The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-17
ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL
POWERS TRIAL AT GEoRGEyHoUUH
RAPIDLY APPROACHING IT'S
END
THE ORAToRY WAS DRAMATIC
Capt. Ben. ID. Golden Denounced His
BrOther-in-Law, Rev. MIR. SIAM
Der, I'm FOrcfbIe
Language.

GEORGETOWN, KY, Aug. 16-Attor-
ney Bradley today continued his speech
Ior the prosecution in the trial of ex-
secretary Of State Powers. He Iikened
the armed petitioners who went to Frank
fort to highwayman, who draws his
revolver and petitions the traveller for
MS purse. He told the jury that 1t had
been proved that Charles Finley had said
"Goebel will be killed within five days"
and in less than that time Goebel was
lying quivering on the pavement. He
told them that 1t had been proved that
Caleb Powers had said: IF no one else
will kill him, I will kill him myself"
that Henry Youtsey said Goebel could
be killed from Powers office, and the
assassin could run down into the base
ment and never be discovered. A few
seconds after the shooting 1t is proved
that Youtsey did run down into the base
ment, out through the barber shop, and
back through the east entrance into the
Office next to Powers.
AT 10 o'clock Bradley concluded, and j.
H. Tinsley, Of Barboursville, began for
the defense. He declared Powers was
not within fifty miles of Frankfort when
the fatal shot was fired.
At 1 p. m. Capt Ben B. Golden, a
speech for the prosecution. He said II
one family more than the Goebel family
had suffered by the assassination 1t was
the Golden family; that his poor young
brother had been contaminated by asso-
citation with Caleb Powers and that he
was here to help as best he could to
make reparation for his brothers wrong.
He said Powers himself was the first to
use the expression mountain army" In
letter to Sadie Snuffer, and that he
never spoke of peaceful petitioners or
any kind OF petitioners till this trial
came Golden was especially bitter In
his denunciation of his own brother-in-
law, Rev. j. T. Stamper, and said:
HE is a preacher, 1t is said, but If
you could take the lid from the hottest
Dit of hell you would find just such peo-
pie as Stamper in it. Lawyer Tinsley
said one thing in his speech, and Rev.
Stamper sWore directly the opposite, ana
If YOU jurymen have any doubt whether
he is lying 1 will throw In Lawyer SIN
clair and let you draw sticks for the
liar"
Golden concluded at 8 o'clock and on
motion of the defense, in order that Col
Owens speech might not be interrupted
court adjourned till $50 p. m, SO he
could complete his speech in the even
ing.
At the evening session Maj. W. C.
Owens went over the testimony IN ue-
tail. He told the jury that Caleb Pow
ers could not be convicted on statements
of co-conspirators and he said the tes-
timony of Culton, Noakes and Golden
had not been corroborated. he SAID ne pc
wished the books Of the 100000 reward
commission could show the promises
made for conviction and he would BET
the whole amount could not be PAD OUT
of 500 600 appropriated. He was Dram
&c in declaring that he would not nang
a dog on the testimony introduced by the
prosecution. If night session Is heia
tomorrow night the whole argument WIN
oono1,Ida with the speech of Mr.. Frank
In The commemorative attorney.