Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-05-09
A TRAGEDY IN HIGH LIFE.
and Mrs. + ulton Gordon Killed by the
Husband ofthe Unfaith full Woman.

Husband ofthe UnfaithfuI Woman.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 30
A bloody shooting affair took
place this afternoon, when Arch
Brown, the son and private Sec
retary Of Governor Brown, was
shot and killed by Fulton Cor
don. Brown and Gordon's wife
had been intimate and Gordon
suspected the wrong doing of
the pair Brown and Mrs. Cor
don entered a house and Gordon,
who followed, found them in bed.
Gordon began the shooting and
Brown returned the fire. Mrs.
Gordon was shot during the
melee and killed by her husband.
The guilty couple were complet-
ely taken by surprise, but Brown
had prepared himself for such a
visit. Gordon was not injured.
although he was covered with
blood and was thought to have
been shot. He is, however, in
convulsions. Mrs. Gordon was
a Miss Nellie Bush, of this city,
and belongs to one of the most
prominent families in the State.
She eloped with Gordon about
ten years ago. Young Brown
was recently divorced from his
wife. When the divorce was
published, although no woman's
name was mentioned, it is under
stood that the reason for the di-
vorce lay in Browns intimacy
with Mrs, Gordon. On account
of the high connections the MUIR
der has caused a great sensa-
ton.
Another account says that
Brown and Gordon's wife were
in the house at 1925 Madison
street and Gordon followed them
there and caught them together.
He at once attacked Brown and
shot him fatally. Brown return
ed the fire and injured Gordon.
Gordon then turned his weapon
on his wife and shot a bullet
through her stomach, killing her
instantly.
At the time Of his marriage
Gordon was a clerk at the Gait
house. Shortly afterward Gordon
and his wife moved to Frankfort
where he became proprietor Of
the Cenyon house. This he con-
tinued to run until the Worlds
fair, when he sold out his eStab-
lishment and moved to Chicago.
Gordon was watching his wife
and Brown and saw them enter
the house. He waited few
minutes and then rushed in, find
ing the guilty couple in bed. He
opened fire Immediately and
Brown returned it. Nine shots
were exchanged, Brown firing
four. Gordon, as soon as Brown
fell, shot his wife.
Gordon left the house imme-
diately. A few minutes later
Browns corpse was found in the
upstairs room. The following
telegram was taken from his
pocket.
"LOUIsvILLE, KY, April %.
"Archie D. B,'oa0re. frankfort, Ky:
Don't write any more Come
Tuesday. Meet me. at 10 a. m. :"
1t was pursuant to this tele-
gram that Brown met Mrs. Cor
don this morning. It was a brief
but sanguinary battle that was
fought in the front room Of the
second floor Of Lucie Smiths
house. AS soon as Gordon gain
ed admittance duel to the death
evidently began. Brown had a
38-calibre revolver which was
found empty after the tragedy.
Six bullets pierced Browns body
and three that Of Mrs. Gordon.
Il shot both of them. They
are both dead. Come with. me
and I'll show you where they
are" said Gordon to the officer
who arrested him.
Gordon said to Officer La
paille on the way to the jail that
he had suspected the couple for
some time and about a week ago
he found that his suspicious were
correct. He went to the house
this morning and found them. He
drew his pistol and fired five
shots at Brown, by which time
the Governors son had his pisto,
in play. Brown fired two shot
at Gordon. Then the lattt S
grappled with him and took his
pistol away from him and shot
at him with his own weapon.
After shooting at Brown he shot
at his wife as she was going
down the steps, striking he1
just as she reached the bottom
She fell dead outside the door.
Browns body lay on the floor
of the room in which he was
killed until 2 o'clock when it was
removed by undertaken King.
The body presented a horrible
appearance, being covered with
blood from head to foot. There
were three wounds in the breast
one of them being over the region
of the heart; two wounds in the
head, one being in the centre oi
the forehead. There was an
other in the centre of the stom
ach and another in the right arm
Mrs. Gordon's family is one OF
the most prominent in this State
Her mother was once State libra
rian and her grandfather was