Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
POWERS KNEW OF |CO
Had Affidavit About Murder of
GoebeI.
ACCUSED MAN IS DEAD
Was Typical Lawless Mountaineer and
Jail Bird.
taylor HOLDS WHOLE STORY
Both re and Powers Were Waiting
for opportune Time to
Produce It.
AYLOp HOLDS WHOLE STORY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEXINGTON. Ky. September 2l.-Caleb
Powers, awaiting his fourth trial in the
Georgetown Jail for alleged completely In
the murder of Gov. William Goebel. to-
night talked to the correspondent OF The
Star regarding the affidavit of Mrs. Lulu
Clark. at Richmond. Ind. that Turner fgo
had killed Goebel at the behest of John
Sanford, tr. Powers said: II have been in
possession of Mrs. Clark's affidavit for
some time but have not made II public be-
cause did not think the time was ripe. 1
do not care to say anything further about
1t. l never knew either Mrs. Clark or Igo."
Mrs. John Sanford Is an inmate of DR..
George p. Spragues High Oaks Sanitarium
in this city. She will not see visitors re-
garding the report that her son was tho
real power behind the death OF Goebel A
story WIS current here some time ago
that Mrs. Sanford told a woman attendant
at the sanitarium that her son had caused
Goebel to be killed but this the woman at
tendant denies
Turner Igo has been dead about three
years. He was desperate character and
a typical mountain bad man. He killed u
man ABOUT hfteen years ago in Bath county
and served a term In the penitenttary for
IT, His name had never before been con-
nected with the murder OF Gov. Goebel
Caleb Powers was not much elated over
the story of the affidavitS becoming known
as ne mad expected to spring them at his
next trial Mrs. Clark is prominently con-
nected In this state and stands very high.
She had never before been mentioned as q
witness in the case.
1go's Cousin Is Surprised.
FARMERS, KY. September 21-Turner
lgo, charged by Mrs Lulu Clark with the
assassination OF Gov. William Goebel is
dead.
Samuel Igo. cousin of Turner's. today
said: Turner has been dead three or four
years. 1 have not sufficient information
about his movements on which to base a
statement as to where he was at the time
Goebel was killed He may or may not,
have been at Frankfort; but do not know
that he had any business there. When the
Spanish American war broke out he Joined
the 4th Kentucky Regiment. He served
throughout the war Whether he knew John
Sanford Of Covington is more than l can
say. l never heard that he had any ac-
quaintance with Sanford. or that my cousin
death"
Samuel Igo said that he had never heard
of the woman who made the affidavit &C
cusfng Turner 1go
Taylor Knew the Story
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, September 2l.-
Former Gov. W. S. Taylor could not be
found today to verify the statements con-
tanned in the dispatch from Richmond.
Three years ago Mrs. Clark told her story
of the Goebel murder to indianapolis
newspaper reporter. who carried II to for
mer Gov. Taylor. Satisfied that the woman
was in the possession of information vaIu-
able to him and others implicated in the
assassination. Taylor took the womans de-
position. Mrs. Clark's story was not then
published inasmuch as Taylor thought pub
1cation at that time might make vertical
ton impossible. He urged that nothing
be printed, because he hoped to find the
woman who was with Mrs. Clark. Taylor
regarded the woman's story valuable.
Preliminary to the first trial of Caleb
Powers. his friends sought in vain to estab-
lish the fact that John Sanford was In
Frankfort the day of the shooting of Goebel.
Miss King said to have recognized one
of the two men running from the executive
building Sanford. but no proof could be
had then.