Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-02

AL KENTUCKY IN ARMS INNS

announce that the chances have turned
very much against the wounded man
and the probability was that he wouh
die before nlorning. -
HE has internal hemorrhages, said
DR.. Hume, one of the physicians, 'taad
we are unable to stop them. Unless
we can do so his death is question Of q
very short time. We have taken from
him over pint Of blood and there are
symptoms of the gravest character.
There is hardly IL chance that he can
live through the night and practically
none that he will recover
THE SHOOTING OF GOEBE |.
Bullet Was Fired From u Window of the
Capitol Building. y ! :,
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 31.-Se4ator
William Goebel was shot and very Sc
riously injured at 11:10 a. NJ, while
passing through the state house yard on
his way to the capitol building. " +"
The shots were fired from Il rifle, only
one Of them taking effect. 1t struck
Mr.. Goebel in the right side, one-third
of the distance down from the armpit' to
the hip. The ball passed entirely
through the body, coming out below the
right shoulder blade. It is thought by
the physicians in charge that the wound
will not prove fatal unless complications
set in. Har]and Whitaker, farmer
from Butler county, is under arrest
charged with having fred the shots, bat
he denies that he had anything to do
with it. Three revolvers We're found
tody.
Mr.. Goebel, in company with Colonel
Jack Chinn and Warden Eph Lillard Of
the Frankfort penitentiary, was walk
ing up the sidewalk leading from the
streey Ito the capitol building, GSebel
being on the right, of tho three: When
the three men were two-thirds at the
distance from the street to the capitol a
shot was sret,. ,frola the third story of
the building, occupied by the offices Of
the governor. secretary Of state and
other Leading officials of the state The
bad struck Mr.. Goebel i'll the side and
he instantly dropped to the pavement.
Ohinn and Li]lnrd instantly seized him,
Chirn saying as he did SO:
II guess they have got you, Goebel. "
t Eyes, replied the wounded man, II
guess they have got me for sure
Republicans Den"uncc tho Crime.
The Republican state officials and
members Of the Legislature, without ex'
ception, denounced the shooting in the
most rl1lmeasured terms. Governor
Taylor Immediately caused a small adj
dress to be published in which he lie.
clared the affair. to be a disgrace and oil
outrage and calling for the most sober
condemnation. He sent orders a. once
to Adjutant General Collier, directing
him to ti..::ze steps for the preservation Of
order. -
Twenty minutes after the shooting
the local militia company were Oh guard
at the capitol and orders had been is
sued to outside companies throughout
the state to make ready at once to come
to Frankfort, the entire state guard be-
ing called into service. 1t was feared
that the news of the shooting would SO
infa1ne the Democrats that they would
come to Frankfort in swarnls, while the
mountaineers would lose no time in
coming to the capital for the, purpose Of
unfolding theirapar principles.
Few people believe that Whitaker is
guilty Of the crime, but the fact that he
was hastily leaving the building from
witch the shooting was done was
enought to make trouble sor him.
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