The Irish standard., 1900-02-03
pie who had no direct connection with
the institution.
Declares His Innocence.

pie who had no direct connection with
the institution.
Declares His Innocence.
The prisoner is man slightly over
the medium size, with sandy hair and
mustache. He was disposed to take
things calmly, although he repeated
again and again that he knew nothing
whatever about the shooting. 81 was
on the first floor of the building.' he
said. "when 1 heard Gov. Taylor tell
that man Davis, the capitol policeman,
to go over at once to see Gen. Collier.
l said l would so with him, and that
was where l was going. l wanted to
know, too. what the shooting was
about. When l stepped outside that
man grabbed me, and that's all know,
and that's fact" Few people believe
that Whitaker is guilty of the crime,
but the fact that lie was hastily leav-
ing the building from which the shoot
ing was done was enough to make
trouble for him. "rhat man Davis"
to whom Whitaker referred, is Col.
John Davis, the custodian of the cap
itol grounds. His story agrees with
that of Whitaker.
A Carefully Laid Plan.
That the shooting of Mr.. Gocbel was
the result of carefully laid plan is
without question. The man who did
the work had evidently taken his
stand at the window, which had pre-
viously been raised in order to allow
Of ha ct nd
waited until his victim was in full
sight before firing. Ever since the in
flux OF mountaineers last week a large
number of them have been sleeping
in the upper part of the statehouse.
1t is not known, however, that any
of these men did the work or that
they had any knowledge of the pre-
meditated crime. There has not, so
far, been discovered the slightest di-
rect evidence pointing to any man,
and it is not likely now that amy will
ever be found.
Used Smokclcss Powder.
The man who fired the shots took
the prccaution to conceal his location
by using smolicless powder cartridges.
A score of people were where they had
a full view of the side of the building
from which the firing was done, and
all of them declare that not a sign of
powder smoke was visible. Both Chinn
and Liliard 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
| RI from,
bullets came they could not guess at
the spot from which they were fired.
DcnOuncc the Decd.
The republican state officials and
members of the legislature, without OK
ception, denounced the shooting in the
most unmeasured terms. Gov. Taylor
Immediately caused small address to
be published i'll which he declared the
affair to be disgrace, and an outrage,
and calling for the most sober con-
domination. lie sent orders at once to
Adjt. Gen. Collier directing him to take
steps for the preservation of order.
Gen. Collier is a republican and is OPP
posed to Mr.. Goebel. He declared the
shooting to be a most cowardly affair,
and one that upon everyconsideration
was to be regretted.
Troops Called Out.
He lost no time in making speeches,
however, and before Goebel had been
lifted from the ground to be carried
to the hotel Gen. Collier had telephoned
to the ar1nory, half mile distant, d.
recting the local infantry company
which was stationed there under COM
mand of Capt. Walcott TO proceed at
once to the capitol grounds, take pos
session of them and its approaches, al
lowing nobody to enter the gates.
Twenty minutes after the shooting Capt.
Wolcott and his men marched across
the front of the capitol building, and
halted at the foot of the steps. Orders
were issued to outside companies
throughout the state to make ready at
once to come to Frankfort, the entire
state guard being called into service.
Think He Will Die.
AS soon as the physicians from Louis
vile and Cincinnati had examined the
patient, consultation was held, at the
conclusion of which DR.. Hume an
nounced late Tuesday night that the
chances had turned very much against
the wounded man, and the probability
was that he would die before morning.
"He has internal henorrhagcs," said
DR.. Hume, "and we are unable TO stop
them. Unless we do SO, his death is u
question of n very short time. We have
taken from him over a pint of blood,
and there are symptoms of the gravest
character. There is hardly chance
that he can live through the night, and
practically none that he RECEIVERS"
physician from Senator Goebel's
bedside at 2:1o o'clock says there has
been no change in his condition for two
hours, that he is in prccarious con-
dition.
Troops Arriving.
Soldiers have been arriving at inter-
walls all night. Three hundred men of
the Louisville legion arrived at II
o'clock, and the company from Coving-
ton came at 1880. Numerous other or
CARNATIONS are expected in the morn
ing. About $50 men are here now.
Mny Declare Martial Law.