The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-01
SENATOR GOEBEL VICTIM
OF ASSASS|N'S BULLET.
Shot " hile Passing Through State House
Yard at Frankfort
Murderer ConceaIs Himself in the Executive Budng-Lies
in Wait for His Unsuspecting Prev and Uses Rifle

spot where the shooting occurred. F!
Here he was laid on II sofa. while D.. /,
Hume made a hasty examination, |
pronouncing the wound to be OF Il |
nature that must cause death III a
short time. Goebel, who showed
great fortitude and courage through
out. smiled weakly as he heard the
verdict, and feebly rolled his head
from side to side in token of dissent
from the opinion entertained by the
physician.
He was then carried to his room on
the second floor of the Capitol hotel.
and in addition to DR.. Hume, Drs.
Mccormick and Ely We're summoned
to attend him. After a careful exam
ination of the wound the doctor
announced that while exceedingly
dangerous it was not necessarily
fatal unless complications or blood
poisoning should set it. The patient
himself kept up his courage, insisting
again and again that he was not
going to die.
ARMED MoUNTAINEERs ON GUARD.
AS soon as twas known that the
bullet which struck down Mr.. Goebel
had come from the building to the
east. group OF men gathered in
| front of the door on the east side.
| Others ran around to the door OH
| the west side to prevent the escape OF
ANYBODY from there. Several men
| attempted TO enter the doors from
| the outside, but were prevented by
! groups OfmountaineerS who stood IN
/ the doorways Some of these men
held Winchesters in their hands and
presented an aspect so generally un-
| willing that no attempt was made to
search the building and nobody gain
ed entrance to it for several minutes
after the shooting had been done,
and the assassin had ample opportu-
nifty to escape.
That the shooting OF Mr.. Goebel
was the result of a carefully laid plan
is without question. The man who
did the work had evidently taken his
stand at the window which had been
previously raised i'll order to allow
the free passage of the bullet, and
waited until his victim was in full
sight before firing. Ever since the
infiuS OF mountaineers last week, a
large number of them have been
sleeping in the upper part OF the safe
house. 1t is not known. however
that anv OF these men did the work
or that they had any knowledge O
the premeditated crime. There has
not. SO far. been discovered the
slightest direct evidence pointing tC
anv man and it is not likely now thai
any will ever be found.
The man who fired the shots tool
) the precaution to conceal his loca
ton bv using smOkeless powder
, cartridges. A score OF people "er'
where they had a full view OF tn
side of the building from which th'
firing was done and all of them de
clare that not a sign OF smoke wa
) visible. Both Chinn and Lillard ar
, men of experience in affairs In which
powder smoke is a more or less prom
inent feature. and both declare tha
[ while they could tell the general Oh
rection from which the bullets came
they could not guess the spot iron
which they were fired.
Il tried hard to get sight OF tn
; fellow said Lillard. He kept pour
ing the lead down al us, and L Ii swea
, there was not sign OF anything t.
: Indicate from where he was shooting
As many shots as he fired woul!
make considerable powder smoke
ordinary cartridges were used, ou
never a sign of smoke could see:
Il looked around a mighty brle
speu.'' said Col. Chinn, but then
was nothing for me to look at, so
Maid attention TO Goebel- The fellow
used smokeless powder, and CUES
: he was pretty wise to do IT Somt
! BODY might have got him If they ha'
known where to look for him. b,
the time we knew where TO look n
had gone and it was time to iool
I some where else.
: Senator-elect Blackburn, who wa
in Washington. was informed OF tn
! shooting through the long distaIe
l telephone. and sent back messag
1 uroine the democrats TO remain
quiet and take no rash action cf an.
e lsort.