The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-28
STAR WITNESS ON THE STAND
GOLDEN ADDS TO TESTIMONY
AGAINST POWERS.

Powers Spoke ApprovingIy of KILL
tag Members of the Legislature.
YOutsey Was Given the Keys to
the Secretary of States ONCE and
Powers Told Him They Had Pro-
cured Two Negroes to Kill GOebel.
The Mountain Men.
Georgetown, Ky, July T.-Sergt. F.
Wharton Golden, the prosecutors star
witness, was placed in the box to-day in
the trial of Caleb Powers, charged with
completely in the assassination of Gov,
Goebel
Unless present plans are changed the
state will rest its case tomorrow at the
conclusion of Golden's testimony. His
statements to-day did not vary materially
from those made by him at the examining
trial of Powers in Frankfort.
W. Hampton, Republican member of
the l. gislature from Powers home coun-
ty, preceded Golden on the stand. He
swore that Gov. Taylor wanted the Re
publican members to start a fight in the
House and assured him that he, as Gov
ernor would back them up
Golden started out by telling that he was
a guard at the Frankfort penitentiary I'M
der the Republican administration from
1896 to 1898 and was an applicant for as
sstant adjutant general under Gov. Tay-
lor. Caleb Powers came to him in jan
uary and asked him to go to the noun
tains and get a crowd of mountain feud-
lists to bring to Frankfort. Powers ac-
companied witness part of the way on the
trip.
At Barbourville, Golden saw Powers and
Charles Finley. Finley said:
We will go down there and petition the
Legislature and If they don't drop that
thing we will kill them"
Powers, who was present, spoke approx
ingly. Powers and witness went to Scott
Green of Knox county and to ask him 10
bring some men for the Frankfort trip.
Green could not go and said:
If were to go 1 would kill Goebel and
end this business
Gave YOutsey the Keys.
On the day before the shooting witness
saw John Powers give Youtsey the keys
10 the Secretary of States Office and later
Powers told him they had procured two
negroes, Mason Hockersmith and "Tailow
DICK Combs to kill Goebel. Witness told
Powers this must not be done, as it would
ruin the party. After this Youtsey came
TO Powers again and said something about
the key. Powers gave him another key.
On the morning of the assassination,
witness, Caleb and John Powers and wal
ter Day went to Louisville. Before leav-
ing witness was in the Secretary of
States office. Gov. Taylor was there, as
We're several men from the mountains. e.
J. Howard of Harlem county wanted the
NIovernor to call out the troops, but the
governor replied:
You all must act first"
En- route TO Louisville they heard of the
assassination. Caleb Powers said, sarcas-
ueally, That is a shame" John Powers
also laughed over It. Day said nothing.
Saieo Powers told the witness that they
mao all made a mistake in leaving Frank
lort' 1t would look suspicious"
On the way back to Frankfort, Caleb
lowers said he was liable to be arrested,
aln asked permission to put his pistol in
witness valse.
should Get Mountain Men.
Witness sold that early in January he
auu caleb Powers took walk together
a"u Powers said he thought they should
g. several hundred mountain men TO stay
- frankfort ali the time. Witness sus-
ss1ed that they bring Eli Farmer down
ION the mountains and let him Kill
1ueoel by raising a fight with him on the
street Powers said that would not do as
He police would kill too many of our
men that way.
~ FEBRUARY, the witness was In Pow
a., once when a civil engineer was max
some measurements. Powers said:
Ihey say the shot came from this
I'm and they are going to prove it.
10 I've II would be better for us to go
all about it,"
o,, " Iness walked home with Gov. Taylor
~ evening, and the latter asked him II
o,her mountain men would back up
puohean member OF the Legislature in
80. hight should be preclpitated. and
'uer along in che conversation he said;