The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-01
A FAITHLESS FEMALE
Horrible Sequel to q Meeting In .
Disreputable House.
SLAUGHTERED IN THEIR DEN
Kentucky's Sensation In Which
the Governors Son and a PromI-
nent and Beautiful Woman
Die In Darkest Shame.

dertaking establishments in this city
lie the bodies Of perhaps two of the
most prominent people in the state of
Kentucky. One. that of Archie Brown.
son and private secretary to Ken
tucky's chief executive: the other that
Of Mrs. Fulton Gordon. prominent be-
| cause of her remarkable beauty and
excellent family connections. The
story is sad one and has caused one
Of the greatest sensations this city or
state has ever been called upon to
chronicle. The following telegram.
found in Mr.. Browns pocket. no doubt
| is the direct cause of the double muir
| der:
Louisville, KY. April 2S.-To Archie
ID. Brown. Frankfort, Ky.-Do not
write any more. Come Tuesday. Meet
me at s. (SignedD p. NJ. c.
Upon receipt of the above telegram
Brown came to Louisville and proceed
ed to the appointed place. which is an
evil resort at 1,205 Madison street,
where. at 1885 o'clock to-day. the trag-
edy occurred. At noon Brown, with
Gordon's wife, knocked at the front
door of Lucie b. Smiths Madison
street house. They were admitted by
Matte Mattingly, a colored woman,
and Immediately repaired to the up
stairs front room, which had been
previously engaged.
Thirty minutes later a rather tall.
dark-haired man knocked at the door
of the house and was admitted. This
was Fulton Gordon. He engaged the
front lower room, saying a woman
would join him shortly. The man
closed all the doors and a few minutes
later a commotion was heard above.
followed by a succession Of pistol
shots. Then there was a hurried
movement down stairs as Mrs. Gordon
fed from the scene. A few more shots
rang out and she fell dead on the
porch in the rear yard. Gordon left
the house Immediately and a few min
utes later Browns corpse was found
in the upstairs room.
Police Reilly and La Paille rushed
down Walnut street and saw a man
running for a buggy tied to post at
the corner of West street. THE man
was bloody" said Oficer Reilly. ''and
immediately Jumped at the conclus-
ion he was the murderer. 1 grabbed
him just as he was in the act of jump
ing into the buggy. Gordon, for he
turned out to be Gordon, said to me
then: L shot both of them. i caught
them in the act. They are both dead.
/ am shot, too. Come with me and I'll
show you where they are Gordon was
as pale as a ghost and was evidently
very weak. La Paille, myself and Cor
don walked to the house. Just as we
got inside the front door Gordon stag
gered and was about TO fall, when I
caught him. He was in a fainting con-
dition and somebody dashed water in
to his face. I also summoned the am
bulance and we sent Gordon to jail"
Never was there a more sanguine
battle than the one fought on the sec
ond floor of Lucie Smiths house. Cor
don had little difficulty In getting into
the room, as the fact that there are
no broken locks indicate that the en-
try was left unlatched. AS soon as
Gordon gained ingress desperate |
duel evidently began. Brown had a
3s-calibre revolver, which was found |
empty after the tragedy. Gordon must |
have had two pistols, as six bullets |
pierced Browns body and three of |
them pierced Mrs. Gordon. Gordon |
was covered with blood, most of which |
doubtless was the result of the con- |
tact with his wounded antagonist. |
What part, If any, Mrs. Gordon took |
in the encounter her husband only is |
in a position to say. Two bullets are /
embedded in the door, several went |
through a window which faced to the |
north; three are buried in the wall and |
two in the ceiling. The dingy carpet |
on the floor is saturated with gore and |
the furniture was badly broken. |
Browns body presented horrible ap-
pearance. being covered with blood.
There were three shot wounds in the
breast, two wounds in the head, and /
another in the right arm. The features /
were distorted. Mrs. Gordon's body /
was found on the cellar door, face
clothed only in a chemise
and a skirt. Her hair was loose and
was hanging about her head in q tan
gled mass.
Gordon is in jail He is unhurt, but
is suffering from nervous prostration.
Tonight the coroners jury rendered a
verdict of justifiable homicide. Cor
don's case will be tried tomorrow
morning.
The news of the tragic death of Dix
on Brown. son and private secretary of
the governor. reached Frankfort short
Iy after 1 o'clock. A telegram from
DIR. Young Brown. Jr.. carried the sad
to Governor Brown. who
was at the time sitting in his Office
with the secretary of state
and commissioner OF agriculture. He
was completely overwhelmed when ap-
prised of the sad fate of his son, to
whom he was as devoted as IL was
possible for a father 10 be- The gov
ernor's grief was uncomfortable. and he
gave way 10 the most piteous lamen-
Iations. Governor Brown and Secre-
tary Headley left at 3 O'Clock for Lou
avflla Il