The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-31

premedltatcd crime. There has not, 50
far, been discovered the slightest direct
evidence pointing TO any man, and it
Is not likely now that any VIII ever. be
found.
The man who fired the shots took the
precautlon to conceal Ills location by
using smokeless powder cartridges, A
score Of people were where they had
full view OF the side OF the building
from where the hrlng was done, and all
of them declare that not a sign Of pow
der smoke was visible Both chinn
and Llllari are men OF experience In
affairs In which powder smoke Is a
more OF ieas prominent feature. and
both declare that while they could tell
the general direction from which the
bullets came they could not guess the
spot from which they were fired.
II tried bard to get sight Of the
fellow" said Llllard. 'He kept pour
ing the lead down at US. and will
swear there was not a Sign Of anything
to Indicate from where he was shoot
ing. AS many shots as he fired would
make considerable powder smoke lf or
dlnary cartridges were used, but never
sign of smoke could see"
"I looked around mighty brief
spell" said Col. chinn, "but there was
nothing for me to look at, so paid at
tention to Goebel. The fellow used
smokeless powder all right enough, and
1 guess he was pretty wise to do 1t.
Somebody might have got him II they
had known where to look for him. By
the time we knew where to look he had
gone, and it WAS time to look some
where else"
The Republican state officials and
members of the legislature, without ex-
ceptIon, denounced the shooting in the
most unmeasured terms
Gov. Taylor Immediately caused a
small address to be published. in which
he declared the affair to be disgrace
and an outrage, and calling for the
most sober condemnation. He sent
orders at once TO Adjutant General
Collier, directing him to take steps for
the preservation of order Adjutant
General Collier is u Republican and is
opposed to Mr.. Goebei, He declared the
shooting TO be u most cowardly affair
and one that upon every consideration
was to be regretted. He lost no time IN
making speeches, however and before
Goebei had been lifted from the ground
to be carried to the hotel Adjutant
General Collier had gone to the armory,
halt mlle distant. directing the local
infantry company, which was stationed
there under command of Capt. wal
colt, to proceed at once to the capitol
grounds, take possession OF them and
the approaches. allowing nobody to en-
ter the gates. Twenty minutes after
the shooting Capt. 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 COM
panieS throughOut- -tils-etate to mike
ready at once TO come to Frankfort,
the entire state guard being called into
service. It was feared that the news
Of the shouting would SO inhame the
Democrats that they would come to
Frankfort in swarms. while the noun
taineers would lose no time in coming
to the capllo: for the purpose of up
holding their party principles.
"It makes no difference to me-" said
Adiutant 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 shoot
ing OF thei. leader there was more than
a possibility that some os the hot heads
would seek vengeance upon their polIt-
Ical enemies. Threats were made
against Republican leaders and attor-
neys during the excitement, but the
leading Democratic members of the
house and senate soon brought them to
cnlmer talk