Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-02
THE SITUATION IN KENTUCKY

Governor Taylor's counsel had con-
ference with Goebel's lawyers and
friends yesterday evening and pro-
posed that the case of the two Govern
ors be submitted to the State Court OF
Appeals, with the right to carry it 10
the Supreme Court ofthe United States.
The Goebel men rejected tbs PROPOSE
ton, being unwilling to let the matter
10 beyond the State courts.
The president of q bank which is
depository for Kentucky State fur .ds
refused to honor vouchers signe/, b,
Governor Taylor, aud the W. .rden OF
he pententiary refused to release 3
convict whom Governor raylor had
pardoned.
The militia still Guard the Capitol
grounds and buildir x, with instructions
TO receive no o'.ders from Governor
Goebel.
Taylor M > sent telegram to Presi-
Gene McT .lnley declaring that he was
uouoO al OF his power TO control the sit
uap ID, and asking that the President
r. cognIze him as Governor. Taylor re-
ci es at length the situation III KeL =
lucky; declares that be considers him
self the legally elected txecutive Of the
State, aud asserts ,nat the condition o,
affairs at the present time is most critl-
cal. He says that riot may occur al
any time, which will cause much blood
shed. There is said 10 Do some reason
to believe that specific request for the
immediate presence of federal troops II
not made. No action OF any kind mas
been taken on Tsylor's memorial. To-
day is the regular day for the cabinet
meeting, and the session will he 0p-
perfume for consid GRAFTON by the Pres
ident and his advisers OF the course for
| the administration to take. The mat
ter will De handled very carefully By
the latter. Action by the federal gov
| eminent at this time might further III
Droil rather than smooth the troubles
now existing in Kentucky.
Louisville police are almost certain
they have the key to the plot to assassi
| nate Senator GoebeI. James L. Sutton
who was arrested w sdnesday suspect ed
of lunacy, is rational now, and ne te lls
a straight story. He says there was n
preconceived plot, and Lnat the origiDh-
tor OF il was an ex-ofticial of the State.
He says this official arranged with hire.
men to do the shooting, and showed
them the room in tire third floor OF the
executive building, from which the
shooting occurred. He says this official
told the men the hour when Goebel
would pass the window TO 60 TO the
Senate chamber. Sutton is strongly
suspected of bei0g one of the men VINO
took part in the plot. The suspicious
were based op the fact that SUIT on r
description was not unlike that OF one
of the alleged culprits, and that he ar
rived at Louisville on the first train Ouc
Of Frankfort on the evening OF the
shooting. Sutton talked loudly to him =
self 10 mis- Dom at the Victoria, auC
was heard to exclaim: II am not the
man who k illed Goebel, but | know
who did," He leaped from window
to esca pc arrest, but was caught after u
short run. The fall did not seriously
iojure him. Sutton is sheriff of Whit
ley county. He was 10 Frankfort lie
admits, the day of the attempted asas-
nation He says he went to Louisville
that night TO transact some business,
tut got out with som g men and was
drugged. II 9 pretended to know moth
ing of bis rawlings.