The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-21
MUCH MYSTERY is KEPT UP
Golden's ALE led Confess on Being
Held for the Trial

LOUISVILLE, KY, March @-The stories
growing out Of the conference between
Sergeant z. Wharton Golden, Of the Bar
boursvilIs company of state militia, and
the attorneys who are managing the in
vestisation Of the assassination Of Gov
ernor Goebel, have caused a sensation
/ throughout the state. Golden will be
I placed on the stand by the prosecution in
the trial Of the persons already arrested
/ for alleged completely in the assassina-
/ ton, but Information as to the exact na-
/ ture Of the testimony he is expected to
( give is lacking. Attorneys Campbell and
| Polsgrove naturally decline TO discuss the
matter. and Golden will say nothing
| Specials from Winchester say Golden is
still at that place in company with his
/ attorney. The two spend most Of the
time at the hotels. They see all callers
however, and talk freely on all subjects
except that Of Golden's reported confess
sion
Il will do all can for my friends all
the time" Golden is reported as saying.
but must be true TO myself When the
time comes, I will tell all I know. What
ever else may be said about me, I do not
think L can be accused of being a liar,
coward or a Democrat, and want it dis
tinctly understood that 1 am not here
under guard
The story is published that Golden has
divulged to the attorneys the name of the
man who fired the shots that killed Gov
ernor Goebel. The person mentioned is a
mulatto, who formerly lived at Winches-
ter was prominent in the French Ever
sole feud and is known as a dead shot
This man is now supposed to be in the
wilds Of one of the mountain counties
Evidence that he was in Frankfort at the
time of the assassination was found
among papers taken from w H. CouIton.
a clerk in the auditors office, when the
latter was arrested week or two ago,
on warrant charging him with being
an accessory 10 the murder. Among
these papers were receipts for board bills
amounting to about $500 incurred bv
eighteen men who were in Frankfort for
some time before and at the time Cover
nor Goebel was shot In one of these re-
ceopts the name Of the mulatto is given.
The receipt in this case is for money re-
ceived from John Perkins by Bettina Pitt
man. for the board of three men. Per-
kins IS porter about the state house.
Lexington, KY, March 20.-Sergeant F.
Wharton Golden, the man alleged to have
made discriminating statements in the
GOebel murder, arrived here in company
with his attorney, Smith Hayes, tonight
They came from Winchester Their
movements have been kept in the dark
and their presence was not known until
several hours after their arrival They
did not register at the Phoenix hotel
but it is said Golden went through the
rear door Of the Phoenix and subsequent
" to his room in the hotel. Another and
the most probable story is that they were
met by a carriage and driven to the home
Of a GoebeI Democrat in the north end Of
the city. As the hotel clerk knew moth
ing Of their arrival, efforts TO find Col
den proved futile. Many rumors are fly
ing. One is that he is trying to get away
from GoebeI influence. but is closely /
watched. 1t is improbable that he has /
given them the slip. Another rumor IS /
that he is here for further conference /
with Goebel attorneys tomorrow.