The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-05-01

The Man in the Case a Son oi
KoDtuoay's Governor.
A wR0NGED HUSBANDS REVENGE.

He Followed His Wife and Her ParamOur D.,
to an Assignation House and Riddled
Them with Bullets-A Sensation in High
Kentucky Society.
LOUISVILLE May 1.-At separate under
taking establishments in this city lie the
bodies of perhaps two of the most prom
| inent peoplein the state of Kentucky. One |
| that Of Archie Brown, son and private ,
secretary to Kentucky's chief executive;
the other that of Mrs. Fulton Gordon, |
prominent because of her remarkable |
beauty and excellent family connections. !
The story Is a sad one, and has caused one .
of the greatest sensations this city or state
has ever been called upon to chronicle.
Brown came to Louisville in response to |
telegram from Mrs. Gordon, and met
her at 1925 Madison street, an evil resort |
kept by Lucie b. Smith. The couple inn |
mediately went to an upstairs room which !
had been previously engaged Half an
hour later Fulton Gordon, the woman's
husband, went to the house and engaged a
| lower room, saying that a woman would
| join him shortly. The man closed all the
doors and few minutes later commo-
tion was heard above, followed by a sue
cession of pistol shots. Then there was a
| hurried movement down stairs as Mrs.
| Gordon fled from the scene. A few more
shots rang out, and she fell dead on the
| porch in the rear yard. Gordon left the
house and Immediately Browns corpse
was found up stairs
Gordon was arrested by Officers Reilly
and Lapaille as he was about to jump in
his buggy on a neighboring street. When
arrested he said: 81 shot both of them. l
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. The officers and
Gordon walked to Lucie Smiths Just as
they got inside the front door Gordon
staggered and was about to fall, when Of
ficer Reilly caught him. He was in
fainting condition and somebody dashed
some water in his face. The officers then
summoned the ambulance and Gordon
was sent to Jail. Officer Lapaille said he
had known Mrs Gordon by reputation for
some time She had been going by the
name of Reese
Never was there more sanguinary bat
tie than the one fought on the second floor
of Lucie Smiths house. Gordon had no
difficulty in getting into the room, as the
fact that there are no broken locks indi-
Gates that the doors were left unlatched.
AS soon as Gordon gained egress a desper-
ate duel evidently began. Brown had a
thirty-eight 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. Gordon. The bed on which Brown
and Mrs. Gordon lay was covered with
blood, showing that one or both had been
shot while in that position or that in the
struggle one or more of the wounded had
fallen there
Gordon himself was covered with blood,
most of which doubtless was the result of
contact with his wounded antagonist.
What parU, if any, Mrs. Gordon took in
the encounter, only her husband is in a
| position to say
Two bullets are embedded in the door,
0 several went through window, three are
\ buried in the wall and two in the ceiling.
The walls are smeared with blood The
dingy carpet on the floor is saturated with
gore, and the furniture was badly broken
in the fray.
Browns body is covered with blood from
head TO foot. There was no clothing on
the body except pair Of knit drawers
and a pair of black socks. The undershirt
had been removed and the wounds were
plainly visible.
. Mrs. Gordons body was found on the
cellar door, face downward, clothed only in
a chemise and skirt, and in stocking
$ feet Her hair was loose, and was hang
ing about her head in a tangled mass. Hel
face was calm and gave no sign Of a strug
gle. Her bosom was covered with blood
and her skirt despatched with the fluid
Her hands were tightly clenched and hel
face smeared with splotches of blood
a, l. e.
nervous prostration. Gordon stated tina
he tried to kill himself after shooting
Brown and his wife, but the cartridg
Y Y failed to explode, and his hand was nerv
s GUS On his way to Jail Gordon said tina
he had suspected the couple for some time
? and about a week ago his suspicious wer
confirmed. Ever since he had kept a watcl
on his wife.
At s o'clock last night the coroner jur
rendered verdict of just!hable homicide
Governor Brown, accompanied by Sec
Y retary of State Headley, arrived in the cit
a from Frankfort last evening, and is stoT
81 ping at the Gait House The governor
"a completely Frustrated by the affair.
Mrs. Gordon was Miss Nellie Bush, c
this city and her family is one of the bes
known and most prominent in this state
Her father was once state librarian an
y her grandfather was Judge Zacharia
> Wheat, chief justice of the court of az
peals of kentucky, and one Of the mos
learned and distinguished of Kentuck
iurists She eloped with Gordon abou
, ten years ago. She leaves three children
Brown was divorced from his wife feV
years ago, and his intimacy with Mrs
Gordon was the ground for the separation
cd On account of the high social standing O
the parties none of the facts were mad
- publio at the time of the divorce.
Eminent Domain for Telephone COmpanie
ST. PAUL, May by majority opi1
ion the supreme court sustained tn
lower court in holding that the state lay
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