The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-12-18
TWO OF KY's
! NOTED PRISONERS
GIVEN PAROLE
Henry Youtsey and Curt Jett
Both Serving Life Sentences.
Freed On Good Behavior.
louisville Herald speciaD

Henry Youtsey and Curt Jett, were
paroled today by the State Board of
Prison Control. Both men may re-
main out side the walls of the Frank
fort reformatory during good beha-
vior.
Youtsey was serving life sentence
in the penitentiary on the charge of
being an accomplice in the assassina-
Z ton of Gov William Goebel in this
city eighteen years ago. The parole
was given to Youtsey tonight, and he
will leave the prison tomorrow for his
home at Cold Springs, Campbell
3 County. He owns farm at that
place
Youtsey was sent to the peniten-
tiary eighteen years ago, and in point
Of service is the oldest man in the
penitentiary. During all the time he
has been in prison he has not aban-
! doned hope of securing his release.
/ He was made a model prisoner He
v.ktarted in the prison as fireman in
! the engine room, and leaves it the
most trusted and efficient prisoner in
the institution. He served as superin-
tendent of the night school, took the
dication of the prison officials and
prepared papers for many prisoners
who made application for pardon or
parole
He said tonight that he cherished
r-Sno malice against the men who sent
him to prison or kept him there, but
that he was grateful to all who had
contributed to his pleasure while in
. prison and who had aided or consoled
him in the least, He had kind words
! for ALL ...-.........,
In prison Youtsey has been stem
! ographer in the Office of the warden,
2 teacher in the night school and a
Z header in religious work inside the
walls
The application for Youtsey for a
parole was considered by the State
Board of Prison Commissioners on
Az i 1916 but was refused, Chair
4 Daniel E. O'SullivaR of Louis
Me- voting for the parole and Com
pissioners Conley and Hatcher vot-
ing against it.
Henry Youtsey was the private
stenographer of Gov. William s. Tay-
lor of Kentucky at the time that Will
liam Goebel, Democratic opponent of
Governor Taylor, was elected to the
governorship. The political fight had
been particularly bitter one. Armed
conflict had been threatened more
than once
On January 30, 1900, Governor Goe-
bel left the State House and passed
by the building in which were the
Offices of Secretary of the State Caleb
Powers. A bullet fired from the Of
fees Of Secretary Powers struck Geo
bel and he fell, MORALLY wounded.
Several other shots were fired but as
is developed later so expert was the
marksman he did not even aim these
at Goebel but relying on his first shot
to cause DEATH fired the others in the
air to give the impression that there
were several armed men in the secre-
( tary's Office.
Militia Called Out.
The widest excitement prevailed A
mob surrounded the Offices of the sec
rotary of state and forced the doors,
but search revealed no one Armed
men, partisans of the different polit-
ical factions, commenced to pour into
Frankfort and several shootings took
place. The militia was called out. On
the night of the shooting the contest
board of the Legislature met and seat
ed William Goebel as Governor of
Kentucky, over the claims of Taylor
Shortly thereafter Goebel died.
Among those arrested on supicion
following the shooting were two me-
gros, both of whom bore evil repu-
tations. While denying that they had
had any part in the shooting, they
confessed that Henry Youtsey, Gov
enor Taylor's stenographer had APP
preached them with proposition to
murder Goebel This led to the arrest
OF Youtsey. The arrest of other poll
ticians followed in short order, among
1them Charles Finley, former secretary
Z Of state; f.. Wharton Golden, who
was alleged to have brought noun
taineers to Frankfort, for the shoot
ing and w. II. Coulton. Jim" How
ard mountaineer, credited with
many murders, and charged with the
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