The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-28
CALEB POWERS
REVIEWS TRIALS
WAS CHARGED VITA Compile
iTN m MURDER OF GOEBEL
Kentucky Congressman Addressed
Audience N Auditorium. Telling
OF Fight for V Indication.

\ rev &C tNt facts ar. rfrCuurtar noes
strrolncinz lis ions aud unjust perss-
night by the huu. caleb 1'nNs.-. GONE
grs~~rnan from KENTUCKY. b.for. tu iu-
frFe-fed and FL uuUfNsfIr audience. Boa
VIC MARKET auditorium. hir Powers.
VINO was charged WITH aafEsI tuuI lifgfIv
ln tne murder o. william eocbel Demo
cratic nominee Tor governor uf Ken
tucAN. ir 1888. spoke lH~t ullht on In
the shadow or the GslluWs. Proclaim
Ing ms absolute Innocence. rt spoke
briefly ~ his Ions uynt for liberty and
Wa confined continuously 800 the
lai.s or Kentucky for eight years. three
months ana trr,. LaNs ou the charge
Mr. Gosbel.' said Congressman Powers.
! had four trials on that charge. Wss
twice sentenced to ife imprisonment
and once Co death. 4 TRAGEDY 90 such
gravity and duration cannot hr COM
pressed iutu short tails. Indeed. DO
more than uery outline 81 the whole
can De -kstchtl her, and that only bE
touching upou ne salieut ami more
significant features"
,ri. IN o' gin ig. ~ roser. reyleTsa
ears of age. struggled Tor an eduratiou
ana unally graduated lTurn the Law de-
iartin"nt Of Center college. ia 1893 he
va put on the state ticket hy The Re
publican party tn Kentucky aud elected
To the high uWIre of Secretary OF state
ior that cnmru"uw .sltn. tie referred TO
the bittcr campaign and or the corrupt
Ion which marked tho election. The
regular Democratic ticket. headed hy
senator William GuebcL had been nom
mated by methods ~u Questionable that
am Independent Democratic ticket was
put in thc FIELD. The Republicans won
POS safe majority. but the Democrats
test senator Gosbsi Democratic NOM
lnee Tor governor. Was shot and Killed
~ an unknown assassin.
Blood zoney Appropriated.
NHa.H %
500 600 for tho o-tensibIe purpose SIR.
Iowers said. Of discovering the guilty
party connected with the murder.
Purses o. 49, 600 each were offered fu.
a." arrest and convection Of anybody
th"1 might zee 90 60 charge with the
murder whether innocent or guilty.
was one ~ the victims" Mr. Powers
said last night although Z was not Boo
miles from the scene Of the TRAGEDY
Mr. Powers declared that HE ease was
made political issue. iiS nr~t tri-L
which took place Iu July 1900. was be-
Tore judge who was a bosom friend
or Mr.. 6oebels lu his lifetime '''The
Judge forgot hts oath. ignored IN, law.
refused TO draw my perSrectlve nirN 81
men from the Iury-whccl and sent hts
Sh'rln out % get men for jury service
that would convict me regardless Of the
law and testimony Mr. Power said
one hundred men were zGmmofad. he
SAID. and % ~ these were hidebound
partisan Goehel Democrats Speakins
Of his fret trial Mr.. Powers said. a
wa not convicted upon the testimony.
the evidence did not convict me. was
convicted when the trial began. ! was
1'iNl.tt when Twelve 90 GOehg T. \
friends and twelve 81 my enemies were
plt IN the jury box 20 Try me for nv
lie and 90 the end OF such trial they
Drought Zoo their predetermined aud pre-
arranged verdict which wac. that I
should De sentenced 20 the peuitentiary
for the rest ~ my natural lie and there
Doe placed a. hard labor"
New Trial Granted.
INC case was carried To the court ~
Appeals az Kentucky. which handed
down decision lU substance that
Powers had been Illegally. wronrftiiIv
and unfairly tried. aud granted him a
new trial The second trial was before
The same judge and the same condition.
existed az before.
ntinI ofuDl-mCiou
lh" result was aS before. r. verdict Of
guilty Nas returned and Powers uaz
sentenced ~ the pruiteutlarN for lie.
'us case vas again appealed t1 the
court OF appeals which Hruiu said tust
Powers had been illegally. wrourfulfv
aHd unfairly convicted. ana D., wife
granted another trial The third TRIAL
was before a judge who Wn- apUliut.,i
Do. 'oehelite governor. who had gone
900 over the state d'uuuutiu. m, a. "a
EulliN ASSASSIN aud Vrp said 300 Il speech
was hung Mr. Powers stated When
W' jury was finally made up from these
men. ~ the conclusion ~ tho TRIAL park-
81 and Fixed FOR the purpo-. tbsy
. Drought To- verdict ~ guilty and fixed
UN puui~hmeut at death the -psnkrr
-"Ih h"ugh the Court ~ Appeals 90
This time was overwhelmingly Demo
Dituc. another appeal was taken. and
another trlH. granted. the court again
n,, laIinR mat Powers had been ILLEGALLY.
wfpuEfulIN and unfairly convicted
Change in Sentiment.
Ut was -FOUR years between the third
sentiment had changed vsndsrfulf,
I throughout the land and even In the
stat" ~ Kentucky. The great ssar,I.
l.Eht ~ time had been turned In uuou
the methods ~ the prosecution and met
hginU depths ~ InfHmN had ir e. nca-
sure been revealed one bN one the STA p
wi'ncs-ez Tor tho state had fallen bv
me WaNfide, made know u their imam.
aNn confessed their perjury against me.
me rgur' lrrce ~ such polluted wretch
81 had whipped and dashed and stuur
mem until they we're iu~t bound 90 tell
. nov they had been hrIbed and bought