The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-24
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TRAITS AT
FRANKFORT.
Court Room Guarded by Militia and
Extra Deputy sherifs Armed
with Winchesters.
TESTIMONY AGAINST POWERS
Considered Very weak-Accidental
Discharge of a Revolver Caused
a Sensation in Court.


preliminary examination Of Secretary
OF State Caleb Powers. charged with
abettlng the assassination OF William
Goebel, began to-day before Judge
Moore. The coHrt house was guarded
inside and out by militia and scores of
deputy sheriffs. armed with Winches-
ter rifles, TO prevent possible interfer-
ence from "mountaineers," who were
reported on their way to Frankfort
but their presence was unnecessary as
the mountaIneers failed to appear and
no disorder occurred.
The witnesses to-day included Warde
Eph L.llliard, Detective warde Arm
strong, Sheriff Bosworth, OF Fayette
county, who arrested Secretary Pow
.ers and Captain John Davis. and Silas
Jones' who is now under bonds charged
with completely in the murder. The
testimony tended TO show that the shots
came from the direction Of the execu-
tive building. in which Secretary Pow
ers' Office is located, although no one
swore that the shots were from the
secretary's office. The strongest evil
depce probably was given by Silas
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| No evidence was auuuceu te'uiiis ~
show that the defendant was implI-
Gated in auy conspiracy, but in one of
the frequent wordy disputes between
| tho attornpys for the defense and the
| commonwealth the fact was brought
~, ,Lat X yvbor,or co,den who is
Out tt'A' 80, -, ~,
SAID TO nave haae eohless'on' WIN
be put on the witness stand before the
bparinp ends.
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EEose'ut''s N.s'o'
| tonight that suticient evidence hau AZ
| ready been heard to warrant holding
1,,,,.ar. I,u, that tbn casa would be
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much stronger peloiH ne WIS 'I'i'uS"'
| on the other hand, former Governor
BROWN for tbn defense. expressed him
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selt Hs We. "''''
regarding the evidence SO Idr Us ueClu-
| edly weak
7, Is nr,b,bIa tbot nu Of the Wit
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! by tomorrow afternoon.
An incident occurred during the af-
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also how the people are prepared lor
emergencies. a soluler IN the rear
court yard dropped ms revolver on the
stone ilagging ana II eNploueu. IN nm
instant every man IN lhe Cro"d IN Tue
| court room was on MS ieet, luliy a
| third OF them with their hahus 10 thelr
| rear pockets.
Eph Lilliard' warden OF the frank
fort penitentlary, was the hrst witness
| sworn. he testified that he was with
| Senator G0ebel when the latter was
shot. He walked ahead oil senator
| Goebel and was Just entering ths STATE
house when the shot was hred. He
| turned back FROM the state mouse steps
and saw what had happened, He
looked toward the executive Dullulng
and saw that the second window OF the
corner room %As slightly raised: This
was the Office ol the secretary oil state;
He Thought the shot had Deen hred
| from this room. There were several
| other shots, but. he said, they dld not
! come from the same place. The hrst
| shot was evidently from Il rlUe' Whlle
the others seemed TO be from pistols.
| On cross-eNamination, Colonel LII
lard said he saw nobody IN the room
| from which the shots seemed to have
been fired, and he did not see anyone
in the main door or on the steps OF the
| building at the time OF the shoodng.
Policeman Wingnte Thompson testi-
| fed that as the crowd was carrying
| Senator Goebel out OF the yard ne saw
armed men at the entrance to the eN-
| ecuuve building and recognized John
Davis and Berry Howard among them.
| Detective Armstrong, ot Louisville,
said that Secretary Powers refused to
tell him who was In the office or the
secretary OF state at the time OF the
shooting and declined TO say who was
| in charge, but said that he (Powersj
was out OF the city that day. AZ noon
court adjourned until 1880 o'clock,
When court reConvened at l;4O D. n'
Attorney Sims demanded that the com
monwealth furnish the defense the
names OF witnesses yet TO be heard,
whether they have been subpoenaed or
not Judge Moore finally ruled that the
! commonwealth must produce the list
and County Attorney Polsgrove then
| gave the names OF Charles Finley, jim
and Berry Howard. John Bowers, Sid
| Barker, p, Wharton Golden and Dr.
! w. r. Johnson as probable witnesses
Sergeant L. w. Golden, who Is ad-
| judged to be the chief witness Tor the
commonwealth. Is said TO be IN the
city. but his whereabouts are being
Kept secret. and II Is not known at
| what juncture he is to be placed on the
| Captain ]. +. Hawn, or Barbourvllle,
I q W.Ht 3 Il NN.aUaH