The age-herald., 1900-07-24

witness said Henry Youtsey ran into the basement coming through from the steps leading up to the Secretary of States of flee. Youtsey was running and after he passed exclaimed: Great God, what is that shooting about?"
 Youtsey did not stop, but ran on out of the room. He held his coat if he had some kind of an object concealed under it. The shots sounded to the witness as if they were fired from the Secretary of State $ office.
 A litter was caused in the court room by a reply to one of the questions of eX-Gov- ernor Brown, who was conducting the cross-examination. The witness had told of seeing several unknown men standing in the rotunda of the executive building on the morning of the assassination.
 What kind of looking men were they?'' asked MT. Brown.
 They wore determined looks,' said the witness.
 Did they wear anything else beside this determined look you speak of?' said Gov ernor Brown.
 'Yes,' replied the witness "some of them wore overcoats'
 Sensational Argument
 During an argument over the admissi- bility of certain question, Governor Brown said:
 We expect to prove that long before f the assembling of the mountain men
 
 ence of Goebel himself that Gobel would be inaugurated if they had to wade in blood to do it.
 The court here interrupted, and for fif- teen or twenty minutes there was a wordy and almost violent altercation between Judge Cantrill and Governor Brown. Judge Cantrill said, in answer to Governor Browns argument for admitting the ques- ton, Tt was no excuse to meet threats with armed force. The authorities were there and could have been called upon. There was no excuse for calling in an armed force, and the question you want to ask is not only too general, but irrelevant This brought Governor Brown to his rect With an impaSsioned speech upon the subject of Civil Liberty" and "the right under the bill of rights to bear arms open ly and to petition the Legislature" He continued in this strain for some time.
 Judge Cantrill interrupted: T have list ened day after day to that same political speech, made in the presence of the jury ana for the purpose of influencing them.' Judge Cantrill spoke for several minutes Tn this strain, Governor Brown attempting several times to interrupt Finally, when Judge Cantrill had finished, Governor Brown said:
 some Hot Word.
 We will prove by the commonwealth s own witness that the body of men came armed openly and on a peaceful mission, as they had right to do They
 Do l understand you to say" broke in Judge Cantrill
 Let me get drought" shouted Governor Brown.
 That you would have a right to bring an armed mob here,' continued Judge Can tr1ll, stack their arms in the ante room distribute them around promscuously. and say that they were here on a peaceful mis- sion?"
 No, but I do mean to say that they had right to do what they did," replied Governor Brown, "and as to making a po- itical speech, I disclaim it; and I want to except said he stepping dramatically to- ward the bench, ito the statements and arguments made by the court. I want that exception entered in the orders."
 And I want to enter an exception" said Judge Cantrill ito the political arguments and speeches made apparently to the court, but in reality to the jury, by the counsel for the defense"
 And I want to enter an exception" shouted Judge Tinsley, Ito the statements just made by the court"
 "Yes, enter that, too," said Judge Brown. By this time the lawyers, spectators and newspaper men were half on their feet with the excitement produced by the words and the actions of the participants.
 A general outbreak seemed imminent. Lawyers on both sides were jumping to their feet with Interruptions. It was im- possible to catch even half the eXcama- tions made, and in the midst of it, the ad- journment having long passed, Judge Can trll adjourned court