The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-09
JURY all DEMOCRATS
Who are to Try Youtsey for
GoebeI's Murder.
DEFENSE KICKS ON THIS
But the Judge Seems to be a
Democrat, Too.

legged completely in the Goebel assassina
ton was called in the circuit court. tn.
first man called was accepted by boti
sides and the jury was complete TIL,
jury was SWORN and Attorney Bradle!
made the statement to the jury for tn,
! commonwealth.
Colonel Crawford, Of the defense, NOV
| ed to discharge the jury on the ground
| first, that the jury is not composed OF
| bystanders but summoned from remote
parts of the country; second, chat tbs
jurymen are all Democrats, and as the
crime charged involves politics to large
extent, the defendant cannot expect q
fair and impartial trial from such jury
Youtsey filed two affidavits in support OF
the motion.
At the afternoon session Judge Can
trill overruIed the demurrer to the in
dictment, to which the defendanN except
ed. The list of the commemorative wit
I nesses being called showed 81 present and
81 absent; witnesses for defense, Z present
md 50 absent
Mckenzie Todd, private secretary to w.
S. Taylor in January, said:
"Cn Saturday, Janury q, my attention
was called to Youtsey by Treasurer Day
in the reception room OF the secretary of
state lie was sitting by the middle win
dow, a yum in his hand. 1 had Just enter
ed the 70 ON. had seen some armed men
in the ha u, and they said there was
trouble in the Legislature. Later in the
day I saw him in Caleb oPwers' private
Office with gun. sitting by the window.
The window was raised little and the
curtain puledt down. 1 asked him what
he was doing with that gun He said:
There is trouble I'D there, pointing to
the legislative bu Hiding I don't intend
to start any trouble, but if it starts 1
will be prepared fer it He pulled back
a long board standing against the wall
disclosing some guns. and said to me:
They say overs is a brave man, but
when there are signs of an ytrouble he
hides his guns
After that Powers himself came in and
Youtsey again said he would not start
anything. but was prepared for trouble
I told him he ought not to think of shoot
ing out of that window and Youtsey
said: That's right: it would never do
I left Powers and YoutseY in there when
I came out. I saw Youts;ey again Mon
day morning before GoebeI was shot. He
was out in the main hall near the west
door fthe legislative bilding Caleb
Powers was present and Youtsey asked
me if we had any chance to win in the
contest When I told him the attorneys
were hopeful ne seemed satisfied and
started to walk toward his office. I was
i ma -,
the shot was fired Some one said a man
was shot. I looked out and saw a man
lying on the pavement with Colonel Jack
CHM near him.
when I went into Powers private
Office the day Youtsey was in there. the
door was locked and I knocked to get in.
About ten minutes after the shooting I
saw Youtsey in my office, which is the
reception room to the governors office. 1
heard him say nothing and saw him have
no arms"
Todd was not cross examined by the de-
Tense.
Frank H. Johnson, who was deputy
state auditor in January, said he had a
conversation with Youtsey prior to Janu-
AIRY 30, and while he recalled the talk
z AA+NAA'N-4-NeAsF
Youtsey said something about feeling ag-
grieved at Senator Goebel over some mat
tiers about which he said Goebel had mis-
treated him. The defense declined TO
cross examine Johnson, who was after
wards recalled by the prosecution and
said that after the shooting he called up
ali the clerks in the auditors Office and
asked them their exact whereabouts at
the time of the shooting; that when he
asked Youtsey where he was, Youtsey
said: 7 was in a safe place" Witness
said week or ten days later he asked
Youtsey again where he was when the
shot was fifred. and he told him that he
was in the basement Of the executive
building.
Sd, Sjeffe, the telegraph messenger.
said he saw a gun barrel sticking out of
Powers office window a second or two
after the shot was fired; the gun was
withdrawn q second later
Ed Porter Thompson, Jr.. who was OBJ
posite the east entrance 10 the executive
building when the shots were fired. said
a mainute after the shooting he saw
Youtsey run around the executive build
ing from the basement entrance and up
j
3. Matthews. assistant secretary of state
under Powers, saw Goutsey come into the
office about a minute after the shooting
with pistol in his hand Some ten min
utes after the shooting Matthews broke
open the transom and climbed into Row
ers' office, where he saw rifle living on
the floor near the west front window. an
other leaning against the wall ana car
hine in the southwest corner next TO the
bookcase. He said that after Youtsey was
arrested he told him that he knew the
front window n Powers office was not
raised. but was bolted down. on Janu-
AIRY 3.
Wade Watts and Louis Smith. keepers /
Of tie toilet room in the basement. told
Of seeing Youtsev run through their room
a few second after the shooting
Court adjourned until tomorrow.
The Jury VIII be taken to Frankfort to |
morrow morning - view the scceae OF
the tragedy and viii not return before ;
O'Clock Though the testimony today cir
curnst antially stroas against youtsey. his !
attorneys are confident Of disproying any
presumption ~ his participation in the
murder. Culton and Golden have YET "a
testify as % Houtsey talk about the steel
bullets and his receiving the key from
John Powers.
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