The sun., 1889-11-09
GOODLOE KILLS COL. SWOPE.
4 TERRIBLE FIGHT BETWEEN WIDELY
KNOWN P0LITIuANS

GoodIoe Badly wounded4-Rs 10 . Member
OF the Republican National Committee
The President Greatly Shocked By the
Event-A Bitter Political Quarrel.
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. e.-At Las o'clock
this afternoon Col. william Cassius Goodloe.
Collector OF Internal Revenue Of the Seventh
Kentucky district. and Col. Armstead NJ.
swope, met ON the Post ONCE corridor. Both
men were after the mail that was in their LETT
tor boxes. which are rather close together.
They approached these boxes at almost tho
same instant and when each saw who the
other was they Rlared at each other flercely.
and one OF the two 1t cannot bo discovered
which. exclaimed: You spoke to me: you in
suited me-"
This was followed by some angry words
from the other man. At this instant they
straiRhtened up and each drew q weapon at
the Same moment Swopo revolver and Good
loe clasp knife. AS soon as the weapons
were drawn swope fred and Goodloe knocked
the revolver down as 1t went of. the ball enter
ing his abdomen on the right side Goodloe
then began stabbinR his opponents in the breast
with his knife. which forced Swope backward
toward the money y-order door. After several
blows had been struck by Goodloe, Swope fired
again, missing Goodloe. In a moment after
| firing the second shot. Col. Swope fell on his
fnce and died almost instantly. On his person
were found thirteen wounds-on his back.
| arms. and In his breast.
Immediately after the killing Col Goodoe
walked to q physicians office. where his
| wounds were examined. He was perfectly
cool. and made q disposition Of his property In
! case OF death.
| Tbo oft thn 81,
made in the Republican Convention Of May 1.
1883. by Col. Goodoe, that fully two-thirds OF
the FRyette county delegation in the Conven
tion did not speak to Swope.
| Goodloe at IL o'clock was resting easily In
| his room at the Phoenix Hotel, His physicians
cay his condition is more hopeful. He Is not
under arrest. Public opinion is about equally
divided. but universal sorrow is expressed.
The correspondence between the men oc-
CURED ABOUT the middle OF May. 1888. 1t was
very brieL and simply withdrew the remarks
each had made about the other. The corre-
spondence 10 not at present obtainate. Since
that trouble they have mover spoken to each
other and since their differences were settled
by the correspondence they have never spoken
OF each other, acting rs II the other had never
eQisted.
The only persons who saw the fight were Post
master McChespey. who was Just issuing o
| money order, William K. Shelby. who was In
| the money order lobby, and Harry Swift. o
postal clerk. They agree substantially upon
! the statements OF the report sent the press
| from Lexington. Shelby aided Goodloe in
reaching the physlcisn's Office. Goodloe Ii now
resting easyily and may possibly recover.
Col A. NJ. Swope was about 90 years old and
a native OF kentucky. He practised law at
Paris, KY. until the beginning Of the war
when he Joined the Union army and rose to
rank Of Colonel. serving on Gen Buelrs staff
sumed the practise Of his profession; He has
Of OF na!ional Neutrality-suspicious.. and was as re- re.
Of hS eet in
Convention he made a strong deht ifor senator
Sherman, but was unsuccessful In his attempt
6sEs & G ssSd for Es .
Revenue for the Seventh Kentucky district.
President % Harrison, but was defeated. it Is as
The hon. n William G % Cassfgs Goodioe % was born
IN Madison county in 1s4l: : HIS great grand;
eS
Gen Harrison; f In 1851 ne psSIa accompanied h his
Sent GssST as III b woH[o M e
Goodloe acted as Secretary Of the elegation until
1852 when he returned and Joined the Union
commenced the practice Of law in Lexington
tional Republican Convention. and was ap-
pointed a member OF tho committee to notify
S aren't bS se ss and The S$ oowns Rs
caucus for United States Senator,
went toward his Post Once box he saw Col. |
ips Wish dificalty. he waited for sweps to get get
away with his mail and go out. But after he |
ea front his Box '' dood pees SAID
trou6Is aSS SSs sien bssan and with Iew Words co
Pistol, and It went OIL: the bullet going through
and a d into bis abdomen. He attempted to ward
on the revolver Yntil he could get his knife ont
amt Mhsa 4aDd1 eH SHRs 1
W4sHISaToN Eoy smFirsMt M Assisantt Isl a9at. Peat,
few men better or more widely admired than
Col. Goodloe., The annopncoment an Of this after
North. Col. doodioe could have had recognI.
preferred to stay In Kentucky because OF his
business interests, He was a man Of absolute
Ths 81 The tssedS was pro-
This city, Col Goodloo mud many friends here,
Of both poiIteal parties. As membor Of the
Republican National Committee he naturally
enjoyed tho confidence Of the chief public men
genial nature, and generally iovabie char.
aeter gave him, warm place In tho
affections, not ,Gply Of those viii, whom
with whom he differed on national
affairs. BY marriage he Is related to Senator
Beck OF Kentucky his brother, Major, Good
loe, OF the Marine Corps, having married the
Senator'S daughter. When IN the city he was
q frequent visitor at Senator Bsck's residence,
and here he met many OF the Democratic Nom
bers Of Congress.
The President knew Col. Goodbye well, and
ably fatal shooting was communicated to him.
and affected him to most marked extent.
almost as though It had been u near relative.
A book which he was holding In his hand at
the time fell to the floor. and Tor n few minutes
he paced neryously and abstractedly up and
down. Ho asked that any particulars OF the
tragedy which might be received should be
to him.