My Own Story: An Account Of The Conditions In Kentucky Leading To The Assassination Of William Goebel, Who Was Declared Governor Of The State, And My Indictment And Conviction On The Charge Of Complicity In His Murder

Language: English

Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1905

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490pp, illustrated with 16 full-page plates on glossy paper, including portraits and photographs, brown publisher's cloth with gilt titles at cover and spine, small bookplate at front pastedown, light general wear and soiling, extremities lightly worn, a clean, bright copy overall. A detailed account of the contemporary political atmosphere of KY, and details of the assassination of newly-elected Governor William Goebel, in 1900. The author, who was Attorney General at the time, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for complicity to murder, but an appeals court overturned the conviction. He was tried three more times, twice convicted, and once ending in a hung jury. It has been speculated that Powers wrote the book expressly for the purpose of obtaining a pardon for the crime, which he indeed received in 1908 from then-Governor Augustus E. Willson after serving 8 years in jail. The assassin has never been identified. Powers wrote the book from his jail cells in Fayette County, and Louisville, and includes a few brief but interesting anecdotes of life behind bars. Powers would go on to serve 4 terms in Congress as a Representative from KY.

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Title
My Own Story: An Account Of The Conditions In Kentucky Leading To The Assassination Of William Goebel, Who Was Declared Governor Of The State, And My Indictment And Conviction On The Charge Of Complicity In His Murder
Author
Powers, Caleb
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis
Publication year
1905
Condition
VG
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8vo
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