The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-31

oTsulI OF carefully laid plan is without
T fN.,,1-ou' Inc man who did the work had
49,, ,''liIlN taken his stand at the window
To- Cii. uaU previously been raised in order
" aHoW me free passage of The hur,t
ana waited unul his victim was in f,,6
sight before firing. q" AN'i
EVER since the influx of ro,,ntai,ee-s
io9l week a large number of them hav,
S, sleeping in the upper part of the
-, 1t IS not known, however. that auv of
80 Iileu uld the work or that they had
any knowledge of the premeditated crime
There has not, so far been discovered n t,=,
sIieIl'est direct evidence pointing to any
nan ni,i ana II is not likely now that any
Will ever be found -S
used SmokeIess Powder.
Inc man who fired the shots took the
preGauton to conceal his location by using
9inoheIess powder cartridges. A score of
people had fun view of the side of the
ougi"lng from which the firing was done.
ana all of them declare that not a sign
OF powder smoke was visible.
bo'h Chlnn and Lillard are men of ex-
Peilehce IN affairs in which powder smoke
Is more or less prominent feature. and
'ney poth declare that while they could
| ven the general direction from which The
pulleis came, they could not guess at the
Spot from which they were fired
fled hard TO get a sight of the fell
low; sad Lillard. He kept pouring the
read down al us, and l will swear there
| was moi sign of anything to Indicate
! from where he was shooting AS many
SuotS as he tred would make considera-
p'e powder smoke if ordinary cartridges
were used but never a sign of smoke could
| l see
looked around a mighty brief spell"
| sdld Col. Chnn, but there was nothing
| Tor me TO look at, so I paid attention TO
Coo bel The fellow used smokeless pow
DER d right enough, and l guess he was
| pretty wise 10 do it. Somebodv,might have
| Sol nm if they had known where he was
! by the time we knew where TO look for
nm he was gone, but it was time to look
! somewhere else"
Military Ordered Out.
The Republican state officials and men,
| pers OF the legislature without exception
! denounced the shooting in the most I'M
/ measured terms. Gov. Taylor immediate
! ~ caused a small address to be published,
declaring the affair to be a disgrace and
an outrage and calling for the most sober
| condemnation. He sent orders at once to
Adjt- Gen. Collier, directing him to take
/ steps for the preservation of order
! Gen. Collier is a Republican and is OPP
| posed to Mr.. Goebel He declared the
| shooting TO be a most cowardly affair, and
! one that upon every consideration was to
be regretted He lost no time in making
| speeches. however, and before Mr. Goebel
| mad been lifted from the ground to be
/ carried to the hotel, Gen. Collier had tele-
/ phoned to the armory, a half mile distant,
/ directing the local infantry company
which was stationed there under command
of Capt Walcott, to proceed Immediately
to the Capitol grounds take possession
! of them and its approaches, allowing no.
| body to enter the gates. Twenty minutes
after the shooting Capt. Waicott and his
men marched across the front of the Cap
itol 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, the entire state
guard being called into service 1t was
feared that the news of the shooting
would so infame the Democrats that they
would come to Frankfort in swarms while
the mountaineers would lose no time In
coming to the capitol for the purpose of
unfolding their party
1T makes no difference to me-" said
Gen Collier, who starts anything, we
will preserve order on both Sides
GoebeIs Friends Excited.
The excitement among the followers of
Mr.. Goebel was great and for a short
time Immediately following the shooting
of their leader there was more than
possibility that some of the hot heads
would seek vengeance upon their politi-
cal enemies. Threats were made against
Republican leaders and attorneys during
the excitement but the leading Democrat
ic members of the House and Senate soon
brought them to calmer talk.
Like wildtire the news spread, and men
began to pour toward the Capitol grounds,
one thronG being led by two firemen one
of whom carried a Winchester rifle, which
the other finally prevailed upon him to lay
aside. A shooting ARRAY occurred in a sa-
loon about this time. Craig Ireland, a
| sporting man, fatally wounding Ike Will
| Jams, a negro. The men were in an alter
cation, when Williams struck Ireland, who
| promptly sent a bullet through the ne
| gros stomach. Ireland was locked up It
was at first thought this was the inau-
| guration of the long-threatened political
| shooting in general all along the line The
affair had nothing to do with the political
situation.
! Senator-elect Blackburn, who was in
| Washington, was informed of the shoot
| ing through the long-distance telephone,
and sent back a message urging the Dem