The Assassination Of A Governor And The Extraordinary Incidents Which Have Followed The Attempt To Bring The Perpetrators To Justice (Kentucky Governor William Goebel)

Phillips, David Graham

Published by Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, Concord, 1905

About this Item

14pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 10 photographs, including 6 portraits, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Cosmopolitan Magazine, Volume XXXVIII, No. 6, April, 1905. The political assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel, January 30, 1905, for which Secretary of State Caleb Powers was three times tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, only to have the convictions reversed on technicalities by the Court of Appeals. Ultimately, Powers would be tried a fourth time, with the Jury being dead-locked. He was not tried again, and went on to serve 8 years in Congress. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Assassination Of A Governor And The Extraordinary Incidents Which Have Followed The Attempt To Bring The Perpetrators To Justice (Kentucky Governor William Goebel)
• Publisher: Cosmopolitan Publishing Company, Concord
• Publication Date: 1905
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • Kentucky