The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-21

trouble according 70 the southern code Of
nonor, that is, by explanations On each side
and an egreemept TO drop tie whole sub
jet. GOOdloe accepted this and the matter
became smoOtLed over and had almost
passed out Of the public mind until the pa=r
summer, when Swope. having a quarrel
with q man named Kimball, printed a card
about II, and IN the same card lugged in his
old contest with GOOdloe and again
applied offensive epithets 70 him. This
was while Col GOodloe was on a Yachting
excursion with Senator Quay and other
members OF the national committee Ac-
corning 70 the southern code the man who
thus broke an agreement Of honor was him.
self dishOnored. When Col GoOdloe re-
Turned to Kentucky he felt the insult OF this
new attack upon MIN. and many Of his
friends told him he must resent it; but these
who were sensible, and in fact the whole
state, which knew that Goodloe feared
nothing IN the @orS and was man of IN
lInpeechable bravery, felt that he should
no longer pay heed 70 man
who had thus forfeited his claim
70 attention. Swope was a bachelor,
while GoodlOe was the head of a family
peculiarly dependent upon him a mortal
contest between them, therefore, would
not have been equal, but GOodloe chafed
under the situation and under the constant
lnslnuatlonS made. Still he maintained, as
he had for years before, the pledge to his
vile and family not TO be the aggressor
Ihls promise he kept 10 the bitter end, and
no one can ever tell how much the promise
cost the chivalrous, high-minded and fear
less man. It was a long struggle Of
eighteen months between duty and affec-
ton and his own inclination and fearless
ness. On the fatal Friday he came upon
Swope in the pOstOffice at Lexington, sud
denly. De was unarmed. be mad pur-
poseiy kept himself unermed simply that in
such sudden meeting as had come he
would not be tempted to become an ag-
gressor. his opponent was armed. There
Is no doubt that he was armed for the pur-
pose OF meeting Goodloe, even if not for
the purpose OF meeting him at the disad-
vantage Of finding Goodloe unarmed.
Those who saw the scene said that even then
he avoided the contest, while Swope pro-
voked it and finally added an additional in
suit to his high-minded antagonist. Swope
had taken his mail from the box, which
was directly under Goodloe's box, and when
the latter came up still stood in the way,
and did 1t in a defiant manner with the
evident purpose of provoking Goodloe's
anger and. If possible, blow from him.
When Goodloe, surprised by this fresh
insult, stepped back, Swope instantly drew
his revolver from the convenient outside
overcoat pocket and leveled it at Goodloe's
head GOodloe had on an overcoaC and
EiltCe <AlDeTC COdC underneath. In such an
extremity he thought of the knife that he
had in his pocket. the same knife that
nearly every gentleman who has a large
country place almost invariably keeps.
When have visited him at his home have
often seen him take this knife from his
pocket to trim up bush on the grounds,
or cut off a dying limb from a
tree or shrub. While he was get
ting out this knife, seeing that his
antagonist had fatal purpose in his eye, he
had to fight down with his left hand the
drawn and cooked pistol, which was leveled
at his head, while getting out his own
weapon with his right hand. He struck the
pistol down to point even with his right
hand vest pocket when Swope fired. This
was before Goodloe had yet drawn his
knife froCo his pocket 1t was not until he
had felt the bullet of Swope in his body
that he drew his knife and struck his antag-
onist. 1t was no wonder that he did this;
any human being with courage would have
done the same thing.