The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-14
no MAKE YOuTSEY SAY HE
COULD ExoNERATE POWERS
COMPLETELY.
MADE NO STATEMENT
That He Had Fired shot That Killed
Goebel-Submtte to Perfect
Showers of Tantiiizing Cues
tions.
Youtsey Questioned.


Il. Youtsey To the witness stand for
further cross-examination He was in
terrogated by w, G. owens, of coun-
sci for Powers. After reviewing some
Of his ross-examinaticn of yesterday,
the attorney put this question:
.Dia you on the morning Of Jan
uaiy 30 1851 50 over to the agrieul-
tural building where the mountain
men were. and displaying scme cart
ridges, call on a number Of them to
90 over to the executive building and
gather in the hallway and assist the
man who killed Goebel TO escape?"
4 went there and got the men en-
the morning OF January ~ 1909 e
day before the killing. That was the
plan Of action a the time when TIE
nero IIocFarsmith was to DO the
killing. said Youtsey
Attorney Owens next took the Wit
ness over the time Of the arrival at
Frankfort OF Jim Howard, as detailed
by him on direct examination yester-
day. and recalled to the witness that
upon a former trial he had testified |
that Howard, after getting into the
private office OF Powers, said that he
did not desire to see Taylor before
doing the killing, and also that Yout-
sey and Howard there entered into
an agreement to swear for each
other in the event they got into
innble after the killing. Youtsey
said ne had forgotten these Incidents
when drst asked to tell what took
place iii the room Ovens next took
the witness over the fact OF his own
frals and his conviction am! had him
to state that he was shamming when
he threw fit in court before the
jury trying him.
A Talk With Powers.
did you, while in the Scctt county
Jail and In the presence Of your wife,
say to Caleb Powers that you did not
know anything that could injure him
ppon his trial?" asked Owens,
You have my wife's deposition re-
garding that matter and | do not
want to testify on anything that she
mentions III lfldl utDOSftlbll. w hot
want to fall out with my wife"
Il insist your honor, that the wit
ness answer my question said
Owens.
"Well, sir, | will answer it, re-
sponded Youtsey "On the occasion TO
which you evidently refer my wife
was seated in the jail talking with me
Caleb passed by. and stopping, said
TO my wife that | knew he was inno-
cent of the charge against him. She
responded that that was true. He
passed on and | upbraided her for
making such a statement to Powers,
as If speaking for me. | went after
Powers instantly and brought him
back and had her to retract what she
had said"
owens. continuing the eross-exami-
nation. asked Youtsey if he had not
said upon another occasion in the
Georgetown Jail in the presence of II.
c. Willis, of Lexington, and J. j,
Rucker. of Georgetown that as far
as he knew Powers was innocent.
Youtsey denied ever having made
such a statement to anyone. regarding
Powers. He was then asked if he
did not say to Otis Ashurst, of
Georgetown. while in jail here. that
he could get rich by telling certain
things. Witness denied very posi-
lively that he ever made that state
ment.
aDia YOU ever say to James An
drew Scott. a Frankfort lawyer
whom you at one time consulted with
reference to your case. that You could
get $4,000 for convioting seven men
TavIor among them. and damn the
Republican party?'
mo. sir did not make that stat
ment Mr.. Scott used some such lan
quaee in a conversation he had with
me. or in stbstance that.
Did Not say He Fired Shot.
Did YOU ever say to Scctt that yeu
ard not Jim Howard, fred the shoi
which took the life of William Goe
beI2T
Il did not say that 70 Col. Scott
~Ars YOU willing that Col. Sect
shaU come here upon the witnesi
stand and be interrogated regardlns
these matters2 Do YOU waive ms
conversation with you having been al
an attorney for you?'
IF Mr. Scott will tell the truti
upon the witness stand | am Willing
for him to testify. There has beeI
50 much that is false told regarding
,oe that am net willing for anything
fsrther 20 - told cf that sort.
Answer my question, are you VIII
inc tor Sect TO come here on tp'
stand aad testify rs 70 what Feu d.
Ten him. said Attorney Owens.
Youtsey did not seem disposed q