The evening times., 1900-03-22
TROOPS GOING TO FRANKFORT.
Soldiers Necessary TO Protect Court
On.eers During TrinIs.

FRANKFORT. KY. March 22-There
will be two detachments OF troops here
tomorrow. one under command OF Cow
ernor Beckham's government and one un-
der Taylor. Two hundred and seventy
three guns for the equipment Of the Beck
ham government have been sent to the
Court House. The precautiOn has been
taken in order TO prevent crowd of noun
taineers from releasing Powers, Davis, and
others. as has been threatened, and to
protect court officers during the trial.
"Tallow Dick" Combs, who is accused OF
beirg GOebeTs assassin by Sergeant G5ld-
en-, wired the newspapers today as fol-
lows
'Tallow Dick I am here At Beattyville
and viii not run away. 10 viii not take
three thousand 10 arrest me. / sum
noned to Frankfort as a witness in the
gubernatorial contest and can prove by
plenty Of people, with me az the time
Goebel was shot, that | am innocent
RICHARD COMBS"
To reporter az BeattyvilIe. Combs said:
Il was in Frankfort at the time Goebel
was assassinated. having gone there Jan
uary -, and having returned February 5.
! was coming down TO the Blue Wing sal
con from the depot when the shot was
fred
When asked as to whether W. r. CulIon
paid his board while at Frankfort he re-
piled that he did not. but that John Per-
kins vOuched for his board This was
about all Combs cared to say, further than
expressing his surprise that the papers
should say il would take an army OF 900
men 10 capture him. He spoke Of the alb
surdity Of such thing, saying that he
would gladly &c with any peace officer as
he was innocent Of any connection with
the crime whatever and had no fears as
to the result. The attorneys for the pros
ecution in the GOebel murder case are
carefully watching to prevent the details
OF the confession made by r. w Golden
from becoming public until they place him
on the stand as a witness. County Attor-
ney Potsgrove returned 10 Louisville to-
day from Lexington whittier he went this
morning to talk further with the star wit
ness.
The story that the confession Of Golden
was the result Of one made by Berry How
ard, Of Harlan county, is not credited
II is said that Howard has never made a
confession or even intimated that he had
one to make. The confession Of Golden
was brought out by some one else.
\ despatch from London Ky. says.
Reliable advices were received here from
were attempting to organize a mob there
I that would come here and make arrests
OF several OF the mountain Republicans
said 20 be connected with the Goebel
assassination. The information states
that the call is for 5000 men who
Will be sent here at the instance Of Gov
ornOr Beckham and other Democrats
The people here say they have already
been outraged in their rights and lib
critics and are in no humor 10 submit
themselves 10 the clutches OF this organ
lied mob OF Democrats"
1t was decided today 30 issue an address
to all counties in the State, calling con-
veutiOns on April % to select delegates 10
State convention T. be held in Louisville.
April p. The pU: pose Of the convention
IS 70 put on foot 1on-paTtisan movement.
looking toward action TO retrieve the lost
reputation OF Kentucky and 10 obliterate
the reputation the present complicated
state OF affairs hts given It.