The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-19
VERDICT Of GUILTY
VIII be Pronounced Upon
YOutsey Today
BY The BOURBON JURY
New Style of Lynch Law Ex-
emplified in this Case.

Georgetown. KY. Oct I&-Tne YeEtsey
trial Is drawing to close. AL the testl-
mony Is in, the Instructions have sSen
given to the jury and the speeches ara
morrow afternoon. There Is no ixnwovs-
nent in Youtsey's condition. though h4
was not any worse today. Now and ghsnN
the paroxysms return and for an saar
sftsrwa-d he is much worse. bun u stu
able TO rally. showing remarkable VI
tally.
The defense put n. Gardner Wallace en-
the stand. He said he was In the sss.s-
tant sdjutant generals once when the
shots were fred that killed Goebel. and
'Tallow Dick Combs. Mason Hooker
smith and DIR. Pruett were In the room
with him. and others whom he old not
know
The defense then closed finally.
Colonel T. c. Campbell. attorney for
the prosecution. was put on the stand for
the commonwealth. He said: Arthur
Goebel and l had conferences with COL
Capital hotel as stated By Colonel Nel-
son. gave Colonel Nelson copy OF tho
statement Youtsey had mzds 10 me ana
some questions I wanted Youtsey -
nswer. ] told him that Youtsey made A
statement TO me corresponding 10 TIA
written one I gave them. but before any
recommendation could be made TO tha
commemorative attorney as to immu-
nifty. that we would ike 70 have YoilSSey
answer the questions we fled and make
a signed statement That was the object
OF that conference The paper / read
from yesterday was an exact copy ~ thu
one gave Colonel Nelson and il has not
been damaged or altered one patricia
since that time"
S. T. Pence Of Frankfort, manager OF
the Board OF Trade hotel. said he was In
the hotel office when the shots were fred
that killed Goebel, and that Jim How ard
was not there.
Rev. T. J. MsrksbuFy OF Georgetown
said he had a conversation with Airsl
Hattie Stamper in June IN which she
said she wanted TO warn her brother!
Wharton Golden, that a lawyer named
Lew Sinclair had been talking 10 her huSl
band. John Stamper. and had hired h.fll
TO swear against Golden; and II they pJt
her on the stand TO swear against WhaA-
ton she would make them sorry for o.
One witness for the commonwealth ies1
tilted this afternoon that he made Al
thorough test this week and found that
a man running down the stone stcps to
the basement OF the executive bHldins
could be heard IN the barber shop. The
defense put on two witnesses who said
they had tried II and could not hear a
man running down the steps This closed
the testimony for both slices ard about J
o'clock the judge read the Instructions %
the jury, the substance OF which : "a Z, -
lows:
''First-If the jury believes that defcn-
dant shot oebel or aided or abetted jim
Howard, Berry Howard. Dick Combs or
any one OF them in the shooting. then 10
is guilty OF murder.
"Second-That the testimony OF accyn-
plices alone must not be relied on to con-
Wet.
''Thir-The jury must believe the f-fen-
dsnt guilty beyond reasonable a0ubt
before they ouEh, to convict.
''FOurth-The jury has the right - dis4
regard the testimony OF any witness Shs
they believe wilfuny ard maiiciously ics4
titled falsely"
John NJ Stevenson opened the argn<
ment fcr the defense. lie said the testi-
mony IN the case dld ont show sven cir
cumstantial evidence sufficient % con-
vince. but the most that could be SAID
was that some suspicious circumstance
existed as % YoutEey. lie said he beliey-
ed the jury thought John Rickets WIS., q
self-confessed har and perjyrer. and t1at
was the only way 70 describe him. hat
Ricketts, i;nproba BE story rad bBs1 can-
t-adicted ,impeached and set ~ nausat.
He said the same thing about Cuito1 ara
Golden. and charged them with ACCEPTING
money % swear away the lives o. fHsir
feilow-msn. IN concluding ne rsfsrreI -
Arthur Goebe!s testimony a. being flsa.
but. admitting l. wss true. then y5utses
had led for Berry Howard. FOR C0Fnba
wss proven 70 be elsewhere tnaa Y14t<
sey said and that yousey was not bsinss
tried Tor lying.