The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-02-07

Few people believe that Whitaker
is guilty of the crime, but the fact that
he was hastily leaving the building
from which the shooting was done was
enough to make trouble FOR HIM.
Several men attempted to enter the
doors from the outside but were pre-.
vented by groups of mountaineers who
sto ID in the doorway. Some of the e
men held Winches!ers in their hands
and paesented an sp'ct so generally
uninvi'irg that no atte mpt was made
to search the building and nobody
gained entrance to it for several min
utos after the she otirg had been done
and the assassin had ample opportuui-
~ to escape. That the shooting of
Mr.. Goebel was tie result of carefully
laid plan is without question. The
man who did the work had evidently
taken his stand at the windog, 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. There has not, so
far, been discovered the slightest evi.
dence pointing to any man, and il IL
not likely now that airy will ever
be found.
The man who fred the shots took
The procaution to conceal his location
by ueirg smokelcss pow der cartridge s..
A score Of people were where hey had
a full view Of Ire SIDE of the hui ding
from which the 6ring was done aud hll
of them declare hat not sign Of pow
der smoke was visible.
/ news that they were as anxious TO save
/ ala l. h, kn 4 l..
| Republicans could be. Mr.. Edelen then
proposed to submit it the case OF the rival
Governors to the Kentucky court OF
appeals which, he declared, judging by
the action of Judge Hszelrigg in swear
ing in Gov. Goebel, would probably be
decided against Gov. Taylor. He then
wanted the right to submit the matt Ell
to the Unite d States supreme court for
final settlement. The talk was infor
NAL.
Gov. Taylol's orders were ignored
Thursday in two instances. The first
came from President Rodman OF the
Farmers bank, which is State depos.
itory, who declined to honor vouchers
on the bank signed by Governor Tay
Tor until he knew for certain who was
the actual Governor Of Kentucky. He
had asked an opinion from the attor.
ney of the bank, be said, and when il
YVES re 3eived he would act accordingly.
The second was when Governor Tay-
lor isf ued pa. don to Douglass Hayes
a convict in the Frankfort penitentiai y
who is serving a 6ve.year term fol
nsleughter. When the pardon was
sent to Warden L'larJ, be decided that
he could not turn the man loose unit
he was satisfied regarding the legal
status of the governorship.
An attempt was made Thursday
morning by members of the Legisla.
ture at eleven o'clock to hold session.
A dozen members Of the House wen,
to the gates, headed by Representative
Charlton of Louisville, but were refus.
ed admission.
Gov. Goebel passed an unfavorable
day yesterday, although he was fairly
comfortable when night came on. He
has had several sinking spells out Of
which he was brought with some diff
Guilty. He seemed 10 rally less readily
from each successive collapse, but held
his own steadily throughout the after
noon. The doctors as a whole enter,
tain no hopes OF his recovery. A bull
letin cent out from his room at IL sc
Thursday night indicate that he might
die before morning. The action of the
heart was reported much weaker.