The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-03-28
lncriminatn3 Caleb Powers.

Frankfort, March 24-The prose-
cution in the case against Secretary
Of State Powers, charged with COM
plici;y in the Grobel assassination,
introduced today as the principal
witness F. Wherto G den of Knox,
an intimate friend of Secretary Pow
els. He said be was in Frankfort in
January ard February and saw Sec
rotary Powers nearly every day. BE
was in Frankfort on January II and
went to Harlan county on the l8:b,
and then went to Laurel county for
two or three days, from there return
ing to Frankfort. Col. Powers told
me to 60 to Harlan and tell postmas-
ter John Hirst TO send down ten wit.
nesses in a contest case He told
me to 60 to Harlan county and send
down ten men who were regular
mountain feudists."
What was your understanding Of
that 1eques;?"
well, men who would stand up,
and if necessary 60 into that legisla-
tive hall and kill off enough to make
it in our favor. I did not see Mr..
Hirst. I saw Mr.. Howard. [ told
him We wanted ten regular mountain
feuaists for witnesses. That is al I
told him. I told Howard the wit
nesses were to be those who had
good Colts" forty-6ves. He de-
livered the message to Howard few
days before Goebel was shot, on the
Sunday preceding the shooting.
SELECTING THE Shooters.
Golden then continued: "Hump
Howard selected thirty men from
Harlan county besides the ten. Ca
leb Powers, [ think. selected men
from Knox county. There were
about seventy or eighty in all. Jim
Sparks the county attorney of Lau.
rel county, selected the men from
Laurel county"
''Who informed you they were
wanted?"
caleb Powers. He said he wanted
a regular army to come to Frankfort.
Powers gave Ham sl6O to give Judge
Bingham in Bell county"
The witness identified a receipt
for $50 given by Bingham. The
witness also said he gave Howard
1913 for ten tickets to Frankfort
and return. He knew some of the
men from Bell county. A good many
we're mountain feudists. In all about
1920 or 1900 we're brought to Frank,
fort. They were fed back of the
State House, Captain Davis and
Charles Finley providing the provis-
IONS"
Continuing, Golden said: "We sent
most of them back that night. By
we I mean myself, Caleb Powers,
Captain Davis Bill Cullen and Gov
ernor Taylor"
IT WAS UNDERSTOOD.
"Did you have any further CONVEX
ton with Powers regarding work to
be done by the men remaining here?'
NO, sir. We understood what
they were kept here for. We knew
that these men were here to go into
that executive hall, and if necessary,
clean out those fellows"
The Democrats or enough Of them
to make a majority on u side"
This answer created a sensation in
the court room.
During a lengthy argument over a
technically Golden became ill and
the court adjourned.
At the conclusion of the testimony
the following day, Judge Moore said;
1T is not my belief that Powers
fired the shot that killed Governor
Goebel, but from the evidence it is
my opinion that be was connected
with the conspiracy to kill him. I
shall therefore order that he be held
o7ec without bail to the Franklin
comfy grand jury that the case may
be further Investigated.
Culton>s counsel announced that
Culton would waive his examining
trial and by agreement of the attor-
neys be will remain at home with his
sick wife, under private guard. Capt.
John Davis also waived examination
and was admitted to bail in the sum
Of $4,000. He was locked upfor the
light.
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