Show TO THE PEN FOR LiFE This the Verdict of the Jury I in the Powers Case DECLARES HE IS GUILTY Jury Was Out Only Fiftythree Minutes and the Vote Determining tho Sentence Was Unanimous Defendant De-fendant Almost Overcome When tho Finding Was Read He Pronounces Pro-nounces it UnjustNo Demonstration tion Occurred in tho Courtroom ton Attorneys Will Move for New Trial I Georgetown Ky Aug 18Tlfe verdict ver-dict of the Jury In the case of exSec rotary of State Caleb Powers charged with being an accessory before the fact to the murder of William Goebel was wasWe find the defendant guilty and fix his punishment In the penitentiary for the rest of his natural life The Jury retired n 132 p m and returned re-turned Its verdict at 225 being out only fiftythree minutes Juror Craig stated afterward that the verdict could have been returned even sooner but considerable lime was taken up reading lme ing the Instructions The vote In favor I fa-vor of a life sentence was unanimous When the Jury retired the belief was I general that they would not agree and in this opinion the defendant was I firmly I convinced When the verdict was returned Pow I ers for the first time during the weary six weeks of the trial betrayed his feelings Under all of the trying Incidents of the trial he had main the tamed a changeless expression same whether things were going favorably I fa-vorably or against him The verdict of guilty however staggered stag-gered him apparently He was sitting sit-ting near the door of the Juryroom and when the Jury knocked on the door summoning the Sheri his face I took on an anxious look that was noticeable no-ticeable but did not appear to be particularly par-ticularly apprehensive When the twelve men fed Into the room and took their seats and the I clerk called the roll of the jurors the prisoner did not appear to be more I excited than the throng o spectators i who craned their necks to catch the first intimation of the verdict Have you made a verdict gentlemen I gentle-men Inquired the court Wo have the Jurors assented and at the same time Mr Stone the foreman fore-man passed the verdict up to the clerk who read It aloud Powers already pale grew ghastly as the verdict was read and his face betokened great mental anguish This I was only for a few seconds however and then regaining his Composure he turned to the Misses Dangorfield who had been In conversation with him and said I was not expecting that The verdict Is unjust There was no demonstration following follow-ing the verdict and the crowd filed out of the courthouse almost in silence Powers remained In the courtroom for some time after the verdict was rendered ren-dered In conference with his attorneys attor-neys who will at once move for a new trial and falling in that will take an appeal I When the jarymcn entered the jury room Juror Stone the oldest one on the panel was elected foreman Juror Porter the only Republican on the Jury the first to speak said Gentlemen Gentle-men 1 am a Republican and I have said that I did not believe that Goe bels murder was the result of a conspiracy con-spiracy I did not think that Caleb Powers could be guilty but I have heard the evidence and I am convinced that he Is Others also made talks and It I is said that one of the Jurors thought that the death penal ought to be Inflicted In-flicted However when n ballot was taken all twelve of them voted for life Imprisonment The Jury r was composed com-posed of eight Democrats o DJocrts three anti Goebel Democrats and one Republican Republi-can canOne One of the Jurors said tonight that the Jurymen were Influenced In making up their edict by many things in the I evidence but that some of the chief points were Powerss own admission on the stand that he organized a crowd of 1200 armed mountaineers which came to Frankfort January FrnlColt 15th his corroborallon of parts o the testimony 0 Noakes Golden and testmony proof that ho gave You tRC the key and that the shot was fired from his office I Is doubtful whether the Youtswy case will be tried though It will be called Monday Mr Crawford of the defense made a statement In court this afternoon that Youtsey according to thp advice of hIs physician Is still threatened with typnold fever sll his attorneys John 1 Stevenson Is also ill of typhoid fever and Mr Craw I ford said he could not say this after noon whether the defense v vlhi be ready Monday or not wi In the event that the Youtsey case Is continued one of the other etwes either Davis W hi taker or Combs wuij be taken up wi |