The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-01

open, no effort having been made to close
1t by the would-be assassin, while not an.
other window in the building was opened
nor were there any places where bullets
had been fired through them.
whitaker was arrested as he came dowr
the steps of the east side of the state Office
building, directly below the windows from
which the shots had been fired.
AS he reached the sidewalk and was has
tening toward the scene of the shooting he
was met by John E. Miles, IS years old
Without hesitation Miles threw himself on
Whitaker, winding his arms around him
and calling for help.
MANY REvOLVERs DRAWN.
1t was right at hand, and in an instant
Whitaker was surrounded by a group OF
men, many of them with drawn revolvers
He made no attempt to escape, knowing
we'll that the slightest attempt to do SO
would have brought a dozen bullets into
his body.
He submitted quietly to a search, which
was quickly made of his clothing, the pro-
ceeds being three revolvers and one big
knife.
quick examination of the revolvers
showed that none of the cartridges 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 addition to this, all those who heard
the shots join in the statement that they
were from a rifle
Whitaker was quickly led away and
placed in the Jail. while a guard was
placed at the outer entrance to keep out
all people who had no direct connection
with the institution.
The prisoner Is man slightly over the
medium size, with sandy hair and NOUS
tach. He was disposed to take things
calmly, although he repeated again and
the shooting.
DENIES THE SHOOTING.
II was on the first floor of the build
ing" he said, when l heard Gov. Taylor
tell that man Davis, the capitol policeman,
to go over at once to see Gen. Collier
Il said l would 60 with him, and that
was where I was going. I wanted to know,
too what the shooting was about When
| stepped outside that man grabbed me and
that's all l know, and that's q fact"
Few people believe 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.
That man Davis" to whom Whitaker
referred, is Col. John Davis, custodian of
the capitol grounds His story agrees with
that of Whitaker.
Il was just outside of Gov. Taylors Of
fce," said COL Davis, when l heard the
shots and heard Gov. Taylor say: MY God
what have they done!
He called to me to at once go over to
the office of Adjt. Gen. Collier, and Whit
taker went along. I am positive he could
not have done the shooting. We were at
the door of the building in too short
time for that
READY FOR MURDER.
AS soon as it was known that the bullet
which struck down Mr.. Goebel had come
from the building to the east, 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 attempted to enter the doors
from the outside, but were prevented by
groups Of mountaineers, who stood in the
dOorways
Some of the men held Winchesters in
their hands and presented an aspect SO
generally uninviting that no attempt was
made to search the building and nobody
gained entrance to it for several minutes
after the shooting, and the assassin had
ample opportunity to escape.
That the shooting Of Mr.. Goebel was the
result OF carefully laid plan is without
question. The man who did the work had
evidently 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.
MOUNTAIN MEN PRESENT..
Ever since the influx of mountaineers last
week a large number Of them have been
Sleeping IN the upper part Of the state
mousse. 1t Is not known, however, that any
OF these men did the work or that they
nao any knowledge OF the premeditated
crime.
There has not. so far. been discovered
the slightest direct evidence pointing to any
man. and 1t Is not likely now that any will
ever be found.
The man who fired the shots took the
precaution to conceal his location by using
'AAAoAoAoes Powuer Carriages. score Of
people were where they had a full view Of
the side OF the building from which the
nring was done. and all of them declares
tnat' not q sign of powder smoke was Wis
ible
Both CHM and Lillard are men Of ex-
perience in affairs in which powder smoke
Is a more or less prominent feature and
both declare that while they could tell the
general direction from which ~. h,,,.
came. they could not guess at the snot
from which they were fired.
Il tried hard to get sight of the fellow. "
SAD Liliard He kept pouring the lead
down at US, and I'll swear there was not
a sign of anything to indicate from where
he was shooting.
NOT A SIGN OF SMOKE.
As many shots q he fred. would max.