The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-31

any places where bullets had been fred
Through them
Whitaker Was arrest7d an he came
down the steps on the east side OF tn
window from which the shots had been
fired. As no reached the sidewalk and
state Office building, directly below the
was Fastening toward the scene Of the
shooting he was met by John r. Miles,
who Is rs years OF age. Without hest
tation Miles threw himself upon Whit
taker, winding his arms around him
and calling loudly for help It was
right at hand and In an instant Whit
taker was surrounded by a group OF
men, many OF them with drawn revoi-
vers. He made no attempt to escape,
knowing we'll that the slightest attempt
10 do so. would have brought a dozen
/ bullets into his body He submitted
quietly TO a search which was quickly
made Of his clothing the proceeds be-
ing three revolvers and big knife. A
quick examination of the revolvers
showed that none OF the cartridges had
been used and there was no powder
smut upon any part OF his weapon.
proving conclusively that ne could not
have used any Of his three revolvers.
In addition TO this, all those who heard
the shots join in the statement that
they were from a rife and from a
smaller weapon.
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed I'm Jail, while a guard was placed
at the outer entrance TO keep out all
people who had no connection with the
institution
The prisoner is a man slightly over
the medium size with sandy hair and
moustache, He was disposed to take
things calmly. although he repeated
again and again that he knew nothing
whatever about the shooting
81 was on the first floor of the build
ing" he said, when heard Gov. Tay.
lor tell that man Davis the capital po-
liceman, TO go over at once TO see Gen
Collier l said I would go with him
and that was where / was going. !
wanted to know, too, what the shooting
was about When / stepped outside
that man grabbed me and that's all !
know and that's a fact"
Few people believe that Whitaker Is
guilty, but the fact that he was hastily
leaving the building from which the
shooting was done was enough to make
trouble for him.
That man Davis, to whom Whitaker
referred is Col. John Davis. the Gus
todian of the capital grounds His
Story agrees with that OF Whitaker.
II was just outside OF Gov Taylor's
office said Col Davis when I heard
yaa .n
My God, what have they done2' He
called to me to at once go over to this
office of Adjutant Geneal Collier. and
Whitaker went along. l am positive
that ne could not have done the shoot.
ing. We were at the dpor of the
building in too short time for that
AS soon as IL was known that tn,
bullet which struck down Mr. Goebe
had come from the building to the east
a group OF men gathered in front o.
the door on the east side. Others ran
around No the door on the west sid,
to prevent the escape OF anybody from
there. Several men attempted 20 entei
the doors from the outside, but were
prevented by groups of mountaineers
who stood in the doorways. Some o
these men held Winchesters in THEN
hands and presented an aspect so gen
orally uninviting that no attempt WA
made To search the building and no
body gained entrance TO II for severa
minutes after the shooting had beer
done. and the assassin had ample tfm
to escape.
That the shooting of Mr.. ~oebel wa
ina MI r.F .rs.NT.
without question. The man who dit
the work had evidently taken his stan,
! at the window which had previousl,
been raised in order 20 allow the fre
= passage of the bullet and waited unit
his victim was In full s ght before fir
ing. Ever since the influx Of mountain
/ eers last week a large number of ther
have been sleeping in the upper part O
/ the state house II Is not known how
/ ever, that any OF these men did tn
, work or that they had any knowledg
of uhe premediuated crime. There ha
) not, 50 far been discovered the slight
= est direct evidence pointing to an
) man, and 1t is not Hkely now that an
I win ever be found
= The man who fired the shots took IN
! precaution to use smokeless powder
! score OF people We're where they had
:. fun view of ahe building from whicl
= the firing was done and all of then
r declare that not align OF smoke wa
visible.
> The republican state officials am
r members Of legislature without excep
r. tion, denOunce the shooting in the mos