The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
GOOD WITNESS FOR POWERS.
MILLER SAID THE SHOT DID NOT
COME FROM HIS OFFICE. .

He was Powers Chief Clerk. and He
believed the shot Was Fired Out
side the Executive BuiIding-What
He Heard Gov. Taylor Say-Conier
ON Crosse Examination Showed
Troops Were Not Called Out on
Former TrOublous Occasions.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 4-Reuben Mil
Ter. chief clerk of Caleb Powers, while he
acted as Secretary of State, was the chief
witness in the Powers trial to-day.
Miller had been brought back from In
diana by the defense and he proved a
good witness. He expressed the belief
that the shot which resulted in the death
Of Gov. Goebel was fired, as were those
which followed it, outside the executive
building. He was the person closest to
the private Office of Powers, and he said
the shot did not come from that room.
Miller located the spot where Goebel fell
about fifteen feet away from the point
fixed by the prosecution, and stated that
the militia did not appear on the scene
tor thirty minutes.
He declared that Powers was not In his
office during che afternoon of Jan. Is. the
day on which the mountain petitioners
arrived at the state capital, and at which
time Witness Noakes charged the defend
ant with making several statements of a
threatening nature. and of comforting
with Youtsey, Culton and others.
Ben Rowe, colored porter OF the execu-
tive Office, also brought back from Indi-
ana by the defense corroborated the state
ments of Miller about movements of per-
sons in the public office of the Secretary
of State at the time of the shooting.
Miller quoted Gov. Taylor as saying as he
ran from his private Office into the room
on hearing the shots:
What Is the matter?" and on being told
a man was shot, said:
This is horrible"
Collier Again on the stand.
Gen. Collier, on cross examination, told
of keeping soldiers at the state arsenal at
Frankfort prior to the shooting but could
not remember whether he had brought
any arms into the state capital grounds.
He admitted having refused to allow civil
officers TO go into the executive building to
execute the writ of habeas corpus say
ing that he had orders from Gov. Taylor
to do SO.
Over the objection of the defense. Judge
Cantrill allowed the prosecution to show
by the witness that on two occasions prior
to Jan. 30-that is, on the day of the Col
son-Scott duel, and on the arrival of 200
armed mountain petitioners, the feeling at
Frankfort was intense, but that no SOL
diers were called to preserve peace.
Witness said he never, before the shoot
ing, heard anyone say the best way to set
tie the contest was to kill Goebel. Witness
told of preventing, by military force, the
assembling of the Legislature in the city
of Frankfort on the day following the
shooting. After an objection by the. de-
Tense which had been overruled. witness
said that he went TO the Capital Hotel and
warned the proprietor that he would close
his hotel If he permitted the assembly to
meet there.
Gen. Collier left the stand after two
hours, and Rev. C. T. Cody of George
town, was called. He testified to meeting
Wharton Golden about March 81 at the
house of witness, John Stamper, and of
Golden saying that he had made a con-
fession only for his own protection.
On cross-examination the prosecution
sought to show that the witness had dis
played much interest in the case on the
side OF the defense