Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-01-31

SnOG apparently came IRON an up
stairs window.
That window was raised about eight
inches from the sill to permit an uno5-
stfueted passage for the bullet when
Mr. Goebel should come within range
Both Chinn and Lillard assert that
while the first shot came from the dl.
rection of the window in the third story,
there were other shots fired from differ
emit portions of the same building. Some
of those who heard the shots say that at
least one shot was fired from the office
of the secretary of state.
This, however, is not true, as there
were men in the office of the sec. atry
of state who rushed to the window rs
soon as the shots were heard, and all
| Of them declare that there was no shot
fred at all from that part of the build
ing,
The window IN the third story was
left open, no effort having been made to
close it by the would be assassin, while
not another window III the building was
opened, nor were there any places where
bullets had been fired through them.
Whitaker was arrested as he came
| down the steps on the east side of the
state office building, directly below the
window from which the shots had been
fired. He was met by John e. Miles,
| who is rs years of age, who wound his
arms around him and called loudly for
| help. Whitaker was surrounded by
group of men, many of them with
| drawn revolvers. He submitted quietly
| to a search, three revolvers and one big
knife being found. A quick examina-
ton of the revolvers showed that none
of the cartridges had been used and
there was no powder smut upon any
part of his weapons, proving conclu-
sively that he could not have used any
of his three revolyers. In addition TO
this, all those who heard the shots join
In the statement that they were from
rifle and from q smaller weapon.
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed in the Jail, while a guard was
| placed at the outer entrance to keep out
all people VINO had no direct connection
with the institution.
~ was on the first floor of tbs build
ing" he said. '.when l heard Governor
Taylor tell that man Davis, the capitol
policeman, to go over at once to see
General Collier. said | would go with
him. and that was where | was going.
l wanted to know, too, what the shoot
ing was about. When l stepped outside.
that man grabbed me, and that's all l
know, and that's a fact"
The story of Colonel John Davis, the
custodian of the capitol grounds, agrees
with that of Whitaker.
81 was just outside of Governor Tay-
lor's Office" said Colonel Davis, when
l heard shots. and heard Governor lay
lor say. my God, what have they done
He called to me at once to 20 over to the
Office of AdJutant General Collier ami
Whitaker went along. L am positive
that he could not have done the shoot
ing. We were at the door of the build
ing in too short time for that"
AS soon as 1t was known that the bull
let which struck down Senator Goeoel
had come from the building to the east
a group of men gathered in front of the
door on the east side.
Others ran around to the door on the
west side to prevent the escape OF any
body from there. Several men as
tempted to enter the doors from the OUT
side, but were prevented by groups OF
mountaineers, who stood in the door
ways. Some of these men held VIM
chesters i'll their hands and presented an
aspect so generally uninvlting that no
attempt was made to search the build
ing, and nobody gained entrance to 1t
for several minutes after the shooting
had been done. and the assassin had
ample opportunity to escape.
That the shooting of Mr. Goebel was
the result of carefully laid plan is
without question. Probably the man
who fired the shot will never be known.
The man who fired the shots took the
precaution to conceal his location by
using smokeless powder cartridges. A
Of xuh hn a u
full view OF the side of the building
from where the firing was done, and all
of them declare that not sign OF
powder smoke was visible. Both Chinn
and Llllard are men of experience III
affairs IN which powder smoke Is a
more or less prominent feature, aud
both declare that While they could cell
the general direction from Which the
bullets came, they could not guess the
spot from which they were fired.
The Republican state officials and
members OF the legislature, without eX-
ception, denounced the shooting III The
most unreasonable terms. Governor
TAYLOR Immediately caused a small at
dress to be published, in which he de-
clared the alIalr to be q disgrace and ~
outrage, and calling for the most sober
condemnation. He sent orders at once
to Aa]utanG General Collier dlrecrlHg |
him to take steps for the preservation oi
order. ,Generai Collier is Republluan
and is opposed TO Mr.. Goebel. lie &C.
clares the shooting to be Il most cow |
ardly affair and one that upon every
consideration was to be regretted.
Before Goebel had been lifted from
the ground to be carried TO the hotel,
General Collier had telephoned To us
armory, directing the local infantry
company TO proceed at once TO the cap-
toll grounds and take possession OF tnelD,
when WAS dome