The representative., 1900-05-17
DEAD SHOT

frankfort on Monday. GOebel was to
have been shot on that day. But either
failure to make railroad connections
Howard from getting there, and he is
said to have spent the night in Win
chester with q relative of a man in
whose company he was travelling They
took the Chesapeake & Ohio train on
Tuesday morning. Howard went direct
ly to the state house. Within a few
minutes the deed was done.
The confession of two participants In
the conspiracy, which follow, reveal the
whole deliberate and diabolical plan.
CONFESSION OF SERGEANT f.
WHARTON GOLDEN.
When the Republican leaders-Gov-
ernor Taylor. Powers, Finley and others
saw that things were going against
their party, they advised bringing the
regular mountain feudists" down from
the hill countries.
When I went into Powers Office few
days before the assassination and asked
how things looked, Powers said:
bad enough. Taylor is about to
weaken on us, and I must get Breck Hill
out of the way, SO that IL the Democrats
beat us, will have no opponent"
] was put in charge Of bringing the
mountain feudists down to Frankfort.
After the arrival of the mountain men
ex-Secretary Of State Charles Kinley
was placed in general charge.
CONFESSION OF w. H. CULTON,
CLERK IN STATE AUDITORS
OFFICE
When the mountain feudists were
brought to town / was placed in charge
of the men stationed in the house OF
representatives for the purpose Of start
ing the riot. The riot was counted upon
to result in the killing of Goebel, and the
actual assassin would escape detection in
the general melee. It was also thought
that enough other Democrats would be
killed to break their majority. The riot
was planned to extend to the senate
also.
The original intention was to start
the riot on the Friday before the Tues
day on which Goebel was shot. On that
Friday the vote was taken on the Van
MeterBerry contest from Fayette couns
ty. This was the most important con-
test for seat in the general assembly,
and it was conceded by both sides that
q vote would be test Of strength in the
matter Of the contest for governor.
Representative w. H. Lilly, who rep.
resents one Of the mountain districts.
had been asked by the conspirators I'd
get up just before the vote on the Van
MeterBerry contest and make a sensa.
tional speech. He was to say:
I'VE demand justice, and justice we
mean to have" which was to be the sig
nal for beginning to shoot.
At the appointed time on Friday
Is picked men were with me ID
The hall of the house Of representatives,
al heavily armed and ready. to begin
heir deadly work.
Mr.. Lilly did not make the expected
speech.
After the failure to start the riot on
Friday and kill Goebel, and other DEM
,cratic leaders, Youtsey came to me and
,onfided to me the plot to kill Goebel.
During our conversation, which was
leld In one Of the rooms of the adjutant
generals building. Youtsey drew from !
lis pocket a small box or package COM
aiming 25 steel-bullet, smokeless-powder
artridges, for use in q 80 calibre Marlin
life.
II can get the key to the secretary Of
tate's Office at any time when we are
eady to act," he said. "The window
an be raised few inches and the curA
ain pulled down, 90 that 1t will be inn
ossible for anyone to see into the room,
After the shot is fred we can step out \
I the back door of the ONCE and run j
own into the basement"
This, in substance, II what Youtsey
old me was the plan to kill Goebel.-
Iational Watchman.