Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-30

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 5O-William Goe-
bel was shot and very seriously In
jured this morning at ten minutes after
eleven o'clock. while passing through
the State house yard on his way to
the capitol building Two shots were
fred from a rifle, only one Of them
taking effect. II struck Mr.. Goebel in
the right side, one-thlrd Of the distance
down from the armpit TO the hip, The
ball passed entirely through the body
coming out below the right shoulder
blade. 1t is not thought by the physi-
clans in charge that the wound will
prove fatal unless complications set
in. John Whitaker. farmer from
Butler county. Ky, Is under arrest
charged with having fired the shots, but
he denies that he had anything to do
with It. Three reyolvers were found
upon him when he was taken into Gus.
tody.
Mr.. Goebel, In company with Col.
Jack Chinn and Warden Epp Lillard Of
the Frankfort penitentiary, was walk
ing up the sidewalk leading from the
street 10 the capitol building, Goebel
being on the right OF the three. When
the three men were two-thirds Of the
distance from the street TO the capitol
a shot was fred from the third story
Of the building occupied by the offices
Of the governor, secretary Of state, and
other leading officials Of the State. The
ball struck Mr.. Goebel in the side and
he instantly dropped to the pavement.
chlnn and Llllard instantly seized him,
Chinn saying as he did so:
Il guess they have got you, Goebel."
yes" replied the wounded man, II
guess they have got me for sure"
While Chinn was holding the wound
ed man supporting his head in his arms,
four shots were fired at both men.
All OF them struck close, making the
dust ny from the brick pavement. Both
Chinn and Lillard stuck to their friend,
neither Of them moving from his side
until the firing ceased. when Lillard ran
for help. He had not far to go, for
there Is always a crowd around the
gates OF the capitol building. A crowd
Of men were around Mr.. Goebel in less
than a minute. and he was carried to
the Office OF DR.. Hume. in the basement
Of the. capitol, about one thousand feet
from the spot where the shooting &C.
Cured. Or. Hume made a superficial
examination Of the wound. He declared
the ball had penetrated the right lung
and would In all probability prove ia
tai. Mr. Goebel was then hastily taken
from the office Of Or. Hume TO his own
room on the second floor of the Capitol
hotel.
Guards were stationed at the foot Of
every staircase leading to the second
floor and nobody, not even the guests Of
the hotel, was allowed to pass. A more
extended examination made by Dr.
Hume and several other physicians who
had been called resulted IN the an
nouncement that It would not neces-
sdrily prove fatal, and that the wound
ed man would in all probability recover.
The ball. 1t was found, had inflicted a
wound which was somewhat of a glanc-
ing nature, and had not gone through
the lung in a direct line, as DR.. Hume
had thought upon the first examination.
Had the ball struck the chest half an
inch TO the right It would have caused
certain death.
The House was in session when the
shooting occurred and the Senate was
to have met within twenty minutes.
The capitol building was therefore
filled with members OF the legislature
and the greatest excitement followed.
4 iNlh hoAh iiitiA ran MAlllg u0Nu
the steps without hats or coats and one
member OF the house came out carrying
In his hand bin on which he had been
arguing when the shooting occurred.
By the time the members Of the leg
islature had reached the lower floor
Goebel was on his way TO the Office OF
DR.. Hume, The members hastily rushed
back TO their room, adjourned with the
most unceremonous haste and poured
down into the streets again. The news
that Goebel had been shot spread
the streets with lightning-llke
rapidity and In few minutes crowds
were Fastening toward the capitol
from every direction. Down st. Clair
street, which runs directly south from
the sidewalk leading TO the capitol, up
on which Mr.. Goebel was walking at
the time he was shot. came a dense
crowd Of wildly excited men. headed !