Show IS I s LIKE AN i ARSENAL Courtroom C at Pro Protected Protected ro By Bayonets VERY EVRY E MAN l N t IS J AHMED STONG S IS I GIVEN i BY BiONE ONE ON WITNESS WS Saw Saw S aw Governor Taylor Near Ne the Boom Rom Prom From From Which Were We Fired Shots Shot That Tt Killed Governor Goebel Nan Man Mn With Wit Sandy Sady Whiskers Silas Jones Evidence i 9 Frankfort Ky March ch 23 z T The preliminary ary ar ar examination of ot Secretary of State Caleb C Powers POwers cursed with abetting the assassination a at of ot William Goebel GOEbel began today oday tody t before Judge Moore The court house hose h ouse was guarded Inside ws barded end and ad out by i ia and ad scores sor of t deputy sheriffs armed are a with Winchester rifles to prevent possible p interference from mountaineers wh w wf who h were reported on their way wy to Frank fort f ort but wy Frn their presence was unnecessary as a s the mountaineers failed to appear and ad nto 1 disorder app n occurred Tha Tho Te witnesses today included Warden Eon E Doc Doe Armstrong Sa S Bosworth of ot Fayette Fayte county P who wo arrested a Powers P arted Secretary Sereta we and cad Captain John ohn J Davis Dv and ad Silas SIa Jones Jons who Is now non under u bonds charged with complicity in tho the murder mudo The e testimony tended to how sho s that the to shots hot came fro fron n that sec S tor t ol of O tio t iO executive building In which Secretary S Powers Is located al Powers lot fJ tf toJ t no n ono one swore that the tho shots were from f the te office The Te strongest evidence perhaps was given iven g by b Silas ws ge Sias Jones Jon who was in Gov eror e Taylors ante room rom when wa the shoot shot Ing l ag took tok place pIece There Tere were many te in there thee whom he did not nt know It was Ills his Im un kow I ws D De the te shots shot were tIre from the executive e building and he thought t from the he t corner crne of the building in which Secre te tary t tS t ary Powers Pows Pow office Is located locate When Wen the te Shots hots Sots S were fired he walked waked into in the tho ante room oom rom r where whee h he saw sw Captain Captin Davis and Governor Gao Taylor T lor among others othes There Tee was considerable excitement Governor Taylor Talor came to the door dor and wanted to know kow k now who Wo was wa shot shot Tan ran Sandy Whiskers Did you u see so eo any y ono one try t to open Caleb Cleb Powers Powe door doo asked aked Attorney rove gove g Yes Ye I sa Se T a e man with wih sandy sady whiskers whIsk tr t Ing to open oen the door dor Ke Ho struck it with wih a hatchet t replied Mr tones Jones Mr Jones Jone said sad there therE was much but b ut he could not say that he heard any shots hots s from Secretary Powers office an On O Jones Jone said sId he saw sw Powers Power leave levo his office during the te morn ing int I ng for Louisville This hI was previous to the t No evidence E was adduced today tend tet ing in l lp ug to show that the defendant tOay was ws im implicated p In any airy a conspiracy co but in one of the tho to frequent wordy disputes between the attorneys atoro for the defense and the corn com commonwealth cm the fact was w brought out that F Wharton hanon aon Golden Q who is 35 said sd to have bavo made a a confession n would be b put on the witness stand before bf rethe the hearing ends eds Prosecuting Attorney Polsgrove said sad to ton tonight night n ht that sufficient Attorney evidence had already been ben heard to warrant arresting Powers but that that the case ce would be much stronger muc before he was wa through An A incident occurred during the after afternoon afternoon noon non tat showed how how the tho te people are pro pre prepared pr pared for emergencies A soldier slie in the therea rear rea court cout yard rd dropped his hs revolver on onto dopp the to stone sone flagging and d It I exploded in an instant i every over man In iu the tho crowded court courtroom Ot courtroom room was wils ws on his feet fully a 0 third of ot sockets Dockets them the with wt their ther hands to their ther rear |