The prosecution charged that Powers was the mastermind , having a political opponent killed so that his boss , Governor William S. Taylor , could stay in office .
Powers was convicted of complicity in the assassination of Governor William Goebel in 1900 .
The prosecution charged that Powers was the mastermind , having a political opponent killed so that Powers ' boss , Governor William S. Taylor , could stay in office .
Powers was convicted of complicity in the assassination of Governor William Goebel in 1900 .