Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-22
DECLARES GO
SLEW GOEBEL
WOMAN TELLS NEW STORY OF
KENTUCKY MURDER
Mrs. Lulu Clark Asserts That She Saw
the Man Who Killed Senator for
Whose Staying Caleb Powers
is on Trial
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press.
| RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. N.-Turner 1g'
| of Farmers Rowan county, KY, II
charged with the killing of Senator vii
liam Goebel of Kentucky in an affidavit
by Mrs. Lulu Clark, which was published
today by a Richmond newspaper. The
affidavit was sworn to last April in the
law offices of Ex-Governor w. S. Taylor
of Kentucky. Mrs. Clark, whose maider
name was Lulu Williams, lived at the
time of the Goebel murder at Mt Ster-
ling, Ky. She has cousin named Ger
trude King, who then lived at Maysvine
KY. Miss King was at that time, accord
ing to the affidavit, keeping company
with John Sanford of Covington, KY, a
son of an attorney who was killed by
William Goebel In a fight in Covingtor
some years ago.
The fight was the result of a political
quarrel. Mrs. Clark swears that on the
day Goebel was murdered she and her
cousin. Miss King. went to Frankfort
KY, and that ley started to enter ihe
house by the rear entrance. While on the
steps a shot was fireu. At the same time
they noticed man standing just inside
the door, whom they recognized as San
ford. In a minute a second man came
running out of tale building. dressed like
mountaineer and carrying a rifle. He
ran to Sanford and said
sI got the d -" The man was
recognized by the affiant as Turner lgo
of Farmers, Rowan county, -Ay.
Both men ran out of the building to a
fence, where Sanford gave pair of shoes
which he was carrying to Igo, who ex-
changed his boots for them. The men
then disappeared.
The affiant states that Igo told her at
the Mt. Sterling depot on January %,
1900 that he was going to kill Goebel, and
that she saw him aterward at Jefferson
VILE. Ind and that he reminded her that
he had fulfilled his promise.
She also says that Sanford had told
Gertrude King few days prior to Goe-
bells murder that he intended to kill
Goebel saying: mere is my chance to
get revenge. The legislature has met.
The paper also publishes correspond
ence between Caleb Powers and the per-
sons who secured the affidavit and after
ward Investigated its allegations for veri-
fication. showing that the expenses for
the information gained were paid from
the Powers defense fund.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. CIV. S. Taylor
could not be found today to verify the
statements IN the ulSpalcn ITOul ItlCl-
mond. The Clark woman formerly lived
here and was a brakeman's wife. They
were divorced, 1t is said, two years ago.
Three years ago Mrs Clark told her
story of the Goebel murder to an Indian
apoIis newspaper man, who carried it to
Governor Taylor, who took her deposit
tion.
The story was not published, as Cover
nor Taylor feared publication at that
time might make verification impossible,
and he hoped to locate the man who was
with Mrs. Clark. Preliminary to the first
trial of Caleb Powers friends of the sec
retary of state had sought to establish
the fact that John Sanford was in Frank
fort on the day of the shooting, but
efforts to establish this failed.
FARMERS, KY, Sept. 21.-Turner Igo,
who is charged by Mrs. Lulu Clark with
the assassination of Governor William
Goebel, Is dead. Samuel Igo, a cousin of
Turner Igo, said this afternoon:
Turner has been dead three or four
years. At the time Goebel was killed he
may or may not have been at Frankfort.
I never heard of any acquaintance he had
with Sanford, nor any hint that my
cousin was ever connected even remotely
with Goebels DEATH"
Samuel Igo had never heard Of the
woman who made the affidavit