The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-11
CHAT AND CHAFF.

armed men to arrest him and that they
could only take him dead. at that. Is
denied.
Mr.. Howard IL suspected OF being the
shooter OF Goebei. That is to say he Is
one of the s27 Kentuckians, who are
either so charged or have evinced a
disposition TO CAIN the honor. For "
appears that while nobody in Kentucky
wants particularly TO be hanged for
murder there is a certain amount of
distinction about the Goebel case that
is enticing to lovers of a notoriety for
man killing down In the Blue Grass
state.
| Nearly everybody in the Republican
! party OF the state has been accused Of
! the crime and the rank and file of the
1 Democrats have naturally become jeal-
] Gus at seeing the names OF their Re-
! publican nelghbors so often in the
newspapers.
So they have been lately showing
some restlesness and an itching
ITO be accused of firing the fatal shot.
or knowing the man who fired the fatal
shot. or knowing the man who knows
the man who fired the fatal shot--at
least long enough 10 be mentioned in
the Louisville Courier Journal and per-
haps achieve the glory of being inter-
viewed.
The Goebel murder interviews and
testimony adduced regarding the case
are wonderful things
They run something like this as near
ly as can recall the last one:
Il met Gov. Taylor and he and Jim
Clancy were shaking for lemon pop in
Guffy's place. Overheard the man on
the right unknown to me say that Goe-
bel was down TO Lexington the night
before election. Higson denied that he
had ever known Youtsey. They took
the 10 o'clock train for Clay county and
Jim Crow (colored) led up TO the SUBJ
ject by swearing tnat he had never had
any talk with Jack Chinn and that
when the mortgage on his farm was
foreclosed Goebel said that everything
would be all right. Then the fatal shot
was fired and l ran down to the Capitol
and heard a policeman say. 1t is
o'clock looked at my watch and told
the policeman that he was off four
minutes and fifteen seconds. Governor
Taylor said, that's So. or something
like that. He thereupon seized the pris-
oner who struggled desperately. The
woman said that Gov. Taylor had ad-
journed the legislature and that is all I
know. upon my OATH" The prisoner de-.
MED that he fired the fatal shot. but
said he would tell when the proper time
came. There Is some talk OF a lynching.
Well. as I was about TO say. Jim
Howard is not so terrible a fellow as
first rumors would have led you to be-
lieve.
He now says that instead Of calling
out a thousand men TO arrest him all
that needs to be sent is warrant.
This is real reasonable OF Jim.s
Moreover Ii is more like true Ken
tuckian.
stand up fight.
He Is more likely to make talk.
He does his shooting from ambus-
cade.
He Is usually an unerring shot pro-
vlding he does not have 70 face the
man he Is about to kill.
II he IL placed in such an awkward
situation as that his hand is apt to
tremble and that knocks his range Off.
But let him hide behind a bush or
fence and, God permitting his proposed
victim to pass within six feet or so of
his gun. your fighting Kentuckian may
be counted upon in most cases TO bring
his enemy to earth with a cool head,
a courageous heart. steady hand and
an unerring sight.
Il see by the News The other day that
the state OF New York had just made
record for an inheritance tax collection
OF two millions OF dollars, the largest
ever assessed in this country.
1t was assessed on the estate of the
late George Smith of England, who was
worth some forty millions.
The item reminded me OF the further
fact that the estate OF this same Smith
had been also assessed by the British
government to the tune of five millions.
as to which sir Michael Hicks Beach
In his report to Parliament congratulate
ed his country that Mr.. Smith, along
with the Duke OF Westminster. reputed
TO be the richest man in the world. had
died Just in the nick Of time when the
country was in need of extra money to
run the South African war.
or course. Sir Michael did not use
these exact words. but If you will refer
to the reports OF his report you viii
see that that was the sentiment
George Smith. the millionaire her
nit" was a native of Scotland. He came
here when he was young man and
went TO Chicago where he made a for
tune in the real estate business. He
went back TO Scotland and lived there
for while and then got tired OF doing
nothing and came back TO this country
with his fellow countryman, Alexander
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