Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-03-01
THE READY PISTOL.
A Possible murder in the Ma
tional Capitol.
Ex-MEMBER TAULBEE THE VICTIM,

His Assaiisnt Being n Newspaper Cor
respondent Named Kincaid--A Seam
datous story Published by the Latter
the Original Cause of the Difficulty
An Ear-Pulling Incident That May Cost
Life-The Shot Fired without Warn
ing and the Shooter Under Arrest.
WASHINGTON CITY, March IA sensa-
tional shooting affair occurred at the Capitol
yesterday, in which the principals were an
ex-congressman and wellknown news
paper man. Both are Kentuckians. w. p.
Taulbee, who represented Kentucky dis
trict in the house during the Forty-ninth
and Fiftieth congresses, was the victim, and
Charles l. Kncaid, the Washington CORE
spondent of The Louisville Times. did the
shooting. The house was engaged in its
deliberations when Kincaids pistol shot
reverberated through the corridors of the
Capitol. The hour was about l:Io O'Clock.
A minute later the house was almost empty
and great crowd OF excited employees and
Others was hurrying through the corridors
toward the scene of the shooting
Touch and a Bullet.
Taulbee was shot while coming down one
Of the stairways that lead TO the basement of
the house wing of the Capitol He was &c
companied by ex-Doorkeper Sam Donaldson.
kincaid came down the stair behind the
pair and in hurried manner touched
Taulbee on the shoulder The ex-congress-
man 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 a wound
directly below his left eye. Taulbee did not
appear to be badly injured he walked in
an uncertain manner down the steps, and
was taken TO the room of the committee on
public buildings and grounds, where medical
attendance was given by Representative
Hoder, of Ohio, woo IS a physician, and DR..
Clarence Adams of this city.
The shooter Arrested.
Kmcaid, meanwhile had not endeavor ed
20 get away. He leaned against the wall of
the staircase utterly weakened, and later
walked quietly away with the Capitol po-
licemsn who arrested him. I'm the man
that did il, he said to the policeman in an
aimless manner. He was taken TO the Cap
itol guard room and later to a police station.
A United Press reporter spoke TO Kincsid as
he was being led from the guard room 10
the cab that conveyed him to the station
De seemed utterly helpless, and in answer to
an inquiry if he had anything to say rep led:
Not 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 ike man who had lost control Of
bis nerves
Cause Of the Trouble.
Tue trouble grew out of the publication in
The Louisville Times of scandalous story
about Taulbee which resulted, it is said, in
the separation OF Mr.. and Mrs. Tauibee.
Since the publication of that story a year
ago, Kincaid and Taulbee had not met until
a short time after noon yesterday when
Taulbee aecosted Kincaid near the east
lobby door of the house, called him liar
and pulled his ear Kincaid, who is just re-
covering from an attack of typhoid fever,
told Tsuibee 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.
Kincaid Gives HI. Version.
Later reporter Of the United Press saw
Kincaid in his cell and had brief conversa-
ton with him. Kincaid said that Taulbee
had been bounding him for a long time and
threatening his life He had been told by
great many 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 (Tsulbee).
Nv hen he came UP to me this morning ~
said Kincaid, he insulted me and said was
coward, and that | would not resent his
insults. | told TO leave me alone or he would
find out what l would do Later he insulted
me again and shot him
Condition of the Wounded Man
Taulbee was taken to his boarding house
on Capitol bill 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 He
was resting quietly last night and the physi-
clans were inclined to take hopeful view of
his case
The Story Kincaid Published
The story which was current about the
capital regarding Tauibee was to the effect
that Taulbee, who at the time was serving
his second term, had been found by a watch
man In compromising position in the pat
ent Office with a girl for whom he had Sc
cured employment there Mr. Kincaid sent
the story at great length to his paper, and
its publication made a great sensation in
Taulbee's district 1t was generally under
stood that the story was true The affair
was made good use Of by his enemies, and he
has repeatedly claimed that it had defeated
him for a denomination