Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-01
AN INSULT AVENGED
Ex.C Congressman Taulbee Shot
by a Newspaper Man.
THEY ARE BOTH KENTUcK1ANs
They Met in the Capitol Where the
Shooting Occurred.

The Quarrel Was an Old One and the
Correspondence Nose Had Been Pulled
by Tanlbee-The Tragedy startles the
House-The Wound Not Thought to be
Dangerous-Sketch of the Men.
WASHINGTON. March IA highly SEN
sational shooting affair occurred at the
Capitol, in which the principals were
an ex-Congressman and well-known
newspaper man. Both are Kentuckians.
w. P. Taulbee, who represented Ken
lucky district in the House during tho
Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses,
was the victim, and Charles Kincaid,
the Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Times, did the shooting.
Scene of the Shooting.
The House was engaged in its DELHI
erations when Kincaid's pistol shot re-
verberated through the corridors of the
Capitol The hour was about twenty
minutes before 2 o'clock. A minute
later the House was almost empty, and
q great crowd of excited employees and
others was hurrying through the corri-
doris toward the scene of the shooting.
Taulbee was coming down one of the
stairways that lead to the basement OF
the House wing OF the Capitol and
was accompanied by ex-Doorkeeper
h.
the steps behind the pair and in hur-
ried manner touched Taulbee on the
shoulder. The ex-Congressman wheeled
sharply, and Kincaid, raising his
weapon, one of small calibre. pulled
the trigger.
Taulbee fell back against the wall,
the blood streaming from q wound d.
rectly below his left eye.
Kincaid, meanwhile, had not endeav-
ored to get away. He leaned against
the wall Of tho staircase utterly weak
ened, and later walked quietly away
with the Capitol policeman who arrest
ed him. "I'm the man that did it," he
said to the policeman, in an aimlesa
manner. He was taken to the Capitol
guard-room and later to police station.
Cause of the Tragedy,
ton in the Louisville Times of scan
dalous story about Taulbee, which re-
suited, it is said, in the separation Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Taulbee. Since the pub
location of that story year ago Kin
caid and Taulbee have not met until .
short time before the shooting when
Taulbee accosted Kidcaid near the east
liar and pulled his ear. Ktncaid, 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 Ktncaid armed him
self and hunted Taulbee up.
AT Providence Hospital where the
wounded man was taken Drs. Bayne
and Koones said that Taulbee's general
condition was quite favorable and that
he was doing even better than could
have been reasonably expected. There
are only slight hemorrhages from the
nose and mouth which, together with
ho hot 90 ia
brain and the optic nerves are I'M
touched, leads the attending surgeons
to regard the case at present as entirely
hopeful.
Kincaid Has Friends.
Kincaid will be kept in confinement
to await the result of Taulbee's injur-
les. Should the Kentuckian die it will
look very grave for his assailant.
A friend who called ass ured Mr.. Kin
caid that he would be pleased to
qualify as one of his bondsmen in case
he was needed. This friend also stated
that he brought message from Sena-
tor Voorhees, to the effect that in case
his services as counsel were needed at
the trial he could count upon them.
From the number and prominence of
the people who called at the station
house to offer their aid, if needed, 1t Is
evident that Mr.. Kincaid is not without
friends in Washington.
Taulbeo, since declining reelection
to Congress last year, has been here and
in New York giving his time to deal
ings in Kentucky lands, and has made
some large sales of tracts in the eastern
part of the State.
Kincaid, Familiarity known as Judge.
having held that position in q minor
kentucky court, is small man, about
40 years of age, quite prominent in q
social way in Kentucky and in this city.
Protesting Against Russia.
NEW YORK March IA mass-mAet.