The sun., 1907-12-11
DESCRIBES GOEBRL'S MURDER
HENRY T.. YOUTSEY SAYS POWERS
HAD GUILTY kNOWLEDGE.

Declares on the stand That Ex-sOV. Taylor
ana Many other Prominent Republicans
HAD Parts I'm the Plot says Powers LEFT
Hls Once Open for the Assassin.
GEORGETOWN. Ky. Dec iO--H the story
OF Henry Z. YOutsey. told on the witness
stand in the trial OF Caleb Powers here
to-day. is true. not only Powers. his brother.
John l.. Powers; Gov. w. H. Taylor. w. n.
CultOn and James Howard. all OF whom
have been indicted. knew that William
Goebel was to be assassinated on the day
he was shot while entering the CapitO.
groundsat Frankfort. but practically every
prominent Republican in the State who
was about the Executive Building within
several days Of the shooting knew that it
was to be done.
II talked with United States Senator w. J..
DebOe.' said the witness while detailing
his startling confession to the Common
wealth to-day. @Rnd told him that DIR. John
son wanted TO kill Goebel from the Office OF
the Secretary of State and that was going
to see Gov. Taylor about it. Senator De-
Doe said for me not TO permit IL; that Emmett
Orr and other Democrats were going 90
vote with the Republicans to seat Taylor
as Governor. told Gov. Taylor what
Deboe had said
Youtsey said he first got DIR. W. r. John
son of johnson county. who after lying
in wait one morning went home. Then he
got a negro named Mason Hockersmith.
w. J. Davidson. the Assistant Secretary
Of State" said YOutsey. said we could
have the Office and had the Marlin rife
and the Winchester rife brought in and
was ready Hockersmith said he would
not do it until he talked personally with
Gov. Taylor. ItOld Gov. Taylor and he said
he could not trust the negro. he might be
a spy. After he refused, Gov. Taylor die
tated to me a letter, which l sent to Jim
Howard at Manchester, asking him to come
to my Office in the executive building. |
mailed the letter and told John l.. Powers
that we were going TO kill Goebel from
the window Of the office. later saw Caleb
Powers and told him we wanted the key.
Powers said he did not have the key but
would fix the door 80 we could get in. and
he did. He then held up his hand and l
held up mine and he swore me that would
not tell living soul of what we had done.
Jim Howard knocked at my door on
the morning of the seth. and when opened
IL he handed me the letter which l had
written him. took him into the room,
showed him the two guns and he chose the
Marlin. l arranged everything and after
pointing GOebel out lett the room.
when the shots were fired we rushed
to the door Of the Secretary Of States
Office and tried to get in. Ben Rowe finally
got in over the transom and opened the
door. Gov. Taylor had been pounding on
the door trying to get in. The room was
empty, but the two rifles lay on the floor.
Rowe picked up the Marlin and we took
il to the closet. extracting the cartridge
shell, which threw in the fire in Gov. Tay-
lor's private Office. Everybody was armed
and prepared for an attack. fearing that a
mob would charge on the building"
Youtsey said he had told Powers that
he had best be away from his Office. but
that Powers had told him he could use the
Office. He said Powers frequently tried to
get him to swear 10 affidavits stating that
he had nothing TO do with the murder.
Youtsey has appeared to he wholly in
the hands of the Commonwealth attorneys,
who kept him at their hotel. He was neatly
dressed and showed that he has had every
care at the hands Of the authorities. He
was brought here from the penitentiary
where he is serving a term for his part in
the murder OF Goebel. Youtsey has had
an easy time in prison and is not compelled
to wear stripes as other prisoners do.