The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-03-06
TAULBEE'S CLOSE CALL.
The Ex-COnSressman From Ken.
lucky Shot by a COrre-
spOndent.
The Affair Took Place on One
of the National Capitol
Stairways.
An Old Newspaper Scandal the Pri.
mary Cause of the Crime-How
It Happened.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-Charles E.
Kincaid, correspondent Of The Louis
vile Times, shot ex-Representative Taul-
bee, of Kentucky, through the head
shortly before o'clock p. m. Taulbee
had pulled Kincaid's nose on account Of
a paragraph published in The Times, 1t
is reported that Mr.. Taulbee may die.
The shooting occurred at the west door
of the Capitol.
Taulbee was shot while coming down
one of the stairways that lead to the
basement of the house wing of the capt.
tol. He was accompanied by ex-Door-
keeper Sam Donaldson. Kincaid came
down the steps behind the pair and in a
hurried manner touched Taulbee on the
shoulder. The ex-Congressman wheeled
sharply around and Kincaid, raising his
weapon. one of small calibre,
PULLED THE TRIGGER.
Taulbee fell back against the wall, the
blood streaming from wound directly
below his left eye. Taulbee did not ap-
pear to be badly injured. He walked in
an uncertain manner down the steps.
and then was assisted to the janitors Of
flee. A great pool marked the spot in
room where Taulbee had halted for a
moment. The room was too small to al
low proper attention to be administered
to him and he was taken to the room of
the committee on public buildings and
grounds, just around the corner of the
corridor, where medical attendance was
given by Representative Yoder, of Ohio,
who is physician, and DR.. Clarence
~f H. Os{rv
while, had not endeavored to get away.
He leaned against the wall of the stair
case utterly weakened, and later walked
quietly away with the capitol policeman,
who arrested him.
'I'M THE MAN THAT DID 1T"
he said to the policeman in an aimless
manrsr. He was taken to the Capitol
guard room and later to the police
station. A United Press reporter spoke
to Kincaid as he was being led from the
guard room to the cab which conveyed
him to the station. He seemed utterly
helpless. and in answer to an inquiry, if
he had anything to say, replied: mot
now; I'm too weak. I've just been
through an attack of typhoid" Here he
halted and cried: "Catch me, feel
faint" He acted like a man who had
LOST CONTROL OF HIS NERVES.
Taulbee was taken to his boarding house
on Capitol hill, about half an hour after
the shooting. DR.. Adams said that he
could not tell how serious the wound
was, but he thought that Taulbee would
recover. The trouble grew out of the
publication in The Louisville Times of a
scandalous story about Taulbee, which
resulted, it is said, in the separation of
Mr.. and Mrs. Taulbee. Since the publ
cation of that story year ago, Kincaid
and Taulbee had not met until short
time after noon, when Taulbee accosted
Kincaid near the east lobby door of the
house, called him liar and
PULLED HIS EAR.
Kincaid, who is just recovering from an
attack of typhoid fever, told Taulbee
that he was unable to cope with him
physically and that he was unarmed.
Taulbee then went away. Later Kincaid
armed himself and hunted Taulbee up.
Later a reporter of the United Press saw
Kincaid in his cell and had brief con-
versation with him. Kincaid said that
TAULBEE HAD BEEN BOUNDING HIM
for long time and threatening his life.
He had been told by great number of
newspaper correspondents that Taulbee
had said that he was mot fit to live" "
that he was a coward and that he would
better keep an eye on him (TauIbee).
"When he came up to me-" said Kin
caid, The insulted me and said that was
a coward, and that would not resent
his insults. told him to leave me alone
or he would find out what would do.
Later he insulted me again and shot
him."
TAULBEE RESTING QUIETLY.
At this hour Mr.. Taulbee is resting
quietly and the physicians are inclined
to take hopeful view of his case.