Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31

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gained entrance to it for several min
utes after the shooting had been done
and the assassin had
Ample Opportunity to Escape.
That the shooting of Mr.. Goebel was
the result of a carefully laid plan is
without question. The man who did
the work had evidently taken his stand
at the window which had previously
been raised in order to allow of the
free passage of the bullet and waited
until his victim was in full sight before
firing.
Ever since the influx of mountain
GERS last week, a large number of them
have been sleeping IN the upper part
of the State House 1t is not known,
however, that any of these men did
the work, or that they had any knowl-
edge of the premeditated crime. There
has not, so far, been discovered the
slightest evidence pointing to any man,
and it is not likely now that any will
ever be found.
The man who fired the shots took
the precaution to conceal his location
by using smokeless powder cartridges.
A score of people where they had
a full view of the side of the building
from where the firing was done, and
all of them declare that not a sign of
powder smoke was visible. Both Chinn
and Lillard are men of experience in
affairs in which powder smoke is a
more or less prominent feature, and
both declare that while they could tell
the general direction from which the
bullets came they could not guess the
spot from which they were fired.
Il tried hard to get a sight of the
fellow" said Lillard. HE kept pour
ing the lead down at us. and l will
swear there was not a sign of any
thing to indicate
From " acre He Was Shooting.
AS many shots as he fired would make
considerable powder smoke if ordinary
cartridges were used, but never a sign
of smoke could l see."
81 looked around a mighty brief
SPELL" said Col. Chinn, "but there was
nothing for me to look at. so | paid
smokeless powder all right enough,
and l guess he was pretty wise to do it.
Somebody might have got him If they
had known where to look for him. By
the time we knew where to look he
had gone, and it was time to look
somewhere else"
The Republican State officials and
members of the Legislature without
exception, denounced the shooting in
the most unmeasured terms.
Governor Taylor Immediately caus-
u .~oolI olJcoer ~ ha nuh1ichnd in
which he declared the affair to be a
disgrace and an outrage and calling
for the most sober condemnation. He
sent orders at once to Adjutant Gener-
al Collier, directing him to take steps
for the preservation of order. Gen.
Collier is a Republican and is oppos-
ed to Mr.. Goebel. He declared the
shooting to be a most cowardly affair
and one that upon every consideration
was to be regretted. He lost no time
In making speeches, however, and be-
fore Goebel had been lifted from the
ground to be carried to the hotel, Gen.
Collier had telephoned to the armory
a half mile distant, directing the local
infantry company, which was station
ed under the command of Captain Wal
colt, to proceed at once
To the Capitol Grounds.
take possession of them and its APP
proaches, allowing nobody to enter the
gates. Twenty minutes after the
shooting Captain Walcott and his men
marched across the front of the capt.
toll building and halted at the foot OF
the steps.
Orders were issued to outside COM
nanies throughout the State to make
ready at once to come to Frankfort,
the entire State Guard being called in
to service. 1t was feared that the news
of the shooting would so inflame the
Democrats that they would come to
Frankfort in swarms, while the noun
~taineers would lose no time in coming
to the capital for the purpose of up
holding their party principles.
ct makes no difference to me-" said
Gen. Collier, who starts anything, we
will preserve order on both sides"
The excitement among the followers
of Mr.. Goebel was great and for a short
time Immediately following the shoot
ing of their leader, there was more than
a possibility that some OF the ~hot-heads
would seek vengeance upon their pol.t-
ical enemies. Threats were made
against Republican leaders and attor-
neys during the excitement, but the
leading Democratic members of the
House and Senate soon brought them
to calmer talk.
In addition to Drs. Hume, Elysand
Mccormick, of this place, who were in
attendance upon the wounded man,
Drs. J. c. Mackenzie, n. P. Dundridge
and E. Walker were summoned from
Cincinnati and Dr.. McMurty came from
Louisville. AS soon as the physicians
from Louisville and Cincinnati had ex-
amined the patient a consultation was
held. at the conclusion of which DR..
Hume announced late tonight that
the chances had turned very much
against the wounded man, and the
probability was that
He Would Die Before Morning.
He has internal hemorrhages," said
DR.. Hume, and we are unable + o stop
them. Unless we do SO, his death is
a question of a very short time. We
have taken from him over a pint OF
blood and there are symptoms of the