The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-31

grabbed me. and that is all know, and
that's fact
Few people believe that Whitaker is
guilty: but the fact that he was hastily
leaving the building from which the
shooting was done was enough to make
trouble for him.
HIS Story Confirmed.
THAT man Davis" to whom Whitaker
referred, is Col. John Davis, the custodian
of the capitol grounds. His story agrees
with that of Whitaker.
II was just outside of Gov. Taylor's Of
fice.' said Col. Davis, when heard the
shots and heard Gov. Taylor say: My
God. what have they done? He called
to me at once to go over to the Office OF
Adjt. Gen. Collier, and Whitaker went
along. l am positive that he could not
have done the shooting. We were at the
door of the building In too short a time
for that"
Why the Building Was Not Searched.
As soon as 1t was known that the bullet
which struck down Mr.. Goebel had come
from the building to the east q group Of
men gathered in front of the door on the
east side. Others ra,i around to the door
on the west side to prevent the escape
tempted to enter the doors from the out
side. but were prevented by groups of
mountaineers who stood In the doorways.
Some of these men held Winchesters in
their hands and presented an aspec. so
generally uninviting that no attempt was
made to search the building. and nobody
gained entrance to 1t for several minutes
after the shooting had been done, and the
assassin had ample opportunity to escape.
Plan Was Carefully Laid.
That the shooting Of Mr.. Goebel was the
result of carefully laid plan is without
question. The man who did the work had
evidently taken his stand at the window,
which had previously been raised in order
to allow the free passage of the bullet. and
waited until his victim was In full sight
before firing.
building Full Of Mountaineers.
Ever since the influx OF mountaineers
last week a large number of them have
been sleeping In the upper part of the slate
house. 1t is not known, however, that any
of these men did the work or that they
had any knowledge Of the premedi.ated
crime. There has not. so far, been dis
covered the slightest evidence pointing to
any man, and 1t is not likely now that
any will ever be found.
Smokeless Powder Used.
The man who fired the shots took the 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 feature, and both declare
that while they could tell the general di-
rection from which the bullets came, they
could not guess the spot from which they
were fred.
Could Not See where Shots Came.
"I tried hard to get q sight OF the fell
low," said Lilard. "IIe kept pouring the
lead down at us, and I'll swear there was
not sign of anything to indicate from
where he was shooting. As many shots
as he fired would make considerable
powder sruoke II ordinary cartridges were
used, but never a sign of smoke could l
see."
II looked around mighty brief SPELL"
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