St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-31
IN FAVOR OF KINCAID.
Evidence Admitted Concern
ing Threats Made by
Taulbee.
Reference Made to the Pub
lication Of Articles in
Newspapers.
A Number of Witnesses Come
Forward in the Prison
er's Behalf.
The Reputation Of Kineaid
That Of a Peaceable,
Doeile Man.

WASHINGTON, March 80. - Judge
Bradley delivered his decision i'll the
criminal court to-day in the klncald
case Oh the question as to the admssa-
biIity of testimony going to show that
the deceased had on various occasions
threatened the life of the defendant.
The court held that the evidence was
admissible. The defense then called
William E. Curtis, Perry Heath. A. j.
Kelley, eX-Congressman Polk La
foon, of Kentucky. and Representative
Paynter, of Kentucky, to testify as to
hearing Taulbee say that he would kill
Kincaid. During the days testimony
there was reference to the publications
that gave rise to the trouble between
Kincald aud Taulbee. The first pub
lication was made in apaper i'll this city
and referred to a scandalous occurrence
alleged to have taken place in
the model room of the patent
office in which a Kentucky con-
gressman and a female clerk figured.
Kincaid subsequently published an ac-
count of the affair in the Louisville
paper of which he was the correspond
ent, using Taulbee's name in connec-
ton with it. Albert j. Kelly, of Terre
Haute, testified that he heard Taul-
bee make threats against Kincaid
shortly after the publication ap-
peared in a Washington paper. He had
communicated these threats to Kincaid.
Mr. Taulbee told witness that he in
tended to kill Kincaid. II might not
have been III that language, but he said
the world Was not wide enough for the
writer of the article to escape vengeance.
Perry Heath, the newspaper CORE
spOndent, was next called to the
stand. About week or ten days be-
fore the shooting he was sitting in the
reporters gallery. Behind the witness
stood Taulbee and some one else. He
thought the other person was Door
keeper Mann. While witness was
waiting. Tauibee's voice became very
loud and distinct, and he heard him say
that Kincaid was responsible for all
these newspaper publications about
him; that he did not believe
The- Newspaper IIen
generally were unfriendly to him; that
there was a limit to his endurance, and
that if there were any more puhllca-
tiOnS about him he proposed to cut Kin
caid'S damned throat. The cOnverSa-
ton went on, and in his remarks Taul-
bee used the word "kill'' two or three
or three days afterward witness met
Kincaid and told him what Taulbee had
said. The witness said that Mr.. Kin
caid'S reputation was that of a peaceable
docIIe man. EX-RepreSentaIiye Polk
LatfoOn, of Kentucky, now of Sheffield,
Ala, was next called to the stand. He
h0d heard Taulbee speak of KIncaid
after publication made in papers here
and in the Louisville Times. He had
heard Mr.. Taulbee make threatening
remarks after these publications. He
Representative Paynter, of Ken
lucky, also testified that Taubee
had made threats against Kincad.
Representative McCreary, of Kentucky.
testified that Kincaid's general reputa-
ton was that of peactable, honorable
and polite gentleman. William Z.
Curtis, the correspondent and director
OF the bureau Of American republics,
was next called. He said he had heard
fIom many people the threats made
against Kincaid by Taulbee, and com
to Kincaid about ten days or two
weeks before the shooting at the corner
of Fourteenth and f streets: witness
told Kincaid that Taulbee was after
him and warned him to look out fol
him; witness had heard sucn threats
ever since the time of the publication
Witness sad Klncaid appeared much
agitated when witness told him of the
threats of Taulbee: that he flushed
and then turned pale; that ht
trembled and then took witness
arm. Frank P. Morgan, Washington
correspondent, was next examined. HI
recOllected the publication of the scan
dal which was associated with the trou
BILE between Kincaid and TauIbee
Long after this publication Mr.. Taul
bee asked him about another publica
ton he understood was to be made. Nh
Taulbee said to witness that Kincait
was at the bottom of it; that Kincai(
had got to be killed. and that he (Taul
bee would kill him.