The Taney County republican., 1903-08-20
YOUTSEY TURNS
STATES EVIDENCE
Graphically Describes the Assas.
sination Of Goebcl.
TtSTlFlES IN POWERS TRIAL
rrosEhi nd"rGunri From the state
f~pitrniinrs where iir u Srr,in@
i.,Ir J"rm-Iriis of ti,r Details
VI t.Orbri- Murder.

Georgetown. kv, Aug. li-l'ndrr
guard ~ twO officers from the state
;,rnrcnliary. Henry T.. Youiscy scrY-
!nG . III" term for the assassination Of
Gur Gcrbcl spent "Wednesday nigh' IN
: room ~ M" Wellington hotel, 80 that
SO might hn here Thur lay morning
tu ru IN ~" stand N the CaioD Pow.
grS ease
Noui-rS on witness stand.
iuut-"y was cdllCI to the witness
s1aud ~ 10 ocIocG Thrrsd1y after
puun There wa n bu2i 81 oN,i'rmrui
~ ne crowded court room D. The pr...
'p.T stepped from III witnrt, room t.
vs. stand lie was pale. hu, coo!
lllr- hr.G- sworn Commonwealth
htlpracF franklin hnd III" witness
tur tuY' ho has been inflicted tried
mt convicted OF the murder nj Vim
hr.ioi Franklin then prorpund,l this
question
NJ iuu'.cy. II AT any time after tE'
sirriiDn IN November. 1904. you heard
Hay s8ggnatiGn luuking toward tho
'ug-dor ni Wm Goc' ri. ,oil this jury
Gtrn ani where yCh heart II. and by
it9um ihr suggestion was made
pinnning the hs>n--inn,iun.
Tho first corners. iiun hId with me
wa 10y the chairman oG .lr republican
snms'y committee Oi rrimb he county
rrpirH Iuu'ary
"ilr wa IN one 0i th' first crowd Di
'ncr VII, came to Frankfort. lie came
~ my cficc and We 'alkc about Gp".
'tl III man sald mat he understood
3ha' Gr"hri wore ai.uOr oi some Kind.
bu' tha' hr did not wear It about NJ,
81 4 head and he ou"li 10 De- met a.
'h' .iairnou-c gat" some morning AMI
g." .N'nnG 10 a limb -
tn whom did 30. n"Xi talk"
To 1)r W X. J,ln.on o' Jackson
GnnptN tie told mr what :. good shot
=, aas and told M he could KIN Gpc-
bri We had cDI""' 10 'pn loo, inl
to that "nd Tpgrth.r We inspected IN.
srrpt room ot the ,Xc,nliyo building
upiHirs aud down.
-niJ ,.nrI,ri Onphi tn lie i,Iiird.
Il sorlrcd PERMISSION from " j,
Dawson io us" The room Of the private
s,iHcr IL Caleb Powers. Davidson said
dtsChcl ought to bo killed, aud he John.
sta anh were IN there. II" said We
ADu'd have the room at any time for
thr purpose Ot killing Gocbcl That
Sras ihr FIRST time | crtcrcd the room
with johnson"
"lid you try 10 hny run for the
dnrpsr uf killing nochcl'"
"Nc, SIR" sad th" witness, whc
sb,p went into details IN regard to his
Ni,"mpi 10 purchase from John Mastn,
= merchant n, Frankfort q Mau.c'
rtlr Ion the usc OF Dr johnson to shoot
G,rlcl. and also to No used In the case
~ civil war.
Continuing he described the various
,,la,Ys about tn state capitol where
rilles and arms were stored before the
showing.
steel Cartridges Used.
lie testified that while h. vas await
ing the arrival OF the s,ccl-hall cart
rNers from Cincinnntl iu NJ Grant
I.nb,r,s' gun. johnson wanted To Kill
i,pef.l with his pia'rl on January 10
INT William Culton prev 'nted IT,
ON the afternoon oi the same da!
she witness found J,hnSoL In Powers
orivatr Office Johnson had the Marlii
S:un across the backs of two chairs an,
ihr window open. Culton was watch
sng nj ne door.
when Cutun saw tina, You,scy oh
rpryrh him, Culton sent foutscy To th'
kpnzAc chamber TO see II Gocbcl wa
~sul rhrre lie found that Goebcl wa
an4i ~ reported and then lcf, them
Gucirl Was not killed that day, bu, tn
ns.SL
fsi. S,clfe. n messenger boy n, Frank
fpr, IN 1900. now rosidlng NJ Columbus
a.. rcld OF being on the steps OF tn
,ap1n' al the time oi the shooting q
G;giSrl and seeing gmn barrel stickin
ssii ~ the Office wirdow ol the secre
;ary of state.