The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-18
SCORE FOR THE NFEESE
YOUTSEY'S LAWYERS AND WIT
NESSES DID ONE GOOD
DAYS WORK
EvIDE-. .cE OF STATE DENIED
Defendants C0nditipn Showed
Marked Improyeme4t;-one sensa-
tiOnai Incident in the Pro-
ceedings Yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Oct .1S-The@ defense
in the. Youtsey trial closed its case late
this afternoon and the commonwealth be
gan its rebutta testimony which wifi
likely be concluded TOT errew. at noon.
Youtsey's condition was ma terially inn
proved today, though re Still remains in
a stupor most Of The .ilhes
The feature of the day was the testi-
mony of Col. Nelson, one Of iortsey' S
attorneys, who denied thatshe told Arthur
Goehel and Col Campbell fnat "Youtsey''
knew enough to hang Gfo}. Taylor but
admitted that he didgs say his client
(Yor.tsey) knew something that woukl
be very beneficial to the commonwealth
in its prosecution of TayleH'
The prosecution argued Eroin this that
if Youtsey thus Admitted that he did
know something damlging tt Taylor, he
must necessarily know other details Of
the tragedy.
The defense got in SOME strong testi-
mony today sGuarelyF coAtradicting the
prosecutions witnesses.
i YoutSey was reported 4better today,
having passed a restfHl might without
any serious proxism. HIS ftrial proceeded
on the charge of being. Il principal in the
shooting of Gov Goebef.
James Howard, who is under sentence
of death. was in court.e
PROGRESS or, T4TE TRIAL.
Mr. ], A. Mahaffey, Republican legis-
lator, was the first wjtness He said Ber-
ry Howard was in the5hobse lobny when
the shooting cccurred.2 William Lewis.
another legislator, confrnted DR.. Mahaf-
frey's testimony. 80
Attorney Thomas P CarSthels, of New
port. Parish c. Brown of Newport and
Rev. M. B. Adams, pasterEof the Baptist
church at Frankfort, an said Youtsey 5
reputation as moral upright man was
excellent rs
E. c. Wolff, photographer of Frank
fort, said he took photograph of the
executive building about forty minutes
after the shooting and 8indows in Pow,
ers' Office were down
Robert Hazlock, gunsTnith, said that
the bullet found In the blackberry tree
was known as metal jacket bullet with
lead Inside and a copnei jacket outside.
and was fired from, as4ri1e, which, he
thought, the bullet Iltd not fit exactly.
On ross-exam;nation he sail the bullet
was the same exactly as aiiosc exhibited
by the prosecution as being counterparts
of those bought by Eeulsey in Cfncin-
natl
Col. Crawford, a halfalrother of Yout-
scy, told of a conference he and Nelson
had with Col. Campbeli aud Arthur Goa-
bel in Frankfort as follows: t'Col. Camp
bell said he believed <
YOUTsEY kNF.W SOMETHING
about the killing Of sEoebek Campbell,
produced a paper which. he said contain
ed statements that Youtsey had made to
him and that he waated Youtsey 10 sign
the papers. told him did not believe
Youtsey had made snyssuch statements
to him. Arthur Goebel then said: 1--WE
believe Youtsey knows who fiji e6 the
shot and who was in that room
Col. Nelson was put ON the stand ami
eorrohorated Crawfo,d 1as ito what oc-
CURED at the conference. On cross-ex-
animation he said he had a number of
talks with Col Campbell after that first
conference ard that ne did say he
thought 6outsey ought stq make a writ.
ten statement and sbkmits it 10 the con-
monwealth's attorney and act that official
say whether he would rather have Yout
sey as a witness or as "a defendant.
Col. Campbell produee4 la copy Of the
papers which wes discussed at the first
conference. Nelson admitted that most
OF the matters mentioned in the paper
We're discussed.
George Howard testified that he was
the same Howra1, WHO was recently tried
and convicted for murder of William
Goebel. that he
NEVER SAW YoUTsEY
in his life to know him never had any
talk at any time with Youtsey, nor did