Show FUGITIVE SAYS HE IS INNOCENT t Deposition of Taylor Read at the Powers Trial WITNESS SAFE IN INDIANA WOULD WOULD BE B DANGEROUS TO GO TO KENTUCKY Ky I Aug Au C The defense I in tl Power case today totty called several to discredit Witness lr Youtsey As s evidence In the case of Caleb Pow Powers ers era his lis counsel el this tItle afternoon n tiled filed the deposition of Former Governor W S STaylor STaylor Taylor Talor of Kentucky now located at In Indianapolis The deposition is made up of responses to 11 questions direct and slid a U number of and it is being con considered one ont question at a time by bv Judge 1 Robbins Robbing questions qu were Wele read and answers given at tho the afternoon session t ion of oC court slid and nd but six of ot thorn ruled out as not competent c General Denial I The deposition contains u a general denial by b Tay Taylor lor of the charges char preferred preferred against him in n the indictment returned in itt the Franklin l circuit court of complicity in inthe inthe inthe the murder of or William Goebel Goebl also a de denial denial denial nial of any knowledge of ot the complicity of any of or the others indicted for or or charged with being in the alleged con conspiracy conspiracy to assassinate Goebel He Me denies any Im participation in or knowledge of ot any attempt to intimidate the members of oC the legislature of 1000 or to force them to do aught than Just jU t and right in the settle settlement mont ment of the tile contest content for tho the governorship He Hc denies that he h had any of or the incriminating incrimInating mating conversation alleged a to have hae been had with him by b Commonwealth Witnesses W Yo H Culton ulton Wharton harton Frank Cecil and Robert and adds that he never neer saw Cecil edl in iii his Itis life liCe Mission Was Peaceful The deponent denies that the bringing of the armed arm d body of men from irom the moun moon mountains on Jan 25 1000 1900 was for other pur purposes poses than to peacefully petition the leg legislature Il 1 He declared that th t so 80 far as he knew kne they tho were orderly and well behaved and that they the returned home the night of I the day of their arrival for the sole rea rca reason reason son sort that th t they had bad accomplished their one purpose to assemble on the steps of the state capitol and petition the legislature not to rob the men they had voted for foran foraR foras an as the nominees pf pt the Republican party The deponent takes himself the re responsibility for tor their coming saying that it was originally his purpose to have about 1000 men visit Frankfort each day for tor the lust lost few tW days das the contest was pending not to the legislators legislator but to ro show allow them the extent of the feel fElI feeling ing InS out in the state In the matter Others Opposed the plan and an attempt was made to call It off before the crowd gath gathered gathered ered bv by Caleb CEleb Powers and Charles Finley arrived d in Frankfort but the rescinding order went out too late to vo dissolve that body Ho He declares Caleb Powers to be Inno Innocent Innocent innocent cent so fur as 8 he knows of any rom corn complicity in the murder of ot Goebel and sa says s sit it was for that rca reason on m he gave him a pard in He lie says ara ha 11 never saw Jim How Flow Howard Howard ard and until after the deatH de Ul of or Goebel Go bel and never gave him a pardon for that or any crime The Tho responses ruled out by b the court were wore immaterial The reading of the deposition will b bt concluded tomorrow |