Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-01
'COEBEL IS
SHOT DOWN
Kentucky semocratic Leader
seriousl Hurt in Frank
fort IS Morning.
ASSAM Is UNKNOWN
Five Shots Were Fired From Second
Storysof a Esuiidin. Dust East of
Gapitol-Goebel Foil rsan-
ly Wounded

ly Wounded.
Frankfort. Nv. Ia, 9o--Gsy As
sociated EfSss.j -so,s.. :, Gaebel
was shot and seriel! +, ,y,u@sdes! 1t
II o'clock this ,n,g;tng. The
shooting was done by man at
present unknown Goebei was
E walking up the sidewalk leading
to the senate chamber when a man
in the second story of the build
ing Immediately to the east of the
3 capitol fired upon him. Five shots
were fired and Goebel fell,seriously
wounded. He was at once car
ried to the Capitol hotel. The
widest excitement was Instantly
created. Within ten minutes after
Goebel had been shot the streets
were filled with men CARRYING ri
lies and revo1vers. A guard was
instantly thrown around the build
4 ing from which ahe shots were
fired to prevent the escape of the
assassin. A force of men dashed
into the building and up to the
room from which the shots were
tired but could find no one. The
guard was redoubled and Adiutant
General Collier, an ardent political
opponent of Goebsl, took charge
of il, leading the work of finding
the man who fired the shot.
Wild Excitement Prevails
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 3o.-(By Associ-
tted Press. 1.-The widest excitement
prevails all over the rowi,. ''They have
nssassinated Goebel!" was shouted in.
Ito. the door of the house of sreprescn.
tatives an instant after the shot rang
out, and members rushed pel!-mell owe!
one another down the steps to the from
OF the building, coatless ard hatless
In five minutes hundreds poured into
the state house yard, and it looked az
il a riot would result Cooler head
advised the surrounding of the build
ing from which the shots came, and ir
less than three minutes fifty specia.
police surrounded it and detail be.
gan search of the interior for the
assassin.
Was Rife Bullet.
Frankfort, KY, Jan. 3o.-(By Associ-
ated Press. 1.-The ball that struck Goe-
bel was fired from a Winchester rifle.
The man who fired it is said to have
been a big, raw-boned individual in a
long brown overcoat and dirty white
hat.
pect Arrested.
Harland Whitaker, of Butler county,
Governor Taylor's home, was arrested
few minutes after the shooting 1ry-
ing to escape from the building in
which the shots We're fired. Three pis-
tolls, none of which had been fred.
were found on him. He loudly pro-
tested his innocence, declaring he was
a democrat and not republican,. The
mob threatened to lynch him, but a
heavy guard of police escorted him to
Jail. 5ag
Militia on Guard.
4 AS soon as the fact of the shooting
was learned at the armory of the mi
itia on duty here, they rushed out at
a double quick to the state house and
posted guards at all entrances, allow
ing no one to pass in.
The republican officials have taken
all measures to preserve order and
bring the assassin to justice. There
was talk for time of arresting every
body in the building, including Cover
nor Taylor, but it was not supposed
for a moment that he or any other Of
fcials had any knowledge of the out
rage.
sorrow at Washington.
Washington, Jan. 3o.-(By Associated
s Press 1.-The cabinet was in session
when the news was received of the
shooting of Goebel The president ex-
pressed sorrow, and characterized it as
q great calamity. The news was re-
ceived at the capitol with great re-
greet.
A Negro Shot.
frankfort, Jan. 3O.-By Associated
Z Press. )-Shortly after the shooting of
Goebel, Ike Williams. colored man,
was shot, it is Thought fatally. Craig
Ireland, of Louisville, white, did the
shooting. In the rush to get to the
state house Ireland and Williams col
lided. The negro struck Ireland who
pulled his pistol and fired. He was
locked up.
Bryan Shocked.
Boston, Jan. 3O.-(By Associated
Press bryan, when informed of the
Goebel shooting, expressed himself as
greatly shocked. He hoped no fur.
ther bloodshed would result.
NO CHANCE FOR GoEBEL.
Hardly Possibility That He Will Re.
cover From His Wound.
Frankfort, Jan. 31.-(By Associ-
ated Press. )-It is not expected
that Goebel will live thruout the