The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-17
ATTORNEY SCOTT THE MAN
The Conversation Occurred
 Before Witness Arrest.
Youtsey Dsclarss That the rrosssap tion Has Held Out No 1nduss- msnts for His Tsstimony-Had
 Conference with Deckham-

Frankfort, Ky. April 1s.-Henry Yout-E sey testified today in the trial of James Howard. Witness said after the shoot- ing he stayed in the oface of Assistant Secretary of State Makthews for few moments and saw Matthews break open Caleb Powers ofice and find the guns that had been left in there. Youtsey said he saw Howard for tho first time few minutes before the snoot- ing. Howard had a letter sent nim sev- eral days before by the wttnesss at 0ov. ernor Taylor's dictation. Youtsey sayn he took Howard into the ofzice of Calen Powers, then Secretary of state. wnicn had been especially arranged Tor sne shooting. He showed Howard the Marln rife, the bullets and the window from which the shooting was to be done. He says Howard asked what he was 70 fex for doing the shooting.
 "what do you want for 1t? Youtsey says fe asked, and that Howard said he wanted pardon for kuiing George Baker.
 .I told him he could have that and more, too," said Youtsey.
 About thal time." said the witness. "Goebel came in the gate and I pointed him out to Howard and then ran from the room. As disappeared down the steps to the basement, 1 heard the crack of Towards rife"
 Youtsey said that after the shooting he
 passed through the State House base ment and a few minutes later came back into the executive building from the east side entrance.
 Broke Open Office. .I .tayed in the ofiice of Assistant Sec rotary of State Matthews" said hes for few minutes, and saw Matthews break open Caleb Powers office and fined ths
 guns that had been eft in there. Youtsey said that at the time of the | shooting he was private secretary of Ans ditor Sweeney. but that while his pollt- Iical status was not eenrireiy fixed. 1t was understood he was to have q good place under Taylor.
 "Governor Taylor. ald Youtsey. 'de-
 cided everything we did. We regarded him as a leader. and he was morally re-
 sponsible for all we i'd. We knew we had the Governor and the pardoning power behind us, and we were not afraid or punishment for Kiiiing Gos5el." | During Youtsey's testimony Howard sat
 with his eyes rivetei on the witness His
 wise sat behind him. Howard did not
 change expression.
 | Youtsey, on cross-examination. said that
 after he was arrested and later sent to
 the penitentiary, he stin held hope of | gaining his liberty. He thought Yerkea
 would be elected Governor. and would pardon him. Yerkes was defeated. how ever, and about a year ago he decided to | talk and did tell his story to Prison ! Physician Tobin.
 Youtsey sai further that he had an ad-
 ditional incentive Q tell the story, as | Taylor. Powers and othses had used him
 as a cats-paw and scape-goat and then
 deserted him when he got in trouble | When Youtsey resumed the witness box
 at o'clock this afternoon every avaiiabla
 inch of room in the court room was filled.
 many women gracing the rows of seats
 outside the railing. Attorney Violet con- | tinued the cross examination Tor the de- | fense and tried to extract from the wit-
 ness an admission that he was hopeful os receiving a reward either in the way of l a reduction in his sentence or lighter
 work in the prison. Youtsey said no indncement of that kind had been held out to him. He said that the only man who ever talked to him about any kind of
 counsel for Howard. An Offer of $35, ,0O0. '~rhis was just before was arrested, = said he. 'and Scott told me that if would tell enough to bring about seven convictions he would get me $s5,00o." He admitted sending for Governor Beckham and asking his advice. The
 Governor held a conference with him iu
 Warden Lillard's once and he said that Beckham told him he should tell every
 thing. but that he was offered no kind | of inducement.
 Attorney Violet asked e number of
 questions. the evident purpose of which
 was to show that Dr. Johnson and not
 Howard shot Goebel Youtsey admitted
 that he and Johnson had planned to kin Goebel and that Johnson would do the shooting.
 w. J. Davidson. then Superintendent of Peblic Instruction. he said. offered to | allow Johnson the use of his ofIice to do | the shooting. Witness. however. did not approve of Johnson's plans for the kill-
 ing and discarded him. He did not see | him after January 26.
 1 Youtsey, In reply to questions admitted
 that he had not been compelled to worK l in the prison since he made his consession on
 to the grand jury. He claimed. however, | that he had been sick, having been | troubled with grip and eczema. He will continue his evidence on cross v,,In