The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-24
NEW WITNESS FOR
 CALEB POWERS
Man Who Has Been Away for
 Years Will Testify
TAYLOR DEPOSITION READ
Testimony for the Day Is Heavy Against Youtsey Connecting Him with Fatal Rife-Letter Read
 Gives Plans.

Georgetown Ky, December 25.-The
 seventh week of the trial of Caleb Pow CTS for oomplicity in the assassination of
 William Goebel opened today. Police Judge J. N. Hubbard of Grayson, Ky, was recalled to identity a letter written by him to Powers which embodied the substance of his sensational testimony
 given Saturday relative to a plan to. kill Goebel outlined by him to Youtsey. The letter was written by Judge Hubbard to Powers while the latter was nsthe New
 port jail. J. L. Hopkins, the next wit
 ness. gave equally sensational testimony,
 reeounting a conversation he had with
 Youtsey in the agricultural building two
 days before Goebe was shot in which
 Youtsey said: "l have sent to Cincinnati F for some cartridges that will fix him (meaning GoebeD, and l will give $l00 to any man who will fire the shot, but if I can't get anybody else to do the
 work, l will do 1t myself"
 Albert Heton, in whose possession was
 found the Marlin rifle with which Goebel was shot, was on the stand today to
 Identify and trace the gun. He identified the weapoh by its number, but was un- able to say positively who gave it to him. He said directly after the shooting of Goebel, when he 01elton) went into the hall of the executive building, where several persons were gathered about the
 door of Caleb Powers office from which ] the shot was fired. trying to force an en- trance, one person handed the gun to
 him GfITiDer Ia Ia
 the man who handed him the gun was d person who was pointed out to him as YoutSey but was not positive. Helton also detailed conversation he heard be-
 tween Youtsey and J. B. Noe the day
 before Goebel was shot, in which Youtscy said Tailow Dick Combs had promised to
 kill Goebel, but he had gone back on
 him. Noutsey adding, "If I cant get any body else b shoot him, l will do it my self"
 W. J. Davidson, assistant secretary
 of state under Powers, and before that
 superintendent of public instruction un-
 der Governor Bradley, arrived here to-
 day and will take the witness stand
 in defense of Powers
 Davidson left Kentucky about the
 time Taylor and Finley did. In the
 testimony of Youtsey and Golden he is
 charged with being one of the con-
 spirators but he was not indicted with
 the others. Since leaving Kentucky, nearly eight years ago, his where abouts have been unknown save to a few friends. He said today he has been in a small town in Indiana near Indianapolis. Davidsons appearance here caused a sensation.
 It had been the purpose of lhe de- l fense to have James B. Howard on the
 stand today but because of the illness
 of w. M. smith, attorney for the de- Tense, who had expected to examine Howard, the testimony was postponed | until Monday. Howard was in the wit
 ness room in the morning, but was not returned in the afternoon.
 Just before adjournment tonight the l deposition of w. & Taylor, taken in l 1903, and read in the last trial Of 1 Powers was again put in evidence. l Judge W. L. Brown, who for some time occupied the bench in the Laurel cir 1 cult court, this afternoon testified that 1 James B. Howard was in London, Lau- i rel county, on the morning of January 20, 1900, and that the witness had l talked with Howard.
 The reading of the deposition of for
 mer Governor w. S. Taylor was not | completed when court adjourned. 1 In a general way the testimony was
 denial of all the facts and circum- 1 stances related by witnesses for the ! commonWealth.H He denied any compiici- 1 ty in the killing of Goebel. He also l denied dictating to Youtsey the al l ledged letter to Howard.