The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-03-31
THE GOEBEL MURDER
Witness Golden Says 1t Was the
Result of a Plot.
Gives Evidence Against Secretary Of
State POwers-Implicates other
Republicans In the Alleged
Conspiracy.

| Frankfort, Ky, March 26.-F. Whar-
| ton Golden, of Barboursville, was Sat
urday put on the witness stand in the
examination of Secretary of State
Caleb Powers, charged with conspir-
acy TO murder Senator Goebel. Gold
| en- was rather nervous on the stand,
! but did not hesitate in his replies to
! questions, and his testimony made n
| deep impression.
"Where then did you go? To Barbours-
vilc?" asked Attorney Campbell. The wit
ness hesitated, then said:
81 won't answer that"
"When did you have a conversation with
Secretary 'Powers?'
"When MIR. Powers and left here to-
! gethcr. Col Powers told me to go TO liar-
Ian county and tell POSTING ster John Hirst
to send down ten witnesses IN the contest
! case"
How were these witnesses to be Sc
lected and in what manner were they to
/ Gomez
Irregular mountain feudists
give the exact conversation between
! you and Secretary Powers relative to get
ting witnesses in Harlan county"
'Ilc told me to go to Harlan county and
| tell Mr.. Hirst to send down ten men who
| were regular mountain feudists
! Ibid he understand what you meant by
/ mat, ana III so what was your ulucTStdHu-
| ing of that request?'
Objected to, but overrulcd.
II won't answer that" said Mr.. Golden.
| After some parley Mr.. Golden said.
| "wel, men who would stand up, and If
/ necessary go into that legislative hall and
kill off enough To make II in our favor.
II did not see Mr.. Hirst. l saw llamp
! Howard. l told him we wanted ten regu-
/ lar mountain feudtsts for witnesses. No
wanted men who had good Colts 40
"Wcre the Colts ISIS to be put in evil
! dence?" asked Attorney Campbell
Most assuredly they were. answered
Golden
The witness identified a receipt for $50
given by bingham. Witness also said he
gave Mr. Howard $3.50 Tor ten tickets 10
Frankfort and return. lie knew some OF
the men from Bell county. The men,
good many of them were mountain feud-
lists. In all about 200 or loo men were
| brought to Frankfort. They were fed back
of the statehouse. Capt. Davis and Charles
Finley providing the provisions. Contin-
| uing Golden said:
brings in Gov. Tnylor's Name.
I'VE sent most of them back that night.
BY we | mean myself, Caleb Powers,
| capt. Davis, Bull Culton and Gov. Tay
| lor Finley, Taylor and Powers decided
to send them back, all except ten or fifteen
from each county. l selected the men 10
| be kept from Knox county, u of them
| well armed Deputy Marshal George
Thompson selected the men from Laurel
county About It's men OF the mountain
GERS brought to Frankfort remained here
to see that we got justice"
Ibid you have any further conversa-
ton with Powers regarding the work 10
be done by the meA remaining here?
mo sir. We Understood what they We're
kept here for We knew that those men
were here to go into that legislative hall
and If necessary clean out those fellows.
Hl,.,t ell, x.rAsD
1.-THE democrats, enough to make ma
jority on our side.
The answer created sensation in the
courtroom.
Golden said he was in the executive
building on the day before the shooting
He met Caleb Powers in Gov. Taylors
ante-room. Powers asked him to so to
Louisville that day. He told John Powers
he was going to Louisville with Caleb Pow
ers. During lengthy argument over
technical point, Golden became i'll and
court was adjourned to !: 80 O'Clock.
Sensations of Afternoon.
Golden resumed his testimony at The
afternoon session. lie said John Powers
and black-red mustached man mad
talk concerning the closing of Secretary
Powers office during the latters absence
II had my back turned" said Golden,
but when / turned l saw John Powers
give the key to the man. John Powers
said to me: 'Goebel is going OF be killed
this morning | said This must not be
done He said: Don't get excited.
gave that man the wrong key l said
We must go and see Caleb. John POW
ers saw him. ! didn't"
Ibid you have any talk with Caleb or
John Powers about Dick CoombsY
NO; but they had two negroes there to
kill Goebel. John Powers told me so.
They were Hockersmtih and Dick Coombs.
| / saw Dick CoombS at the drug store near
the depot every morning for a week or
SO previous to the shooting. Coombs,
talking to a man named Wallace In my
presence, said:
% him, / know him as far as / can
see him and can kill him as far as can
see him.
"He was talking of Goebel. This con-
versation was in the adjutatnt generals
Office
ION Tuesday did you meet Caleb and
John Powers?" asked Attorney Campbell
Eyes, ! did. | saw them in Caleb's office.
| | got a letter from Brakeman that morn
ing asking me to come to Louisville.
Caleb said he was going with me, but
said he might want me to go to the noun
tains. He was talking to Walter Day and
Gov. Taylor. X. j. Howard, of Harlan
! county, came up, and he talked to Tay-
lor. lie insisted on Taylor calling out the
militia. Taylor said My God. you peo-
pie must do something first, adding i
can get the militia quick enough. You
| fellows must act first by that l under
stood we fellows must raise a riot In the
senate chamber. Goebel was there. AS
told you this morning, we would clean out
enough of that Legislature there to make
II our way"
what do you mean by that?"
| "Oh, kill them.
After Taylor was through talking
urged Powers to get the train with me.
| as II was due. l learned that Senator Goe-
| bel had been shot at La Grange. We con-
tinued on to Louisville. / do not know
why Mr. Powers went to Louisville. Both
John and Caleb Powers were along. We
left Frankfort that afternoon and went
directly to the statehouse. Inever saw MI.
| Powers again that day"
Golden's illness proved more serious
than at first thought, and in the aft
ernoon adjournment was taken until
ten a. m. to-day, when the defense will
take up the cross-eXamination and in
trc luce testimony in rebuttal.
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