New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-01
AN EX-CONGRESSMAN SHOT.
w. p. TAULBEE WOUNDED BY YOUNG
KENTUCKIAN.
CHARLES z. KINCAID. A NEWSPAPER CORRE
sPONDENT. AVENGEs A LONG SERIES OF
INsULTs-THE STORY OF THE EN-
COUNTER-THB CAPITOL THE
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bee of Kentucky. was shot shortly before o'clock
to-day by Charles T.. Kincad, the correspondent
| Of The Louisville Times" The shooting took
| place in the House wing of the Capitol, near the
foot of the stairs whic, lead from the eastern side
of the basement TO the floor above. Ii was the
outcome of bad feeling between the two men
| which has existed for over a year, and whlch
arose out of the publication by Mr.. kncald Of
story in which the cX-Congressman figured rs d
| Lothario with young woman whom his influence
| had placed among respectable women employed
| In the Patent Office. Both men are Kentucklans.
| Taubccs career as Congressman ended last
| March, and since then he has been practising law
| in NcwNork and at his home in Kentucky. Mr..
| kincad has spent his life in various occupations
and figured only within the last few years as the
| Washington correspondent of The Louisville
| Times
| The testimony of cyc-wincsscs and others who
knew of the trouble between the two men goes
| to show that IN the struggle to-day which re-
suited in the shooting the cx-Congrcssman was the
aggrcssor He is a man over six feet in height,
rawboncd and strong. while kincaid is probably
not morr than five feet three inches tall of deli
cate build, and has but recently risen from sick
bed. II seems that shortly before the House met
AT noon Mr.. kncaid was the main floor of the
| hall Of Representatives. awaiting the coming Of
| Congressman Caruth, Of Kentucky. While he was
waiting Mr.. Taulbce drew near and accostcd him.
| kincaid declined 20 have any communication with
the ex-Congrcssman. and the latter thereupon
seized kincaid by the ear and otherwise at
tempted to maltrcat him.
| am not prepared 10 meet you,' said kincaid;
Il am not armed
Then you had better be- Taulbec retorted
The scufe attracted the attention Of bystand-
| ers, who Immediately rushed upon the two men
! and separated them Taulbcc was taken into the
| hall of the House and Kincaid went in the OPP
| posiie direction. II was then only few minutes
| after IL o'clock. About twenty minutes before
O'Clock both men met each other upon the steps
| leading from the House corridor to the basement
In the east wing. Just what occurred at this
meeting and how the two men happened to meet
are facts probably to he asccrtained in the courts
| The spot is a dark and persons coming from
the adjoining corridor. which ends in large Win
dow, are apt to be blinded by the sudden darkness
which they encounter at the sudden turn Of
the stairs The few persons near by were
scarcely aware of what happening before
the report of the pistol revcrhcratcd through the
| corridor. and the eN-Congrcssnan was struggling
down the steps holding his hands 10 his head.
| from which the blood flowed in profusc streams
from a wound the left side of the face directly
under the eye. n is believed. however. that Taul-
| lee on this occasion, as he has several times
within the last year. played the part of the ag
grcssor, and that Kincaid. in a fit Of desperation
nj being unable 10 resent in kind the insults hcapcd
upon him. frail and weakly man, by siN-loot
bully drew his pistol and fired the fatal shot.
| From the downward direction which the ball took
% entered below the left eye and lodged some
! where In the muscles of the neck it. is presumed
that Kincaid coming down the steps while
1.
standing TWO or three steps above his tormcn.or
he discharged his pistol The wounded man did
not fall Members and others who
had been attracted by the firing
were quickly on the scene and assisted
| Mr. Tanlbcc 10 tho room Of the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds near by where he
was soon surrounded by the entire Kentucky dele
cation in Congress He was shortly after re-
moved from the Capitol. and taken 10 his home
| in Fifth-st in a carriage He was then suffering
greatly and troubled by vomiting fits.
| kincaid offered no resistance On the contrary.
/ after the deed he stood quietly leaning against
the side Of the wall with the pistol in his hand,
and 10 the bysandcrs, who scarcely believed II.
said % did it, He was removed 10 what Is
| known as The gnard-room in the basement oi the
| Capitol Policeman Bryan and Capitol Policeman
Most later took him 10 the Sixth Precinct Station.
where a charge of assault and battery with intent
70 kill was placed against hm. Under the pro
visions Of the District law. he cannot give bail.
Later in the day, he was visited by many Of his
friends He seemed utterly pros1tcd and wept
like child when he referred 10
his invalid mother who is staying In
Florida. and who will scarcely he able 10
bear the shock which the news Of her sons decd
Will give her kncaid spoke freely on the troubles
| NaiI Ip
My God that man has been bounding me
| for over a wear Some months ago he pressed
me AGAINST an iron bar and almost chokcd me-.
and several times he has attempted Ia assault
nr To-day he came 10 me IN the House and
remarked: i want 10 YOU told him |
wanted 10 have nothing 10 do with HIM, ana
asked him 10 70 away Some words passed he
tween MS. and told him not TO bother me, that
| might hurt him.
Y,u would not hurt anybody Taulbce
foried snrcringly and followed this shortly by
saving You're liar. and at the same time scz-
ing me by the shoulder and pulling my ear, and
Offering me other indgnitcs. The insults that
man has heapcd upon me are such that
am ashamed to acknowledge them. Some
time ago learned through Colonel Shaw
and Jay Durham that Taulbcc had said he would
kill me-
Speaking of how the trouble between him and
the ext Congressman arose. Mr. kncaid said they
were friends until he vcnturcd to print, as he
thought was his duty as a correspondent to do. an
! account of n s,andalors scene which occurred in
| the Patent Office between Mr.. Iaulbcc and n
young woman for whom he had secured employ
mcnt there among decent women, which scandal
was at the time public property. so TO speak. and
| the truth of which never denied by Taulbcc
Mr. Kncad subsequently offered TO Mr.. Tanbcc
three columns for a denial or explanation in his
paper but the cX-CongrcssInan declined TO avail
himself of the opportunity thus offered
At a late hour tonight Mr. Taulbcc was rest
ing easily at the Providence Hospital, to which
place hc was conveyed from his house late in the