The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-09-27
In Sensational Affidavit OF
Mrs. Lula Clark.
Turner Igo did the Shooting at
Instance of Son of Late
John Sanford.

Richmond, Ind, Sept. 21.-Turner
Igo, of Farmers, Rowan county, KY,
is charged with the killing of Sena-
tor William Goebel, of Kentucky, in
an affidavit by Mrs. Lulu Clark, which
was published exclusively by the Rich
mond, Ind, Evening Item to-day. In
Mrs. Clarks affidavit, which was TAX
en- at indianapolis on April IL, 1907,
in the law office of eX-Gov. w. >!
TAYLOR, of Kentucky, she says her
maiden name was Lulu Williams and
she was born at Rothwell, Menifee,
county. KY, but lived most of her life
and at the time of Goebel's murder her
home was at Mount Sterling, Ky. She
is a niece of Judge Frank Day, OF
Frenchburg, KY, and also OF James
Williams. of the same place. She mas
a cousin named Gertrude King, who
lived at Maysville at the time OF Goe-
bells murder. Miss King was at that
time keeping company with John
Sanford, of Covington, Ky.
Upon the day of Goebels murder the
two girls went 10 Frankfort, Ky.
They started to enter the State House
by the rear entrance and then on the
steps a shot was fired. AT the same
time they noticed a man standing
lust inside the door, whom they recog-
nized as Stanford. In minute a
second man came running out OF the
building dressed like mountaineer,
and carrying a rifle. He ran TO Stan
ford and said 81 go the - ="
That man was recognized by the
affiant as her friend. Turner Igo, OF
Farmers, Rowan county, KY. Both
men ran out of the building to a
fence, where Sanford gave a pair OF
shoes which he was carrying to lgo,
who exchanged his boots for them.
The affiant states that lgo told her
at the Mt. Sterling depot on January
%, 1900, that he was going to kill Goe
bel. and that she saw him afterwards
at Jeffersonville, Ind, and he remind
ed her that he had fulfilled his prom
Use.
She also says that Stanford had
told Gertrude King a few days prior
to Goebel's murder that he intended
to kill Goebel. saying here is my
chance to get revenge. The Legisla-
ture has met"
STANFORD IN FAR EAST.
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 21.-The John
Sanford mentioned in the Richmond
Ind, dispatch is a son of the late At
torney John Sanford, who was killed
by William Goebel during a political
fight in Covington, KY, some years ago
Goebel was acquitted, but young San
ford was MANY times quoted as threat
ening to get even," and has even beer
suspected of the murder ,although d.
rect evidence was lacking. His moth
err. wife of the dead man,is at present
in a sanitarium in Lexington, her mind
having given way after the strain.
Several times she has been quoted as
having declared that her son had KILL
ed Goebel, but owing 10 her mental
condition and the lack of corborating
evidence, these statements were not
generally regarded as worthy OF cred
ence. Young Sanford has not been
at home for about two years, but is
understood to have gone to China,and
is now somewhere in the Far East.
SANFORD IN FAR EAST.
indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 2l.-W. ..
TAYLOR. whom the eKntucky authori-
ties charge with having had hand
in the Goebel murder, expressed re-
s.gret tonight that the information CIV
Nen privately in his office two years
ago had come to light. He pointed
out that publication at that time migh'
make verification impossible. He urg-
ed that nothing be printed, because ne
hoped to locate the woman VINO was
with Mrs. Clark.
Taylor regarded the woinan's story
|. .as valuable. inasmuch as it tended 10
vproye that Goebel's murder was inc
outcome of personal feud,rather IMAM
.of a political conspiracy. TINS hau
been Taylor's contention from the very
beginning. Preliminary to the first
trial of Caleb Powers, friends OF the
Secretary of State had sought TO es7
tablish the fact that John Sanford was
in Frankfort on the day of the shoot-
ing. The King girl was said to nave
{ recognized one of the two men running
from the Executive building as san
ford. Ases - Je.ysA,, ls...... ~ ~. -
Efforts to establish Sanford's pres