The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-25
HOWARD EVIDENCE
HARD D ON Y0UTSEy. .y'
Man Serving Life Term
for Goebel Murder 'res.
titles for Powers.
OTHERS FAS1EN
CRIME UPON HIM
Defense Making Powerful Effort
to Discredit Testimony Of States
Star Witness, and to Fix
Entire Responsibility
Upon FIinl--Day's
Evidence.
Defense Making Powerful Effort
~, Discredit sti,nn1y nf States

GEORGETOWS, KY, December 24.-'
In the expectation that James Howard,
chief witness for the defense. would
take the stand. n large crowd was In
attendance at the opening OF the Pow
ers trial to-day. The reading of Gov
ernor w. s. raylor's deposition. which
was begun late yesterday. was con-
tlnned Taylor in his deposition made
a general denial OF the charges that
he had any knowledge of or partici-
pated In a plot to murder Goebel. as
made by Youtscy, Golden and Noakes.
Two important witnesses were next
put on the stand. These were n. Z.
McGloye and j. NJ. Hardgrovc. Me-
Glove testified that Youtsey. after his
arrest. and while In the Frankfort jail.
admitted to him that he had filed Off
4. key to powers's private office the
day Gocbel WAX killed. and that Powers
and Captain John Davis ought not to
have accepted pardon and left Frank
fort. as somebody would think them
guilty OF the crime.
lIardgrove stated he saw Ynutsey
emerge from Powers's private office
directly after the shooting. hatless and
c"a'less with pistol In his hand and
apparently very much excited. Hard
grove said he put the Commonwealth
ii POSSESSION ot tHese FACTS DefOre
Powers's third trial. but that he was
not called TO testify q witness.
Captain Stephen G. Sharp, United
States district marshal and former
State Treasurer testified that directly
after the shooting of Goebei he went
10 Governor Taylor and offered liis SER
Vices to, defend him. Governor Taylor
directed him TO take charge of the de-
fense of the building. which he did
not allowing anybody to enter. He
said he thought the protection OF the
highest officer in tho State more inn
portant than anything else. Captain
SHARP startled the court and spectators
by stating that three days before Goe-
bel was shot he tSharp, was given re-
liable Information by prominent Dem
cerats that the Democrats had ordered
:.oeo guns and ammunition for the
same and that men would be on hand
10 man the guns. and that Taylor and
ether Republican State officers would
i,e f"rcibly elected from office
This, he said. was why armed Re-
publtcnns were about the executive
building and why state troops had
been notified to be in readiness 10
move, as he had communicated these
1pets both to Governor Taylor and Ad-
jutant-IieneraI Collier.
Howard Protcxts Innocence.
James Howard took the stand this
afternoon. He said that at the time
GoebeI was shot he tioward) was In
the public room of the Board OF Trade
Hotel at Frankfort. A man named
foblnson stepped out IN front OF the
hotel and brought back the nforma-
ton that Goebel vas shot. Howard and
others in the room Jumped UP and ran to
The door. horrited al the news. After
tht. shooting Howard went to the Cap
itol Hotel with the others. hut lie did
not see Gocbel then, and, in fact, never
saw him before to know him. Howard
denied emphatically that hegever re-
ceived letter from Taylor or IouEse,
asking him To come to Frankfort liz.
did not know Youtsey and never ).
him The witness further said he diG
uot know Youtsey and never saw him
until both had been tried and convicted
snd were In oail at frankfort.
He then was introduced to. Youtsey
in ,hs Frankfort jail by Mrs. Youtsey,
in the presence OF Mrs. Howard. his
wife and Others. Howard said he did
not know he was charged with the
assassination until nc saw in the news
papers that he had been indicted. About
the same time bench warrant had
been sent to Clay county for his arrest.
AS soon as notified that he had been
indicted he surrendered to Sheriff White
and accompanied him to Frankfort to
give himself up and answer the charge
against him. Since then he had not had
days freedom.
Damaging to Youtscy.
Howard most emphat.cally denied
that he was on the State House Square
at any time during the morning of jan
uary 30tll when Goebe was shot; said
that he was not inside the Executive
Building that morning; tina, he never
say Governor TAYLOR nor Youtsey, ana
to do with the assassination.
The witness admitted that late in tn G
afternoon of the day Gocbel was shot
he, with others. visited the Capitol
Square, going as far MS the steps OF
the Executive Building.
Howard stated that he and Youtsey
were In Jail together at Frankfort. Be
fore Youtsey made n confession Yout-
sey said: "Howard, SO far as 1 know
2 you are innocent of any connection
with the Goebel assassl lnation. but Ar
thur C;oebel is cruel and willing to see
the Kentucky River run With innocent
blood" Howard added: .Youtsey gave
\ me an affidavit that he knew nothing
against me-
Howard was@not cross-eSamined, the
only question asked him being whether
he had not been tried and convicted
three times and his case appealed &c
the Supreme Court.
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