The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-11

sentence of death for the murder Of Goebel.
He was three times tried before juries
Democrats and one reputed Republican His
chief offense was the bringing of about one
thousand mOuntaineerS to Franklin Ito
murder Goebel," as the prosecution claimed,
but, as he and they claimed, to protest
against the Legislature depriving Taylor
of the office TO which he had been elected.
He was mountaineer himself and the petit
TONERS were his felow-citizens.
Singularly enough, of the twenty men in
dicted for Goebeps murder, not one be-
longed TO the army brought from the noun
tains by Powers. The army itself left
Frankfort before Goebel was shot.
OF the witnesses for the prosecution in
these trials, one Weaver was subsequently,
indicted for perjury in the case, given
straw bail, forfeited his bond and left the
country. Another, named Finley Anderson,
admitted he had testified falsely. Another.
named Culton, had stolen over Sl,lO0 from
the State by forging warrants. and was
under Indictment as co-conspirator. 1t is
believed the prosecution did not indict him
for the forgery lest it injure his testimony
in the Goebel trials. He afterwards de-
frauded a lawyer Of several thousand dol
lars and absconded. Another witness gave
a lengthy statement of how Campbell,
counsel for the prosecution had persuaded
him to testify falsely under threat to 'break
his neck" for assisting in the GOebel muir
der.
ONLY GOEBELITES TAKEN
Every effort was made in the cases of
Howard and Powers TO impanel juries to
convict. Goebel Democrats alone were
summoned or selected 10 compose the panel.
In one case a Republican was unwittingly
accepted as juror. and, the fact becoming
known, an affidavit was filed, disqualifying
him. In another case the sheriffs skipped
the houses of Republicans and independent
Democrats and summoned GoebeI Demo-
Gratis only on the jury. In another case,
where three or more by-Standers were to-
gether, they summoned the Democrats and
left the Republicans. In another case Judge
Cantrli took the venire apart and weeded
them out, whispering privately to each man
summoned before the jury was selected
Judge Cantrill boasted publicly that the
Democratic party owed its offices and it's
son made the same boast in the State
Senate. In the third Powers trial. the Court
of Appeals, by order, forced him 10 vacate
the bench. Three persons are still held
under bail by Cantrill as cO-conspirators In
the GOebel murder, although no evidence
has developed against them in all the
trials. KENTUCKY.
THE writer of the foregoing is, well-to-
do citizen and taxpayer of Frankfort who
has been honored by his party and his
State, end is of considerable prominence in
the world of letters. His allusion TO Culton's
malfeasance In office is substantiated by
the facts of record at Frankfort. He does
not say that Culton indicted for de-
frauding a lawyer of several thousand dol
lars, TO which fact he alludes, but this is
the fact Culton having been indicted at
Richmond, KY, for raising warrants for
commonwealth witness fees, bought by him
at Georgetown and sold by him at the raised
figures to a Richmond lawyer. He fled from
the State before he could be arrestedl