The age-herald., 1900-07-24
HOT WORDS IN
 POWERS CASE Governor Brown and Judge Can- tri| Have Heated Co|Oquy' PERSONAL ENCOUNTER FEARED Attorneys for Defence Said the
 Court Was Prejudiced. JUDGE CANTRILL GROWS ANGRY Several Telegrams Read from Powers to Adjutant General Collier, Which
 Prosecution Think Are Dam aging to the Defendan.
JUDGE CANTRILL GROWS ANGRY

Georgetown, Ky, July 23.-The Powers trial developed several new and sensational features today. In addition to the testi- mony, which was nearly as interesting as on any previous day, there was a contro- versy between ex-Governor John Young Brown, senior counsel for Powers, and the court, in which the attorney and the Judge had hot passage of words.
 In case Powers should be convicted and given even light sentence, the defense will move for a new trial on the ground that the statements of the Judge while en- gagged in today's controversy with Brown were prejudicial to the defendant. Two of the witnesses who testified today were Lieut. John Ricketts of Barbourville and Wade H. Watts, very intelligent negro, who gave circumstantial evidence against Henry Youtsey, which was regarded as very damaging. Ricketts, testimony very favorable to Powers. He not only testified that Powers did all he could to keep the members of the mountain army which he brought to Frankfort, January 25, sober and orderly but he also gave testi- mony the inference from which was that Goebel was shot from the second story of the executive building instead of from Powers office, which was on the first floor.
 The court room was only about half filled with spectators when the Powers case was called today. The prosecution gave notice that they would excuse half u dozen per- sons summoned witnesses for that side. Among those excused was Ike Golden, brother of Sergeant F. Wharton Golden.
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 Lieut.. John Ricketts, an officer in the Barbouryille military company, of which John Powers was captain, was the first witness today. He arrived in Frankfort January 25 with the trainload of mountain eers Before the train reached Frankfort witness said the men were told to report to w. H. Culton for rations. The men were armed with guns and pistols. Arriving at Frankfort they took possession of the Ag- ricultural Building and stacked their guns there.
 Witness said each morning a crowd of from 300 to 500 mountain men occupied. the yard in front of the Legislative building. Witness saw Youtsey frequently and talk ed with him. Had q conversation with Youtsey the day before the assassination. Youtsey said Goebel had to be put out of iHt way anu HG OuiSeNJ ndu 3lUJ,UUJ which he would give for the purpose and knew ten or twelve others who would con- tribute to such fund. Youtsey said Goe- bel could be killed from the executive build ing; that the assassin could escape through the basement and never be detected. He said his job depended on Goebel being kill ed.
 Fifteen minutes later the witness saw Youtsey and the latter told him he want ed twenty-five of thirty men to accompany him to the executive building Continuing. witness said: "Youtsey put us inside the executive building near the stairs.
 Something Going to Happen
 He told something was going to hap pen and we must remain there. When he started through the hall 1 left and went into private residence across the street from the building l had been there a few minutes when I heard the shots. I did not know any of the men whom l left at the foot of the stairs in the executive building
 Witness explained that the men whom Youtsey placed were just outside the of- flee of the Secretary of State. He said he left because he did not want to be present in case of killing.
 Cross-examined, witness said that when Youtsey placed the men in the hall he told them as soon as something happened" a man would come down the steps and go away with them.
 Witness said that when Youtsey left the men he went in the direction of the Gov ernor's office.
 k. E. Coombs, private secretary to Ap- pellate Judge Hobson, the next witness, told of a conversation between two moun- ? taineers in the House lobby a day or two before the assassination, in which they spoke of picking them, meaning the. Democrats.
 Assistant Adjutant-General Murray read letter. which he found on file in his of flee at Frankfort. having been left there at the time of the evacuation of the Taylor troops. It was from Powers to Adjutant- General Collier, dated January 22, in which Powers said
 We have undertaken a serious matter. We must win We must have those men and guns.'
 Another signed by John and Caleb Pow CTS to General Collier on the same date said:
 You're acquainted with the fact that Captain Howse is a Democrat. He has the keys to the armory, and refused to give them to us The leutenants are all right. Please notify Captain Howse to deliver the keys to Lieutenant Gibson"
 A letter from D. w. Gray, of the First Regiment, to General Collier, dated Jan. ~---------~-->-~---~~~ -~>>---->>------~>--~>