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Winchester and Lexington Soldiers and Armed Deputy Sheriffs Guarding the Courthouse—The General Public Excluded.Courtroom Well Filled with Witnesses and Lawyers and Deputies and Soldiers, but No Attempt at Disorder, so Widely Foretold, Has Been Made.Bvenlng Post Special Service.FRANKFORT, Ky., March 23.—Crowds wore astir early in Frankfort. A stranger would have known something unusual was about to occur. By 7 o’clock a crowd of at least 100 people had gathered about the ' county building. Only a few soldiers were I in evidence. A squad stood at each of the | doors of the county building. These were, of course, Beckham guards. The regular State militiamen had strict orders to remain within the tall picket fence surrounding Capitol Square. Consequently all danger of a clash was averted. Not one of the much advertised mountaineers was in sight.Sheriff Suter withdrew his patroling parties of special deputies at daybreak, and the members of the posse kept in the back-ground. Most of them were where they could be produced on short notice, however.| order of Judge Moore, only attorneys, relatives of the accused, \vitnease3 and officers of the court being admitted. Those admitted, however, soon filled the courthouse, on the second floor of the building. The Lexington and Winchester companies, aimed with Winchesters, were scattered through the various rooms. Not much more than the ordinary' crowd was on the streets, and there is no excitement.Culton came in a few minutes before Powers and Davis were brought from the jail. All three seemed at ease and chatted pleasantly with their attorneys. Upon their heels a file of soldiers marched in and lined up against the rear wall. Denny and Duulap took seats.** * **FORTY-SEVEN WITNESSES FOR THE PROSECUTION.EPH LILLARD TELLS OF THE ASSASSINATION.The first witness called for the Commonwealth wras Eph Llllard, Sr., warden of the Frankfort prison. He had just left Goebel when the latter fell, mortally wounded. He said he was opening the front door of the fcCapitol building when he heard a 6hot, apparently coming from the executive building'.He said when he ran back out upon the pavement the second window from the west end of the Executive Building for the front side was open a few inches. This window is in the Secretary of State’s office. He then assisted in carrying Goebel away. He thought the shots following the first report also seemed to come from the Executive Building. The first shot came from a rifle, he said, and rang out clear, while the others were muffled and loss
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Louisville Evening Post
Louisville, Kentucky, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1900
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