The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-15
THE KENTUCKY FUGITIVE BECOM-
ING A BURDEN ON THE INDI-
ANA REPUBLICANS
GOV. DURBIN MAY YIELD HIM
SENATOR DEBOE IN WASHINGTON
TO APPEAL TO NFKINLEY
FOR AID
SAYS HE CANNOT GET JUSTICE
Testimony of Former Gov. Bradley
Has Had Its ERect-Why
Ripley Is Being
Tried.

CHICAGO. April 14-A Washingt n
special to the Chronicle says:
Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, wko arriv-
ed unexpectedly last night. has Great ed
panic among the Republican colony
from the blue gcass state by giving cur
Tency to story to the effect that Gov.
Durbin, of Indiana, vii honor requ 81
tlon from Gov Beckham, Of Kentucky,
Tor w. S. Taylor, who is charged with
completely In the murder of the late Gov.
Goebel. Senator Deboe's mission to
Washington is to interest influential Re
publican leaders in behalf OF Taylor by
persuading them to urge Gov Dur0in not
to give up the fugitive to the Kentucky
authorities
Word has reached Louisvil'2 from In
dianapOlis that Gov. Durbin will not as
sumo the responsibility for saving Taylor
from arrest and prosecution if the au-
thorities of Kentucky are prepared to
back up their claims for the return of the
pSeudo-governor to that state with
affidavits and new testimony that will
prove his connection with the conspirac V
which ended in the murder of Gov Goe-
bel. Senator Deboe, who has been a
steadfast adherent of Taylor and defend
ed him on the stump as well as in pri-
vate, approaching the gravity of the new
danger to which his friend was exposed
by the testimony of eX-Gov. Bradley and
other witnesses who have appeared re-
Gently in the trial at Frankfort, came to
Washington to seek assistance from the
only men who are likely to have inf1u-
ence Of sufficient weight to cause Gov
Durbin to follow the example of his pre-
deceSSor, the late Gov. Mount, in refus-
ing to give uo Taylor.
Gov. Durbin's old-time associa ton with
the leaders of the National Republican
committee and his close relations with
the White house as a result of the con-
spicuous part he played in the first cleo
tion of President Mckinley are believed
by Kentuckians who are desirous of saw
ing Taylor from eXtradition to be the only
channel through which an appeal to the
governor of Indiana can be made effec-
tive.
WILL APPEAL TO MKINLEY.
Deboe will see both President Mckinley
and Senator Hanna at the ea-lest oppoA-
tunity and urge them to use their in
fluence with Gov Durbin to save Taylor,
upon the ground that 1t will be imrossi-
BILE for Taylor to secure justice at the
hands of any jury selected under the
present political regime in the blue grass
state. If surface indications count for
anything Senator Deboes mission is not
likely to be altogether successful.
those of Indiana, are tired of the Taylor
business They have lost faith in the
man; they do not like the way he has
acted, and their impressions about his
culpability have undergone radical re-
vision since ex-Gov. Bradley testified for
the state early in the present week. It
is known in Washington also that Tay-
lor has come to be regarded as an un-
necessary burden upon the Republican
organization of Indiana, and that to
carry him any farther would involve Sc
rious consequences to the party in that
state.
Senator Deboe saw Commissioner of
Internal Revenue John w. Yerkes to-
night. Mr.. Yerkes, it will be recalled,
delivered a glowing eulogy of Taylor at
the Philadelphia convention last summer.
He will be expected to assist Deboe in the
senator's efforts to save the pseudo-gov-
ernor.
READY TO GIVE UP FUGITIVES.
A Frankfort, Ky, special says it is
known through the attorneys for the
commonwealth that Immediately after
the trial of Capt. Garnett Ripley, Gov
BeclIham will make 1equisition upon
Gov. Durbin, Of Indiana, for ex-Gov
w S. Taylor and eX-Secretary of State
Charles Finley, fugitives from Kentucky
who are charged with the murder OF
GOV. w 1llld1n NIO6DSl. BOCn men are now
in Indianapolis. Republican leaders here
including eX-Gov. Bradley himself, have
information that Gov. Durbin will honor
the requisition for Taylor and Finley
end will deliver them over to the Ken
lucky authorities to be tried. Gov Mount
declined to honor the requisition on the
ground that excitement was so high in
Kentucky and prejudices existed against
the men to such an extent that a fail
fri0 VaO4I I1O
1T is claimed, cannot have that excuse
According to the information of Repub-
HcanS here Senator Fairbanks and Other
advisers Of Gov Durbin have told him
that he could do nothing but honor the
requisition Of Gov. Beckham, and the In.
diana executive is said to have deter
mined to take this course.
WILL NOT LET THEM ESCAPE.
In order to prevent the escape Of Tay.
lor and Finley from Indiana the broth
ers of the dead governor and others con-
nected with the prosecution have taken
steps which will put them constantly In
touch with the two fugitives. The gov.
ernor has deferred action, awaiting the
opinion of the court Of appeals, which
sustained the legality of the indictments
returned against Taylor and Finley
While Capt. Ripley may be convicted
the object in trying him was not sc
much to punish him as to get from the
lips of ex-Gov. Bradley and ex-Chief
Justice Yost the conversation which
Taylor had with Ripley in which he told
him ito bring his military organization
to Frankfort as quickly as possible" and
that Goebel would not be living in TWEEN.
ty-four hours"
BRADLEY'S TESTIMONY.
The effect Of Mr.. Bradley's TESTIMONY
has been wide-reaching in Indiana and ir
Kentucky. Gov. Bradley had never tax
en- the witness stand in any of the pre-
vious trials. Republicans who were Tay.
lor's stanch friends at first now doubt
him and say he should face his accusers
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