The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-03

him. After the wound had been i
Senator Goebel showed great
exhaustion. and it was announced by I
physicians that he would in all I
die within a short time.
He rallied, however, and, under the in {
%tiuence of an opiate, sank into a gentle {
slumber which lasted several hours.
An O~vcr-ZeaIous OctoGcnarian.
Whitaker was arrested as he came
down the steps on the east side of the
Office building, directly below the win
dow from which the shots had peer
fired. AS he reached the sidewalk and
was fastening toward the scene OF
the shooting he was met by John E.
Miles, who is 76 years old. Without
hesitation Miles threw himself upon
Whitaker, winding his arms around
hin and calling loudly for help.
An Unjustinable Arrest.
1t was right at hand, and in an in
stano Whitaker was surrounded by a
group of men, many of them with
drawn revolvers. He made no attempt
to escape, knowing well that the
slightest attempt to do so would have
brought II dozen bullets into his body.
He submitted quietly while a search
was quickly made of his clothing, the
proceeds being three r%evolvers and q
big knife. A quick examination of the
REVIEWERS showed that none of the
chambers had been used, and there
was no powder smut on any of his
--,. onplrctyalr that hn
could not have used any of his three
revolvers. In addition to this, all
those who heard the shots join in the
statement that they were from a rifle
and from a smaller weapon.
Took Thing Calmly.
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed in Jail, while a guard was
placed at the outer entrance to keep
out all people who had no direct con
neotion with the institution. The pris-
oner is a MAJ slightly over the medium
size, with sandy hair and moustache.
He was disposed to take things calmly
although he repeated again and again
thar he knew nothing whatever about
the shooting.
Whittnker's Alihi.
IT was on the first floor of the build
ing" he said, when heard Gov. Tay-
To-. tell that man Davis, the capitol
policeman, to go over at once to see
, Gen. Collier. / said | would go with
him, and that was where | was going
3 | wanted to know. too, what the shoot
/, ing was about. When l stepped out
: side, that mar grabbed me, and that's
all ! know, and that's a fact
Few people believe that Whitaker
is guilty. but the fact that he wal
hastily leaving the building just after
the shooting was done was enough t'
make trouble for him.
Corrobornted by Davis.
THAT man Davis. to whom Whittake
referred, is Col. John Davis, the Gus
todiar of the capitol grounds. Hi
story agrees with that of Whitaker.
81 was just outside of Gov. Taylor
Office" said Col. Davis, when hear
the shots and heard Gov. Taylor say
NV God, what have they done" ii
!; called to me to at once go over to tn
: Office of Adjt.-Gen. Collier, and Whit
J taker went along. | am positive tina
I he could not have done the shooting
We were at the door of the buildin
in toe. short a time for that"
M-Ountaincers Guarded the Doors.
As soon as it was known hat til
bullet which struck down Mr.. Goeb'
had come from the building to II
east, a group of men gathered in froI
OF the door on the east side. Othe'
DIS rau around to the door on the we
side to prevent the escape OF anyboC
a from there. Several men attempted
nv enter the doors from the outside, b1
of were prevented by groups of mou
is tpireers, who stood in the doorway
ID Some of these men held Wincheste
or in their hands, and presented an d
ng pect so generally uninviting that
attempt was made to search t
building and nobody gained entran
we to il for several minutes after t
of shooting had been done.
his Used sniokeless Powder.
to The man who fred the shots to
ION the precaution to conceal his locati
BIZ using smokeless powder cartridg'
ul- A score of people were wher they h
ak a full view OF the side of the buildi
of from which the firing was done, IA
al! OF them declare that not a sign
smoke was visible. Both Chinn Il
aid Lillard are men of experience in
mn, fairs in which powder smoke is
as more or less prominent feature. n
both declare that while they could
,rd, the general direction from which
bullets came, they could not guess
,u." spo. from which they fired.
re- by Republicans
lied The republican state officials :
members of the legislature without
~ception denounced the shooting in
of most unreasonable terms. Gov. I
los lor Immediately caused a small
ing dress to be published in which de
! 70 clared the affair to be a disgrace
the an outrage, and calling for the m
and sober condemnation. He sent orc
at once to Adjt.-Gen. Collier, direct
him to take steps for the preservat
of order.
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