The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-22
CALEB POWERS
FOUND GUILTY
OF Being Accessory to the
Murder of Gov Goebel,

Murder of Gov Goebel.
Georgetown, KY, Aug 8-"We,
the jury. find the defendant guilty
and fix his punishment at confinement
in the penitentiary for the rest of his
natural life"
This was the wording of the yer
dict rendered today in the case of
ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers.
charged with being an accessory
before the fact to the murder of VIM
Goebet The jury retired at 80 D
%. and returned it's verdict at 2 rs,
having been out only SIS minutes.
The vote in favor of life sentence
was unanimous.
When the jury retired the belief
was general that its members would
fail to agree and in this opinion the
defendant himself was firmly con.
vinced
When the verdict of guilty was
returned, Powers, for the first time
during the weary six weeks of the
trial. betrayed his feelings Under
oil of the trying incidents of the
trial be bad maintained q cbangeless
expression The verdict of guilty,
however. apparently staggered him
He was sitting near the door of the
jury room and when the Jurors knock.
ed the door summoning the sheriff.
his face took on an anxious look
When the twelve men fled into the
room aud took their seas and as
Clerk Penn called the roll of Jurors
the prisoner did not appear to be
more excited than the vast thrOng of
spectators.
"Have you made verdict. gentle
men 2" inquired tue court
1--WE have" the jurors assen nted.
and at the same time Mr. Stone, the
foreman, passed the verdict to the
clerk, who read it aloud Powers.
always pale, grew ghastly white aa
the verdict wss read and his face
betokened great mental anguish.
Then, somewhat regaining his com
posure, he turned to Misses Danger
field, who had been in conversation
with him, and said: 81 was not
expecting that The verdict is un
just"
There was no sort of demonstration
following the verdict and the vast
crowd filed out of the court house
almost in silence Powers remained
10 the court room for some time after
the verdict was rendered, in confer.
ence with his attorneys, who will at
once move for new trial, and, fail
ing 10 that. will take an appeal
When the jurymen entered the
jury room, Juror Stone, the oldest
man on the panel, was elected fore
man
Juror Porter, the only Republican
on tue jury. the first to speak, said:
'Gentlemen, am q Republican and
| have said that l did not believe
Goebers murder was the result of
conspiracy / did not think Caleb
Powers could be guilty. but l have
heard the evidence and am con.
vinced be is "
Others also made talks and it is
said one Of the men of the jury init
mated that be thought the death pen
atty ought to be inflicted However,
when ballot was taken ell IL of the
jurors voted for life imprisonment.
The jury which sat in the case was
composed of eight Democrats three
snti. .Goebel Democrats and one Re
publican, ss follows: l G Stone,
farmer anti Goebel; Harris Mussel
man, farmer. anti Goebel; w. D Tin
der, farmer. anti Goebel; A. W.
Craig, merchant, Democrat; w P
Munson, farmer, Democrat; w II
Oldham, merchant. Democrat; Ben
Ford. farmer, Democrat; George
Murphy. Democrat; J T. Mulberry,
farmer, Democrat; } T Crosswait,
carpenter. Democrat; Alouzo Kemper
farmer. Democrat. j G. Porter,
school teacher. Republican.
Ono of the Jurors said tonight that
the jury were influenced in making
up their verdict by many things in the
evidence, but that some of the chief
points were Powers own admission
on the stand that he organized the
crowd of 1900 armed mountaineers
which came to Frankfort, Jan Is his
confederation Of parts of the tes,i.
mony of Noskes, Golden and Culton,
the proof that he gave Yout.ev the
key and that the shot was fired from
his Office 1t is doubtful whether
the Youtsey case will be tried, al
though it will be called on Monday