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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
Affidavit details Henry Youtsey claiming he fired the Goebel shot, sought governor protection, and discussed keys to Powers' office. It describes prison abuse, bribery attempts for a pardon, letters from Youtsey, and coercion by Powers, Benton, and Miss Gentry amid Goebel trial tensions.
Miss Jennie Gentry of Lexington faces indictment with M. Benton of Newport and Caleb Powers on charges of attempting to secure false testimony. She learned that John Martin, the man she allegedly aimed to influence for Powers, was released from the Frankfort penitentiary and went to New York to obtain letters he says Henry E. Youtsey wrote exonerating Powers and Jim Howard while justifying his own testimony.
Testimony before a committee details that claimed sea amounts were small with peaks in late November as excise taxes were paid to the State Treasurer. A statement to the Girls' Industrial Home shows overdrawn accounts with Cap ital Trust Company and Mackenzie as financial officer earning $300 yearly, saving the State about $1,500.
In Columbus on April 16 State Auditor Guilbert told Howe Probe attorney that the investigation is one sided and he will have his inning. The hearing covered deposits of state funds in Capital Trust Company and Merchants and Manufacturers Bank, with Guilbert defending his banking practices and lack of interest paid on deposits. The day also listed pardons cases and various sentences from different counties.
Peiping reports a rescript granting Mukden’s governor Tang Shao Ti authority to loan up to 20 million taels for Manchuria administration. The move aims to renegotiate Boxer indemnity cancellation and expand US influence to safeguard rail links and balance Japan, with Britain France Germany and Japan as creditors.
Miss Gentry argues that produced letters will vindicate her and influence Caleb Powers' next trial. The prisoner claimed fear of life if he did not testify as officials demanded. The case centers on the handling and relevance of these letters to ongoing legal proceedings.
Obituary honors Ferdinand Schumacher known as the Oatmeal King of America who died at 82 in Akron after founding a breakfast food empire. The German immigrant built mills, faced fires, supported education and charity, and was an original prohibitionist.
Delegates at a Minnesota Republican gathering endorsed Taft and Roosevelt era reforms. They approved tariff revision, urged national supremacy over states, and elected a committee to draft a platform. Speakers Kellogg Heffelfinger Putnam praised Roosevelt policies and denounced railway rebates, pledging continued Republican progress.
Secretary Taft and Senator Crane met cordially at the White House amid Massachusetts patronage tensions. Senator Crane and Senator Lodge visited the President, with Representative Gardner present, as Taft walked from the Executive Offices. Taft, ever affable, greeted Crane then walked away with Gardner amid light public handshakes and brief remarks on Maryland Sixth District results.
Unpledged delegates to the Republican National Convention were chosen at the Sixth Massachusetts Republican Convention in Salem. A resolution declared Secretary of War Taft as the most fitting candidate to carry out Roosevelt policies. Delegates Hoyt of Haverhill and Wittum of Beverly were chosen with Gove of Salem and Denen of Gloucester named as alternates.
In Hagerstown Maryland on April 16 the Sixth Congressional District Republican Convention met and elected delegates to the state convention. Delegates were instructed for Taft and unanimously nominated George A Pearre for Congress.
In Tiffin Ohio Lloyd Smother aged unknown was killed by a dynamite blast used to clear stumps. A spark from his pipe is believed to have caused the accidental explosion.
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