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Powers trial reveals Youtsey motives and plot details
Lieutenant John Ricketts testified that Youtsey sought 25 to 20 men to guard the executive building before Goebel’s assassination and described a $100 payment plan. Combs added talk of arming mountaineers and targeting Democrats, while the court limited crowds armed but not in military service.
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Geor
Powers
John Ricketts
John Powers
Barboursville
Youtsey
Secretary of State
Cross
R. E. Combs
Hobson
House
Combs
Brown
Frankfort
Huntsville
Ala
Elijah Clark
Mattie Priest
Vining White