The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-18

ABOUT READY
For THE JURY. .'I !
Court Room Packed to Hear the Ar
gument Of Tom campbell for
v tho Prosecution.
CALLEDDEFENDANTAcRlMINAL.
Dwelt Particularly on tho .Alibi,
Compared Criminal Statistics Of
Ohio and Kentucky.

Ohio and Kentucky.
GEORGETOWN. Ky, Aug. 17.-when
the trial of Former Secretary OF State
Powers was resumed to-day, the court
room was packed With spectators an
xlous to hear the conclusion OF tho ar
guments by counsel.
Col. T. c.. Campbell, of Cincinnati.
began addressing the jury ut $3.50
o'clock.
Colonel Campbell cited statistics
showing o comparison of the murders
committed in Kentucky and Ohio.
During the four years OF Governor
Bradley.s administration. he said there
were 1886 murders in Kentucky. There
were 2S5 convictions for murder and
ZIG pardons OF murderers. For the
same period, Ohio. with double the
population Of Kentucky, has only 40
murders. Caleb Powers had, he de-
clarcd. in the brief time he acted as
secretary of state, attested the pardons
Of seven murderers who were set free
by Governor Taylor. q,
Took Diagram Of the Capital.
He took the diagram of the state cap
ital grounds and this, in connection
with the measurement OF civil engl-
neers and the autopsy on the body of
Goebei, were used in tracing the bullet.
By this he said It was conclusIvely
proved that the shot was fred from
Caleb Powers office and defed the de-
Tense to try to shake the correctness OF
the demonstration. He referred to At
torney Owens OF the defense, as one OF
Powers fellow assassins and said that
while he always refrained from calling
men Liars, the temptation was great In
the case of Lawyer, Sinclair, "who made
himself one Of three witnesses who tes-
titled that the sound did not come! from
the direction of Powers office. while
overSon hundred other witnesses tes-
titled that It did come from that direc-
tion."s s. r Z, Fl - - - M
Organization Of Political Bacca-
9l7gne eers. y IL ;sss: ss:sss -
Colonel Campbell took up the evi-
dence OF various witnesses and dis
cussed its hearing upon the case. He
declared that the murder OF Goebei had
for Its object the permanent INSTALL
ment OF an organization Of political
buccaneers In the mountains. whose
strongest ally was q great corporation
to whom Goebel has been a thorn In
the flesh. "Culton, Golden and Noakes
were good enough" he declared. "to
take charge Of the mountain army and
manage Powers political affairs in jan
uary, but 1t suits the purposes Of the
defense now to seek to impench their
veracity and character since they
weakened and confessed the details of
the conspiracy. Powers own admiss-
ions on the stand corroborating every
thing Cuiton had said, is sufficient to
hang him.
Arrange for an Alibi.
Campbell contlnued:
"All shrewd criminals, OF which class
Caleb Powers is one, first arrange for
an alIbi. The mountain army was
brought to Frankfort January 25 and.
thinking 1t would perform Its murder
Gus mission. Powers goes to bed at the
house. Of John Davis. conspirator. but
the. foul deed Is not committed, and
Powers leaves his bed and waits for
another day. On January 80. the Sec
ond appointed day, he deives deeper In
TO the work of establishing an advance
alibi. ~ #
"He goes into exhaustive details OF
locking his Office though he never lock-
ed It before. and leaving for Louisville
on pretense OF bringing more men to
Frankfort. This time the plan is bet
ter laid and as soon as the assassin's
bullet is fired from the secretary OF
states office. Powers raises his hands
and exclaims: I am innocent, because
I was in Louisville when the murder oc-
CURED. Et
Henry. e. Youtsey, who has been
threatened with typhoid fever, is re-
ported better to-day. His attorneys
say ho will be ready for trial Monday.
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