Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-13
BULLET FIRMLY IMBEDDED.
The Autopsy on the Remains of Ex-Con-
gresham Taulbee.

w -'AdANl At HN
topsy on the remains of ex-CongresSman
Taulbee was held this morning by DR..
Lamb, assisted by SurgeQn-General
Hamilton, DIR. Bayne and DR.. Freder-
| ich.
The ball was found wcdgcd IN the or
bital cavity directly at the base OF the
brain. and about two inches from the
spot where it entered. 1t had taken a
course slightly downward, but not at so
great an angle as was supposed. The
bullet was mashed into a shapeless
piece of lead, and was so firmly imbed-
ded that il could not be extracted while
Mr.. Taulbee lived.
The doctors found that the immediate
cause OF death was the formation of an
abccSs abont the size of a walnut at the
base of the brain. The brain had not
been injured by the bullet. but was not
congested. The bones at the base were
slightly shattered but no splinters had
entered the brain. The doctors stated
that Mr.. Taulbec could not have lived
under any circumstances, and expressed
themselves as surprised that he had
lived for snch length of time.
THE INQUEST BEGUN.
The Taulbee inquest was begun this
afternoon. Samuel Donaldson. eX-bOok-
keeper of the House of Representatives,
was the first witness. His testimony
was substantially as follows: ''On the
2sth day of February last, met Mr..
Taulbcc. the deceased, near the south
steps that lead down from the ladies'
entrance to the House on the east side
of the building. / had an engage
ment to meet Mr.. Taulbee at
that place and had just heard
that he was looking for me. had been
standing near the east entrance when |
saw Mr.. Taulbcc coming toward me
from the direction of the telegraph Of
flee. We met just at the top OF the
steps that lead down to the restaurant
floor. Mr. Taulbcc asked me when we
met what | wanted with him. Ireplied:
Il want To see you; come and walk with
me-" and taking his left arm on my
right. we walked down the first flight.
We had passed across the first landing
and had turned to the left to
proceed when he stopped on the second
or third step. and turning around to me
said, What do you want with me,
Sam?" answered that wanted TO see
him. AT this moment, on the landing
just behind us, on my right and on Mr..
Taulbce'S left. Mr. Kincaid appered.
Mr.. Taulbee'S face was turned pretty
well toward Mr.. Kincaid when the
latter said: Mr.. Taulbce, you can
see me now The deceased turned
his face further toward him, when
Mr. Kincaid fired the pistol, the ball
taking effect just at the outside of the
left eye, the blood squirting out over my
left hand. turned to Mr.. kincaid and
said: Judge. for Gods sake don't shoot
any more" As the ball struck him, Mr..
Taulbec cried out, ''Oh." and staggering
in STOPPING position down the stairs
was assisted into Il committee room.
Someone then asked who fired the shot,
to which Mr.. Kincaid replied: Il am
the man who did it,"
John Daniels. painter. saw the flash
of the pistol and heard Mr.. Kincad say
that "hc did it,.
Simon White, policeman, testified
that he was on the basement floor Of the
House side of the Capitol at about 1875
p. m. on the day of the shooting.
He heard the shot and hurried around
the corner; met Mr.. Taulbee with his
hand to his face covered with blood.
"Why fired this shot?" | asked. Mr..
Kincaid. who was standing two or three
PAGES away. with Il pistol in his hand,
answered: Il fired the shot" | then
took the pistol away from him and
placed him under arrest.
DIR. d. ). Lamb, Assistant Surgeon of
the army, who performed the autopsy,
was then sworn. He said that in his
examination he found bullet wound at
the side Of the left eye. The track Of
the bullet was backward, inward and
nearly ON a level. The bullet was found
nearly under the Sphenoid bone at the
base of the skull. In its passing the
ball had fractured the bone at the bot
tom of the eye cavity. Adjoining this
bone the membrane was found to be
much innamcd At the base OF the
brain was found an abSceSS, which was
the immediate cause Of death.
The primary cause Of death was the
bullet wound.
The jury then retired. and in few
minutes returned verdict in which
they found that Mr. Taulbcc came.to his
death from pistol wound, the pistol
being held in the hand of Charles +.
Kincaid, in the United States Capitol
building. on February %, 1890.
At the conclusion of the inquest Mr..
Kmcaid was committed to jail to await
the action of the petit grand jury.
The funeral of Mr.. Taulbee will take
place tomorrow at 10 o'clock from Eur
hort'S undertaking rooms. The Ken
tucky delegation in Congress will act as