The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-21
Former Governor of Ky, Makes
 Deposition in Powers Case
HE INVITED MOUNTAINEERS
Object Was to Have Them Petition Legislature Not to Rob Them of Their Vote-Make5 General
 Denial of Charges.

Georgetown, Ky, August 20.-The de- fense in the Powers case called wit nesses at the morning session of the court for the purpose of discrediting the commonwealths witness. Henry Yout- sey.
 J. L. Butler told of Powers visit to Louisville on the day of the shooting, saying it was to get up a crowd of peti- tioners from western Kentucky to go to Frankfort George l.. Barnes and Sam uel Shepard, clerks in the state audi tors office. told of the peculiar action of Youtsey for several days before tho shooting.
 As evidence in the case of Caleb Pow CTS. his counsel this afternoon, filed deposition of former Governor W. S. Taylor of Kentucky, now a fugitive and located at Indianapolis. The deposition Is made up of responses to one hundred and twelve questions direct and no cross interrogatories. Fifty-one questions were read and answers given at the afternoon session and but six of them were ruled as collateral or not competent for some reason.
 Taylor Denies All.
 The deposition contains general de- nial by Taylor to the charges preferred against him in the indictment returned in the Franklin Circuit court. of compli- city In the murder of William Goebel and also denial of any knowledge of the complicity of any of the others in- dcted, or charged or of any one, in the alleged conspiracy to assasinate Goebel, or even of any participation in, or knowl- edge of any attempt to intirnidate in the settlement of the contest. He denies that he had any of the lreriminating con yersations ealeged to have been hae wite him by commonwealth witnesses W. Ii. Culton, Wharton Golden, Frank Cecil and Robert Noakes and adds that he never saw or talked to Cecil in his life. The conversations related to the com monwealth witnesses are taken up sep arately and denied in detail. The deponent denies that the bringing of an armed body of men from the mountain on January 25, 1900. was for other purposes than to peacefully petition the iegisla- ture.
 Mountaneers Were Orderly.
 He says that as far as he knows they were orderly and well behaved and that they returned home the night of the day of their arrival for the sole reason that they had accomplished their one purpose. to assemble on the steps of the state capitol and petition the legislature not to rob the men they had voted for as the nominees of the republican party
 The deponent takes on himself the re- sponsiblity for their coming, saying that It was originally his purpose to have about 1000 men visit Frankfort each day for the last few days the contest was pending, not to ntimidate the legislatures but to show them the extent of the feel ing out in the state in the matter. Others opposed the plan and an attempt was made to call 1t off before the crowd gath cred by Caleb Powers and Charles Finley. who had arrived in Frankfort. but the resembling order went out too late to dis solve that body. He declares Caleb Pow CTS to be innocent so far as he knows. of any compicity in the murder of Goebel and says 1t was for that reason that he gave him a pardon He says he never saw Jim Howard until after the death of Goebe and never gave him a pardon for that or any other crime.