The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-24

STRONG NON-PAR-
TISAN ADDRESS.
Asking a Pardon for Caleb
Powers.
Issued by COMMITTEE. of Seven.
Four of Whom Are Staunch
Democrats.

To the Public:-The undersigned
citizens, constituting a committee havin.
in charge The circulation of petitions
asking the Governor of Kentucky to
pardon Caleb Powers, present the fol-
lowing address, II behalf of this move
ment.
Caleb Powers, charged with being
an accessory before the fact to the
murder1pf William Goebel, has been
tried four times; three of said trials
were held before Judges who were af-
forwards removed from the bench by
afidavits setting out specific bias and
prejudice against him. The juries in
his three trials were intensely partisan
and the verdict of conviction in each
of said trials was reversed by the
highest court in the Commonwealth. His
recent trial and the result is fresh in
the minds of the people. The last jury,
composed of eight Democrats and
four Republicans, stood ten for ac-
quittal. Notwithstanding this fact
and the long Imprisonment and the
poor health of Mr.. Powers, the Court
refused him bail,and fixed the time
for his next trial six months hence.
For eight years This man has lain
in the jails of Kentucky. He has
endured much. Patiently he has wait
ed in the hope of final freedom by
jury of his peers. He has made
brave, manly fight, asking no quarter,
seeking no favor other than that guar
anteed by the law of the land. His
fight for freedom will live In history.
Caleb Powers has no private fortune.
The expense of these numerous trials
has been enormous, the last one cost
ing over ten thousand dollars. We
are reliably informed that the recent
trial has exhausted what funds had
been gathered by public contribution
for his defense. Therefore he is en-
tirely without means to stand anoth-
er trial.
IL was more than four years between
the third and fourth trials of Mr.. Pow
ers; and while his case has been set
for trial next summer, it is by no
means certain that it will be tried
then.
We believe that the hour has arrived
when the Governor should pardon this
Dreyfus of American politics. In order
that the people may know where to
find petitions, we are mailing them
to every Postmaster in each and ev-
cry County of the State, asking for the |
signatures of all those who desire to
join in this movement, irrespective of |
political affiliations.
A. II. Sinclair, Edward p. Halley,L.
l.. Bristow, ]. N. Bradley, G. H.
S. ]. Pulliam, Lee jenkins,
Petition Comittee.
To show that this is not a parti-
san move on the part of Republicans
10 secure Powers pardon we give the
of the committee back of
The movement.
A. H. Sinclair, an ex-Confederate
soldier, who was Brigadier General
Of the Confederate Veterans Associa-
ion of Kentucky, Past Exalted Ruler
If the local lodge of Elks, for years
of the Deposit Bank and Trust
20. of Georgetown and a we'll known
Democrat.
Prof. Pulliam, principal of the acad-
mic department of Georgetown Col
ege, one of the leading educators of /
he State and a lifelong Democrat !
# the old school. ,
G. H. Nunnelly, one of the wealth.
est men in Scott county, who recent I
y gave $4,000 to the fund of a Y. q
4. c. A. building at Georgetown, is {
of the Baptist Sunday \
'chool, leading merchant and I
Democrat. G
Judge L. L. Bristow, ex-Police Judge [
( Georgetown, and a prominent Re- l
Q
Lee Jenkins, member of the firm [
I Herring, Jennings & Co.. a leading
ry goods firm of Georgetown, and an
ctive Republican.
]. N. Bradley "a prominent real es- Il
ate and insurance man, for fifteen a
ears a professor IN Georgetown Col r
'ge. member OF one of the Oldest c
nd best families of Scott county and r
Republican. Ia
Edward p. HALEY. an ex-Confeder- a
to soldier, and Lieutenant In Col. w.