The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-08-29
POWERS CONVICTED
guilty or Completely in Governor
GOcDeFs Murder

GoeDeFs Murder.
GEORG ETOWN, Ky, Aug. 49," We.
the jury, find the defendant guilty and
hX his punishment at confinement In
the penitentiary for the rest of his
natural life"
This was the wording OF the verdict
rendered today In the case OF Ex.Sec-
retary OF State Caleb Powers, charged
with being an accessory before the fact
TO the murder OF VIM Goebel. The
Jury retired at .32 p. IN. and returned
Its verdict at 2 %, having been out
only fifty minutes.
The vote in favor OF a life sentenca
was unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief WAS
general that its members would fail to
agree and the defendant himself was
firmly OF this opinion.
When the verdict OF guilty was re.
turned Powers, for the rst time during
the weary six weeks OF the trial be-
trayed his feelings. Under all of the
trying incidents OF the trial he had
maintained changeless expression.
The verdict OF guilty, however, sppa.
rently staggered him. He was sitting
near the door Of the jury room and
when the jurors knocked on the door,
summoning the sheriff, his face assum
ed an anxious look. When the twelve
Aioh h'ou INV euo TOOlD ana LOOK shetr
seats, and as Clerk Penn called the
roll OF jurors, the prisoner did not sp-
pear TO be more excited than the yest
throng OF spectators.
Have you made a verdict, gentle.
men 7" inquired the court.
We have" the jurors assented, and
at the same time MIR. Stone, the fore.
man, passed tho verdict up to the
clerk, who read 1t aloud. Powers,
always pale, grew ghastly while the
verdict was read and his face betokeu-
ed great mental anguish. Then, some
what regaining his composure, he
turned to Miss Dangerfield, who had
been in conversation with him, and
said | was not expecting that. The
verdict is unjust"
There was no sort OF demonstration
following the verdict and the vast
crowd filed out OF the court house
almost In silence. Powers remained
In the court room for some time after
the verdict was rendered, in conference
with his attorneys, who will at once
move Tor new trial and, failing In
that, will take an appeal
When the jurymen entered the jury
room Juror Stone, the oldest man on
the panel was elected foreman.
Juror Porter, the only Republican
on the jury, the first to speak, said
Gentlemen, | am Republican and |
have said that did not believe Goe.
bells murder was the result OF con-
spiracy. | did not think Caleb Powers
conld be guilty, but | have heard the
evidence and | am convinced he is."
Others also made talks and 1t Ia said
that one of the jurors intimated that
he thought the death penalty ought to
be inflicted. However, when q ballot
fol oil nft
Tor life imprisonment.
The jury which sat In the case WAS
composed Of eight Democrats, three
| anti Goebel Democrats and one Repub-
| lican, as follows: |. G.. Stone, farmer.
antl-Goebel Harris Musselman farm.
er, anti-Goebel; w. O. finder, farmer.
anti-Goebel; A. w. Craig, merchant
Democrat w. p. Munson, farmer, De-.
mocrat; w. FL. Oldham, merchant, De.
mocrat; Ben Ford, farmer, Democrat:
George Murphy, Democrat j. It. Mul-
| berry, farmer, Democrat j. T. Cross
walt, carpenter, Democrat Alonzo
kemper, farmer, Democrat, and j. g.
Porter, school teacher, Repub lean.
| One OF the jurors said tonight that
the jurymen were influenced In max.
Ing up their verdict by many things In
the evidence, but that some OF the
chief points were Powers own admis-
sion on the stand that he organized
tho crowd OF 200 armed mouptaineers
which came to Frankfort on January
10, his corroboratlon OF parts OF the
testimony OF Noskes, Golden and Cul-
ton, the proof that he gave Youtsey
the key and that the shot was fred
from his Office. 1t Ia doubtful whether
the Youtsey case will be tried, al
though 1t will be called on Monday.
Mr.. Crawford, for the defence, made
statement In Court this afternoon
that Youtsey, according to his physi-
clan is still threatened with typhoid
fever. One OF his attorneys, John M
Stevenson, is also Ill OF typhoid fever,
and Mr.. Crawford could not say wheth-
er the defence would be ready on Mon.
day or not. In the event OF the Youtsey
case being continued one of the other
cases, that OF Davis, Whitaker, or
Combs, will be taken up.
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