The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-25
Evidence is Now All His
 Way.
HUGH VOLUNTARY TESTIMONY
Statement by Former
 Marshal Sharp.
Says He Was Advised of Armed vfstt of Dem0crnts-Howard Tesfiles
 fer Powers
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pelleved that the end or the Caiep FOW~ CTS trial for the murder of William Goebel on January 90, 1900. Is in sight and that the case will be given to tho jury on Thursday. January 2. or Frt- day. January 3, 1908.
 The most important of the many witt nesses who testified was James How-I ard, who himself has been tried and convicted three times of compiicity to murder William Goebel. Howard en1- phatically denied any connection with the murder of Goebel, stating that at' the time Goebel was shot he did not know and had never seen Goebel. Cow ernor Taylor or Youtsey. &
 Taylor, In his deposition. make . gen- eral denial of the charges that he had any Knowledge or. participated in the plot to murder Goebel, as made by Youtsey, Golden and Noakes.
 Two important witnesses were put on the stand N. F. McGlove and ]. M. Hardgrove. McG1ove testified tha9 Youtsey. after his arrest. and while in the Frankfort jail. admitted to him he had filed of a key to powers's pwi- vate office the day Goebel was killed. and that Powers and Captain John Davis. ought not to have accepted pardon and left Frankfort. as some- body would think them guilty of the crime. Hardgroye stated he saw Yout- sey emerge from Powers's pr.vate of Zee directly after the shooting, hatfesa and coatless. with pistol in his hand. apparently very much excited.
 Captain Stephen q. Sharp. United States District Marshal and former State Treasurer. said that directly after the shooting of Goebel. he went to Gov ernor Taylor and offered his services to defend him. Governor Taylor di- rected him to take charge of the de- fsnse of the building, which he did, not allowing anybody to- enter.
 Captain Sharp startled the court and spectators by stating that three days before Goebei was shot he tshayp) was given reliable information by pronlis nent Democrats that the l1efnmpcrAAx had ordered 2,000 guns, amtnunitfon for the same. and that men would hs on hand to man the guns. and Taylor and other Republican State officials would be forcibly elected from office This. he said. was why armed Repubs licans were about the executive buiid- ing, and why State troops had been notified to be In readiness to move, as he had communicated these facts to both Governor Taylor and Adjutant- General Collier.
 James Howard took the stand this afternoon. He said that at the time Goebel was shot he was in the public room of the Board of Trade at Frank fort. A man named Robinson stepped out in front of the hotel and brought killed. He and others in the room killed. He andothers in the room jumped up and ran to the door. After the shooting Howard went with the otfer to Capitol Hotel but he did not see Goebel then. and in fact, never saw him to know him.
 Howard denied most emphatically that he ever received letter from Taylor or Youtsey asking him to cor1e to Frankfort. He did not know Tay- Tor and had never seen him. The witness further said he did not know Youtsey and never saw him until both had been tried and convicted and were in jail at Frankfort. Then he was fn- troduced to Youtsey in the Frankfcrt jail by Mrs. Youtsey.
 Ignorant of Charge.
 Howard said he did not know he waw charged with the assassination until he 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 an notified that he had been indicted he surrendered to Sheriff White and ac- companied him to Frankfort. Since then he had not had days freedom. Howard most emphatically denied that he was on the State House Square at any time during the morning of Jan- uary 30 when Goebel was shot. said that he was not inside the executive building that morning: that he never saw Governor Taylor or Youtsey and declared that he had absolutely noth- ing to do with the assassination.
 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 I know, you are innocent of any con- nection with the Goebel assassinations hut Arthur Goebel was cruel and will- ing 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.
 After weeks of grind. the attorneys fin the Powers trial began to see the end and it Is now believed that the case will be given to the jury Thurs day January 2, 1908.
 one of the features of tcday's pro- ceedings was the introduction of w. !. Davidson as a witness. This is the first time since suspicion was direct ed against Davidson in the spring Of 1900. that Davidson. who was Assist ant Secretary of State under Caieh Powers, has set his foot on Kentucky soil.
 His testimony was not as sensational as was expected the main point being a contradiction of Powers's testimony in that Davis says he only talked with Powers In a casual way about bring inx men from Western Kentucky while Powers says they discussed together the feasibility of bringing the noun tain men. Among those present today was William Goebel. of the 1907 Yale foot ball team, who is visiting his un- nI nyA