Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-04-24
Eue|T|vEs WIDELY SCATTERED
Most Notable Of Number Are Form
( er Governor Taylor and Secretary
, Ct State Finley. Who Have Been
Exiied in Indiana For Past Nine
Years.
fRv AssocIated Prcss.l

(By ASSuClateQ Iicos.I
FRANKFORT, KY. April 23.-Gov-
erncr Wills n todgy cleared the Ken
Itucky cart records CT all charges
growing out CT the murder In Jan
|uDary 1890, q. SoLli or william GC'abcl.
|who was declared by ~ legislature
I, have tecn elected governor. ex-
cept th-ese hang.lg = statc's evil
der,cc witnesses i'll the alleged con-
ls Tracy, by gra1ti-s iari ms bed re
.rials to former r,;ovsrnC- w. S. Tay-
T9r and former Sec; e;ary rf State
ARIES Finley. who have been fugi-
lives In the state Of Indiana for nine
years: to g1hn Powers. brother Of
Caleb Powers, who is believed to ne
in Honduras; to Holland Whitaker,
CT Butler county: John Davis Of Louis
lIville and Zach Steele. CT Bell county.
who did mot flee the state. Those
over whom indictments ere lett
hangiag ass-Wsl>sa Golden. cf Knox
county, now in Colorado: Prank Cecil.
ct Bell county, now a railrcod detec-
tive In St. Louis and William II.
Cuiton, Owsley county. sad to have
died In the West recemdly.
Only One to Suffer.
These cases with the possible ex-
ception Of that against Cecil will be
dismissed leaving Henry f. Yostsey.
now serving a life sentence in the
state penitentiary, the only person to
suffer fer the assassination q Goe-
bel
Reiter,atia,g the belief expressed
J several months ago when he parbln-
ed Caleb Powers and James b. How.
ard. that M one but Youtsey had part
in the murder. and that was not a
i conspiracy as the commonwealth
lcha-ged Governer Wilson says In tho
mem r2nd-In attached to the pardon
that he believed It a sacred duty" to
pardon the men who fed the state a
they had the greatest reasons to be-
lieve that they could not have q
jar tsial."
In extending clemency in the Tay-
~ case. the governor. after review.
ling the state gubernatOrtd election
Of 1899 anil the contest Instituted BE-
fore the legislature by Senator VIII
liam q. GoeSel. says that when the
Powers applications for pardon we're
presented to him Cubic hearing Wa
held and he became thoroughly famil-
ier with the whole csse Of the prose.
cutiOn and defenSe
Gave Earnest Consideration.
+ After that hearing" continues thc
governor: the whole record Of all the
trials. with the opinion of the Court
Il Appeals was faithfully read. and
after giving these cases the mnst i'm
rartiaI consideration which with the
earnest wish and purpose to drride
rightly I could give them. Z reached
the firm and earnest belief that Pow
rrs arI Inward wcre not guilty. and
issued the pardon. The study II these
re<.s,is constrained Gr, To hcftrvc. Ia
she exciusiSn ~ dcr'bt. that Howard
did not fire the shirt which killed
iysrebcI.
1 Tho only evidence IN 81 of the
-four trials 81 Powers and i've three
trials &C Howard by whkh ne prose.
crica in any way attempted tn en-.
meet Govevncr Taylor x!th thr muir,
if-r. was tte tcstjnsIny ~ IN his WIZ
| ing 10 cst Howard tn ccnc 10 Frank
iFo~r IN Kill william Scebci. a1d tend
ing TN show thst Howard. IN the re-
quest In that lsttcr did romc fo Frank
rrt. entered into tho Plos AID com
mittcd thu murder.
No Crime. No Coil.
"h-. ircward did mt kill Gocbc',
ard CIV, nor T--t~ cpnII not I've
guilty e Howard to do what
hr did nct do.
+ u I'm EssoIutciy SIR that Govcrrf
wiili7m =. Taylrr fssi nv part IN
Sbr murder ~ william Crcbcl. and
/ 7 feel " a SACRED tiuty, whics, ] INST
M bigger delay. IN carry eisss belief
into effect and I thrrcforc graH IN
William s Taylor q full and free rar.