The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-31
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Shot Oh: !. the I l' Street Stu G III
Frankfort i Yesterday,
AssAILANT UNKNOWN. !. n,
HarlaDd Whitaker Farrnelris ,l;, q, Under Under
Arrest for The Crime
He PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.
The Shooting Caused Intense Excite
mcnt and Threats We're Made oil
Lynci,in. the Man Suspected
OF Having Done the Decd.
Mr.. Gocbcl not EN-
pectcd TO Live
He PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.

FRANKFORT. Ky, Jan. 3o.-state
Senator William Goehcl was shot and very
seriousiys injured this morning at ll:lo
o'clock. while passing through the state
house yard On l..s way u the Capitol
Building.
Two shots were fired from a rifle, only
one 4ofs them taking effect. 1t struck Mr..
the right side. ore-third -ofsthe
aastanae;s d abWns rom the arm-nit TO the the
,ap. The ebail- passed entirely through
The body, coming out hsIowSi'le right
skouldcr-blade. 1tis not thought, by the
,,lirsfcians in charge that the wound viii
prove fatal unless complications set In
John; Whitaker, q farmer from Butler
county, Ky, is under arrest charged With
havingstired the shots, but he denies tfat
he had anything TO DO with it. Three re-
yolvers were found upon him when ne
was taken into custody. Mr.. Goeb2l III
company with Colonel Jack Chinn and
Warden Eph Lillard. of :he Frank: ort
IIe1i,crfiary. WIS walking up the side
walk leading from the street TO the Capi-
fol building. Goebel being on their right.
When the three men We're two-thirds of
the distance from the street to the Capt.
tol, n shot was fired from the third story
of the building occupied by the officers of
the Government, the Secretary of
State and leading officials.
FELL INSTANTLY.
5I,hes ball struck Mr.. Goebel in the side
ss,ad his Instantly droPpeu to the pave
-aneiL + Z ssls.Is and L;llard seized him,
they've
Gcebel, Il they hii,se 80
sure While Ch1nia WIS liHaa e
wounded man.. supporting his aeta4;sss
sfras -frut more 'i q wei'c fire4S.sh
the little party. All of them struck etessss
making the dust fly from the brick i,sf.ssssssi
ment. Neither Chinn nor Ililiard 1rovs1s
until the firing ceased. when Lilard RAN
for help. a crowd of men gathered in
less than a minute. and Mr.. Goebel was
carried to the office Of DIR. Z. e. Hume
in tho basement of the CAPITOL Hotel.
DN. Hume made a superficial examination
Of the wound, which had, he declared,
penetrated the right lung and would in
all probability prove fatal. Mr.. Goebel
was removed to his own room, on the sec
ond floor OF the Capitol Hotel Guards
were stationed at The foot of every stair
case leading To the second floor and no.
body was allowed to pass.
A more extended examination made by
DIR. Hume and several other physicians
resulted in the announcement that the
wound WIS not necessarily fatal and that
Mr.. Goebel will. in all probability, recov-
er. The ball. it was found. had inflicted
a wound which was somewhat of {.
Elancing nature and had not gone
through the lung in a direct line. as DIR.
Hume had thought upon the first eNami-
nation. Had the ball struck the chest
onc-half inch TO the right. it would have
caused certain death.
MEMBERS GO WILD.
The House was in session when flle
shooting occurred and the Senate was
10 meet within twenty minutes. The Cap
ftol building was therefore filled with
the legislature and TO say that excitement
followed is putting it very mildly. From
both halls men ran wildly down the steps
without hats or coats, and one member
of the House came out carrying in his
hand a bill, on which he had been ar
Suing, when the shooting occurred.
BY the time the members of the IeSisla-
tlire had reached the lower floor. how
ever, Goehel was on his way 10 the CT
lice OF Dr. Hume. The members hastily
rushed back to their desks, adjout ned
with the most unceremonious haste and
poured down into the streets agai:l III
"a few minutes crowds were fastening
toward the Capitol from every direction
Down st. Clair street, which runs direct
ly south from Capitol. came dense crowd
OF Wildly excited men. headed by two
members of the city fire department One
OF them carried u Winchester riie.
One OF his companions Vas telling him
20 shoot anything in sight The crowd,
however. melted away without doing any
damage.
Within three minutes after the shoot
ing line of men was thrown around the
building whence the shots came.
CAPTURE OF Wl4ITTAkER
John w Miles. an aged citizen of Frank
fort. was standing at the foot of the
stairway leading from the first floor OF
the Office building 10 the west. when a
man, evidently a mountaineer. came rush
ing down the steps. Miles instantly threw.
his arms around the mans body and
held him fast until help came. Men
closed in around the prisoner on every
side with drawn revolvers and the slight
est attempt at resistance would have
resulted III his instant death. He sub
,nitted TO arrest very quietly. claiming
again and again that he had nothing 30
do with the shooting. He gave his name
as Harland Whitaker, and said that he
was in The State Office building when he
heard the shots, and believing the long
predicted battle had come at last, has
tened out TO see what was going on He
was searched at once ard three large
revolvcrs. ali fully loaded. were taken
from him. None of the cartridges had been
exploded. and there was no sign of any
OF the weapons having been In use He
was hurried TO the jail, three blocks away.
with all the possible SPEED it being feared
that he, might be lynchcd
PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE.
The prisoner is q man slightly over
tho medium size, with sandy hair and
moustachc. He is disposed to take
things calmly. although he repeated
again and again that he knew nothing
whatever abou. the shooting.
81 was on the first floor OF the build-
Ing" said he, when heard Governor
TAylor tell that man Davis. the Capitol
policeman. to go over at once TO see
General Collier. said would 80 with