Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-11-10
STORY OF THE MURDER.

soodlo.,. Terrible Knife-Kined at the
First stroke.
LEXINGTON. KY, November 9 9--Later
details Of the killing Of Col. A. NJ. Swope
by Col W. c. Gcodlce detIact none from
~. 4srrible features of the affair. At &
i-,s hour LAST night Colonel Goodloe made q
s.stsment as TO how to-dsy's dlheuity
.,r,mspced. He said that as ne came
s,-r tbs steps from his office up stairs. on
I.,rsv 10 dinner he started toward his
go ser his msil, and as lie nesred II he
.w Colonel Swope getting his mail, and as
Lsfd net wish q difficulty be waited for
Colonel SToDs TO ge. away with
~ nail ard walk cut bat after
r. -bsd procured his mail Swope siiu stood
f, 'front.' of his bcx, when GOcdlOe politely
Ia "Wiu YOU please sllow me to get
-r~sIqr The trouble then began, and
--;.b very few words Colonel Swope drew
ts revolver and attempted TO shoot Col
--ai Goodloe in the head, but he knocked
NJ r,s-cl down and IL went of The bul-
Z, wsn. through a package Of papers
G,os'os hsd in his hand and entered his
sb3ores. He attempted TO ward off the
revolver until be conld get his knife out
sessp knife that he slwsys carries about
s,sbrm. DE then struck SFOpe with the
ks.ess rapidly as possible until he fell.
An BYE WITNESS STORY,
Assys witness tells the following story
hs stfair Swope's first shot was
i-,3 l.se to Goodloe's body, aud passed
sr1ck through some newspapers which
bsisf under his arm before going into
eres abdomen. GOOdloe's hrst cut
Ees stab in the breast over the heart.
sFr1e then fired 3 second shot, which
ven. Wild, snd GOOdloe, seizing the pistol
hi1d aud turning il over cut the hgaments,
amost ssvering the hand from the arm.
The pistol fell from Colonel Swope's hand
10 the door. Swope then raised his lef.
arm to strike, when GoodlOe stabbed him
deep in the arm pit, the blade entering the
cavity and producing fatal wound. As
swOpe received this blow mis- arm dropped
and he s4uirmed and mOaned aloud as If
in pain, and made a movement toward the
door. GoodlOe held him with the
LETT hand and continued stabbiug until he
.SWope) fell to the floor. GOOdloe then
walked to the door, his head trembling
violently from his known nervous atfsc'
ton.
Mr.. Shelby ran up 70 him and inquired
If be was hurt. When he replied that be
vss shot through. When be gave his
knife Up be said: ''He squealed like q
calf, when got to him"
DIED IN his BLOOD.
Svope fell on his lace near the door lead
inc TO Main street, and when be was turn
ed ever, two minutes afterward, he was a
corpse Blood was on his shirt, coat, hands,
lace, hair, and on the floor. and in fact
everywhere, a., being a large man, his
many oUen wounds bled proiusely. Off
cess and citizens soon gathered around him
and be was taken TO his rooms, where,
upcn a tull investigation, it wss found he
hsd four Wounds in the breast, five in the
back, one on the ri1ht arm, two on the left
arn and the right wrist was nearly sever
ei By the murderOns knife.
The Coroner had the remains Of Col.
Ssope carried TO his rooms, where his
v,,nds were examined. They were
dllful ouss, and must have been done
Ti.i q blade shaIcened to a rsz0r's edge.
There were thir.seu wounds on Gre cody,
which 1t took the undertaken two hours t0
sew op. In the Ovsrcoat were eighteen
cats and there were thirteen in the Prince
Albert dress coat, which he wore under
meath