The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22
Mrs. Lulu Clark Files At
hdavit in the Famous
Kentucky Case.
TELLS STORY OF
ASSASSINATION
While Affidavit is Secured by1
Counsel for Caleb Powers
1t is Complete in Detail,
and May Be Fully &
Corroborated 2
Later.

Later.
RICHMOND, IND, September 21.-<
/ Turner rgo. OF Farmers. Rowan county.
/ Ky. is charged with the killing of
! Senator William Goehel. of kentucky,
\ in an affidavit by Mrs. Lulu Clark.
which was published exclusively by
the Richmond Und.) Evening Item to-
/ day
In Mrs. Clarls's affidavit, which was
4 taken at indianapolis, April IL, 1907.
In the law offices of Ex-Governor w.
S. Taylor. of kentucky. she says that
4 her maiden name was Lulu Williams.
| and she was born at Boutwell,. Ment-i
| fee county, Kya but lived most of her
life, and at the time of Goebel's mur-s
der. at Mount Sterling. KY She is a
| niece of Judge Frank Day, OF French
| burg. Ky, and also of James Williams.
OF the same place. She has cousin,
named Gertrude King. who lived at
/ Maysville at the time of Goebel's mur-.
/ der and was then keeping company's
| with John Sanford. of Covington. Ky.
| Upon the day OF t,oebel's murder the
| two girls went to Frankfort, Ky. They,
started to enter the State house by
1 the rear entrance, and when on the /
steps shot was fired. AT the same
/
linside the door whom they recognized
as Sanford. In minute second man
came running out of the building
dressed like mountaineer and carry
| Ing "a rifle. He ran to Sanford and
said:
II got the ---- -" That man was 1
recognized by the affiant as her friend \
Turner Igo, of Farmers. Rowan county.
Ky.
Both men ran out of the building I
! to fence, where Sanford gave a 4
pair OF shoes, which he was carrying 4
| to Igo. who exchanged his boots for
them. The men then disappeared
1 How Anidnyit WAS Secured.
The affiant states that 1go teId her
| at the Mount Sterling depot January
90, 1900, that he was going to XIII,
Goebel. and that she saw him after
wards at Jeffersouville,. Ind. and he
reminded her that he had fulfilled his
| promise.
Gertrude King few days prior to Cioe-
bel's murder that he intended to kill
Goebel, saying: Here is my chance to :
get revenge. The Legislature has
met.
The Evening Item also publishes cor
respondence with Caleb Powers and
the persons who secured the affidavit
and afterwards investigated Its allega-
tions for verihcation. showing that the
expenses for the information gained
were paid from the Powers defense
fund, through John Marshall. OF the
law firm of Gibson. Marshall and Glib
son. OF Louisville. KY. The original
correspondence of Powers and the copy
OF the affidavit are In the possession OF 3
the Item. i
GOcbcl Killed MINIS Father.
~ a .lnss 5y,,
John Sanford mentioned in the Rich
mond, Ind. dispatch is son of the
late Attorney Sanford. who was killed
by William Goebel during political
tight in Covington, KY. some years
ago. Goebel was acquitted. but young
Sanford was many times quoted as
threatening to get even and had even
been suspected of4the murder. although
direct evidence was lacking. His moth
er. wife of the dead man, is at pres-if
given way under the strain. Several
times she had been quoted as having
declared that her son had killed Goebel.
but. owing to her mental conditionls
she statements We're not generally res
gnrded as worthy OF credence. Young
Sanford has not been at home for
about two years, hut ls understood To
have gone to China. and is now some-sg
where in the Far East.
Been Dead Three Years.
FARMERS, KY. September al
Tutner Igo, charged by Mrs. Lul,s N
Clark. with the assassination OF Cow
arnor Goebel, is dead. Samuel Igo. y
nor has Econ dead three er four years. s
When the Spanish-American War
broke out he Joined the Fourth Ken-
lucky Regiment, He served through-3
out the war. l never heard that he Ii
had any acquaintance with Sanford. orsa
that my cousin was connected even
remotely with Goebel's DEATH
Samuel Igo said that ha had never
heard of the woman who made the
affidavit accusing TURNER Igo.
Taylor Hns Long Known 1t.
INDIANAPOLIS. IND, September 2t.
Nv, S. TAYLOR could not be found to
day to verify the statements conA
Three years ago Mrs. Clark told her
story of the Goebel murder to an Insi II
dianapolis newspaper reporter. who NJ
carried it to former Governor Tay-
20. Satisfied that the woman was inS55
the possession OF information valua- 4
BILE to him. and others implicated In Z
the assassination, Taylor took he wo-
mans deposition. Mrs C'.ark's STORY
was not then published. inasmuch as VI
Taylor Thought publication at that
time might make veritication hnpoa-
sible, He urged that nothing he prtnt-
ad. because he hoped to fnd the swo-S
man who was With Mrs. Clark. Taylor IN
regarded the woman's story as val,ia- Z Nj
BILE. Preliminary to the first trial nf
Caleb Powers, his friends sous hit In
vain to establish the fact that JohniB
Sanford was In Frankfort the day VA
Of the shooting of Goabel. Miss King
was said to have recognized one of ssSt
The two men runnink from the Ex-
scutlye Building as Sanford, hut no ss
proof could be had then
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