The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-09
Sensational Address by Senator-Elect
Blackburn on "the Most Arch
Deed of PiteOus Massacre."
SPEECH BY J. G. w. BECKHAM
WHO PROMISED TO CARRY ON THE
WORK BEGUN BY THE ''MARTYR.,
Letter from Justus GOebeI Calling for
Punishment of His Brothers Slay-
ers-Regrets of Legislators.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Feb. S-Rain, came
down in sheets to-day while the funeral
services were being held over the body of
William Goebel. Kentucky's dead Demo
cratic leader. The exercises in the
cemetery before a crowd
much smaller than would have been the
case had the weather been pleasant, but
they were carried out to the letter, and to-
night the body of William Goebel lies in
the chapel of the Frankfort cemetery
after one of the greatest funeral demon
strations ever seen in this State. AS soon
as the weather clears sufficiently the casket
will be consigned to the grave.
1t had been feared there might arise
trouble between the soldiers in the Capitol
grounds and the Democratic partisans in
the line of march, when the parade passed
the Capitol square, but nothing of the kind
occurred. The soldiers were kept back
near the building and a line OF sentries
was posted in front of them to prevent
them from going near the fence on the
south side of the grounds. at the time the
parade was passing the square. Orders
had been issued on the Democratic side as
WELL that no comments should be made
poSSSN
the grounds where Mr. Goebel received
| his death wound. The wisdom of the COM
manders of the troops, and that of the
Democratic leaders. added to the fact that
for twenty-four hours all OF the saloons
had been closed enabled the day to pass
without any exhibition of feeling being
shown on either side.
Early in the morning the arrival of
people to witness the funeral exercises be-
gan. Most of them. in the early part of
the day, came in buggies from the sur
rounding country. BY the time the first
train had arrived, the crowd was enor-
mons Special trains came in from George
town and Lexington and few other places
not far from Frankfort but the large
crowds came on the regular trains from
Louisville and Cincinnati Fully 10000
people were on the streets to watch the
| funeral.
The body lay in state in the parlor
of the Capital Hotel until IL o'clock in the
morning. and more people viewed the re-
mains this morning than yesterday after
noon and last night. At times the jam in
| the doorways leading to the parlors was
| too great for anybody to force a passage
| through The police force of Frankfort is
| not large-only six men-and it had its
hands full When it was massed at given
point the force was good enough. but when
separated it was helpless. The crowd was
remarkably well behaved, however. and
| there was not an unpleasant episode con-
nected with the proceedings from first to
! last.
THE FUNERAL PARADE.
The procession began to form at ii
o'clock on Mapping street. headed by the
city police force and members of the City
Council city officials, Grand Marshal Da-
| yid R. Murray and his aids. Then came a
| long column of members of different socie-
ties and citizens on foot. Mr.. Goebel was
not a member of any secret organization,
but his father is prominent member Of
the Odd Fellows and the local members of
that body turned out strongly to do him
honor None of the societies was in uni
| form.
The column moved promptly at the ap-
pointed time, which was the hour of noon
and marching north on Mapping street
turned west on Broadway, which would
take it past the Capitol grounds. The rain
was falling heavily as the parade ap-
preached the grounds, and the men were
marching rapidly. The front of the Capitol
building was covered with soldiers, who
stood watching the parade but save three
sentries at the gate, there was none of
them within 500 feet of the street. The
flag on the staff of the Capitol building
was at half mast
AS the procession passed the executive
in no q
his face toward it in an effort to see If
Governor Taylor was watching the march
There was no sign of life there, however,
although one of the windows was open and
the curtains fully up. Other windows in
| the building were filled with soldiers. but
there was no face at any of the windows
| of the Governors office.
| 1t did not require fifteen minutes for the
| line of marching men to pass the Capitol
| grounds and all chance OF trouble was
| over AS the line reached Ann street, on
which it was TO turn south for the march
past the Capital Hotel where the hearse
| and relatives of the dead leader were to
| take their places i'm the line, there was a
| long wait of nearly an hour. The rain Wis
coming down heavily. and before long IL
| of the marchers were drenched TO the 81 in.
| A few OF them made runs for places on ghe
sidewalk under awnings. but the majc dy
| kept their places in the street and pat ,ent-
| ly waited for the word to advance. The
| delay was caused by the services iii the
parlor of the hotel. which occupied more
| time than II was originally thought they
would. The services In the parlor cor sisted
merely of a reading of the Scriptures by
DR.. Taiiaferro, OF the Methodist Caurch.