The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-21
ASSASSIN
WAS PAID
In Advance aud LiberslIy 10
Kill 0otbei Victims Iden-
iity known.

LOUrsyILIHs KY. MARCH 70
The stories growing out Of the confer
ence between Sergearu II. wharton
Golden Of the Bar'bourSvilie company of
state snalttla. and the attorneys who
arc managing the investigation of the
assassination Of Governor Goebel have
caused a eensatiOn throughout the
state Golden will be placed on the
stand by The prosecution in the trial
OF the persons already arrested for al
legged completely In the assassination,
but Information as TO the nature OF the
testimony he Is expected TO give is
hacking. Attorneys Campbell and Pols-
grove naturally decline to discuss the
matter and Golden Will say nothing.
Specials from winchester say that
Golden Is still at that place in COM
pany with his attorney. They see all
Vsiilers and talk freely on all subjects
except that or GoldQn's reported con-
fession
II viii do all I can FOR my friends oil
the time. said Golden, but must be
true to myself. When the time comes,
4 will teli all 1 know. Whatever else
may be said about me, l do not think
can be accused Of being a liar, a cow
ard OF a democrat and I want II dis
tinctly understood that l am not here
under guard"
The story Is published that Golden
has divulged to the attorneys the
name OF the man who fired the shots
that killed Goebei. The person men
toned Is a mulat.o. who formerly lived
nd Winchester. Iwas prominent in the
~ >. Nh- lEversoi feud. and is known as
aa.s4d shot This man IS now supposed
90 be In the wiEds Of one OF the noun
tain counties. Evidence that he was in
Frankfort at che time of the assassi-
nadlon was foslnd from papers taken
from w. r. COuiton. "a clerk In the au-
tiitor's office. when the latter was ar
rested a week or 50 ago. on a warrant
charging him with being an accessory
60 the murier. Among the papers were
receipts for board bi Is amounting 70
about $500. 5ncurred by eighteen men
who were Ia Frankfort for some time
before. and at the time Governor Goe-
bel was shot. In one OF these receipts
the name Of the mulatto mentioned Is
given. The receipt in this case is foi
money received from John Perkins by
Bettina. Pittman for tine board OF three
men. Perkins Is a porter about the
NliAAE MOUSE.
LEXINGTON. MARCH 9D-Sergcant r.
Wharton r. Golden the man alleged to
have made discriminating statements IN
the Goeipa murder case arrived here In
company with his attorney, Smith Hayes
tunagit. They. came from Winchester
Their mOveuerrs have bean kept In the
dark and thsfr presence was not known
until several iours after their arrival
They did not register at the Phoenix hote
hut II Is said Golden went through ths
rear door OF the Phoenix AMI subsequent
" 10 his rOom In the hotel Another ant
most probabie story is that they were
met by a carriage aud drivea @ the hom'
OF a Goebai dem0cTalt In the north end o
ehe city. As the hotel clerk knew TO ~
OF the arrival. efforts 10 find Golden hav'
proven futile. Many rwmors are flying
One is that he is trying 10 get away from
Cioebei Influences but fs Glossy watched
N ts impossible that he has given then
TIM slip. Another rumor Is that he Is her
for further conferences with Goebel at
ecrncys tomorrow.