The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1900-11-02
HE COMMITTED PERJURY.
Another Chapter in the History Of
the Trials for the Assassina-
tion of Goebel.
FINLEY ANDERSON PERJURED HIMSELF.
In an Affidavit, Published I'm the
Louisville tkyJ Evening Post He
Tells How, and mt Whose Behest
He Testified rs He Did Against
Caleb Powers.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 31.-The Louis
vile Evening Post prints an affidavit
of Finley Anderson, the telegraph OPP
orator upon whose testimony Caleb
Powers was convicted of completely in
the murder of William Goebel, in
which Anderson swears his story told
on the stand at Georgetown was per-
jured. After telling of conversa-
tion with Attorney Campbell, at Gin
cinnati, in connection with the Goe-
bel case, the affidavit continues:
II remained in Cincinnati after
this conversation with Mr.. Campbell,
and some time after that.Mr. Arthur
Goebel, in his store upstairs. on the
fourth floor, where l had gone at his
request, asked me if Powers had not,
in my presence, at Barbouryille, in
January, said to me in substance
these words, referring to VIM. Goe-
bell They say he wears q coat of
mail, but it won't do him any good
or something similar to that. / told
Arthur Goebel that Powers had never
said anything of that sort in my pres
ence to the best of my knowledge. He
told me to think and see if ! could not
remember it. | could not remember
such a remark, and | know that Pow
ers never did make such a remark or
anything resembling it in my pres
enee, but being urged by Arthur Goe-
bel, | finally concluded to state that
Ia ii ,al. 80. Il
swore upon the trial, which testi-
mony was false.
Before making my statement to
Campbell, Wharton Golden told me to
make it as strong as possible, as they
(referring to Campbell and Goebel
would take care of me and protect
me. | desire now to say that | never
had but one conversation with Caleb
Powers, and that was in relation to
my going to Frankfort with the men
on the 25th of January, and at no
place was the name of Wm Goebel
mentioned or referred to in any way
or in any connection by Caleb Powers
Il desire furthermore to state that
either upon the occasion of the first
conversion with Campbell, or the day
after | received from him so i'm cash
and since that conversation, l have
received from both, before and after
was a witness at Georgetown in the
Powers case. various sums of money,
and | have since such conversation
with Campbell and Arthur Goebel re-
eeived from Arthur Goebel various
sums aggregating about $500, and up
on one occasion so from Justus Goe-
bel. The last sum | received was on
Tuesday, October 23. 1906, which was
SIS given to me by Col. Campbell at
his office in Cincinnati. just prior to
giving me this S. Campbell had tele-
phoned TO Arthur Goebel to come tC
his Office, which Goebel did, and whe
he arrived at Campbelrs office h,
went into a private Office with Camp
bell, and Campbell come out and
handed me S."
Anderson gives further alleged
dates and details and concludes his
atfidavits thus:
Il believe that my testimony in the
trial of Caleb Powers aided in his
conviction, and l am unwilling longer
TO suffer in silence by reason of the
thought that the falsity of my state
ments have aided in convicting Caleb
Powers