Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-12
CALEB POWERS TRIAL
Defendant May Take Stand at
Georgetown Tomorrow.
YOUTSEY CONCLUDES TALE
Main Facts in Recital Remain Prac-
:ically Unshaken.
HowARD's MURDER OF BAKER
Lexington Witnesses Are Examined
Today-Tell of Powers Arrest
on a Train Disguised.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEXINGTON, KY. December Fit is
probable that before court adjourns for
the day the prosecution will have finished
it's testimony In the Caleb Powers case
at Georgetown, and that when court opens
tomorrow Powers will take the stand and
give testimony in his own behalf. The
state has built up a strong bulwark
against which the defense must fight. The
stories of Arton Golden and Henry Yout-
say will need a lot of strong evidence
to break down.
Powers. claims he has evidence suft-
cient to impeach and wholly discredit
Golden, Youtsey and any other incrimnat-
ing testimony.
No attempt will be made to show that
Gov Taylor had nothing to do with the
Goebel murder; that will be left for him
to do.
When court opened today the common
wealth announced that it would close to-
day, to which the defense objected, saying
1t desired to secure some witnesses who
could not be here tomorrow.
Judge Morris refused to grant the de-
fense more time, and the matter will be
thoroughly argued this afternoon. The
Mrs. Youtsey, who swore here that her
husband confessed to her that. he was
mistreated in the penitentiary before he
confessed, and that he feared he would
be killed unless he did confess and impli-
cate Powers.
Facts in Youtsey's Recital.
Henry E. Youtsey has finished his story
of the plots which led to the murder of
Senator Goebei, and although the de-
fense, in tion weakened his
evidence to some extent the main facts
In the fearful recital stand out practically
untouched.
The defense will attempt his impeach-
ment by producing various conflicting
stories that Youtsey has sworn to. Yout-
sey never looked at Powers while giving
his evidence. but Powers never took his
| eyes from the face of the man who swears
| the Governor of kentucky and his SeCre-
| tary of state laid the plots to assassinate
a state senator
Youtsey again recounted the details of
what took place in Powers office leading
to the shooting of Goebel in the same
! manner as reported in The Star yester-
day. He added: Taylor had not author
lied me to saw to Howard that he could
get a pardon for killing Baker. l made
| that statement because Howard had ask
ed what he was going to get Taylor
| had authorized me to say that pardon
for killing Goebel would be given to the
! man who would do it and a military
escort, and l believed pardon for killing
Baker would be a slight consideration. l
did not recommend the Winchester rifle.
| I recommended the Marlin.
| These witnesses all told of the arrest
Of Powers in Lexington in March. 1900
| by being taken off the Chesapeake and
| Ohio train while disguised as a soldier,
with rifle in his hand and a pardon from
Gov w. s. Taylor for the crime for
which the officers were arrestlns MN In
his pocket
Pleads Pardon for His Son.
John Howard of Clay county. father OF
James Howard. who is serving life
| sentence for the assassination of Senator
| Goebel. went to Frankfort today to plead
| with Gov. Wilson to pardon his son
| Howard has served about four years
His wife and children are in very poor
| circumstances.