The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-24
Three Left Under Indictment, and
One Of These is Believed
to be Dead
These Cases Are Expected to be Dropped, and
Henry Youtsey Will be Only One to ans
Suffer for Crime--TayIor and
Finley Express Gratitude

Frankfort, Ky, April % Gov. Will
son this evening cleared the Ken,
lucky court records of all charges
growing out of the murder in January
1900 of Senator VIM. GOebel, who
was declared to have been elected
governor, except those hanging over
the states evidence witnesses in the
alleged conspiracy, by granting par
dons before trial to former governor
W. S. Taylor aud former secretary Of
state Charles Finley, who have been
tugitiyes in Indianapolis for nine
years, to John Powers, brother of Ca
lcb Powers. who is believed to be in
Honduras; to Holland Whitaker OF
Butler county, John Davis of Louis
Vile, and Scach Steele, of Bell
county, under irdictmcut, and who
did not flee the state.
Three Under Indictment.
Those over whom Indictments are
left hanging are Wharton Golden, of
Knox County now in Colorado; Frank
Cecil of Bell county, now a railroad
detective in St. Louis, VIM II, Cui-
ton. of Owsley county, said to have
died in the west a few months ago.
These cases with the exception of
Cecil, will be dismissed, leaving llcl-
ny r. Youtsey now serving a life seu-
m h. 1,-
person to suffer for the killing of
t'oehle Reiterating the belief he eX.
pressed some months ago when he
granted pardc7s to Caleb Powers and
James b. Howard, that no one but
Youtsey had any part in the murder,
and that it was not conspiracy, as the
commonwealth charged, Governor
Wilson says he believes it his sacred
duty which he must not longer delay
10 carry this belief fato effect, and
grant pardons to those who were so
charged and they had the creates,
reasons to believe that they could no
have a fair trial, and il they stayed
here would be forced to trial before
which would give them no chance at
all for Just decision.
Tayor's Statement.
In extending clemcncy in Taylor's
case the governor, after reviewing
the state gubewatoral election Of
1899 and the contest instituted before
the legislature by Goebel, says.
when Powers and Howard's appii,
cations for pardons were presented,
public hearing was had and tho
whole history asd the course of the
prosecutiC's were thoroughly dis
cussed and theories of prosecution
and defense made perfectly clear,
and | became thoroughly familiar
with the whole case of the prosecu-
tion and defense.
after that hearing the whole res
ord of all the trials. with the opinion
of the court of appeals, was faithfully
read, aad after giving these cases the
most impartial consideration which
an earnest wish and purpose to decide
rightly. could give them, | reached
the firm and earnest belief that Pow
ers and Howard were not guilty. ami
issued the pardons
The only evidence in all the four
trials of Powers and the three trials
of Howard by which the prosecution
in any way attempted To connect
Taylor with the murder, was the tes
timony as to his writing to get How
ard to come to Frankfort to kill Goe-
bel and tendi2g to show that Howard
on the request in that letter did como
to Frankfort, entered into the plan
and committed the murder
Believes Taylor Not Guilty.
But Howard did not kill Goebel and
Taylor could not be guilty of getting
Howard to do what he did not do.