The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-23
DENOUNCED THE CRIME
POWERS INDIGNANT OVER THE
 MURDER OF GoEBEL.
Former Treasurer Day Says the Prisoner Declared the Killing to Be an Outrage-Trial at
 Georgetown.

Georgetown, Ky, Oct. 22.-The attor- neys for the defense in tn etrial of Ca leb Powers say this morning that they will clcse their case by Thursday or jurors will be taken to Frankfort to in- spect the Capitol Building and other places mentioned in the testimony on Saturday the arguments will be heard and it is now believed a verdict will he rendered before the term of court expires Saturday at midnight.
 Louisville who was in the Senate cham Der when Goebel was shot. said 1t was his impression that the shots were hred directly in front of the State House ana not from the Executive BIildinG.
 Former State Tl easurer George w.. Long said that on the morning of Janu- ary 20 the day Goehel was shot, he was instructed by w; B. Taylor to 9G 9S | Walter R. Day and make arrangements to bring men to Frankfort from Western Kentucky. - he9rd tha: Goebel had been shot he said that all chances for the Republicans to win the contest had been ruined.
 Mir Long said he was never consulttd 70 about bringing the mountain me3 tc G Frankfort and had nothing to do with bringing them He only paid the board or some of the men on a clai m presented | by Powers, who was one or lne Nepup- | liCan contestants,
 Edward Mctzger of Glasgow Junction and J. Frank Taylor of Glasgow testi-
 fled that on January 30 they csI,rS rscfivsn fhen, to Louisville, and when they reached | Louisville MT. Long told them he had wanted them to bring some men to | Frankfort from Western Kentucky, pui | inc shooting of Goebel had upset all plans and that the men would not be | brought , 1,,, testified that he and Powers went tc | ouisVille on January 30 to make ar rangements to bring men from Western Kentucky to petition the LeSlsl 4ture; | When Caleb Powers heard that Goeoe had been shot MT. Day testified that nc said: Tt is an outrage and it will ruir our chances to go in our ofnces'
 On cross examination MT Day said nc h1s to tell Powers that the Republican lead CTS had decided that it would be hurttu to their cause to bring the men to trank fort and to tell him not to ali9" tIen .,a, too late for the crowd had already beer organized. MT. Day told of a converse ton he had had with H. E. foutseE, II which Youtsey told him he could seltI, inc contest for the Governorship for S'F Day asked him how it could be don, Youtsey would not say, but said ne coul' settle it all right ..,, ,,.t., him as he was not that kind or man,
 Ynutsev said: You are the Treasure and | thought you would be the man '
 c. VI. Smith of Hart County. testltie' | that Powers had an engagemenl to Hit.
 Miss Bessie LOgsdon Of ms Noun'E, ;gs g Louisville on January ~. out .1 tn' ,nad, 1 Toesdon could not get her clothes reau
 on that day and postponed the eHsaS' ment until January 30 ..e.s ..a
 A number of witnesses testlned una Powers had at all times asked ms s'I rOrters to bring only the best cltlLeua Frankfort and had at no time couHsti'e c, = or spoken of violence against HoFoel " others. ,,,, saJ5 h
 George G. Fetter of Louisville; saiu n was near Goebel at the time of the shoot ine and that Goebel was six feet sout
 nf the fagstone that marks the plac where 1t is claimed Goehel was wl,eh sil shot struck him. Fetter Iestlneu tHd h |, there was a third story win1ow III tI CI l Executive Building open when 'Ioenel 'e. Ter ! and that he looked at the nu1lurhe' U" . saw no rifle barrel at any WlhonW, s,o n, Holland Whit1ke-, now under SiV. bond to answer an indictment VI" u. T." . charge of the murder ot a,; w then put on the E%lnd. W hltakti s.,t'i ti,, |, that he had ever heard a ronEetSSae' ' brtween Youtsev and Powers reIatiNe
 the Goehel murder in the Frank,ort J"l J
 Innes Clark testified several itaar uSar aI,
 that in the presence of " hltaEsr ar
 himself in the jail at F'rankloIt hest n, l had told Powers that he nau his a
 T,c lkev and that if Powers was not ear,
 fT1 he tYoutsevO would tell enoueh
 hroak Powerss g neck even if It prokc IT
 also Whitaker said he heard "' '"'
 '|I, Court adjourned at 9:45 D, m.