Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-03-24
SENT FOR FEUDISTS.
Such the Testimony today against
Powers at Frankfort.

Frankfort, Ky. March 24.-F.
Whorton Golden was the principle
witness in the Goebel trial today.
Testified that secretary of state Pow
ers sent him, before shooting, to ar
range for ten mountain feudists,
with pistols to come to Frank fort.
Frankfort, KY, March GA squad
OF ~ extra police and deputy sheriffs
guarded the outer entrance to the court
mouse, while a file of soldiers stood at the
doors and passed on the credentials of
persons entering the room, when the
nearing of the men charged with COM
pllclty in the murder of Governor Goebel
was called. The general public was ex-
GUIDED by an order of Judge Moore, only
attorneys, relatives Of the accused, wit
nesses and officers Of the court being ad-
mitted.
Those admitted, however, soon filed
the courthouse on the second floor of the
building. The Lexington and Winches-
ter companies, armed with Winchesters,
were stationed through various rooms.
Not much more than the ordinary crowds
were on the streets. and there was no ex-
element.
Colonel L. c. Campbell and Arthur
Goebel appeared at the courthouse at an
early hour. few minutes later ex-Gov-
ernor John Young Brown, w. Il. Ram
scy, X. c. Kinkead and J. C. Sims, at
torneys for the defendants, arrived.
Judge Moore convened his court
promptly at the appointed time.
The prisoners. Republican Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, W. H. Cuton and
John Davis, were brought into the court
room and took seats by their counsel.
The commonwealth witnesses We're call
ed, numbering 49, The name of Ser
geant Golden was not in the list.
At the conclusion of the call of COM
monwealth witnesses County Attorney
Polsgrove announced that he was ready
for the trial in the case.
EX-Governor Brown read the warrant
against Powers, charging him with being
an accessory to the murder of William
Goebel and asked dismissal of the de-
PENDANT on the ground that the warrant
was fatally defective in not alleging that
the crime was committed in Franklin
county and did not even show the Of
tense to have been committed in Ken
lucky. Judge Moore overruled the objec-
ton to the form of the warrant.
Taking Of Testimony Begun.
Judge Denny and w. G. Dunlap of
Lexington were added to the counsel for
the defense, which announced its readi-
ness to proceed and called August Munin-
ger, Il CovingtOn undertaken, as the first |
witness. He did not answer, and an at |
tachment for him was issued by the |
court Witnesses in the room were Or
dered to retire AMI were admonished not |
to talk to anybody.
Eph Lillard, warden of the Frankfort !
pententiary, was the first witness sworn.
He testified that he was with Senator
Goebel when the latter was shot. He I
walked ahead Of Senator Goebel and was
just entering the statehouse when the
shot was fired. He turned back from
the statehouse steps and saw what had
happened. He looked toward the ex-
ecutive building and saw that the second
window of the corner room was slightly
raised This was the Office of the secre-
tary of state. He thought the shot had
been fired from this room. There were
several other shots, but he said they did
not come from the same place. The first
shot was evidently from rife, while the
)tncfS seemed TO he from pistols.
On cross examination Colonel Lilard
said he saw nobody in the room from l.
which the shots seemed to have been
ired, and he did not see any one in the
main door or on the steps of the build
ng at the time of the shooting.
Policeman Wingate Thompson testified
hat as the crowd was carrying Senator
ioebel out of the yard he saw armed
men at the entrance to the executive
building and recognized John Davis and
Berry Howard among them.
Detective Armstrong of Louisville said
hat Secretary Powers refused to tell
lin who was in the office of the secrc- I
airy of state ut the time of the shooting
nd declined to say who was in charge,
mt said that he 0Powers) was out Of the
ity that day.