Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-04-23
THE SsAPEG0AT HENRY YOUTsEY
The COnspirators Sought to Fix the
Goebel Murder on Him--He Tells
More of Murder Plan.

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Youtsey was recalled for further
cross examination in the trial of
James Howard today. Youtsey was
asked if he did not refuse To tell
Assistant Auditor Frank Johnson
where he was when Goebel was shot.
He said Johns on asked him and that
he told Johnson he was in safe
place. Johnson said that was not
sufficiently definite as the detectives
would call for particular data as To
where all employees of the office were
when the shot was fired. Youtsey
then told him he was in the toilet
room IN the basement of the exeeu-
tive building. Youtsey denied that
he had ever told ]. Z. Leeds prior to
the shooting that Goebsl once beat
him out of fee and that he despised
him. He admitted that he told r.
o. Witherspoon and other relatives
that the newspaper reports that he
had named Jim Howard as the man
who fired the shot were without
foundation.
at was my defense at that time"
said Youtsey, "that Howard and /
were strangers and told everybody
had never seen Howard till we
we met in jail"
Further along in the Interrogation
Youtsey declared that from and
after the shooting of Goebel all of
the others engaged in the killing
conspired together to clear them.
selves and throw the entire respon-
sibllity of the crime upon him.
Responding to questions as to ne
gotiations with DR.. Johnson to kill
Goebel, Youtsey said he went to see
Senator Deboe and told him
Johnson and others would do
it. Senator Deboe, according to
witness, replied that enough demo-
Gratis were going to vote with Taylor
to retain him in Office and it would
not be necessary to kill Goebel.
Deboe said 1t must not be done.
Witness went back and told Johnson
what Deboe said. Johnson told him
not to pay any attention to Deboe
but to go and see what Gov. Taylor
said about 1t. He went to see Tay-
lor and told him what Johnson said
and Taylor raised no objection to the
plan of shooting from the secretary
of states office.
Wharton Golden was recalled and
examined as to the points as to Caleb
Powers locking the door to his prl-
vate office. Golden says Powers
locked it. Youtsey had testified
that he found it unlocked.
At the afternoon session of the
court several Clay county witnesses
testified as to the reputation of Wit
ness Stubblefield. They all said his
reputation was bad. Mr.. Campbell
undertook to show that these wit
nesses had opposed him for political
offices which they admitted.
d. E. James of Butler county, was
an important witness. He testified
that be was the man who came out
of the state house shortly after the
shooting of Goebel and whom Daily
and others supposed to have been
Howard. James said he had gone
into the statehouse to inquire about
the arrest of Harlan Whitaker,
whom he knew well.
A. V. White, a Louisville and
Nashville tralnman, testified as to
the time of arrival of the train on
which Howard came to Frankfort
Photographer Ogg of Bera, identified
photograph which he made of
Howard in October or November,
1899, and which showed Howard
without moustache. Several other
witnesses testified the same way.
1t is the claim of the prosecution
that Howard wore short stuoby
moustache at the time of the shoot
ing.