The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-25
JAMES HOWARD
ALSO INNOCENT
One of the Men Convicted of
GoeheI Murder TeStifieS
for Caleb Powers.
ARREST A GREAT SURPRISE
READING OF TAYLOR'S DEPO-
SlTIoN CONCLUDED.
ARREST A GREAT SURPRISE

Georgetown, Ky, Dec. 24.-James How
ard, chief witness for the defense in the
Caleb Powers trial took the stand this
afternoon. He said that at the time GOe-
bel was shot he was in the public room
Of the Board of Trade hotel, at Frankfort.
\ man named Robinson stepped out in
from of the hotel and brought back the
information that Goebel was shot. He
and others in the room jumped up and
ran to the door, Mortified at the news.
After the shooting Howard went with the
others to the Capital hotel, but he did
not see Goebel them and in fact never
saw him before to know him. Howard
denied most emphatically that he ever re-
ceiVed letter from Taylor or YOutSey
asking him to come to Frankfort. He did
not know Taylor. and had never seen him.
Did Not Know Youtsey.
The witness further said he did not
know Noutsoy. and never saw him until
both had been tried and convicted and
We're in Jail at Frankfort. He then was
introduced to YOutsey in the Frankfort
lail by Mrs. XOutsey in the presence OF
Mrs Howard, his wife, Mrs. Built, and
others; Howard said he did not know he
was charged with the assassination until
be saw in the newspapers that he had
been indicted. About the same time a
bench warrant had been sent to Clay
county for his arrest. As soon as noutled
that he had been indicted he surrendered
20 Sheriff White and accompanied him
TO Frankfort. to give himself up and an
sWer the charges against him. Since then
he had not had day freedom.
Howard most emphatically denied that
he was on the state house square at any
time during the morning of January 80
when GOeDel was shot; said that ne was
not inside the executive building that
,~fnOrning; that he never saw Governor
Taylor or Youtsey, and declared that he
had absolutely nothing to do with the
assassination. The witness admitted that
late in the afternoon of the day Goebel
was shot he with others, visisted Capitol
square, going as far as the steps of the
executive building.
Howard stated that he and Youtsey were
in jail together at Frankfort and before
YOutsey made his confession, said to him,
Howard, so far as | know, you are
innocent of any connection with the GOe-
bel assassination, but Arthur GOebel is
cruel and willing to see the Kentucky
river run with innocent blood
Howard added:
''Youtsey gave me no affidavit; he knew
nothing against me-
Howard was not cross examined.
Taylor's Deposition.
Reading of Ex-Governor Taylor's depo-
sitiOn which was begun late yesterday,
was completed at the Powers trial to-
day: Taylor made a general denial OF
having had any knowledge or paruci-
patton in a plot to murder GOebel, as has
been alleged by YOutsey, Golden and
Noakes. l. P. McGlOve testified that
the Frankfort jail admitted to him that
he had filed off a key TO Powers private
office the day GOebel was killed. and that
Powers and Captain John Davis ought
not to have accepted pardon and LETT
Frankfort as that tended TO cause them
TO be suspected to be guilty of the crime.
J. NJ. HardgroVe stated he saw YOutssy
emerge from Powers private offlce d.
rectly after the shooting. hatless and
cOatless. with a pistol in his hand and
apparently very much excited. Har't-
grove said he informed the prosecutor of
these facts before Powers third trial,
but that he was not called to testify.
Testimony of Captain Sharp.
Captain stephen G. Sharp, United
States marshal and former state treas
shooting of Goebel he went to Governor
Taylor and Offered his services to defend
him. Governor Taylor directed him TO
take charge of the defense of the build
ing. which he did, not allowing anybody
to enter.
Captain Sharp swore that three days
before GOebel was shot. he (Sharp) was
given reliable information by prominent
Democrats that the Democrats had or
dered 1000 guns, ammunition for the
same and that men would be on hand
to man the guns and Taylor and other
Republican state officials would be fore
IDLY elected from office. This. he said.
was why armed Republicans were about
the executive building and why state
ness to move. as he had communicates
. these facts to both Governor Taylor ana
Adiutant General Collier
Former State Treasurer W. r Day ar
rived today from EldoradO, Kan, and
viii be a defense witness.