Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-02-04
YOUTSEY ON GOEBEL PLOT
Says Howard Fired tho Sho. ard
Taylor Planned 1t.
Il Lie. Asserts the Former Goy.rnor ot
kentuciSy-Tmc Details ortho
alleged Confession.

Frankfort Ky. James l.. Toward.
OF Clay County. fired the shot that
Killed William GorbcI." said Henry r..
IoutS2A. serving Il life sentence IN The
Kentucky praitontiarv. in his confpS-
sion aS to his knowledge OF tho con-
Spiracy which terminated in tho assas-
Sination. pending HE contest for Tho
Governor~hip. on January 80. 1900.
NoutScy says that he and Howard
We're the only persons in the n.ivai,
office of the Secretary n STATE thai
the blinds were pulled down aud that
he pointed Goehel out lis he came
through the State House gate with
Jack Chim and Eph Lillavd. lie
names William s Tav!or. Governor.
charles Finley. Caicb Powers. john L.
Powers. William II. Cultcn. Wharton
Golden amd w. Z Davidson - corisnir-
atorS with him. lie saws that Willie
others had guilty knowledge these ncn
conSpircd With him and aided and
ab2ttcd and advised Guchels death.
ON January -. after "Tallow Dick
Combs and Mason HockcrSmith. ne
groves. notified IoutScv that thcv wer.
moi willing 60 do the shooting, YoutSev
SAYS acting Governor Tnylor dictated
.otter 10 Jim Howard The letter
was written hy Yuuts2v and contained
instructions from 1avlor for Howard
so come to Frankfort at once: that his
pardon FOR the murder uf George Enkpr
awaited him.
Tho letter instructed Howard tn re-
port 10 Henry T. Youtsey. i'll the stat.
Auditors office. AMI To present tho lSs
ter 10 ioutscy. YoutScy. it said. would
acquaint him with the steps necessary
80 he taken 60 procure the pardon
!aylor had told NnutSev that ''hy Cod
Howard wIs the man" He had been
IN Frankfort after Il pardon and could
''scttlc the contest by killing Goebcl-
Howard arrived on the morning Of
January 80 and Youtscy says he pre-
scntcd the letter signed by Tnylor to
him at once. NoutScv told Howard
that il had been decided that the only
way To win the contest for the Govern.
orship was to kill GoPhel and that ir
he would do the killing Taylor would
not only pardon him for the murder OF
Baker. hui also FOR the murder of Coo
bel and would give him $1,000 besides
Youtscy explained the plan to Howard
Ia Kill Goebcl from the Secretary Of
States office. ana Howard agreed 10
do 1t. EoutSey says he left Howard i'm
the hall of the Executive Building and
reported the plan 10 Taylor in the ex
ecutivc office.
Noutsey had procured the key from
w. j. Davidson earlier i'm the morning.
and according To IN arrangement the
night before the office was to he left
unoccupicd. Howard examined the
three guns left IN The Secretary OF
States office. weighed them with great
y MI Inn. l.. \
selected he Marlin rifle with the steel
smokclcSS powder bullets which Yout-
sey had borrowed from Grant Roberts
Howard laid two pistols on the win
dow SllS and said:
Il Will shoot these after Kill Goehel
and p9Onlc will think there are several
in here
Howard kncrlcd and sighted GocbcI
rs he walked along and fired GocheI
fell mortally wounded and Howard
fired four shots with the pistols YouI-
scy ran from the Office 10 the executive
office. going around through tho base
ment. aud told Taylor Howard had
killed Gochcl. Taylor was greatly ex-
ciied. but WAS glad Howard had done
his work. soon Howard came in the
Governors office aud Taylor told hiia
il was no place for him Howard left
Taylor delivered the $1,000. which had
been collected by the Republican com
niitee for the contest To Youtscy. and
he paid it to Howard
Indianapolis Ind.-Whcn w &. Tay-
lor former Governor Of Kentucky
read the alleged confession of Henry
ioutsey in which the latter charges
him with conspiracy to murder Sena-
tor Goebel. he said: This alleged con
fession. so far as it attempts 10 connect
me with the crime. and so far a< nv
Knowledge extends. is absolutely
false"