The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-02-03

him. After the wound had been
dressed Senator Goebel shovel great
exhaustion, and it was announced by
the physicians that he would in all
probability die within a short time.
He rallied, however, and, under the in
fluence of an opiate, sank into a gentle
slumber which lasted several hours.
An Over-ZeaIous Oc~toEenarian.
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 been
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
him and calling loudly for help.
An Unjustihable Arrest
1t was right at hand, and in an in
slant 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 a dozen bullets into his body.
He submitted quietly while q search
was quickly made of his clothing, the
proceeds being three revolvers 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
weapons, proving conclusively that he
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 Things Calmly.
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed in Jail, while a guard was
placed at the outer entrance to keef
out all people who had no direct con.
nection with the institution. The prs
oner is a man slightly over the medium
size, with sandy hair and moustache
He was disposed to take things calmJ
although he repeated again and again
that-he knew nothing whatever aboht
the shooting =
whitaker AliLI.
81 was on the first floor of the build
Ling" he said, "when 1 heard Gov. Tay'
| lo- tell that man Davis, the capito
policeman, to go over at once to see
Gen. Collier. l said I would go will
him, and that was where 1 was going
1 wanted to know, too, what the shoot
ing was about. When 1 stepped out
side, that man grabbed me, and that
| all ! know, and that's a fact"
Few people believe that Whitaker
is guilty, but the fact that he was
hastily leaving the building just after
the shooting was done was enough IL
make trouble for him.
CorrobOratcd by Davis.
a man Davis" to whom Whitaker
referred, is Col. John Davis, the Gus
todlar of the capitol grounds. Hi
| story agrees with that of Whitaker.
81 was just outside of Gov. Taylor:
| Office" said Col. Davis, when 1 heare
the shots and heard Gov. Taylor say;
NV God, what have they done?' HI
called to Inc to at once go over to the
office of Adjt.-Gen. Collier, and Whit
taker went along. l am positive thai
| he could not have done the shooting
| We were at the door of the building
| in tot. short a time for that"
MOuntaineers Guarded the Doors.
As soon as it was known that tn.
bullet which struck down Mr.. Goebe
hao come from the building to tn,
east, a group of men gathered in from
| OF the door on the east side. Other!
ran around to the door On the ives
side to prevent the escape of anybod.
from there. Several men attempted Il
erter the doors from the outside, bu
were prevented by groups of noun
| t~aireers, who stood in the doorways
| Some of these men held Winchester
in their hands, and presented an as
pect so generally uninviting that NJ
attempt was made to search thu
building and nobody gained entrance
to il for several minutes after thu
shooting had been done. =
Used SnokeIess Powder.
The man who fired the shots tool
the precaution to conceal his location
By using smokeless powder cartridges
A score of people were where they ha:
a full view of the side of the building
from which the firing was done, anl
all OF them declare hat not a sign o
smoke was visible. Both Chinn IN.
Lillard are men of experience in af
fairs in which powder smoke is
more or less prominent feature, aat
both declare that while they could tel
the general direction from which tn
bullets came, they could not guess tn
SPOT from which they fired.
Denounced by Republicans.
The republican state officials ant
members of the Legislature without cx
ception denounced the shooting in til:
most unreasonable terms. Gov. Tay
lor Immediately caused a small nd
dress to be published in which de de
clared the affair to be a disgrace ant
an outrage, and calling for the mos
sober condemnation. He sent order
at once to Adjt.-Gen. Collier, directin;
hiru to take steps for the preservation
of order.
Gen. Collier is a republican, and i
opposed to Mr.. Goebel. He declare;
the shooting to be a most cowardl,