The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-04

the womens reception room, where. at the
request of several women. wives of legis-
lators, he held brief services. Then the
divine again went to Mr.. GoebePs bedside
departure.
Shortly after o'clock the dying man
was again given oxygen and again slight
| rally resulted, but it was only temporary.
! His respiration gradually grew more la
| bored and rose to fifty-three. while his
pulse dropped to 40. AT 6:lO p. m DR..
Hume left the dying mans bedside and
! reported to the throng of anxious people
In the corridors of the hotel that death
was matter of but few moments time.
The oxygen treatment was used constantly
In desperate effort to keep Mr. Goebel
alive until Justus GoebePs arrival, but no
effort was made to arouse the unconscious
| man.
AS DR.. Hume departed from the room
| the afflicted brother and sister turned to
DR.. Mccormack and requested that they
be left entirely alone with their brother.
| who was fast sinking, and to both physi-
clans apparently in articulo mortis. The
physicians silently withdrew. closed the door
softly behind them, the grief-stricken
brother and sister. Silently they knelt at
his bedside, their eyes fastened upon the
| half open eye of the unconscious man. He
| could give no sign of further recognition,
| and yet he was not absolutely uncon-
scious. Scarcely breathing themselves the
brother and sister bent over the death
| bed, listening to the short gasps of death
and praying that the life might be spared
until their brother Justus from Arizona
| could arrive Their prayers were in vain.
Even as they watched the pulsations be-
came slower and slower. gradually but
steadily growing weaker, and with a
| slight quiver of the eyelids, one breath
| deeper than the rest, pause, a gasp and
| the life that had been battling so vailantly
| against the assassin's bullet since last
| Tuesday morning fiickered out. Death had
claimed it's victim and the brother and Sis
| ter. bowed by sorrow, whose pangs were
| intensified by the knowledge that a few
miles away, hurrying to them. was their
brother Justus, who would arrive too late,
sat down upon the death bed alone with
their dead. Not sound emanated from the
room to apprise the anxious watchers In
the hotel corridor without that Mr. Goe-
bel had passed away. The stricken brother
| and sister were left undisturbed while the
| two physicians outside the door anxiously
| looked at their watches as the minutes
flew by. fearing the truth, yet wondering at
| the long silence.
ARRIVAL OF JUSTUS GOEBEL.
Finally, at 7:2o, the train bearing Justus
Goebel pulled into Frankfort. At the sta
tion to meet him were Trey woodson.
Samuel j. Shackelford and Mayor Rhinoch
| of Covington. They met Mr.. Goebel at the
| car steps. "Is he dead? Tell me, is he
dead?' We're the first words he uttered.
| ''He is not Dead" was the assurance given
| him by the friends, who had no inkling of
| the truth. The party entered a carriage
and five minutes later, at 7:25 o'clock, ar
| rived at the Capital Hotel. With tears
streaming from his eyes Mr.. Goebel was
conducted to the chamber where lay his
brother The rap at the door was an
swered by Arthur Goebel, who silently
| drew his brother within and again closed
bel again opened the door and motioned to
the two physicians. He died at Gas
o'clock. painlessly.' was all he said and
closed the door. There was no excitement
in the corridor. Those who heard the
words of Arthur Goebel were reverently
silent and did not disseminate the intelli-
gence.
Within few moments the following an
nouncement had been prepared and was
silently handed about the hotel and in the
streets:
ITO the People OF Kentucky--It is with
the most profound sorrow that we an
nounce the death Of Governor William
Goebel. In his last moments he counseled
his friends to keep cool and bow to the law
In all things We, his friends and advisers,
beg of the people of Kentucky in this hour
Of affiiction to carefully abstain from any
act Of violence or any resort to mob law
1t would be his wish IL he were alive that
there should be absolutely no stain on his
memory by any imprudent act of any who
were his friends. The law is supreme and
must In time be re-established, and all the
wrongs he and his party have suffered will
find their proper redress
The announcement was signed by ]. c. s.
Blackburn, William s. Pryor. Urey Wood
son, c. M. Lewis. ]. b. McCreary, John X
Hendrick. James Andrew Scott. Lewis Nc
Quown. b. w. Bradburn, S. ]. Shackelford,
c. C. McChord. South Trimble. speaker OF
the House. L. Fl. Carter, speaker pro tenn
of the Senate. This was the first intelli-
gence given the public Of the death of Mr.
Goebel. which had occurred forty-fve min
utes previous.