The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-10
APPEAL FOR
CALEB POWERS
For Funds To Aid Him In Having q
Fair and Impartial Trial-PrOmin-
emit Democrats As Well As Re
publicans Make 1t.
LOUISVILLE. ~. Jan. 9. l0O4.


i The undersigned, regardless OF poll
teal affiliations, have been constituted
committee to solicit and disburse q
fund for the defense of Caleb Powers.
| The Court of Appeals of Kentucky
having reversed the judgment seutenc'
ing MIN to death, remands the case to
the Scott Circuit Court for another trial
Mr.. Powers has been subjected to three
trials and three appeals from the judg-
ments of the circuit court, all of which
nave been reversed. His case goes back
now to be tried out from the beginning.
The three trials and three appeals to
which ne has been subjected have ex.
hausted all his means. His parents and
other relatives nave sacrificed everything
they possessed for him and he is now
wholly dependent on the fund that this
committee may raise for his defense.
The prosecution has at its disposal, in
addition to the ordinary machinery Of
the courts, $l00,000.00, which the legis-
lature appropriated for the conviction
of those charged with the murder Of
Senator Goebel. Caleb Powers, while
steadfastly maintaining mis- innocence,
nas been confined in jail nearly five
years. We feel called upon to say that
our sole purpose is TO obtain fair trial
for Mr.. Powers, and a fail trial by an
impartial jury is all that he demands.
I'VE believe the people of Kentucky will
be satisfied with nothing less. To meet
the necessary expenses of his fourth
trial large sum is absolutely necessary
At the former trials, wnica lasted from
five to seven weeks each, Mr.. Powers
was compelled 10 submit to trial in tae
absence of many of his witnesses by
reason of the fact that he mad not the
means to pay their expenses to attend.
Many of these witnesses are very poor,
and wnile anxious to testify in the case,
nave not the means to do so at their
own expense. living as they do at dis.
tance, yet their testimony is of vital
Importance. Funds must be provided to
secure their attendance. This alone
will require large sum of money. In
addition TO this expense, the stenog-
rapner's charges, costs of transcripts
OF testimony, expenses OF interviewing
ditant witnesses, counsel fees. ana otncr
expensee incident to the trial will re.
quire, in the opinion of the committee,
all that can be raised. The state can
procure everything needed by it, and
justice TO Mr.. Powers requires no less
for MIN.
Judge Barker, who wrote the opinion
reversing the Judgment of the lover
court, says:
Nothing more surely tends to On
nance the respect men owe the law tnan
firmly rooted conviction that its judg-
ments are the offspring of even-hanlad
justice. and of its temple an impartial
jury is the chief cornerstone"
II is now the hope and expectation
of tn people that Caleb Powers will at
last he tried by an impartial jury. Tie
committe; makes this appear for fund
10 pay tho necessary expenses of tbi,
fourth trial. and will undertake to re-
ceive and dusburse all contributions
with the utmost care and fidelity w
hope for a fund sufficiently large to q,
abl, Mr.. Powers to obtain trial that
all fair men will say was fair.
Contributions should be sent to Mr.
Joan Marshall, treasurer of the com
mittee. Louisville Trust Company Build.
ing, and we would request that respon-
ses to this appeal be as prompt as pos
sible. for the trial will probably tax
place within the next sixty days, and
we must be prepared.
MORRIS B. BEDKNAP.
Cboirroa,