Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1908 — TOWERS JURY DISAGREES. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TOWERS JURY DISAGREES.

Famous Kentucky Political Prisoner to Have Fifth Trial. jThe Jury trying Chleb Powers at Georgetown. Ky., on the charge of complicity in the murder of Governor WlfthfiTr -Goebel, was dismissed by Judge Morris. The jury stood ten for acquittal and two for conviction. One of the | jurors who held out for conviction wasi wHiing te eome- over to the acquittal side, but the juror refused to change his decision. The charge was complicity in the murder of Governor Goebel, 1899. Four trials have been held —1900, life im-

prisonment; 1902, life imprisonment; 1903, death penalty; 1908, no verdict. Immediately following the discharge of the jury in the Powers case, after a disagreement had been reported, attorneys for the accused sent a telegram to Governor Wilson asking executive clemency. A petition was started In Georgetown asking the Governor to pardon Powers. Similar petitions will be circulated throughout the United States.

CALEB POWERS.