Great speech of Caleb Powers before the jury that sentenced him to death upon the charge of being an accessory before the fact of murder of William Goebel 1903 [Leather Bound]

by Caleb Powers

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.)

162 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2023

About the author

Kentuckian US Representative & the first Secretary State of Kentucky.

He was convicted as an accessory to murder of Governor William Goebel .An appeals court overturned Powers' conviction, though Powers was tried three more times, resulting in two convictions and a hung jury. Governor Augustus E. Willson pardoned Powers in 1908. Powers had served eight years in jail.

After leaving prison, Powers was elected as a Republican to the 62nd and to the three succeeding Congresses but was not a candidate for renomination in 1918.

He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912 and moved to Washington, D.C., and served as assistant counsel for the United States Shipping Board from 1921 until his death in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1932.