Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
POWERS FACES A JURY
Fourth Trial for Murder of
GoebeI Begun
AT GEORGETOWN TODAY
Nearly Three Weeks Spent in Secur.
ing the Jurymen.
ALL FARMERS EXCEPT TWO
Four Democrats, Four Republicans
and Four Independents-First
Testimony for Prosecution.
ALL FARMERS EXCEPT TWO

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
| LEXINGTON, KY, November 29.-The
first witness introduced in the fourth
| trial of Caleb Powers was D. Meade
Woodson of Frankfort, who made plans
| OF the capitol and grounds after Senator
Goeoel was shot. and who cut from the
| blackberry tree the block of wood con-
| tanning the steel bullet which had been
| fired rom Powers Office window and
after passing through Goebel's body en-
tered the tree. 1t was the discovery of
this fact that caused Powers to be sus-
pected and his ultimate arrest Woodson
identified his plans and the block of
| wood.
All witnesses were excluded from the
courtroom during his testimony. Mai.
Owens, for the defense, to save time, as
he said. admitted that the shot that xii ed
| Goebel came from Powers office.
After nearly three weeks spent in Sc
| curing jury to try Caleb Powers the
panel was finally completed Thanksgiv-
| ing day as follows: J. w. Renaker, sixty
five years old; G. B. Shinkle, thirty years;
j. G. Linden, thirty-five years; o. c. Col
| lier. forty-five years: A. B. Jouett, twen-
| ty-eight years; Jas. A Ohara, forty years;
Barney Franks, tMrty-tive years; E. j.
| Marshall, thirty-rive years; j. e. Rau.
5,
| Thomas Robinson, twenty-five years, and
j. L. Price, Sixty-two years.
Four are republicans, four democrats
and four independents, three of whom
voted for A. E. Wilson, republican candi-
| date for governor, in the late election.
! Forty veniremen We're examined to secure
| the last juryman.
! All of the jurymen are farmers except
| two-O' Hara, druggist; Linden. print
| er. All the jurymen live in Grant county,
| nv lyar xx-hn iS nr1y- 1of
of the venire from Harrison county.
The Man to Kill Goebel.
Judge Ben q. Williams of Frankfort, in
| making the opening statement of the
prosecution, declared he could prove by
Frank Cecil that Powers had said that
if he could find the man to kill Goebel
he Powers could find the money. Judge
Williams laid bare the connection of Gov.
w. s. Taylor and Charles Finley with the
case, showing if the allegations be true
that Taylor was as deep in the plot to
kill Goebel as anybody was.
Judge Williams intimated the number of
persons who had guilty knowledge of the
contemplated assassination of Senator
Goabel was incredible, or. as he put it,
unbelievable Williams brought into
his statement a reference to ex-Gov. Tay-
lor, who invited Cecil into his office when,
1t is alleged, he told Cecil, he had left
$500 out of his campaign fund. he
would give this and pass to the noun
| tains, military escort and pardon to
the man who would kill Goebel. He went
into particulars as to the actions of row
ers just preceding and following the kill
ing and of the killing itself. together with
events succeeding the killing, tending, as
| the speaker alleged, to incriminate Pow
ers, especially referring to the contents
of a letter written to friend, in which
Powers said: Il am more responsible for
the present disorganized condition of the
democratic party than any man in Ken
lucky"
Judge Sims for the Defense.
When Judge Winiams finished his state
ment Judge j. c. Sims for the defense
announced that he would make a state
ment for his side when the common
wealth had finished with it's testimony.