The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-13
WELL LAID PLOT TO
KILL GOV. GOEBEL
MurderOus Stories Are Related
at the Ripley Trial.
TO PUT HIM OUTOF WAY
FATAL SHOT CAME FROM SEC
RETARY OF STATES OFFICE.

Frankfort, KY. April 12.-The prose
cution will conclude its testimony in
the Ripley case tomorrow. The defense
will move for peremptOry instructions
for a verdict of acquittaL Lawyers
for the prosecution do not believe this
will be sustained. in view of the rullnS
of the court permitting the lntroduc-
ton of evidence IS to the conspiracy
They assert that the evidence OF eA-
Governor Bradley and Judge Yost con-
meets Ripley in way TO preclude Pc
remptOry instructions.
Senator Newton Frazier of Shelby
county testified first today, relative TO
the big mountaineer mass meeting
Jan. -, at which he heard threats
against all of the Democratic mem
bers of the legislature The defense is
refusing all testimony of this character
and passes witnesses who testify only
TO those matters without crOSs-eXaml-
nation.
Graham Vreeland. a newspaper cor
respondent. testified to diSOrderly con-
duct on the part of the mountain men
Jan. %. He heard J. b. Matthews. then
aSSista ant secretary Of state. call out
TO a crowd, nearly ali of whom were
drunk: Boys, come on; let's go over
there and get that - Goebel
Mckenzie Reed, who served under
Governor TaylOr's administration as
his private secretary, repeated his for
mer testimony as to Henry YOutsey.
whom he saw in Caleb Powers office
with a gun on the day Representative
Berry (Rep) was unseated. The shots
sounded to witness as if fired from the
secretary of states Office. When the
occupants of the governors office heard
what had happened, Captain John
Davis said: 1.-The war is on. We Will
all be mobbed." A few minutes later
YoutSey came in and in an excited
manner asked what had happened.
Youtsey went over to the window and
said that it was Goebel who had been
killed.
George Lockard of Knox county tes-
titled that he spert January, 1899 in
Frankfort Caleb Powers had told him
that he wanted him here, and had
provided him with three pistols. Pow
ers had told him to stay about the
state house entrance, as he might be
needed.
Sheriff Suffer told of his efforts to
enter the executive building after the
shooting, and of being repQlsed by
armed guards.
Would Never Take His Seat.
Erasmus Ditto, who lives in Ripley's
neighhorhood. testified to having a
conversation with Ripley during the
contest over the gOvernorShip. Wit
ness asked Ripley if he thought Goe-
Del would be declared governor. Rip
ley responded: IF he is, he viii never
cake his seat"
Wade Watts. a colored porter, told
of hearing Representative Lilly say
! that a signal shot would be fired in
the legislative hall. This would eN-
cite the Democrats and the Repub-
Leans could shoot them as they rose.
which they undoubtedly woNld do not
knowing what it was for He saw
Houtsey as he ran out of the basement
of the executive building at the time
of the shooting. Youtsey did not stop.
but said. in passing: It's all up now, +"
or something like that.
Dudley Williamson of the Frankfort
military company, which was on duty
in the arsenal. said the soldiers We're
lined up and in readiness for march
ing two hours before the aSsassina ton.
They did not get to the state house
for an hour after the shooting
John Ricketts, said he talked wit
YOutsey on numerous occasions. Yout-
sey told him the only way to win the
contest was to put Goebel out of the
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