The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-08-10

brought up now. Mr.. Golden said
that the prosecution wanted to prove
the fact for the purpose of affecting
the cpedibility of the witness. "Such
a crime" said Mr.. Golden, might
not affect his credibility as a dele
gate to the Philadelphia convention,
or as one of the members of the in
timidation army at Frankfort, but it
ought to be considered by this jury
before whom he is testifying" The
court allowed the question to be an
swered and the witness admitted that
he was charged with the crime, but
that there was no prosecution.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 9.-The Pow
ers murder trial was resumed We'd
nesday morning and DIR. Prewitt, of
Taylor county, who was on the stand
when court adjourned Tuesday, con-
tinued on the stand. On cross-exam-
ination the witness denied that he
told Wharton Golden he had no doubt
that Tallow Dick Combs fired the shot
that killed Goebel, and denied that ne
said Combs came into the adiutant
generals office after the shooting. He
repeated that Combs and Hooker
smith were in the office at the time
and that neither of them could have
done the shooting. The witness also
said he had seen Golden a day or two
ago and denounced him as a liar. As
the witness left the stand Golden was
recalled and he and Prewitt met face
to face. The spectators in the court
room watched them closely to see
how they greeted each other. They
spoke cordially, and Golden took the
stand and denied that he had made
certain statements which Prewitt
claimed he had made, and also repeat
ed what he claimed Prewitt told him
in regard to Tallow Dick Combs in
connection with the shooting
DR.. Prewitt was again recalled and
said that he was with Wharton Col
den when the latter was first inform
ed by Tom Campbell that he might be
arrested in connection with the as
sassination. Prewitt said Golden told
him a few minutes later that they
were arranging to put the crime en-
Powers, but that the latter was in
nOcent.
George w. Long, state treasurer
during the Bradley regime, testified:
Il went TO Louisville on the morning
of January 80 with Caleb Powers, Lon
Butler and Walter Day. We intended
to bring some friends from western
Kentucky to be present when the
contest was argued the latter part of
that week. | sent some messages to
prominent citizens 20 meet us at
Louisville. The plan was discussed en-
route to Louisville, and shortly after
passing Lagrange we heard of the
shooting of Senator Goebel. Powers
was to see Leslie Combs in regard to
getting money to pay for the trans
portation of this crowd, but the news
of the shooting caused us to abandon
our project. On cross-eXamination
the prosecution introduced a letter
which they asked Long to identify,
but he said it had not been written by
him or signed by him. The letter,
which was not read, was signed G.. w.
Long, and the witness said he thought
it had been written by his son, Wen
dell Long, but he had not authorized
it.
Wade Watts testified for the de-
Tense that while Representative w. H.
Lilly was in the barber shop one
morning with bunch of the mountain
men, it was stated that when Van
meter was seated a shot could be fred
and then all the democrats would rise
and they could shoot them all in two
minutes.
Georgetown, KY, Aug. 9.-The de-
Tense in the Powers case sprang one
of its star claims in the shape of Sur
veyor Goldman and his chart of the
grounds. 1t was intended to prove by
his figures that the bullet which killed
Goebel could not have been fired from
the sill of the window of the secre-
tary of states office if it took the
course claimed for it by the prose
cutiOn.
Both sides took up a large amount
of time again in an effort to i'm
peach and contradict witnesses, who
have already testified.