The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-12
A victim OF Concealed weapons.

1 a Victim OF GOnCeaAeQ ~ eaDO1S.
Fx-C1neressnan Taulbee is dead, and il
is extremely probable that Charles E Kin
caid, the Kentucky judge and Washington
I CORRESPONDENT, who shot him in the national
capital a week ago last Friday, will not
soon again play the part Of a favored beau
in Washington drawing rooms. He will
have TO answer the charge of murder in the
courts. Immediately after the shooting
/ public sympathy in Washington was with
Kincaid. Whether or not it viii rem-In
with him viii be determined by the char
acter Of the evidence that is prodL ced
| against him.
Taulbee was a large man and a very
| strong one, and Kincaid is a very small
man and a delicate one. The physical diff
ference between the two men was one of the
reasons why public sympathy was with
! Kincaid. Another reason was that Kin
caid, it was said, had tried in every posi-
bic way to avoid a difficulty with Taulbee,
who, whenever slightly under the influence
Of intoxicating liquor, sought to quarrel
with him.
On the day the shooting occurred Taulbee
was the aggreSsor. He approached Kin
caid and attempted to pull his ear. At that
time Kincaid, according to the published
reports, asserted that he was NOT armed, and
Taulbee declared that he also was without
arms. Where then did Kincaid get the pis-
tol with which he shot Taulbeel The shoot
ing occurred soon after the first encounter
between the two men, and Kincaid did not
have time to go to his room for his pistol,
unless his room was close to the capitol.
Did somebodyin the capitol lend him pis-
tol9
Kincaid said when he was arrested that
he did not shoot Taulbee from behind and
that he did not draw his pistol until
movement by Taulbee led him to believe
that the latter was about to draw a weapon.
Taulbee did not make a statement A few
days ago be was mentally and physically in
a condition to make one, but his physicians
objected because they thought that the ex-
element he would necessarily undergo
would lesson his chances of recovery.
There was an eyewitness to the shooting,
however, who has persistently refused to
say anything about it. He is an officer of
the House, and it is probable that he is able
ment that justified Kincaid in attempting
to kill him.
After all, this Kincaid- Taulbee affair is
another illustration of the folly and danger
there is in the practice Of carrying con-
cealed weapons. No doubt Klncaid was
greatly angered at Taulbee's attempt to
pull his ear, but has his bloody deed given
him a single moments satisfaction Would
he not willingly make any sacrifice if he
could recall that deedg Even if he should
not be convicted of murder or a lesser
crime, he will never feel the same pleasure
in life he once did. The thought will be
constantly present IN his mind that
he deprived a human being of
life when he could have avoided doing so.
By some he will be regarded as murderer
and by Others as an object of curiosity. The
suffering that Taulbee's persecution caused
him was of small consequence in comparison
with the sufferings he will endure during
the remainder of his life. Those VINO carry
concealed weapons are in much greater
danger of meeting with violent death than
those who do not, and they are also in
danger of committing an act that will fill
their lives with misery.