The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-20
Says Much of YOutsey Story
 Is Mere Fabrication
HENRY BROUGHTON CALLED
He Is the Witness Who Ran Away and Was Captured to Be Used as Witness-Suegeste Men
 to Do the Killing.

Georgetown. Ky, October 19-Tn tho trial of Caleb Powers the commonwealth this morning. over objection of the de- fense, secured permission to introduce the witness Henry Broughton. who ran away and had to be captured
 Broughton told of going to Frankfort at the instance of Powers and others with the mountain army of January 25. 1900. After arriving at Frankfort he met Powers and the defendant asked him to give him the names of several men, one of whom could be relied on to do the killing" or to do the work. He gave Powers the names of Frank Cecil, Zach Steele and Anthony Broughton as good men to do shooting. Witness returned home the same day he went to Frank fort and did not go there again. He said he expressed pleasure on learning that Goebel had been killed. The defense laid the foundation for contradicting Brough- ton, and also to show that on January 25, 1900. the witness was drunk and not responsible
 Some Testimony Ruled Out.
 The court sustained the objection of the commonwealth to testimony or ". R. Jewell of Danville. H., and Max Lewis of Louisville, as to statements made at DanviIle by the commonwealth witness Noakes. Edward Mertz of Glasgow Junction corroborated Powers in the matter of receiving telegram from George w. Long on the day of the shoot ing to meet Long and Powers at Louis Con 4aa e CTS to a petition from western Kentucky and have them go to Frankfort. A
 pr. Fruit of TaS3w county ,ontrsj dlcted commonwealth witness, Wharton Golden. Pruitt established an alibi for 'Tallow Diok' Combs and Hockersmith. saying that at the time of the shooting they were with him in the office of the assistant adjutant general. Miller was still on the stand at the noon recess.
 Senator Deboe Takes Stand.
 Former United States Senator William J. Deboe took the stand for the defense this afternoon. testifying for the first time in these cases. He said he went from Washington to Kentucky on Jan- uary is, 1900, and stopped at Frankfort to see Governor Taylor He went on to Louisville and attended the Galt house meeting of republicans at which the con- test was fully discussed. Taylor never in- formed him of his purpose to have a mountain army of petitioners go to Frank fort. nor did he attend any meetings at Frankfort. He denied vigorously ever having any conversation with the convict Henry Youtsey in which any reference was made to taking the life of William Goebel He left Frankfort the night of the day before the shooting, returning to Washington to talk to President McKin- ley about the Kentucky situation. He had already asked the President and other prominent men of both parties at Wash ington he said, to exert moral influence to get the Kentucky democrats to aban- don the contest Later ne asked the Pres- dent to send federal troops to Kentucky, Governor Taylor having urged It In telegram, after the kihmg of Goebe He said that he saw nothing disorderlTh the mountain crowd at Frankfort on January 25 1900
 Couldn't Remember It.
 On cross examination by Commonwealth Attorney Franklin. Senator Deboe was asked if while en route to Washington on January 30 1900, the day of the shooting he did not say in response to a question of General Green Clay. U S. A., of Mis- souri. as to whether President Mckinley would interfere and send federal troops to Kentucky that that had been tried by the Kentucky republicans and failed and that in any event Goebel would be seated as governor He responded that he had no recollection of meeting General Clay and certainly said nothing of that sort to him. Senator Deboe said that in the campaign of 1899 he met Youtsey he was going about over western Kentucky in the company of Taylor