The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-06-07
AIMS AT PECK.
Our Commissioner At Paris ls
Charged With Dereliction
AS To His Duties.

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AS To His Duties.
The issuance of bench warrant at
Frankfort, KY, Friday, by Judge
Cantrill was the first official notice
that nm Indictment had been returned
naming Former Governor Taylor as
an accessory to the murder of William
Goebel. It had been rumored tor
weeks that the indictment had been
returned, but that the officials refused
to either confirm or deny it. The in
dictment was filed and entered on re-
cord April 10Th. It reads as follows:
The grand jury of the county OF
Franklin in the name and by au-
thority of the commonwealth OF Ken
lucky accuses William s. Taylor, OF
this commonwealth, of being acces-
sorry before tie fact to the willful mur-
der of William Goebel, committed as
follows, viz: The said William S.
Taylor in the said county of Franklin,
on the 3Oth day of January, A. D.,
1900, and before the finding of this
Indictment, unlawfully, willfully and
feloniously of his malice aforethoug ght
and with intent to bring about the
death and procure the murder of Will
liam Goebel, did conspire with Caleb
Powers, F. w. Golden, John l..
Powers, John Davis, Henry Yout-
sey, Charles Finley, W. H. Gull
ton, John Howard, Berry How
ard, Harlan Whitaker, Richard
Combs and others to this grand
jury unknown, and did coun-
sci, advise, encourage, aid and pro-
cure Henry Youtsey, James Howard.
Berry Howard, Harlan Whitaker,
Richard Combs and other persons to
this grand jury unknown, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously and of their NAL
ice aforethought, to kill and murder
William Goebel, which one of the last
five named persons or another person
acting with them, but who is to this
grand jury unknown, as aforesaid
then and there. thereunto by the said
w. S. Taylor before the fact commit
ted, advised, encouraged, aided and
procured, did by shooting and wound
ing the said Goebel with gun or pis-
tol, loaded with powder or other e1-
plosive and leaden and steel ball or
other hard substances. and from which
said shooting and wounding the said
Goebel died on the Sd day of February,
1900, but which of said last above
mentioned persons as aforesaid, actu-
ally fired the shot that killed the said
Goebel is to this grand jury unknown,
against the peace and dignity of the
commonwealth of Kentucky"
The bench warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to ar
rest William 8. Taylor and deliver
him to the iailer of Franklin county.
On the back of the indictment about
fifty persons are named as witnesses
for the commonwealth. The bench
warrant was placed in the hands of
Deputy Sheriff John Suter, who is act
ing in the absence of the sheriff, who
is at Hot Springs. When asked what
he would do with the warrant he said:
"What can I do with it? I would
serve it if I could, and I could do it if
Governor Mount of Indiana would
help me, but from all reports I, guess
he will not do it.
Governor Beckham Friday afternoon
issued nm order mastering out ten
companies of the state guard. All e1-
cept two of them are located in noun
tain towns and were among those mus
tered into service during the political
excitement just before and immedi.
ately following the state election last
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