The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-23
To HOLD COURT
ON CHRISTMAS
JUDGE MORRIS WANTS TO FINISH
UP VITA TRIAL or CALEB
PoWEES.
TESTIMONY SATURDAY



! Geofgetcvn. KY Dec % Only a
ismail crowd was present at t,le trial
Iof Caleb Powers gestafday Ilst bs-
tfare court opered Judge Merfs al-
lnounced to newspaper men THAT be
would ccntinre the trial through tie
holidays, not even adjorrniag fer
Christmas. He said he decided upon
| this course in Difference to the re-
guest of the jury which IL anxious to
Ifnlsh the case ana be finally dis
charged
Stuart R Stone, former stenogra-
pher for former Coy. Taylor, testified
taat be was the first person who mott
fed Taylor of the shooting, and Tay,
lor exclaimed:
My God, that Is awful"
The witness also testified seaing
Youtsey few minutes after the
shooting with pistol in bis hand.
After Stuart had completed his
testimony the defense introduced two
witnesses who did not testify at for
mer trials.
Police Judge j. n Hubbard eli
Grayson, KY. testified that Youtsey
met him in Frankfort q few days be
fore the shooting and said
"Goebel can be killed and | have
found way to do it. He can be shct
from the executive building. have
steel balls, snnokeless powder and Il
place from which to fire on bin as he
comes TO the senate chamber, and I
can, after the shooting leave the3
huilJlag, mingle with the crowd and
nobody know anyshlng. about il
TOT re W.. fvtfarn of 'Newp5ft. rds
iaer counsel for Yontsay. over the Wig.
orous objection Or the prosecution, |
testified that Youtsoy had told him
that Col. LII. Crawford, also his coun-
sci and half-brother to Youtsey, that |
he (Youtsey) had nothing TO do with
the crime; that he knew nothing |
about the assassination of Goebel and
did not know anybody connected with
IT, Youtsey made this statement in
the Frankfort Jail, the witness said,
after his arrest. Col. Nelson's testi-
mouy created a decided sensation and
was regarded by the defense as q
severe blow to Youtsey's credibility
Charles Mcdonald testified that he
had told Powers George Lockhart was
n.
aud was all right. and that Powers
had wanted a good sober man. Nc |
Donald said that when they left for
Powers gave them a talk,
telling them they were going on a |
peaceful mission and to keep good
order
Col z. W. Nelson. who earlier in
the day testified to accepting the
waiver Of attorneys privilege made
by Youtsey, was recalled this after
poon. but was not permitted to relate
What took. place at the conference Of
Yor tsey's family and attorneys.
In eDswer to direct question, j. b.
Noe of Darlington, who has never he
fore testified, said that he was stand
ing by when Henry Youtsey made a
statement to John Saylor that he
tYoutsey) was looking for "Tallow
Dick" Combs to kill Goebel. and
should be not do so. Youtsey would
10 it himself The objection of the
was overruled and the
,tatement went into the record He
made the further statement that on
he same day he heard Youtsey say to
Albert Healton that "Tallow Dick |
Combs had promised to Kill Goebe',
5ut that Combs had gone back on his
promise. and if they Should fail TO do
il he (YoutseyD would do it himself
He corroborated the previous tssti
nony to the effect that Albert Healt-
pr took a gun back from Frankfort,
but did not examine IL.
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