The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-04

SlDle. until the arrival OF his brother.
JuStus GOebel, from Arizona, who was
I due shortly after 8 o'clock.
This treatment resulted in an i'm.
PTOvement, but the rally was so slighH
/ and slow that to the weary watchers
/ at the bedside It was apparent that tht
end vas not far off, ana the Rev. DR.
! Taliaferro Of the Methodist church o1
Frankfort was sent for. He came at
once.
Softly entering the death chamber
DR.. TaliaferrO crossed over to where
Mr.. Goebel lay gasping for breath, and
kneeling at the side OF the bed, prayed
earnestly. With tears streaming down
their faces, Mrs. Braunacker and Ar
thur GOebel knelt at the bedside also
Then Dr.. TaliafeTTO arose, and, OPEN
ing his Bible read a few selected verses
from the Epistle to St. James. As the
words Of the apostle were read by tha
divine, the dying man stirred slightly
Quickly leaning over his brother, Ar.
thur Goebel said:
VIII, Dr. Taliaferro is here"
No Response came from the dy9na
man, but as Arthur Goebe4 leaned ove1
him. looking anxiOusiy for some sigr
OF recognition, a look Of intelligence
came into the half closed eyes, and Il
was apparent that Mr.. GoebeI UNDER
stood what was said to him.
EId3S0 GoE OyuS HAD
Shortly after this DR.. Talfaferro left
the room and, descending the stairs
entered the ladies' reception room
where, at the request of several ladies'
wives Of legislators, he held brief serv-
ices. Then the divine again went to
Mr.. GOebeIs bedside, and about five
minutes afterwards took his departure
Shortly after 4 o'clock the dying man
was again given oxygen. and again q
slight rally resulted, but 1t was only
temporary.
At $40 D. m. DR.. Hume left the dyins
mans bedside and reported to tbs
thronss Of anxious watchers IN the cor
ridors Of the hotel that death was q
matter OF but n few moments time,
The oxygen treatment was used con
stantly in a desperate effort to keep
Mr.. GOebel alive until JUstus GOebei';
arrival, but no effort was made Il
arouse the unconscious man.
As Dr. Hume departed from the room
the afflicted brother and sister turned
TO Or. Mccormack and requested that
they be left entirely alone with theie
brother, whose end was fast aDDroseh-
ing.
The physicians silently withdrew
Closed the door softly behind them upor.
the gTief- stricken brother and sister
Silently they knelt at his bedside, theil
eyes fastened upon the half open eye
Ids of the unconscious man, while tn
life that had been battling so valiantly
against the assassin't bullet since las.
Tuesday morning fickered out
Death Comes at Last.
Death claimed its victim, and this
brother and sister, bowed by sorrow
whose pangs were intensified by the
knowledge that a few miles away, bur
rying TO them, was their brother, JUS
tuS, who would arrive too late, sas
down upon the deathbed alone with
their dead. Not a sound emanatec
from the room to aDDrise the anxiOu-
watchers in the hotel corridor withOuS
that Mr.. GOebel had passed away.
The stricken brother and sister were
LETT undisturbed while the two physi-
clans outside the door anxioUsiy look
ed at their watches as the minutes fled
by, fearing the truth yet wondering at
the long silence.
Finally at 7:2O O'Clock the train bear
inEEgJUstus GOebeI pulled into Frank
fOTC. At the station TO meet him were
Urey WOOdson, Samuel J. Shackelford,
clerk Of the court Of appeals and
Mayor RhinOch Of COvingtOn- They
met Mr.. GOebel at the car steps
''Is he dead, tell me, is he dead?"
were the first words he uttered.
He IS not dead" was the assurance
inkling of the truth.
The party entered q carriage and five
minutes later, at T:25 O'Clock. arrived.
at the Capitol hotel With tears
streaming from his eyes, Mr. GOebeI
was conducted to the chamber where
his brother lay. The rap at the door
was answered by Arthur Goebel, who
silently drew his brother within and
again closed the door. Five minutes
later Arthur GOebef again opened the
door and mOtiOned to the two physi-
clans.
Goebel Died Painlessly.
He died at 6:46 o'clock painIessly,"
was all he said, and then closed the
door.
There was no excitement in Tia. cor
TIdor. Those who heard the WORKS Of
Arthur GOebel We're reverently silent
and did not disseminate the intelii-
genCe. Within a few moments the fol-
lowing announcement had been pre-
pared and was silently handed about
the hotel and in the streets:
TO the people of Kentucky: It is
with the most profound sorrow that
We announce the death Of Governor
William GOebel. In his last moments
he cOunseled his friends to keep cool
and bow 10 the law in all things. We,
his friends and advisers. beg Of the
people OF AeDluChEs IN En8S hour or
affection. to carefully abstain from
any act Of violence or any resort to
mob law. 1t would be his wish if he
were alive that there should be abso-
luteiy no stain on his memory by any
imprUdent act Of any who were his
friends. The law is supreme and must
in time be re-established, and ell the
wrongs he ana his party have suffered
viii find their proper redress.
j c. 5. BLACKBURN,
WILLIAM S. PRYOR,
"UREY WOODSON,
&C. j. LEWIS,
- b MCREERY,
JOHN <. HENDRICK,
JAMES ANDREW SCOTT,
LEWIS MQUOWN,
ar. 3. BRADBURN,
IS. j. SHACKELFORD,
&C. D. MCHORD.
SOUTH TRDIBLE,
Speaker Of the House.
Il. II. CARTER
president pro TEN Of Senate
This was the first intelligence given
the public Of the death Of Mr.. Goebel,
which had occurred forty-five minutes
previous
Late this evening It was decided to
hold no formal inquest over the re-
mains This is in compliance with the
wishes Of the friends and family OF the
dead Democratic leader. The coroner
viii accordingly issue a certificate OF