Connecticut western news., 1895-05-02

KILLED THEM BOTH.
SON OF GOVERNOR BROWN SHOT
 BY A WRoNGEo HUSBAND.

SON OF GOVERNOR BROWN SHOT
 BY A WRONGE0 HUSBAND. Gordon Shot Him and Then Killed Mrs.
 Gordon-Attsmpted Suicide, but Failed.
 He Was Promptly Acquitted by . Coro-
 ner's Jury.
 LOUISVILLE, May 1.-Archie Brown, the governors son and secretary. paid with his life for a liaison with another man 's wife. The latter shared the same fate, the wronged husband shooting them to death in the room in which he had surprised them in their guilt.
 Fulton Gordon is the name of the man who so terribly avenged his domestic dis honor. The tragedy is one of the most sensational in the history of the state on account of the prominence of the persons involved and the circumstances surround ing the case.
 It occurred In an evil resort kept by a colored woman at 1925 West Madison street. Brown was killed in the room, and Mrs. Gordon was shot as she was fles- ing from the place.
 At noon Brown, with Gordons wife. knocked at the front door of Lucy B. Smiths Madison street house They were admitted by Mattie Mattingly. a colored woman. and immediately repaired to the up stairs front room. which had been pre- viously engaged. Thirty minutes later a tall, dark haired man knocked at the door of the house and was admitted He enter cd the front lower room, saying that . woman would join him there shortly.
 The man closed all the doors, and few minutes later a commotion was heard above, followed by a succession of pistol shots. Then there was . hurried move. ment down stairs as Mrs. Gordon fed from the scene. A few more shots rang out. and she fell dead on tho porch In the rear yard. ..
 Gordon left tho house immediately. A few moments later Browns corpse was found in the up stairs room. The follow ing telegram was taken from his pocket:
 LOUISVILLE, April 2s. Archie D. Brown, Governors Private
 Secretary. Frankfort. Ky:
 Don't write any more Come Tuesday. Meet mo ats. 10 a. m."
 A Duel With Pistols.
 It was pursuant to this telegram that Brown met Mrs. Gordon. It was 8 brief but sanguinary battle that was fought in the front room of the second floor of Lu- cy Smiths house.
 As soon az Gordon gained admittance a duel to the death evidently began Brown had a 5S caliber revolver. which was found empty after the tragedy. Gordon must have had two pistols, as six bullets pierced Browns body and three that of Mrs Cor don. The bed on which Brown and Mrs. Gordon lay was covered with blood. show Ing that one or both had been shot while there, or in the struggle one or more of the wounded had fallen thereL
 Just what part, If any, Mrs- Gordon took in the fatal encounter only her hus- band is alive to say The walls of the room are smeared with blood and filled with bullet holes-
 The slayer of his wife and her paraniour was arrested by Officers Reilly and Lapille while getting into his buggy He exclaim- ed: "I shot both of them. caught them In the act They are both dead. Come with me. I'll show you where they are. ''
 The body presented a horrible appear ance, being covered with blood from head to foot. There was no clothing on the body except pair of drawers and a pair of socks There were three gunshot wounds in the breast, one of them being over the region of the heart; two wounds in the head one in the center of the stom- ach and another In the right arm. Mrs Gordon was lying on e cellar door in the yard face downward. She was clothed only in chemise and skirt and was In stocking feet.
 "Justifable Homicide,~ Says the Jury. Mrs Gordon was Miss Nellie Bush oi this oity. Her family Is one of the most prominent In this state Her mother was once state librarian. and her grandfather was Judge Zachariah Wheat chief iustice of the court of appeals of Kentucky. Fulton Gordon at the time of his mar. riage was one of tho best known men about town. He was then clerk at the Gait House of this city and had aoquaint ances in every portion of the country. They eloped about ten years ago. Short ly afterward they moved to Frankfort, where he became proprietor of the Kenyon hotel. This he continued to run until the Worlds fair began, when he sold out hit establishment and moved to Chicago where he became manager of the Turkish baths in the Palmer House
 Gordon Is in jail, and no one is allowed to see him. He is unhurt. but Is suffer | ing from nervous prostration. Gordon | stated that he tried to kill himself after shooting Brown and his wife, but the cartridge failed to explode, and his hand | was nervous
 On his way to jail Gordon stated to the | officers that he had suspected the coupl, | for some time, and about a week ago hit suspicious were confirmed. Ever since ht | had kept 8 watch on his wife, and learning that she and Brown were at the house on Madison street he went there, and tn, tragedy followed.
 | | justifable homicide. Gordon's case will be tried today. Governor Brown, aooom panied by Secretary of State Headley. ar rived in the city from Frankfort and ii stopping at the Galt House. The govern or is completely prostrated by the affair.