel, and ha.
divulged much information concern
ing the men now in custody at Frank
fort. His cousin, Green Golden, O.
the state guards, returned from
Frankfort Saturday night and gave il
out that Wharton Golden, the ser
gent, had turned to the other side
and that Caleb Powers had told hin
to keep Wharton from going te
Frankfort. But Wharton had left be
fore the arrival of his cousin. Among
the men in this section who were
present in Frankfort when Goebe
was assassinated were Milt Trosber
John Golden and young man nance
Ricketts,, all of whom reside on farms
adjoining that of Caleb Powers faith
er on Brush creek.
Wharton Golden is said to have
stated here a few days ago that one ot
the men now held at Frankfort had
offered these three boys $1,000 if they
would put Goebe out of the way. He
says they refused to take the money
Wharton Golden also said that he was
afraid that these boys would tell OF
the men when the trial came up.
John l.. Powers. brother of Caleb
Powers, and for whom there is Il way
rant of arrest, came into town Sunha y
on the assurance OF Sheriff Reese lh.
he would not arrest him. lie has bcr..
hiding in Harlan county and on hj,
fathers farm. Mary OF the repub ..
ans here are very much incensed ovy.
the arrest of Caleb towers, and de-
clare that they WI go to Frankfort
ii necessary and take Inn out OF ca.
tody. The maJo.1ty of these people
say that even if Pcwcl had some con
nection with the Gsss m bling of the
mob at Frankfort On January 25. he
is not guilty of he crime of asyas-
siRation, because. as they say, he did
not fire the shot It became known
to the republicans at Frankfort last
week that Capt. j. +. Hawn, of Com
pany ID, 2d regiment OF the STATE
guards, had informed Mr. .Deckhfm
that he would recognize him, an' .h:'
ready to make whatever disp SD 80
he saw fit of. the 81 rifles and 3.nGU
rounds of ammunition in his possess
sion.
Mr.. Beckham sent one of his u.li-
GERS to Barboursvillc, with inS;ruc-
tions to have Uawn pack and slip ,..r
rifles to Capt. Longnire IA LeE.a;,-
ton, but before this could be done
Lieut.. Col. Morrow came here with or
ders from Gen. Collier to lawn. tell
ing him to turn the rifles and am
mHnition over to Lieut.. Gibson. This
Hawn refused to do. whereuDun
Lieut.. Gibson, with an armed force,
broke open the arsenal and took the
rifles. The ammunition, however. is
stored in the vault Of the bank of
Miller d. Miller. who have refused to
give it up except on the verbal order
of Capt. Hawn. A stenogrpaher in
the employ of the attorneys for the
prosecution of Powers and others
came here from Frankfort to take
the dispositions of several witnesses
who have been summoned to the tri-
ais of these men. When his presence
and purpose became known crowd
of about 20 wanted to lynch him. He
was saved from the mob by Sergt.
Wharton Golden, who, under the pre-
tense of becoming the leader of the
mob, so arranged matters that the
stenographer got away.
Lexington. KY, March 1a.-For sew
eral hours Sunday Thomas c. Camp
oF l.
lin. commonwealth attorney. and
James Polsgrove, county attorney, of
Hanklin county. and +. w. Golden,
Barboursville, were in consultation
at the Phoenix hotel The first named
three are attorneys for the prosecu-
tion in the case of those accused of
completely in the assassination OF
William Goebel, and Golden is SER
geant in the Barboursville company
of mountain militia, of which John
L. Powers is the captain.
At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon
Campbell went to Cincinnati and a
couple of hours later Franklin and
polgrove returned to Frankfort. Col
den left Sunday night on the east
bound c. G. O. train. At the depot
he was asked by a militiamen as TO
his mission here. 1t is stated that his
reply was: II am saving myself from
term in the pen, and maybe the
gallows.'
He refused to talk to newspaper
men at all.
Louisville. KY, March 15.-Warrants
have been issued for 30 of the most
prominent republicans in Kentucky
and also for four Brown democratic
leaders, charging them with being
accessories before the fact to the MUIR
der of William Goebcl. Only 12 of
these warrants have been given to the
detectives, and but four have been
served. Only four more will be served
at present, the plan being to have
the April grand jury of Franklin
county return indictments and then
the arrests will oliow.
Republican Gov. Taylcr and United
States Senator Deboe are on the list
of those to be indicted.
Taylor says he will never surrender
until the United States Supreme
Court takes action. Beckham is ex.
pected TO attempt to capture the State
house the moment the state court of
appeals affirms Judge Fields decision.
Frankfort, KY, March 16.-At a
conference between the county and
district officers here IL was deter
mined to have returned here--Secre-
retary of State Powers, Holland Whit