The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-19
POWERS GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
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the panel. was elected foreman H.
totIer, the only Republican on H.
Jury was the first TO speak. He ssiI!
1eIitIenen, L am a Republican ana
nave said that / did not believe + et'-0
Goebel's murder was the resu1r - Cttat
conspiracy. 1 did not think CsIeh D. d
ers could be guilty, but 1 have 49,
the evidence and am convinced ~
he is -oeu mat
Others also made talks, and II is ssis
that one OF the jurors thought IT,
the death penalty ought to be inFictl
ed. However, when a ballot was taI[sr
all twelve voted for life imprisonman+
The jury was composed of eight DarI
ocrats- three anti-GoebeI Democrafs
and one Republican. as
One of the jurors said tonight thar
the iurymen were Influenced in max
ing up their verdict by many things in
the evidence, but that some of The chic
points were Powers own admission IN
the stand that he organized a crowd of
LOG armed mOuntaineers. which cama
TO Frankfort. January Is his Corrobo-
ration OF parts of the testimony Of
Noakes. Golden and CultOn, the nrooF
that he gave YOutsey the key and that
the shot was fired from his office.
Youtsey is Still III.
1t is doubtful whether the Youtsav
case will be tried, though it viii be
called Monday.
Mr. Crawford, of the defense. made a
statement in court his afternoon thar
YOutsey, according TO the advice Of his
physician, is still threatened with ~
phoid fever. One OF his attorneys. John
NJ. Stevenson. is also i'll with typhoid
fever, and Mr.. Crawford said he could
not say this afternoon whether the de-
Tense would be ready Monday or not
In the event that the Youtsey case
is continued, one of the other cases.
either Davis. Whitaker or Combs, will
be taken UP.
Courtroom is Packed.
When court opened on the last dav
of the Powers trial the court house
was more densely packed than ever.
while hundreds who applied for admis-
sion were turned away. Common
wealth's Attorney Franklin, who closed
the case for the state today promised
in advance not to deal in personal VII
ificatiOn and abuse, which had Charac-
terized the speeches Of some of the
attorneys.
During the presentation of the case
by Mr.. Franklin, Powers sat as usual
with his counsel and showed no emo
ton. Just behind him sat Mrs. Henry
YOutsey. wife Of one of the alleged
cOnspiratOrs. Arthur GOebeI occupied
a seat with the prosecution and Sen
ator HARRISON, the successor Of Goebel
in the senate and his law partner, sat
! behind him.
Franklin said that the state of facts
admitted by Powers showed him guilty
of treason, even prior TO the murder
of GOebel. Powers, though he had
taken an oath when sworn in as sec
rotary of state that he would uphold
and defend the constitution and laws
of the state had confessed on the Wit
ness stand that he and those aSS0-
| ciated with him meant to defy at least
one of those laws, and in fuTtherance
of that design he organized a band Of
braves for the purpose of intimidation
and murder. When both the murder
and the intimidation had failed in its
| purpose. Powers and others had tried
TO overthrow the state government.
The spectacle Of an ex-governor Of
| the state (referring TO Brown defend
] ing a man who had confessed as much
as Powers, he said. was both surpriS-
| ing and humiliating.
After he had finished the case was
| given to the jury at 1:S2 p. m