New-York tribune., 1900-08-18
ARGUMENTS IN eoEBEL MURDER cAsI
FLEAs INtDEFENcE ENDED AND PROSECUTION
TO CLOSE TODAY.

FIEAs INtDEFENCE ENDED AND PROSECUTION
TO CLOSE TO-DAY.
Georgetown. Ky. Aug 1.-THE argument in the
| case of Caleb Powers charged with being an ac
cessory TO the murder of William Goebel. was not
concluded to-day the Court refusing to hold 4
| night session. The Commonwealth Attorney. Rob
ert B. Franklin. will make the closing speech foI
| the prosecution tomorrow morning. The argument
for the defence closed by Ex-Governor John
Young Brown.
The entire morning session and nearly hour
this afternoon were taken up by Colonel T. c.
Campbell for the prosecution. Colonel Campbell
intimated that Jim Howard fred the shot but
subsequently said: Il do know who fred the
shot that killed Goebel but il was one of the five
principals named in the indictment-'Jim' How
ard. Berry Howard. Henry Youtsey. Harland Whit
aker and Tallow Dick Combs-and every of
them were there by procurement of Caleb Powers
and W. S. Taylor"
Colonel Campbell cited statistics showing COM
parison OF the murders committed in Kentucky
and Ohio. In the four years of Governor Bradley $
administration he said. there Se6 murders in
Kentucky. There were 2S5 convictions for murder
and 21S pardons for murderers For the same
period Ohio with double the population of Ken
tucky, had only 49 murders. Caleb Powers had
he declared in the brief time he acted Secretary
Of State. attested the pardons of seven murderers
who set free by Governor Taylor.
At the close Of Colonel Campbes speech the
Court announced a modification Of the instructions
10 the jury. dennlng the words unlawful act to
be 'to alarm. inctte terror do bodily HARM
This section instructs the jury that If Powers
and others conspired TO DO unlawful act. and as
a result of this William Goebel killed It should
find Powers guilty of murder
Ex-Governor John Young Brown. in closing the
case. characterized William Goebel az leader
of men and the manner of his taking off accursed
The State had failed to make case con
Meeting Caleb Powers with the murder he said
He attacked the theory of the prosecution that the
h1I1 1af ciff- from fha haolr
which killed Goebel, and declared that the natha-
matical calculations Of every civil engineer who
had testified here, if followed to their logical end.
dissroVed that theory.
He ridculed the idea that the mountain army
timidation or murder, as testified 10 by Noakes.
Cuton and Golden, and declared Culton. Golden
and Noakes absolutely unworthy of belief
Henry E. Youtsey, who has been threatened with
typhoid fever, is reported better to-day His
torneys say he will be ready for trial on Monday
Ex-Governor William o. Bradley Of Kentucky ar
rived in this city yesterday, and is the Victoria
Hotel When seen last night he much exer-
cised over statements brought out at the Powers
Cured in his State in his term of Office Governor
Bradley said:
The New-York afternoon papers contain dis
that Tom Campbell stated in his argument in
the Powers case that during my term as Governor
$50 murders were committed in Kentucky, 2S5 con
victions found and 216 murderers pardoned.
If Mr.. Campbell made this statement he uttered
ment would be slander on the people of Kentucky
if uttered by a man suspected of honor Consider
ing the author will create neither suspicion
The statement was outside of any evidence in the
case and 1t is astonishing that so good lawyer
as Judge Cantrl would have allowed It, If OBJ