The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-03-29

Coombs was in the assistant al IN
tant generals Office on the mornin,
OF the shoting with Hockersmith ant
Jim Wallace.
On Tuesday did you meet CaIel
and John Powers?" asked Attorne,
Campbell.
yes, L did, / saw them in Caleb,
of'ice. got letter from Blakcmar
that morning asking me to come &c
Louisville. Caleb said he was going
with me, but said he might want me
10 go to the mountains. He was talk,
ing to Walter Day and Gov. Taylor
K J. Howard, of Harlan county. came
up and he talked TO Taylor. lie in.
sisted on Taylor calling out the mill.
tia. Taylor said: My God, you pco.
pie must do something first adding
l can get the militia quick enough
You fellows must act first By that
| understand we fellows must raise
a riot in the senate chamber. Goe-
bel was there. As / told you this
morning. we would clean out enough
of that legislature there to make il
our way"
What do you mean by that?"
'Why, kill 'em."
After Taylor was through talking
| urged Powers TO get the train
with me, as it was due. 81 learned
that Senator Goebel had been shot
at Lagrange. We continued on to
! Louisville. l do not know why Mr..
Powers went to Louisville. Both
John and Caleb Powers were along.
We left for Frankfort that afternoon
and went directly to the state house.
L never saw Mr.. Powers again that
day"
Golden's illness proved more Sc
rious than at first thought and after
half an hours delay an adjournment
was taken until 10 n. IN. Monday.
Cross-ExaminatiOn
Frankfort, Ky, March 27-Julge
Moore called his court 10 order
promptly at 10 O'Clock Monday to re
sumo the trial of Republican Secre,
tary of State Caleb Powers, charged
with being an accessory to the muir.
der of VIM. q )ebel. Wharton Golden
one of the prosecutions star witness.
es, who finished his direct examina-
tion Saturday, but was taken sick
and unabled to be cross-examined,
was the first witness called Monday
morning. but was not in the court
room, and a deputy sheriff was sent
to the hotel after him. While the
sheriff went after the witness, Powers
shook hands and talked to his friends.
County Attorney Polsgrove at II
O'Clock announced that Golden was i'll
but that the doctor thought he would
be able to appear at l o'clock, and
asked the Judge to adjourn court un-
til that hour, which was done.
Court convened at l o'clock, and
Golden was Immediately placed on the
stand and the cross-examination
commenced, with ex-Gov. Brown in
terrogating the witness. Golden
said he learned about two weeks ago
that he would be arrested II he did
not tell what he knew about the as
sassination, and II he did the attOr-
news for the commonwealth would
try and save him from prosecution.
Thomas Cromwell, who swore out
the warrant against Powers. was the
first person he talked to about the
Cromwell had been to
the mountains and heard that he was
connected in some way with the MUIR
der and sent for him. Golden told
Powers of his conversation with
Cromwell and told him Powers) that
he wanted to get away from the
state house, and he got leave of alb
sence from Republican Assistant Ad-
iudent General Dixon and left.
Golden saiu he told Judge Flem-
ing. of Winchester, that he intended
to tell all he knew about the affair.
While he was in Winchester he SAID
he was stopped by two men, DR..
Foster and Wm. Steele, who grabe ed
him by the arms and cursed him or
exposing the republican party GC.d-
IN replied that he had not exposed tAe
party. Gov. Brown asked him II he
lad not told the two men that he
knew nothing about the affair. q" a.
IN said he might have told them Z ...
is he would nave said anything t y
wanted to him. A. Gov. Brown as
,im if he made afflabit of saying al s.
hing a person desired to, to which
he witness responded: Not when
am on equal terms with them"
Col. Campbell, for the prosecution
objected 10 the way Gov. Brown was
,uestioning the witness. While the
question was being argued Golden
'sked 10 be excused for a few min
ties. as he said he was growing weak
md was taken out of the court room
~ deputy sheriff. ,,
Golden resumed testifying niue
Ifter 2 o'clock He said he could not
emember that he ever heard Powers
nv that he intended TO harm anyone.
Dick Coombs, the alleged assassin
vas brought TO Frankfort, he SAID
" Vim. Culton, one of the defend
nts. Culton told him that he had
him (Combs) down.
The witness said that when ne
Ieard on his way to Louisville, with