The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-08-07
CALEB POWERS TRIAL.
Golden Displayed a Roll of Money in
a Barboursville Barber Shop.
He Said to His Brother There: "DOn't
You Know That the 100000
Reward Fund is Being
Circulated"

Georgetown, KY. Aug. 3.-Rev. John
Stamper, the brother-in-law of Whar-
ton Golden, was put back in the wit
ness box on the opening of court
Of the prosecution, questioned him as
to the part he took in getting repub-
icans from Scott county to go to the
state capital on January 25. He an
swered that he secured quite a num-
Der. On redirect examination by at
tOrneys, Sims, the witness, said that
the conversations he had with Col
len regarding the money, he (Golden)
was to receive for convictions were
confidential, but that he made them
public because a mans life was in
jeopardy.
Col. Hendricks said: 81 object to
that answer, and ask that it be
stricken OUT
THE witness shouldn't make stump
speeches in the court house." said
Judge Cantrill, sharply.
Attorney Sims retorted: "And we
object to that remark of the court"
Witness next said that he had never
been authorized by any one to offer
money to Golden to leave the state be-
fore the trial.
John o. Barrett, of Louisville, was
next called. He passed through the
crowd that assembled in the state
house grounds a few minutes after
the shooting of Goebel, and the de-
Tense asked him to tell of threats
that he heard made there against the
occupants of the executive building.
Prosecution objected, and the jury
was sent out. After hearing argu-
ment Judge Catrill ruled the question
out. Upon crOss-cXaminatiOn witness
couldn't say whether the interval of
the time between the first and the
succeeding shots was five minutes or
fifteen minutes.
The defense called r. L. McCluer, of
Lexington, newspaper man. Attor-
ney Owens asked him if witness Col
len had not said to him that Youtsev
was a fool for talking too much, and
wouldn't get a cent; but that ne
(Golden) had fixed it before he told
his story to the prosecution. Attor-
ney Williams, for prosecution, claimed
the question was incompetent and OBJ
jected to it. The jury was again
sent out and the attorneys argued the
matter for a half hour. At the con
clusiOn, Judge Cantr;ll said to the de-
tense: 'You can not impeach a wit
ness for the other side by inference.
sutain the objection"
The defense excepted to the ruling
and the witness stood aside
Col. c. C. Mengel, commander of
the LIST regiment, Kentucky state
guards, followed. He produced two
kilograms received at Louisville on
day of shooting at p. m, contain
ing only the words, "All right" and
signed, sd. r. Collier, Adit. Gen."
Also a letter from Collier, explaining
that words "All right" meant for
witness to come to Frankfort and
bring regiment and gatling gun. On
crOss-eNaminatiOn, prosecution read
this letter to show that in it Collier
having sent the kilograms before and
not after noon. Witness produced
orders signed by Gov. Taylor for the
movement of the regiment to Frank
fort. He said he could not explain
why the order was issued on January
18th, the date it bore, and not exc
cuted until the both inst In the or
der Taylor directed him to obey aAll
orders and signals" given him by Col
lier.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 4.-Of eight
witnesses introduced by the defense
in the Powers case, all but one were
called for the purpose of attacking
the credibility of witnesses placed on
the stand by the prosecution. One of
these fOrmer State Auditor Stone)
stated that Witness w. H. Culton, an
alleged cO-cOnspiratOr of Powers, was
removed from place of trust in his
office because he defaulted in the sum
of $1,000. Other witnesses Presidents
of GraysOn Springs, this state) testi-
fed that, instead of being in Frank
fort on January 30, the day of the
shooting of Senator Goebel, as he
claimed under oath to have been, Geo.
Weaver, prosecution witness, was in
their town organizing a lodge of
WOodmen of the World, and others
from Eastern Kentucky testified that
Witness Wharton Golden, of the pros
ecution, had displayed large roll of
money and intimated that it came
from the state reward fund.
c. H. Gibson, of Barboursville. came
next. He was asked to tell of an oc-
currence in barber shop at Barbours-
vile, when Witness Wharton Golden
displayed a large roll of money. Be
fore the prosecution could object wit
ness answered that such a thing had
occurred. The prosecution asked for
the exclusion of the testimony and
by agreement the witness stood aside
to be called later.
James Harlleroad, in whose barber
shop the incident is said to have oc-
Cured, was called. He said that Col
den told him on the day Defendant
Powers was arrested that Powers was
innocent. Later Golden came into his