St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-01
Correspondent Kincaid Shoots
ex-Congressman Taulbee
in the Head.
The Victim Can Blame No One
But Himself for His
Wound.
He Hounded and Insulted the
journalistic Worm Until
1t Turned.

w. L. IaulDee, VINO represented ken
lucky district in the house in the Forty.
ninth and Fiftieth congresses, was the
victim. and Charles E. Kincaid, the
Washington correspondent Of the Louis
vile Times, did the shooting. The
house was engaged in its deliberations
when Kincaid's pistol shot rang through
the corridors of the capitol. The hour
was about twenty minutes before z
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. Taul.
bee was shot while coming down one OF
the Stairways that lead to the basement
of the house wing of the capitol. He
was accompanied by ex-Doorkeeper Sam
Donaldson. Kincald came down the
steps behind the pair, and in hurried
manner touched Taulbee on the Shout
| der. The eX-cOngreSSman 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 in
jured. lie walked in an uncertain man
ner down the steps, and then was as
sisted to the little cubbyhOle called the
JanitOr's Office.
A GREAT POOL OF BLOOD
marked the spot in the threshold Of the
doorway to this room where Taulbee
had halted for moment. The room
to be administered to him, and he was
n no of tho mi ffAAQ ~
public buildings and grounds just
around the corner of the corridor,
where medical attendance was given by
Representative Yoder, of Ohio, who is
a physician, and DR.. Clarence Adams,
of this city. Kincaid meanwhile had
| not endeav0red to get away. He leaned
against the wall of the staircase utterly
weakened, and later walked quietly
away with the capitol policeman who
arrested him. Pm the man that
did it," he said to the policeman
in an almless manner. He was taken
to the capitol guard room and later TO
the police station. A reporter spoke to
Kincaid as he was being led from the
guard room to the cab which conveyed
him to the station. He seemed utterly
helpless, and in answer to an inquiry if
he had anything to say, replied: MOT
now; Pm too weak. Pve just been
through an attack of typhoid" Here tie
halted and cried: "Catch me, l feel
faint" He acted like man who had
lost control Of his nerves. Taulbee was
taken to his boarding house Oh Capitol
shooting. Dir. Adams said that he
could not tell how serious the wound
was, but he thought that Taulbee
would recover. The trouble grew out
of the publication in the Louisville
| Times of scandalOuS story about 1aul-
| bee, which resulted, it is said, in the
separation of Mr.. and Mrs. Taulbee.
| Since the publication of that story a
wear ago, Kincaid and Taulhee had not
met until short time after noon to-
day, when Taulbee accosted Kincaid
near the east lobby door of the house,
called him liar and
PULLED HIS NOSE.
Kincaid, 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 Kin
caid armed himself and hunted Taulbee
up. Later reporter saw Kincaid in
his cell and had brief conversation
with him. Kincaid said that Taulbee
had been bounding him for long time
and threatened his life. He had been
told by great many. newspaper CORE
! spondents that Tauibee had said that
he was mot fit to live," that he
was coward, and that he had better
keep an eye on him CTaulbee). When he
came up to me this morning." said
Kincaid, 'he insuIted me and said that
| was a coward, and that | would not re-
sent his insults. | told him to leave me
alone or he would find out what | would
do. Later he insuited me again and
shot him" Later eX-Representatiye
Taulbee was carried from his rooms to
the hospital and an examination made.
The physicians state that they are unable
to say whether or not the wound will
prove fatal, and it has not yet been as
certained if the bullet touched the
spinal column. The symptoms of the
patient, however. are favorable. MeSSrS.
Carlisle, Stone and other former col
leagues of the eX-cOngreSsman, saw
him
SOON AFTER he WAS SHOT.
How badly he was hurt. the doctors
told them, it was impossible to say, as
they were unable to tell what direction
eve might have been affected by the
bullet striking the optic nerves. but
this was 'disproved when Mr.. Taulbee,
at the suggestion of Congressman
Stone, put his hand over his uninjured
eve and the sight of the other one was
found to be perfect The stricken man
rested in the committee room half an
hour before he was removed to his home.
He was taken out on lounge and
placed in carriage. several
doctors and eX-RepreSentative Phil
Thompson accompanying him. Suisse
Quently ne was taken to Providence
hospital. The latest report is to the
effect that he is resting quietly, ana
b that there is prospect that he may re-
| cover, though the physicians say it is a
very serious case. The bullet entered
Just below and a little to the right of
the left eye. 1t is believed that it went
around the side of the face and lodged
behind the right ear. No paralysis
has set in, so that there is good
the spinal column nor brain has
been affected. Friends of the injured
man say that the wound may be facial
one. which will not have serious result
| 1t is, however, of such character that
a few hours will permit an accurate
diagnosis of the case. EX-C0ngressman
Iaulbee, the wounded man, came from
one of the mountain districts of Ken
lucky. He is thirty-nine years old. of
tall figure, with frame sinewy and
STRONG, BUT LEAN.
He soon became known In the house
as ready talker, and was more fire.
quently on his feet than any other
young member. He had an immensely
powerful voice, and in the tumult
which sometimes occur in the honse, it
could always be heard above the din.
The following is biography furnished
by him to the congressional directory:
civilian Preston Taulbee, OF Saylors-
Vile, was born in Morgan county,
Kentucky, Oct. 20, 1851, and was
educated in private county schools;
studied for the ministry from
1876 to 1878. and for the law from 1873
| to 1881. He was elected clerk to the
Magoffin county court In 1878, and re-
elected In 1882. He was member OF
the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth congress-"
Kincaid Is slIght-built, in0ffensive-
looking man OF about thirty-five years
of age. He was formerly Judge In
one OF the Louisville courts. and his
I fsseity Is one Of tbs. beat known In Ken