Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-08-09
THE MURDER OF COEBEL
Beginning of the Fifth Week in
Kentuoky's Famous Trial.
THE TESTIMONY OF E. R. BULLOCK

Declares He Saw Man I'm "a STOPPING
Position Behind TIE Public Foun-
tain Immediately After the shoot
ing-COOmbs' Confession.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. IA piece of
new testimony was brought out yes
terday at the beginning of the fifth
week in the trial of former Secretary
of State Caleb Powers, charged with
completely in the Goebel shooting. Il.
r. Bullock, of Lexington, swore that he
was in the adjutant generals office
when the fatal shots were fired. He
stepped out and saw man in stoop-
ing position behind the public fountain
nearby. Bullock could not tell whether
the man was white or black, and did
not know what became of him. Bull
lock declared that he saw Col. Jack
Chinn walk rapidly into the state
house as he stepped from the adjutant
generals office. Apparently Bullock's
statements did not excite much inter
est.
r. G. o. Benjamin, a negro attorney
representing "Tallow Dick" Coombs,
and whose client, it has been repeated
ly asserted recently, had made an al
legged confession, asked Judge Cantrill
to be allowed to make motion to have
an investigation of his conduct in the
matter of the confession of Coombs, in
which he has been charged with be-
traying secrets of the prosecution.
Judge Cantrill informed him that an
investigation would not be necessary.
Benjamin then gave out an interview
in which he says that Coombs' report
ed confession was made in the presence
of himself, Commonwealth Attorney
Franklin and Victor H. Bradley, of the
prosecution, and that Coombs made all
the statements attributed to him ex-
cept as to the amount alleged to have
been offered Hockersmith to kill Goe-
bel. Coombs' nephew stated that he
had made a vain search for Hooker
smith, and he thinks Hockersmith is
in either New Orleans or San Fran
cisco. Benjamin said he had conclud
ed it was due to his client to tell all
he knows, as he cannot find Hooker
smith, who told Coomhs ali that the
latter knows about the assassination.
Capt. B. B. Golden and other repre-
sentatives of the prosecution confer
red with Green Golden, one of the al
legged accessories, in the Frankfort
jail Sunday, and there is possibility
that Golden may be introduced as a
witness in rebuttal to contradict the
testimony of the defendant.
At the afternoon session eX-GoveT-
nor Brown, for the defense, made a
long argument in support of his posi-
ton that the defense was entitled to
show in evidence that the occupants
of the executive building after the as
sassination heard threats on the part
Of the populace, and that they acted
upon this in arming themselves and
excluding the public and civil officers
from the building. The prosecution
argued that the commonwealth should
not be entailed with the burden of
idle threats that might or might not
have been made by irresponsible par
ties, and that this character Of proof
could not be offered in justification of
the course of those who had posses
sion of the building The court ruled
that the witness might relate any
opcCluC AcdIu,
but that he could not tell of common
rumor or threats which had come to
him second hand. The defense reserv-
ed an exception to this ruling.
Stenographer Stout. who was on the
stand when the court adjourned at
noon, continued his testimony He
told Of Youtsey coming into the ex-
ecutive Office carrying a rifle a few
minutes after the shooting. Governor
Taylor was not armed when he first
came into the Office, but went back and
got pistol.
Wharton Golden was recalled for the
third time and was asked il he had
told ]. M. Owens in the presence Of
J. c. Owens that Powers was innocent,
but that they could take 100000 and
hang the savior and all of the apos-
ties"
Golden said he never said II to
Owens or any one else.
J. M. Owens was then called, but the
court excluded the greater part of his
testimony, on the ground that the de-
tense had examined Golden on this
matter.