The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-31

Seafcn, Wnlcn was quickly mace OIL MS
clothing, the proceeds being three revolv-
ers and one big knife. An examination of
ridges had been used, and there was no
powder smut on any part of his weapons,
proving conclusively that he could not have
used any of his three revolvers. In addi-
ton to this, all those who heard the shots
join in the statement that they were from
a rife and not from a smaller weapon.
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed In the jail, while guard was placed
at the outer entrance to keep out all people
stitution.
THE PRISONERS STORY.
The prisoner is a man slightly over the
medium size with sandy hair and mus
tache. He was disposed to take things
calmly although he repeated again and
again that he knew nothing whatever
about the shooting. 81 was on the first
floor of the building" he said, "when
heard Governor Taylor tell that man
Davis the Capitol policeman, to go over at
once to see General Collier. said would
| go with him, and that was where 1 was
shooting was about. When I stepped out
side that man grabbed me, and that's all
/ know and that's
| Few people believe that Whitaker is
| guilty of the crime, but the fact that he
vas hastily leaving the building from
which the shooting was done was enough
10 make trouble for him.
| "That man Davis" to whom Whitaker
referred. is Colonel John Davis, the custo-
agrees with that of Whitaker. II was
| just outside of Governor Tayior's Office
said Colonel Davis, when 1 heard the
shots and heard Governor Taylor say: My
God. what have they done! He called to
| me at once to go over to the Office of Ad-
| jutant General Collier, and Whitaker went
along. 1 am positive that he could not
| have done the shooting. We were at the
door of the building in too short time for
that
| AS soon as it was known that the bullet
which struck down Mr.. Goebel had come
| from the building to the east, a group of
men gathered in front of the door on the
east side. Others ran around to the door
| on the west side to prevent the escape of
anybody from there. Several men attemp-
ted to enter the doors from the outside. but
were prevented by groups of mountain
eers. who stood in the doorways. Some of
these men held winchesters in their hands
and presented an aspect SO generally un-
| inviting that no attempt was made to
search the building and nobody gained en-
trance to it for several minutes after the
shooting had been done and the assassin
had ample opportunities to escape.
sMoKELEss POWDER USED.
That the shooting of Mr.. Goebel was the
result of a carefully laid plan is without
| question. The man who did the work evil
IDENTIFY had taken his stand at the window,
| which had previously been raised in order
to allow the free passage of the bullet.
| and waited until his victim was in full
sight before firing. Ever since the influx
| of mountaineers last week, a large number
| of them have been sleeping in the upper
part of the Statehouse. 1t is not known,
however. that any of these men did the
| work, or that they had any knowledge of
| the premeditated crime. There has not, so
far. been discovered the slightest direct
evidence pointing to any man and it is
not likely now that any will ever be found.
The man who fired the shot took the
| rrecaution to conceal his location
by using smokeless powder cart
ridges. A score of people We're where
they had a full view of the side of the
building from which the firing was done
and all of them declare that not a sign
of powder smoke was visible. Both Chinn
1 ana LiIllaru are men OIL experience IN al
fairs in which powder smoke is more or
| less prominent feature. and both declare
that while they could tell the general Ill
rection from which the bullets came, they
could not guess at the spot from which
they were fired
'I tried hard to get sight of the
fellow" said Lillard. ''He kept pouring
the lead down on us, and I'll swear there
was not a sign of anything to indicate
from where he was shooting. AS many
shots as he fired would make considerable
| powder smoke IL ordinary cartridges were
used, but never a sign of smoke could i
see.''
az looked around a mighty brief spell, -
said Colonel Chinn, "but there was nothing
for me to look at. so paid attention to
Goebel. That fellow used smokeless pow
der all right enough, and Il guess ne was
pretty wise to do 1t. Somebody might have
| got him If they had known where to look
for him. BY the time we knew where to
look he had gone, and ii was time to look
| somewhere else"
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