The sun., 1900-07-21
PLOTTED TO KILL G0EBEL.
ROBERT NOAKEs TELLS OF SEVERAL
HINTS As TO HIS MURDER.

Noakes Brought . Lot Of Mountaineers to
Frankfort-Powers Talked Of GoebelS Mur-
d.r-Asksd Noakss II He Had Men in His
Company who would Assassinate an Enemy.
GsonoKrowN, KY. July 2o-Robert Noakes
who was arrested In Virginia three weeks ago
and brought back on the charge Of being an
accessory 10 the m urder Of william Goebel
testified to-day. and II his story Is corrobo-
rated. it would serve to clinch the conspiracy
story. Noakes has been Louisville and Nash
Vile Railroad conductor and knows the des-
psrate men in his part Of tho country. While
he is iliterate. he is shrewd and bold. The
main part Of his story to the jury to-day was:
two weeks after the election mot Caleb
Powers. now on trial here. He told me he
would like me TO bring as many men to Frank
fort as could. and crowd around the building
where the Election Commissioners were then
seated and to act In such q manner as to give
the Governor an excuse for calling out the
State militia.
Il had q conversation with Charles Finley on
that subject. 1t was In Corbin on Sunday evsn-
in0. asked him what the object Of his gather
ing was at Frankfort. He said that they were
10 crowd the buildings there In such manner
a, 10 intimidate the Election Commissioners
and force the Governor to order out the militia
to preserve order. Then when we had the
militia once ordered out We would forcibly hold
possession Of the Capitol grounds.
In December Powers informed mo that he
would like for me TO organize a company Of
State militia at Corbn. and he told me he would
like ne to accept the place Of Captain OF that
company Of State militia He also inforped
me that he would like for me to get into the
company as many desperate men Of my neigh
borhood as could-men that would stay with
us in any emergency was the way way he spoke
t. told him would organize a company.
During the conversation Powers asked mo
what knew about firearms. / told him that
| was good man with double-barreled shot
yunin a flock of birds, and was very good man
With rifle after a squirrel, but yond that
knew nothing of firearms nothing OF military
taclics. s,v d.v. ,,,sr John f. povsrs so,d 70
We will hold our own even II we have to kill
Immediately after the contest was fled a.
Frankfort, met Powers and he informed
me that he wanted me TO prepare for a fight.
on Jan 2; he called me up and ID s1d me tha,
soSpssy sSiiss S tSsss.r % miR dd not got unG
called 70 me telephone by Mr.: Powers during
moving OF the men TO Frankfort.
In the conversation that and Mr.. Powers
had on train So "a betSeen .. Artemis and md
end of the contest was going TO be. Powers
said it would not amount damn, and as soon
as Goebel was dead and in hell there was not
that could hold the party together as Goebel
We arrived at Frankfort between . and 10
we're ere n the ladies' Saery IN the forenoon Of
Powers and Henry Youtsey called me over TO
'Sf S SaaSS s% sHIS Fo~s ssS sd Fl,
hand on my arm and said:
Bob. understood you have two men in
wanted a certain man killed You would And
mn Sase a. eiSs Porers and remarked did not
psGr h had sqSA S Ta and as .n Ssss S at
1 meant e a9 jones' sna s s'sa assn I sqdea
%s id sSRf him mia% nat saa
Chadwell and Jones a. desperate men-ren Of
courage yhS in AZ 0Esr S shs would s0 hold ths5
aS nSs SSs a tksi i,nS not believe they
my men away from Frankfort. Powers came TO
twelve or fIitesn men there and to be sure and
rected me to sleep in the Superintendent OF
1s S y TGs Sn hst asnd
moments notice. In case Of trouble to hand
out the guns that were then in the Office.
osricuInre ,bnt bat evening ' and I'D I'd BulIoeT was
Mp on table max ing an incendiary speech
There was considerable crowd In the office
o. t The superin;endsnt Of agriculture and he was
what We had come there for-that most Of
he men that came were going back home, but
ebRSa would remain t 70 see that we sct Justice
sary We would have that justice II We had to
stand In blood up to our knees.
Powers was in the office there and was
whispering around among the men: l asked
MN how far this thing was going, and he said
!, W W won't need much more tine 70 settle y
S9s1e dead that T settle and
p, ,Sookes will be cross-esamlned tomorrow.
This THIS morning Miss Annie West: stenographer.
@ he dS1 GS1f GosSs SSIk IL s The ssf
n the Agditor's private Office when shot. we're
fired They sounded close TO me and a. If they
Csms Staten s ;sS direction OF yns.y the
Ss better is5n,e 60 10 Sso%s 4 there going
twelve minutes after the shooting, ! saw J. b.
Mathews, As.istant Secretary Of State. and two
men M,., " IN, ~ ,rm guarding the dor" .
fed;
-, Caleb Powers was in Williamsburg in Jan
S SSary and showed me his pistol and said before
BUSINESS in willlamsburs.
20 s me, read re- the extract from letter Written
mountain army reached Frankfort:
i have been back to the mountains since l
d am rs sSC we hf tSs sSr1e ne,e
and did II so quietly the newspapers did not
get onto it. Tthas had a fine, effect. no matter