The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-02-05
IGOv. GOebeI Dies Peacefully

Iast Tuesday morning endgd ne life OF
William Goebel at GAS o'clock this
evening. The only persons present at
the deathbed were Mr.. Goebel's sister.
Mrs. Braunacker, and his brother.
Arthur Goebel Of Cincinnati, who have
been in constant attendance at Mr.
Goebel's bedside. and DR.. Mccormack.
Justus Goebel another brother who has
been hurryng from Arizona as fast as
steam would carry him. i'm a vain hope
of reaching his dying brother in time
FOR some token Of recognition. arrived
forty minutes too late. oxygen was
frequently administered the dying man
during the afternoon i'm an effort to
keep him alive until his brothers ar
rival, but in vain. For. by the cruel
irony of fate, the train on which Justus
Goebel was travelling to Frankfort was
delayed several hours from various
causes, and when Mr.. Goebel finally
reached here it was only to learn tha;
his brother was dead Among bitter
part.sans Of both parties deep grief is
manifested, and already a movement
has been started to erect a fitting
monument for Mr.. Goebeps memory on
the spot in the state house grounds
whore he was shot.
FUNERAL NOT ARRANGED
No arrangements nave as yet been
made for the funeral Plunged in grief
and locked in the death chamber OF
their brother Arthur and Justus Goe-
bel and Mrs Braunacker have given
out no intimatfon Of their w.shes and
probably no definite arrangements will
Zoe made until tomorrow. It is under
stood that request viii be made that
Mr.. Goebers last resting place be in
the cemetery here, where lie buried
Daniel Boone and Vice President An
drew Johnson.
NOT IN VIOLENCE TO GOD.
From an early hour this morning
until the hour of ms death. Mr.. Goebel's
condition grew steadily worse Shortly
before noon, after hypodermic inject
ions of strychnine and whiskey, and
afterward Of morphine had been given
him, Mr.. Goebel requested that Capt
l.. G. Wallace OF the Kentucky peni-
tentiary, an intimate friend, be sent
for, and when the latter came the two
had a short conversation.
Lew" said Mr.. Goebel, II wish to
announce to the world that 1 do not
hold myself in open violence TO the
word OF God"
The hypodermlc injections afforded
some temporary relief But the suf- 7.
ferer for the first time In his long
weary struggle for life had apparently |.
lost his indOmitable courage.
STRUGGLING AGAINST DEATH.
Doctor" said be feebly to DR.. Nc /.
Cornack who stood at the bedside. |
I'm afraid now that I'm not going TO
get over tins
Or Mccormack endeavOred to cheer
the fast failing man. but the latter soon /
relapsed into a condition Of semi-con- /
sciousness. About o'clock he aroused (
himself again. and calling DR. Nc 1
COrmack 10 his SIDE said: Doctor, am .
/ going to get we'll; / want to know |
the truth for / have several things TO |
attend to-"
ALONE WITH SISTER AND
BROTHER.
Mr. Goebel, you have burt a few /
hours 10 live" replied DR. Mccormack. /
Mr.. Goebel was silent for a moment, /
then calling his brother Arthur Goebel /
10 his side, ne asked that the physicians /
and nurses retire. Then for twenty .
minutes, the dying man was left with .
mis- brother and sister.
Soon after this ne again fell into g
stupor and at O'Clock his condation /
was considered so alarming that as a
last resort oxygen was given in an en-
deavor to keep the dying man alive II
possible until the arrival OF his brother,
Justus Goebel.
This treatment resulted in an I'm.
provement, but the rally was so slight
and SLOW that to the weary watchers at
the bedside n was apparent that the
end was not far off, and Rev TaliferrO
OF the Methodist church OF Frankfort,
was sent for He came at once SOFTLY
entering the death chamber. ne crossed
over where Mr. Goebel lay gasplng for
breath, and kneellng at the side OF the
bed, prayed earnestly. With tears
streaming down their faces, Mrs.
Braunacker and Arthur Goebel knelt
AT the bedside also Then DR.. Tdlferro