The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-31

Frankfort. Jan. g".-Almr-t h'-fbT" tn"
| last shot rang uuj uul before S,uator
Gorbel Wis lifted unconscious and carried
| from the Stlt"hnrl~r yard Governor Try-
lor hal issued orders calling uUt tn lu"a!
company uf militia. and had instructed Al
iUtaut collier To Telegraph for the Fin.
| Kentucky and Second Kentucky regiment.
/ Within twenty minutes Company u of the
I Second Kentucky. the company which w.tS
/ recruited ia Frankfort aui which was ~
! the arsenal waiting Tor orders had come
I to the Stat-house on the double quick in
/ charge Of Captain Wol,nu and wds sci
! with oayon"t guns in front OF the State
! house around the executive building. ah'It
! the different State offices and on guard in
! front Of every entrance 10 the StatchoIsc
| yard
| AGiu;ant General Collier at once dis
! patched messenger for Sheriff SuJer OF
| Franklin County. SO the County Judge and
| To Mayor D"FiareN. The Mayor was i'll. but
/ Sheriff SUtrr Il once responded and A.
! sur,i Arijutaut General collier that h. stood
| ready 10 Do anything - could in his "iti.ial
! capacity in keeping down any excitement.
; Ts',Crius were then dispatched hastily To
/ rh- company at NichOlaSvIil". which hai
/ been sent there 10 suard the henialiS, on
/ trial on the charge Of murd'r-
! Another telegram WAS sent 10 Roger Will
( Jams at Lexington. in command ci th" Sec
I oud Kentucky Regiment. t. ] Williams
! GiSpatJh he'd for tn, companies at Barbour
/ Vile London. Williamsburg. Corbin. Mount
! Vernon. Pineville, Pa.ut~vilie. Grays"n.
! Ashland. Naucybur-. Maysviile. Newport.
! CovinEJon and Somerset, AMI most Of these
/ are expected here to-moTrcw morning An
! other telegram was sent to Colonel M"n-
| gel. at Louisville, ordering him TO hasten
| 10 Frankfort with the First Kentucky.
Troops Quickly Mobiiiz"d.
| Tire message 20 the company at Nicholas
| Vile reached Captain Kennedy. VIII" was
| In command. at l2:l5 O'Clock \ few min
| utcs later the special train which vas 10
| carry the captain 10 Frankfort backed
| into the station. and at i235 twenty min
| utcs after the telegram ordering the
! company TO Frankfort WAS received, Cap
| tain Kennedy and oi-hty-"ne Of his m'a
| were on the train and on their way 10 thu
| capital. The run To- Lexington was made Ia
| twenty minutes. Colonel Williams had IN
! the meantime got together Others OF his
| companies in Lexington.
| The Calling gun was loaded on the train
| which. made un of Caboose, baggage
car and two coaches pulled out just after
| tho regular O'Clock train. Tn. soldiers
| reached Frankfort about $50 o'clock and
| the company marched rapidly I" the state
| house the Calling gun following. Colonel
| Williams vas placed in charC.. Of all IN"
| soldiers and all tile military arrangements.
| The GatliuE gun was wheeled to the top
| Of the iit'!. knoll on which the Sta:ehouS.
| stands and Was placed just in front Cf the
| corner Of the old Statehouse Il was
| trained on th, middle entrance, 50 as "a
| command St Clair street. giving it
| sweep of the whole Statchouse yard and
| Br, adway.
! Ey the time this was done every one in
| Frankfort was at a fever heat OF excite
/ mcut and Whitaker. who was arrested on
| the suspicion that he had fired the shot
| which wounded GOebcl seemed in some
| danger nf mob violence. Captain Kennedy
| was given a detail of men and placed on
| guard at the Frankfort County Jail 10
prevent any posSphI" mob from taking out
| Whitaker and hanging him.
| Orders were then issued not 10 allow any
one In the Statehuuse grounds unless he
| had a pass. Assistant AGiutant General
! Dixon sat in his cfiice aud wrote passes all
| Afternoon. it being necessary for the leIiS-
| Iators themselves to have these orders
| before they could pass through the lines.
| orders were also ISSUED 10 disperse all
| crowds which showed any excitement. hut
this order seemed to be superluous, since
| the people of Frankfort conducted them
| selves with careful regard for the law.
| Whitaker Spirited Awa,.
| When Whitaker was spirited away from
the jail and started on his way to Louis
! Vile the detail Of soldiers which had
| hren sent there returned to the State
| house. and tho whole detachment. about
| 10 strong, stacked arms and retired to the
| different quarters to which they had been
| assigned.
Eight men were put in charge Of the
| Statehouse with orders to let no one in
| unless he had pass. Three men We're as
! signed to each Of the two gates with SINH
| lar orders.
| The :pl1 Inountaiunrrs who came down to
| Frankfort last Thursday. and who had
| checked their guns had 10y this time
! somIled in and about the Office of the Com
missioner of Agriculture. whore their rifles
| and other arms with the ammunition. had
| been deposited. Their guns were issued to
| them and rounds Of ammunition given out.
/ These braves with their guns thrown over
| their shoulders carried under their arms
or Sung in the bend Of their arms paradei
| about the different stat" buildings Un-
! molest"d. and with an air of ownership
| which no one was ANXIOUS to dispute.
! Ex-Governor Eradley. Judge Yost. w. G.
/ Owens. ". II. Sweeney and the other Re
| publican attorneys We're in consultation in
| the offices. Colonel Williams Adjutant
| General collier and Assistant AdjutaEt
| General Dixon were in frequent Communi-
/ cation with them. Runners were kept busy
| between these offices and the Capitol Hotel,
| whCr" Senator Cioobel lay gTicvousiy
/ wounded. II was the opinion of those i'm
| command of the troops that If Senator
/ Gocbel should die. = mob would be organ
I lied ana the Statrhnuse. together with All
! those ia and about il. sturmc3. \ wild ru-
| NOR was carried to the officers by a breath
| less messenger that Senator Goebrl was
! dying. and that before he died he was TO
: he declared Governor a mob. he reported
was being formed at the Capitol Hotel and
was coming To- take charge OF the State
house and all the offices.
Soldiers Excited.
| Instantly all was excitement in the
soldiers quarters. HurTl-up calls were
| $. mt into all the quarters occupied by the
| soldiers. who were ordered TO turn out on
the duuble-qGick. Ex-Governor Bradley
came tumblins out Of the consultation
room. Colonel Williams himself hurried %
the different rooms in which the soldiers
I were eating, for the frs; time since
O'Clock this morning. and told them to fall
! i'll. Many had their guns by their sides.