Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-02-03

up TO his room on the second floor. Drs.
Hume, Toban, Mccormack and COL Chinn
examined the wound and found the ball
had entered the right side, just a little TO the
right of the nipple, ranged downward, com.
ing out on the left side about three inches
from the spinal cord. The wound was prop
erly dressed, and the usual stimulants were
administered.
Charles N. Noonan, of this city, who was
standing across the street from the State
House yard, said 81 saw Goebel and Chinn
go in the gate, and had heard 80 many ru.
mers about Goebe being killed, l concluded
TO watch them. l was looking right Goe.
bel when the first shot was fired. saw him
grab his right side, turn half way round and
fall or sink 10 the ground. After he fell the
other shots were fred, but don't know
how many. / looked everywhere about the
buildings and up at the windows, but saw
no one shooting nor any smoke.
"They must have had smokeless powder
ran into the yard at once and passed on
by where Goebel was lying, ran up the steps
into the Executive Building and down the
hall as far as the door leading into the Gov
ernor's office, but saw no one leave the
building then. turned back and came TO
the top OF the steps leading down into the
yard. | stood there moment, and hearing
noise behind me, l turned and saw five men
leaving the building at the other end of the
hall. l don't know where they had come
from, but they seemed TO be in hurry.
am sure the shots were fired from Win
chester rife"
On Wednesday William Goebel was dc
clared Governor of Kentucky Democratic
quorum Of the Legislature assembled in
joint session 10 a room in the Capitol Hotel
at Frankfort
Within 30 minutes after the adoption of
the Contest Committees majority report the
oath of office was administered TO the almost
dying man as he lay upon his bed. Chief
Justice Hazelrigg administered the oath in
the presence of the officials OF the Legisla.
ture. Goebe thanked his friends in feeble
tones.
j G. w. Beckham was also installed by
the vote of the legislative quorum and is
now declared TO be Lieutenant Governor of
the State.
These acts were accomplished after q day
of anxiety on the part of the Goebelite leg
Islators, who had been lodging bayonets
and evading arrest. Warrants were issued
for them to. be used in case they attempted TO
assemble, but they managed to outwit Ad
jutant- General Collier, the troops and Gov.
w. S. Taylor, all of whom used every effort
to prevent meeting.
Alta late hour w ednesday night Governor
Goebel was still living.
Senator-elect Blackburn, of Kentucky,
who was one of the first in Washington to
receive word of the shooting of Mr.. Goebel,
made the following statement:
"The assassination Of Goetel has been
predicted for months, so that it would hardly
be correct TO say that II was altogether IN
expected. The reorganization of the militia
of the State by Bradley during the latter
part of his administration, placing the mill
tary affairs of the State upon substantially
a Republican partisan basis; the importa
ton OF armed rgtllans from the mountains
into Frankfort "itniu the last few days;
their fndelensible conduct while In the CAPT
tai city, coupled with threats Of resort to
violence-all pointed to elimination like
this.
"Whether significant or not, it is pecu
liarly unfortunate that the shots of the as
sassin should have been fired from the build
ing exclusively occupied by Gov. Taylor
and other Republican officials. Unless the
can be identified the public will
naturally conclude that the shooting was
prearranged and the building filled with
those who would protect the perpetrator
from Identification"