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William Garrett s/o Daniel Garrett and Saline “Hetty” Day named a son Goebel Rhea Garrett b. May 1897. I found the following http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky#Assassination_of_Governor_William_J._Goebel

interesting:

Assassination of Governor William J. Goebel

The election of William S. Taylor as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on the Republican Party ticket in 1899 was an unexpected turn of events. To date, this is the closest gubernatorial election in Kentucky history. Supporters of William Goebel, his Democratic Party opponent, contested the election.

The Kentucky Senate formed a special Committee of Inquiry packed with Democratic members. It was apparent to Taylor’s adherents that the committee would decide in favor of Goebel, and on January 19, 1900, a force of more than 1,500 armed civilians took possession of the Capital. For more than two weeks the United States watched as the Commonwealth of Kentucky slid towards civil war. Martial law was declared and the Kentucky militia was activated.

On January 30, 1900, Goebel, accompanied by two bodyguards, was shot by a sniper as he approached the Capital. Though mortally wounded, Goebel was sworn in as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky the next day. Goebel died on February 3, 1900 from his wounds.

For nearly four months after Governor Goebel’s death, Kentucky had two officials functioning as the commonwealth’s chief executive; Taylor, who insisted he was the governor, and J. C. W. Beckham, running mate of Governor Goebel, who was sworn in when the latter died.

Governor Beckham requested federal aid in determining, who Kentucky’s chief executive was. The U.S. Supreme Court finally reached a decision on May 26, 1900 upholding the Commission’s ruling that Goebel has in fact Kentucky’s governor, and his lieutenant governor (Beckham) had followed Kentucky’s line of succession and was now Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Immediately following the court’s decision, Taylor fled to the State of Indiana and was later indicted as one of the conspirators in the assassination of Governor Goebel. Attempts to extradite him failed, and Taylor remained in Indiana until he died.

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