The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-12
TELL OF The PLOT
TO KILL GOEBEL
Sensational Developments Ex-
pected in Murder Trial.
PRISONER TO TESTIFY
WILL CoRRoBoRATE EVIDENCE
OF PROSECUTION.

F.arkfort, Ky. April 1.-THE testi-
mony in the case Of Garnett Ripley
brought out nothing sensational today
Judge w. II. Yost testified. corrobor-
ating the evidence given by ex-Gov-
ernor w o. Bradley. 1t is said at the
close Of the evidence for the prcsecu-
ton the defendant win go on the stand
himself and still further corroborate
Bradley and Yovt and make ~other
equally sensational statements.
W. H. Culton and Banker John A
BLACK of BarbourvilIe were among the
witnesses this afternoon and gave over
again testimony they have given on
former trials.
J. w. Ferguson a Iaborer, who
worked for Ripley last year, said that
he had been in meetings at Frankfort
and heard Ripley say that while Goebel
might be declared governor. he would
never serve. Ripley also said, accord
ing to witness, that Goebel should have
been killed when ne killed Sanford, and
applied vile epithets in referring to
GOebel.
William Crawford, who followed Fer
guson, testified that the conversation
was in January.
William Jones, colored, who also
worked as a labOFer for Ripley, told Of
hauling mysterious boxes of freight
from Eminence to Ripley's house the
day before Goebel was assassinated. He
said he discovered that they contained
gems. cartridges, soldiers clothes and
other military paraphernalia. In reply
to question from the defence, Jones
admitted that he had served a term in
the penitentiary.
Mr.. O'Neal of the defense said that
that side would admit the hauling of
freight to Ripley's house. and there was
no more testimony on this point
he Heard of the Plot.
Judge w. H. Yost, who assisted ex-
Governor Bradley as counsel for ex-
Governor Taylor last year, corroborated
the testimony of Bradley given yester-
day afternoon.
rOn,Jan. %. the day the carload of
mountain men were here, he saw Mr..
Bradley in conversation with a man.
he could not hear what the first party
said, but heard Bradley say, 1T is a
damnable outrage. If anything of that
KIND IS to occur / Will go with GoebeI
into the state house myself
Bradley then told him that he had
0een told three rlen were waiting to
XII Goebel ds he entered the yard
bradley and YOst then hunted I'D
CHARLES Finley and others and told
them what they had heard Finley said
nOthlng OF the sort was Intended or
would occur. After the shooting Judge
foSt said on one occasion Ripley COM
planned of an indignity he had received
at the hands of Taylor and RipIev also
related TO him the conversation with
Taylor related by Governor Bradley
yesterday, in which Taylor had told
MIN that Goebel would not live twenty
Tour hours longer. Judge Yost said he
ADVISED Ripley against repeating the
statement.
colonel Jack Chinn, Senator johnson
ana civil Engineer Woodson also testi-
Hed but their estimony was only such
as has heretofore been told.
Mrs. w. IS. Anderson. telegraph oper-
ator at Barbourville. identifed tele-
grams sent and received by Caleb
Jullan kersey said he had charge of \
squad OF soldiers under General Collier
come OF the soldiers We're to stay in the
arsenal all the time, he said, and when
they went out TO meals We're ordered
10 wear citizens clothes and NOT 70
lax ABOUT their work at their quarters
he said that Collier ordered rifles taken
secretly TO the state house. and that
ne (kersey) rock them one at a time.