The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-31
ASSASSIN'S BULLET
LAYS GOEBEL LOW
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mountaineers who stood in the doorways.
Some of these men held Winchesters in
their hands and presented an aspect 50
generally uninviting that no attempt was
made to search the building and nobody
gained entrance to it for several minutes
after the shooting had been done and the
assassin had ample opportunity 10 escape
That the shooting Of Mr.. G5ebel was
the result of a carefully LAID plan is
without question. The man evho did the
work had evidently taken rs stand at
the window which had previously been
raised in order to allow the rec pass-
age Of the bullet, and waited until his
victim was in full sight before firing
Ever since the influx Of mountainefrs
last week a large number Of then have
been sleeping in the upper part af the
state house. It is not known however
that any of these men did the work g
that they had any knowledge Of the pre-
meditated crime. There has not so far,
been discovered the slightest direct evil
dence pointing to any man, and it is not
likely now that any will ever be found.
The man who fired the shots took pre-
caution to conceal his location by using
smokeless powder cartridges. A score Of
people were where they had full view
Of the side Of the building from which
the firing was done, and all Of them
declare that not sign of smoke was
visible. Both Chinn and Lillard are men
of experience in affairs in which powder
smoke is a more or less prominent fea-
III = .rr
could tell the general direction from
which the bullets came, they could not
guess the spot from which they were
fired
= tried hard to get a sight Of the fell
low" said Lillard. HE kept pouring
lead down at 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 considera-
bic powder smoke If ordinary cartridges
were used, but never u sign of smoke
could 7 see"
ct looked around a. mighty brief SPELL"
said Colonel Chinn, "but there was moth
ing for me 20 look at, so I paid atten-
ton to GoebeI The fellow used smoke
less powder all right, and I guess he was
pretty wise to do it. Somebody might
have go5 him if they had known where
to look for him"
The Republican state officials and men,
bers Of the legislature WITHOUT exception
denounce the shooting in the most I'M
measured terms Governor Taylor imme-
diately caused a small address to be pub
lished in which he declared the affair to
be disgrace and an outrage. and call
ing for the most severe condemnation.
He sent orders at once to Adjutant Gen
eral Collier directing him to take steps
for the preservation Of order General
Collier is a Republican and is opposed to
Mr.. Goebel. He declared the shooting to
be a most cowardly affair and one that
upon every consideration was to be re-
GREETED.
He lost no time in making speeches.
however, and before AIr Goebel had been
Ifetd from the ground to be carried to
the hotel General Collier had telephoned
10 the armory, a half-mile distant, di-
reeting the local infantry company. which
was stationed there under command Of
Captain Walcott, to proceed at once to
the capitol grounds, take possession of
them and the approaches, allowing no
body to enter the gates. Twenty minutes
after the shooting Captain Walcott and
his men marched across the front of the
capitol building and halted at the foot of
the steps. Orders were issued to outside
companies throughout the state to make
ready at once to come to Frankfort rha
entire state guard being called into serv-
Ice. 1t was feared that the news Of the
shooting would so infame the Democrats
that they would come into Frankfort in
swarns, while the mountaineers would
lose no time in coming to the capitaI for
the purpose Of unfolding their party prin-
ciples
1t makes no difference to me" said
General Collier, who starts ANYTHING.
We will preserve order on both sides -
The. excitement among the followers Of
Mr.. Goebel was great and for short
time Immediately following the shooting
there was more than a, possibility that
some of the hot heads would seek ven
geance upon their political enemies
Threats We're made against Republican
leaders and attorneys during the excite
ment, but the leading Democratic mem
bers Of the house and senate soon
brought them 20 calmer talk.
As the news spread through the streets
that GOebel had been shot. men bepsp
10 pour toward the capitol grounds fror,
all sides. one throng being led by two
hremen one Of whom carried Il Wi-icbes-
ter rife. which the other finally ore-
vailed upon him TO lay aside
shooting ARRAY occurred in a saloon
about this time. Craig ireland. Il sport
ing man, fatally wounding Ike Williams.
= negro. The men were in an alterca-
ton when Williams struck Ireland. who