The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-28
The Nemesis of the Law &.

There has seldom been a more strik-
ing, a more dramatic exempliication
OF the adage that murder will out
than the progress of ven in the
Goebel assassination case in Kentucky,
nor. withal, a more terrible demnostra-
ton Of the sort OF Nemesis the law can
be made when in determined hands.
Eere was a conspiracy to which the
highest officers of the state-including
the governor, it is ~alleged-were par
ties. The conspirators controlled the
agencies by which crime is finished
ana punishment RENTED, if inflicted.
1t was for the time being a conspiracy
of the government to commit crime.
Rut now after more than three years
the wretched facts are laid bare, part
Of the conspirators are already whip
pee of justice and the law sits at the
gates Of the rest, waiting for time and
opportunity. Truly it is a tribute to
the government Instituted among US!
In the trial of Caleb Powers. now in
progress, there has been produced for
the first time documentary proof OF the
far reaching nature Of the conspiracy
n of the subsequent frantic efforts Of
tie conspiratOrs to cover I'D their
tracks. The document is an affidavit
made by Henry E. Youtsey n intend
ed TO influence the republican mem
Gers OF the supreme court of appeals
IN granting Caleb Powers a new trial.
Inc Is so remarkable that It
deserves a careful reading:
This agreement made and entered
Llto this 18th day of January, 1901, by
9nG between Caleb Powers, now under
conviction as a conspirator, and Henry
f. Youtse, under conviction as q
principal in the murder of Governor
Goebel.
"Witnesseth that for a purpose only
O. enabling the said Powers to clear
himself Of all connection with said
murder, and said Youtsey agrees to and
does sign III swear to the following
affidavit, waving its truth or falsity:
State of kntucky, county Of Ief-
terson, SS.-The afiant, Henry z.
4outsey, states he is now confined III
tee Jail OF jefferson county, KY, under
conviction as a principal, charged with
the crime of killing Senator William
Goebel in Frankfort, in January, 1905:
that Caleb Powers has been charged
and convicted of the crime CT being al
accessory before the fact of said muir
Ger Of said Geabel. This affiant fur
tfer states that his affidavit is made
voluntarily and of mis- own free will
n accord, and that one purpose
thereof Is to refute M contradict the
rulnors and publications which have
been current that this affiant knew or
Knows facts tending to connect the said
Powers with the commission of said
murder.
This affiant ROW states that never
at any time did he, nor does he now |
know of any fact or circumstance |
" hich. either directly or indirectly. re-
n otely or otherwise. connected or con-
meets the said Caleb Powers with the
killing or injury of said Goebel. or any
knowledge thereof; that, so far as this
afflant knows, said Caleb Powers is alb
solUtely innocent of any harm to the |
said Goebel was contemplated, and that
this aftiant knows of no fact. nor has
ne any information from any source, |
mat said had OF has any
knowledge o intimation of who fired
the shot that killed said Goebel, nor
when said shot was fired.
"Afiant further states that this af-
II - booCO upOh q SlTOuS impress |
sion and belief in his mind that said
Powers is innocent Of the crime of
which he is charged, and makes the
affidavit in the interest Of justice.
1T is agreed and stipulated that the
CT which above is a CODY.
stall not be published in any way nor
ured in court, and that the same shall
be returned to the said Youtsey by Feb
10, 1901; also the paper signed by
Youtsey at Frankfort and wit
messed by John S. Cox.
witness u hands this day and
date above written.
CALEB POWERS"
And this same Caleb Powers is the
one who has been claiming that he was
victim of political persecution, Yet
here is proof that ne procured and used
a fake affidavit.
SO much for Powers AS for Taylor.
1oItsey in his further testimony re-
l2tes with the most minute circum-
s~tantiality Taylor's relations TO the
and the a bears
the earmarks of fabrication.
The shelter afforded Taylor by the
state of Indiana is become a crime
against the Constitution of the Union.
Eczema, scald head, hives. itchiness
OF the skin of any sort instantly reliev-