Richmond daily palladium., 1901-04-11

tailed conversation which he said
he had with Captain Ripley while the
| latter was in charge of his military
| comIany during the occupancy of the
| state scapitol by the Taylor troops last
| spring, in which Ripley told him of
| frequent conferences with Governor
| TaylsE prior to the aSsasSina ton. The
| witness said that Ripley told him he
was isi the executive office the day be
fore fhe shooting and complained To
Tayloa because he had not called out
his Hipley'sl company and asked him
when he should have the company
ready. Taylor replied:
My God, Haven't you brought
them yet? Goebel will not live ~
hours" or cannot live "A hours.
have forgotten which he said" de
clared the witness.
Judge w. II. Yost, associate counsel
with bradley in the contest nase, ac-
cordirss 10 the. witness, was present
sponsa to a Question as To whether
he (witnessl heard of any conspiracy
to kill Mr. Goebel the witness stated
that on Jan. -. the day the trainload
could not now recall who, told him
that parties in the crowd were wait
ing in front of the statehouse to kill
Goebel
Il said" continued the witness. lit
shall be stopped. | will 20 in the sen
ate chamber and come out with Goebel
and see that he is not hurt or in
suited
Il looked up and saw Wharton Col
den aud told him 70 get Finley, Culton
and others and send them to me
lie said: 'Goebel is not going TO be
hurt
"Culton and Finley told me it was
| a fake and that there was nothing in
it; they condemned violence, as did"
why did you send for Culton. Fin
ley and the other men:"
Because l thought they knew the
mountain mem
The witness was turned over to the
defense. The defense asked witness
If he knew anything of any connection
| of Ripley with these occurrences. Gov
ernor Bradley said Ripley had none
so far as he knew. Asked If Ripley's
company had not been disbanded at
this time, witness said he thought 1t
was diSbanded about that time
W. +. Thorne was next called Asked
If he had any conversation with Rip
ley upon the prior day To the day Goe-
bel was shot, he answered that he had
had a few words in the depot AT En-
inence. Jan. -, in the morning about
8 o'clock. Witness said:
Ripley came in as if he was TO take
| the train. and asked me if my son Will
was still in Frankfort He told me
upon my replying in the affirmative
to send for him to return home. Take
my advice and send for him said Rip
ley. VIII did not come"
Did Ripley say when you should
send ::
He said send right away. said the
witness
Witness stated that upon the next
day. when he tried 10 telephone to
Frankfort. someone was calling En-
inence. and that the person at the
Frankfort end of the telephone said
that lie was General Collier and that
he wanted Ripley Witness did not
know that Ripley Went TO Frankfort
| upon the day before or the day of the
shooting, but does not think that he
did
\. Y, Hite. agent Of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad. was introduced for
the purpose Of proving that a consign
ment Of guns was shipped to Ripley
| ar Eminence and waybilIs showing the
consignment were produced but were
rTYI1G Drr on Dhiaarf1r
Frankfort, Ky, April 1l.-In the
trial OF Garnett Ripley today, j. ".
Ferguson, laborer who worked for
Ripley last Yea-. testified he heard
Ripley say in meetings held 1t
Frankfort that while Goebel migl !
De declared governor Re would never
serve. also that Goebel should hav
been killnd when Sandfori was
Judge ". II Yost who assiste
Ex-Governor Bradley as counsel fol
X Governor Taylor last year cor
| robarated Bradley's testimony as /.
| Bradley being told that men haC
oecn stati ned to kill Goebel anc
Bradley 5 efforts to stop such al
outrage, and his being assured by
Culton, Finley ard others that no
such plot existed.