The Wichita daily eagle., 1900-03-18
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at Mr. Goebel from the rear, and the
man quickly put the weapon up Louis
Vile paper thus describes Mrs. Saffel's
experience:
"She had just gone into the state house
yard on her way to the adjutant generals
office. on business, when Senator Goebel
passed her and tipped his hat. She did
not know the man, she says, she saw
walking behind him. She knew the man
several steps in front of him. and he was
Eph Lillard, warden of the penitentiary.
"When Mr.. Goebel reached a point just
to the right of the fountain. she says,
she saw the man behind him draw pis
tol with his left hand and shoot toward
Goebel She says there was the faintest
kind Of a puff of white from the pistol.
The man who used the weapon ran into
the state house, reaching the steps as
Eph Lillard closed the glass doors.
He then ran out and ran TO Goebel's
side She says she saw no shots nor
heard any fred from the Executive Build
ing. She is positive that she saw the man
fire the shot which killed Goebel, and she
says that woman who lives in Frank
fort and a travelling man who comes to
that city every week also witnessed the
shooting; that all of them have made
written statements Of the facts. and that
these statements are in the hands of
Governor Taylor who will probably make
them public within a few days.
she declines to go into details. saying
that she cannot violate her pledge 10
Governor Taylor. She declares that one
newspaper offered her 500 or more Il she
would make a public sta .ement of what
she saw. but she declined Indignantly
She says she was afraid the mob would
hang an innocent man when hey srres ed
Whitaker, and that was the reason she
cried out and said not to hang him, as ne
did not shoot Mr.. GoebeI.'
Colonel Chinn says there was no man
but himself behind Mr.. Goebei. and that
he did not take his pistol out He has
brought a suit against Mrs. Banta for
slander.
Judge YOst saw a man run away from
Mr.. Goebel and told several Of his friends
at the adjutant generals Office. seventy
yards away, that G0ebel had been shot.
and the man who shot him had run into
the state house. Other witnesses say
they saw men at the windows Of the
Executive Building
Just as John E. Miles reached the door
OF the Executive Building leading toward
the state house. he saw Harlan Whit
taker running from the building. Bellev-
ing be might be the man who d!d the
shooting. Re grabbed Whitaker and. a.
though he tried 10 draw a gun. held him
U-tf help arrived, when Whitaker was
arr -zted. On him we're three pistols. He
trs-n ~ Ike a leaf. and before he was
accuse u shooting GoeloeI declared he
did not shoot 4 mos followed him. and
would have lynched him. bslt Mrs. saHei.
seeing them after him. cried out. "Don't
lynch hin, He did not do Sc" whit
taker has since been held FOR the grand
jury.
An attempt was made b. iocal oasoe-a
70 search the Executive Building. but thss
rnouutaineers. who we're friends q Tay-
lor. rushed % the doors zfth thesr psssrss
drawn ard dared anybody % eater. Tie
oGsce-s did not farther ~ n that u-s
- 20 IN. b1t later whez tfsy ATTEMPTED
to search the building they wee met a.
ths doors By arunef s-ate guards. who
refused 20 siloE the-n % enter fhs oulI1-
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