New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-12
KLNCAIUS FATAL SHOT.
EX-CONGRESSMAN TAULBEE DEAD.
THE CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED AND LODGED
IN JAlI..


IN JAIL.
Washington. March LEX Congressman william
Preston Taulbce, of Kcntucy who Wa shot IN The head
by Charles +. Kincaid, the correspondent OF The
Louisville Times at the east staircase in the lonSe
wing Of the Cap:,ol Friday, February ., died at
40 O'Clock this morning at Providence Hospital,
whittier he had been removed hour or 50 after the
shooting. ar Taulbee had Been unconscious fl some
time before death and the end was painless.
lie had been rapidly sinking since last saturday ana MS
death had been expected at any time since that night
Yesterday he grew much worse that the physcIAns
in attendance knew he could not last another day.
His family had been summoned and when he passed
away his brother, DR.. Taulbee, his james, a boy
about nineteen years Of ago. his brothcrin-law. Dr.
Bayne, the attending physician, and Major Blackburn
0f Kentucky, around his bed dc. No arrange
ments yet have been made for the funeral. The
inquest vii. be held tomorrow at and will DO
preceded by an autopsy. Mr. Taubce, it IS said
made no antemOItcm statement.
The dead man Iatlve Kenuclan. lie
was born in Morgan County in 1851,
and received his early education in pr
vate schools his home. on reaching the
age OF twenty four he studied for the ministry for three
years and then having been elected clerk of the Magof
fin County Court he began tho study OF the law. In
1881 he admitted to the bar. lie elected to
the LXIXth Congress from the Xth District. and was
tall and powerful with large boned frame devoid Of
surplus flesh He had Of the strongest voices of
any member Of the House. and the tumult was never
great but that he could Nuke himself heard above
the uproar he walked hastily down the aisle on the
Democratic side shouted TO attract the attention II
the speaker lie free alkcr and was on his
taking part in debate often any Of the younger
men In Congress
Mr.. Kncaid. who has been under police surveillance
since became known that Mr. Taubee's we'll
nigh hopeless. rearrcstcd this morning. lie was
asleep at his boarding house when a police officer
aroused him at q O'Clock and Informed him OF Mr.
raulLec's death lie asked 20 be allowed to sleep an
hour longer but the orders Of the officer pcremp
tory and Mr. Klncad dressed himself Immediately and
was taken to the First Precinct station. where he l.
now held in custody. reporter visited the station
house soon after his arrest and found Nr. Kin
caid confined the womanS cell on the second floor
looking pale and ILL., He seemed entirely obhviOuS
Of his surroundings. Mcmentariiy his muscles would
witch convulsively and groan would escape his lips
The av ful strain TO which he has beer. SnDlc'rh
a wreck his former self A. the reporter was ahon
leave the prisoner broke ont In sobs and called
for hl- mother. 49,
Frustrated with nervous exhaustion that II was found
necessary 10 call hi, regular physician, Dr. iaFrlsoA
who remained with HIM most Of the day MI
Kincaid'- condition is serious. and II Is the opinion
Of many If his friend, that ne Will not live To stand
hi, trial. :,
Louisville Ky. March 1l.-Asron Kohn. the well
known criminal lawyer Of this city. and Judge Hargis
have been retained by kincaids Kentucky friends 10
defend him In his trial.