The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-17
A KENTUCKY tragedy.
CASHIER SANFORD KILLED BY SENA-
TOR GOEsEL.

CASHIER SANFORD KILLED BY SENA-
TOR GoEBEL.
The First But Probably Not the Last Vic
tim of Political reud of Long Standing.
Both Participants Leaders-A Great
Sensation.
CovNGToN, KY, April 11.-State
Senator W. P. Goebel Shot and killed
Cashier John Sandford of the Farmers
and Traders Bank, this afternoon, in
front of the First National Bank of
this city. Senator Goebel, accompan-
led by Attorney General Hendricks of
Kentucky, and Frank Helm, presi-
dent of the First National Bank, was
en- route to the bank. When they
reached the door there stood Sanford.
He shook hands with Hendricks, using
his left hand. Then he asked Goebel
if he wrote an article attacking him.
Goebel answered, II did" Immedi-
ately Sanford fred, the ball passing
through Goebel's trousers. Quick as
fash Goebel leveled mis- pistol and fred.
To do so, he had to place the pistol be-
meath Helms chin. The ball crashed
through Sanford's forehead, who fell
in the door of the bank, blood oozing
from his fatal wound. Helms chin
was badly powder burned. Great
commotion prevailed instantly, the
street and bank being well crowded at
the time. During the confusion, Sen
ator Goebel walked to the station house
and called up his brother, Justus, who
is member of the firm of Lowry &
Goebel, of Cincinnati, asking him to
come TO Covington at once, as he was
in trouble. Senator Goebel then
emerged from the telephone box and
addressing the lieutenant in charge
said: Il wish to surrender myself. I
have shot and killed John Sanford"
Chief Goodson placed Goebel under
arrest, but allowed him to sit in his
private office. Senator Goebel was
calm at first, but later became visibly
excited. At first he refused to discuss
the affair, but under the excitement he
finally gave his version of it.
Here is the reason I killed him,
exclaimed the Senator, as he showed
where the ball of Sanford's pistol had
passed through his trousers, tearing
away a portion of cloth. ''He was
lying in waiting for me-" continued
the Senator. I saw him when I
reached the gas Office, about twenty
feet away from the steps of the First
National Bank I was on my way to
the Citizens National Bank with my
friend, Hendricks. AS soon as I saw
him reach for his revolver, I reached
for mine
President Helm and General Hen
bricks give very similar versions OF
the tragedy.
The homicide grows out of a business
and political feud of several years
standing and was not a surprise. Both
were among Kentucky's best men, be-
ing leaders in politics, businessan so
ciety. Not since the famous Goodloe-
Swope affair, at Lexington, in which
both of those distinguished men died,
has so deplorable a tragedy occurred.
Ithas created a State sensation, while
locally, the greatest excitement pre-
walls, as continuation Of the ll-feel-
ing that made the murder possible is
certain to result in more bloodshed.
For years, Theodore Hallam and Ear
vey Meyers, two of the brightest law
yers in the South, have been the Dem
ocratic leaders of this county. Goebel
appeared on the scene while they were
at the zenith of their career and under
the guise of an anti-ringster, fought
for prestige in the party, He was fre
quently rewarded most generously
and became deservedly popular. Per
sonal iQ-feeling naturally resulted and
it was no. confined to the leaders.
Partisans sprung from every quarter.
Sanford was one of these and he es-
poused the cause of Rallam and Mey-
ers. Personal encounters and conyen-
ton fights were numerous. It is not
an exaggeration to say that hundred
prominent citizens have constantly
carried pistols for the past three years
expecting an attack at any moment.
Besides this bitter feeling, Sanford
and Goebel were rivals in business.
Goebel is a director of the Citizens Ns-
tional Bank of Covington, and San
ford had for years been director and
the cashier of the Farmers and Traders
Bank.
The men have been enemies since
the two factions in politics began, and
there have been some bitter attacks
and counter charges made by both
men and their friends through the
columns of the various Covingten
newspapers. Last Saturday an arti-
Gle appeared in a Covington paper
called the Ledger, in which a bitter at
tack was made upon Sanford. The
headline of the article referred to San
ford in the most depraved language.
The publication aroused Sanford and
his friends, who declared that they
would have satisfaction from the au-
thor. It was generally said about the
streets of Coyington that Senator Goe-
bel was at least responsible for the
publication of the article and that
neither he nor his friends took the
trouble to deny the allegation. It
was even charged that Senator Goebel
wrote the article.
Goebel is unmarried and Sanford
leaves widow, a sister of the famous
Tom Marshall. of Kentucky, and sew
en- children, one a grown son, from
whom more trouble is feared.
Taken In.
ATLANTA Ga, April 10.-A negro,
who said his name was Mitchell, came
here six weeks ago soliciting funds
from his race. He ss:aic55 !nat a case
against the Jim Grow" car law was
pending in the United States Supreme