The sun., 1901-04-12
TAYLOR IN G0EBEL PLOT?
DIRECT TESTIMONY DUPLICATING THE
FORMER GOVERNOR.
Ex-Judse Yost. Tayiors Counsel. Corroborstes
tho story That Ripley Is Said TO Have Told.
TO the Eject That Taylor Said Goebei

FRANKFORT Ky. April ll-Thc testimony
to-day in the case OF Garnett Ripley. on trial
for the Goebel murder was sensational
Judge ". II Yost, ex-Gov Taylor's counsel
in the contest case. corroboratcd that given
by ex-Gov Bradley yesterday. in which
Ripley implicated TAYLOR Judge Yost told
Of the conversation in front Of the State
House on Jan rs. in which Bradley was in
formed that mountain men were stationed
to shoot Goebel He said il occurred In the
morning. lie said;
Bradley said IL would be an outrage and
must be stopped" lie added
" II necessary will go to the Legislative
Building and inform Goebel'
Finley and Cotton were brought by Golden
nd said q Goebel should not be harmed
Judge Yost told Of the conversation with
Ripley. in which Ripley complained that
Taylor was il-treating him. Ripley said:
Taylor ordered me 20 bring my men the
week before or day before the killing. !
Informed him | could only do that on order
Of County Judge and would get into trouble
Taylor said: 4 will pardon you
Ripley replied
II the Legislature seats Goebel he wont
pardon me-
Taylor said.
go on and get your men. Goebel has not
got twenty-four hours to live
ON cross-examinalion Judge Yost said
Ripley seemed to be drinking j W. Fergu-
son, an employee Of Ripley. testified that
Ripley said to him.
"Goebel will never serve ] have attended
meetings and know all about II
WillHm Jones Eipler's servant told Of
hauling the guns 10 Riplev's house from the
station TO hc distributed 10 Ripley's men
Among the important witnesses " the day
was " II Culton, who told Of the meeting
IN which plot was arranged 10 kill OF IN"
Legislators Powers warned every man TO
burn his bridges behind him. When the
men We're herr the Legislature wa, to have
thirty inmates 10 settle the contest If they
did not come TO terms they were to be killed
or Culton told of ,taiiOntns his men ia
the hall and distributing badges to Rcpub-
licnn Legislators 10 designate them 10 prevent
them from helnE killed lie told nf a con-
vcrsation with Tavlor in which TAYLOR said.
What good viii it do to Kill ofr Legislators
IL Guebcl i bot killed"
Culton said II wa~ agreed 10 Kill all Demo-
Crat- It Wa- To have begun on the day on
which he Berry-Naumetor contest was
settled. bul Finley said that II would not be
necessary because Taylor would not he un-
seated
capt june keTse", Jack Chinn. Represent
a'ivr Hampton, Ranker Black Of Barbour
vile ana Mr., Anderson, telegraph operator.
were other witnesses who have testified
before iu the other cases
INpIANAPuLls, April II w s Taylor.
former Governor of Kentucky, was greatly
surprl sed to-day when he learned of the test.-
mouy Civ cn by former GOV. Bradley and Judge
Yo,t in the trial of capt. Ripley at Frankfort.
lie said
OF course ! know nothing about what
capt. Ripley said 10 Gov. Bradley. but / do
AnuN what va- said bv me TO Mr. Ripley.
Ou Monday, jan ~. 1900, Ripley came %
my Office. and think said he was looking for
ten Collier. lie then told IN" he had made
up = company NJ state militia composed Of
good m"il ! responded that vAS glad Of il.
hcrdu-e public excitement was runnng
- high ~ lranktort that a riot was liable to
hr rrcc.ptltcd at any time. and IN the event
such thlug should occur his company va,
neur and could reach Frankfort quicklv,
and thus aid ~ preserving pence This ~
substantially what was said
"Co| Bradley never said ANYTHING to me
about LIs and Rlplcv's conversation