Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
WARRANT FOR TAYLOR.
Paper Is Issued By Judge CantrilI
For Arrest Of Kentucky
Ex-Governor.

The issuance Of bench warrant OF
Frankfort, Ky, Friday, by Judge
Cantril was the first official notice
that an indictment had been returned
naming Former Governor Taylor as
an accessory to the murder OF William
Goebel. 1t had been rumored for
weeks that the indictment had been
returned, but that the officials refused
to either confirm or deny it. The in
die meat was fled and entered on re-.
cord April 10th. It reads as follows:
The grand jury Of the county Of
Franklin in the name and ny au.
thority OF the commonwealth Of Ken
tucky accuses William $. Taylor, OF
this commonwealth, Of being acces.
sorry before TIE fact to the willful muir.
der Of William Goebel, committed as
follows. viz The said William s.
Taylor in the said county Of Franklin,
on the 90th day Of January, A. D.,
1900, and before the finding Of this
indictment, unlawfully, willfully and
feloniously of his malice aforethought
and with intent to bring about the
death and procure the murder of Will
liam Goebel. did conspire with Caleb
Powers, F. W. Golden. John l..
Powers, John Davis, Henry Yout-
sey, Charles Finley, W. II. Gull
ton, John Howard, Berry How
ard, Harlan Whitaker, Richard
Combs and others to this grand
jury unknown, aud did coun.
sci, advise, encourage, aid aud pro-
cure Henry Youtsey, James Howard,
Berry Howard, Harlan Whitaker,
Richard Combs and other persons to
this grand jury unknown, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously aud OF their NAL
ice aforethought, to kill and murder
William Goebel, which one OF the last
five named persons or another person
acting with them, but who is to this
grand jury unknown, rs aforesaid
then and there, thereunto by the said
w. 8. Taylor before the fact commit
ted, advised, encouraged, aided and
procured, did by shooting and wound
ing the said Goebel with a gun or pis-
toll, loaded with powder or other ex-
plosive and lesden and steel ball or
other hard substances, aud from which
said shooting and wounding the said
Goebel died on the Sd day OF February,
1900, but which OF said last above
mentioned persons as aforesaid, actu
ally fred the shot that killed the said
Goebel is to this grand jury unknown,
against the peace and dignity Of the
commonwealth OF Kentucky"
The bench warrant commands the
sheriff or other arresting officer to ar
rest William 8. Taylor and deliver
him 10 the taller OF franklin county.
On the back Of the indictment about
fifty persons are named rs witnesses
for the commonwealth. The bench
warrant was placed in the hands OF
Deputy Sheriff John Suter, who is act
ing In the absence Of the sheriff, who
10 at Hot Springs. When asked what
he would do with the warrant he said:
"What can / do with IL? would
serve il il / could, and / could do IL II
Governor Mount Of Indiana would
help me, but from all reports guess
he will not do it,"
Governor Beckham Friday afternoon
issued IN order mastering out ten
companies OF the state guard. All ex.
cept two Of them are located in noun.
tain towns and were among those mus
tered into service during the political
excitement just before and immedi-
ately following the state election last
fall.