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Covington, Kentucky, April 12, 1895.

Senator William Goebel, accompanied by Attorney General Hendrik of Kentucky, and Frank Helm,

president of the First National Bank, was en route to the Citizens National Bank when they reached

the door. There stood cashier John Sanford. He shook hands with Hendricks using his left hand.

Then he asked Goebel if he wrote an article attacking him.

Gobel answered, I did. Immediately Sanford fired, the ball passing through Goebel's pantaloons.

Quick as a flash, Goebel fired. To do so, he had to place the pistol beneath Hel Helms chin. The ball crashed through Sanford's

forehead. Sanford fell in the doorway of the bank, blood oozing from an ugly wound. Helm's

chin was badly powder burned. Great excitement prevailed instantly, the street and bank being well

crowded at the time. During the confusion, Senator Goebel walked up to the station house

and called up his brother, Justice, who was a member of the firm of Lowry and Goebel of

Cincinnati, asking him to come to Covington at once as he was in trouble.

Senator Goebel then emerged from the telephone box and addressing the lieutenant in charge said,

quote, I wish to surrender myself. I have shot and killed John Sanford, unquote. Chief Goodson placed Goebel under arrest, but allowed him to sit

in his private office. Senator Goebel was calm at first, but later became visibly excited.

At first, he refused to discuss the affair, but under the excitement he finally gave his version of it.

"'Here is the reason I killed him,' exclaimed the senator, as he showed where the ball of Sanford's

pistol had passed through his pantaloons, tearing away a portion of the cloth. He was lying in

wait for me. I saw him when I reached the gas office,

about 20 feet away from the steps of the First National Bank. I was on my way to the Citizens

National Bank with my friend General Hendricks. As soon as I saw him reach for his revolver,

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