Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-02-02
At CAPITAL Of KENTUCKY.
THE WORK OF AN ASSASSIN
senator GOebei Of Kentucky Wn.
Shot Down In Cold BioOd-u~ Ma,
liNe-suppOsed Assassin Caught
Great Excitement Pr~VaiIrd-Th~
National Guards Out.

o'clock ".i.e passing Though the state
lose yard Oh hi, Nay 20 the sta,e capitol
building. Two shots we're fired from
rliL only one OF them taking effect. II
struck GOebel in the right side one-third
vi the distance down from the arm pit.
The ball passed entirely Though the body
coming out below the ii9At shoulder blade
Fired From Third stor, Window.
Goebel, ia company With Colonel Jack
Chinn and Warden L. l-iliaId oi the Frank
tort penitentiary. was walking up the side
walk leading iron the street TO the state
of the three. When the three men were
two-thirds oi the distance from the stree.
to the capitol u shot Was fired from the
third story window OF the building oecu.
pied by the Offices oil the governor, sccre'
tary OF state and other leading officials oi
the state. The bali struck Goebcl in the
side and he instantly dropped to the pave
ment. Chinn and Lillard instantly seized
him. Chinn saying as he did so:
Il guess they have got you, Goebel.'
"Yes," replied the wounded man, 81
guess they have got me for sure
Four More shots Fired.
While Chinn was holding the wounded
man, supporting his head IN his arms, four
shots were fired at both men. All OF them
struck close, making the dust fly from the
brick pavement. Both Chinn and lAliard
stuck to their friend, neither OF them mov-
ing from his side until the firing ceased,
" hen Lillard ran ior help. lie had not
far to go, Tor there was crowd around
the gates OF the capitol building.
Not 50 serious ns Thought.
Guards were stationed at the loot oi
every staircase leading TO the second iioor
and nobody, not even the guests OF the
hotel. were allowed TO pass. A more ex'
tended examination made by Hume and
several other physicians who had been
called resulted in the announcement that
the wound would not necessarily prove
ia tai and that the wounded man would III
all probability recover. The ball, II Was
found, had inflicted wound which was
somewhat OF a glancing nature aud had
not gone through the lung in direct line,
az Hume had thought upon his first eA
animation.
4 Close Call.
Had the ball struck the chest half an
inch to the right i, would have caused ccr-
tain death.
Capture Of Whitaker.
John W. Miles, an aged citizen OF Frank.
fort, was standing at the foot OF stair
wav leading from the first floor when a
man, evidently moun,aineer, came rush.
ing down the steps Miles instantly threw
his arms around the man and held him,
calling loudly for help Assistance was
close at hand and no escape was possible
for the prisoner, even II he had attempted
10 make the effort.
Denied Ills Cunt.
lie submitted to arrest very quietly
claiming again and again that he had
nothing 10 do with the shooting.
That the attempt to kill Goebel was de
liberate admits Of no doubt whatever, aud
the only wonder 10 that it failed
OMctais Acted Promptly.
Republican officials acted with great
promp,itude Adjutant General Collier
was sitting in his Office when the shot
were fired lie was not over 800 feet iron
Goebel when he fell He instantly rushef
out OF the building, and. learning tha
(;oebel had been sho' telephoned to TIN
armory on the hill. where all dufing sh'
gubernatorial contest local company 0
infantry had been held in reserve, an,
within 20 minutes a company 80 stroni
under the command OF Captain Noieot
VAS drawn up in front OF the caPito
building.
Grounds We're Guarded.
Guards we're placed at every gate lead
ing to the capitol grounds and nobody VA
permitted 10 enter or leave. There va
talk on every side of placing under arre-
every man " no was in the building whe
the shots we're fired, even including Coz
! ernor Taylor, though. OF course. noood
believed for a moment he had any know
. edge Of the crime He expressed himse
Immediately after the shooting as BEN
extremely cory that such thing had haI
,~ned. As soon as IL Was noi-ed aroun
that Coet.l had been shot, members
: the legislature made a wild riish for ie
eyraph Office. and filed voluminous me
T ssges to their constituents, and within
I hour replies began to pour in. The gel
. eral run of them had but one tenor, whie
. was: I'VE are coming" II Is e1pecif
: fully 500 men will arrive in Frankfort b
I fore tomorrow morning. All the miitsf
e strength Of the state will he called out ar
n hurried to Frankfort. IL was rePorie
c ,ha, Speaker TrimSle OF the house had d
n cIared that the legislature could be 7
e moved TO Covington and that Goeb
a would there be declared governor.
!, Goehers Condition ls Critical.
|. Frankfort, Ky, Jan 3O.-l:3o p. m
e Goebels condition is not 50 good, n
0 grave fears are entertained. He himst
Il calm and insists that he will not die.