The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-03
YHE PENALTY OF SIN.
Prominent Kentucky Man and
Woman Dead In Louisville.
GOV. BROWNS son MURDERED.
lie l. shot In a DiSreputabIc House by a
Mad Husband. While With the I.atter's
Wife-The Woman Was beautiful and
Highly Connected.


LOUISVILLE. May AT separate un-
lertaking establishments in this city
lie the bodies Of perhaps two ot the
most prominent people in tn state OF
Kentucky. one Is that OF ARCHIE
Brown. son and private secretary =
Kentuclzy's chief executive: the other
Is thar of Mrs. Fulton Gordon. pr"ml-
nent because OF her remarkable beauty
and excellent family connections
The story l. a sad one and has caused
one Of the greatest sensations tins city
or state has ever been called upon to
chronicle.
\ telegram found in Mr.. Browns
pocket no doubt Is the direct cause Of
the double murder 1t Is sent from this
city and Is signed by the woman's IN
itials and asks him 10 meet her at an
evil resort. Upon receipt OF the tele-
gram Mr.. Brown came to Louisville and
proceeded to the appointed place. which
Is an evil resort at 1925 Madison street,
where the tragedy occurred
When Brown. with Gordon : wife,
knocked at the front door OF LucIe B-
Smiths Madison street house, they
were admitted by Matte MattnEly, a
colOred woman. and immediately re
paired to the upstairs front room. which
had been previously engaged Thirty
minutes later rather tail, dark haired
man knocked at the door OF the house
and was admitted. This was Fulton
Gordon. He engaged the front lower
room. saying that a woman would JOIN
him shortly. The man closed all the
doors. and a few minutes later a com
motion was heard above, followed 10y a
succession of pistol shots Then there
was a hurried movement down
stairs as Mrs. Gordon fled from tine
scene. a few more shots rang ont and
she fell dead on the porch in the rear
yard. Gordon left the house immedi-
ately and Il few moments later Brown :
corps was found in the upstairs room
Gordon was caught by police officers :
he was getting into his buggy to drive
away. He was all bloody. He was i'm
mediately sent to jail
Never was there Il more Sauguinary
battle than the one fought on the sec
Ond floor of the house. Gordon had no
difficulty III getting into the room, aS
the fact that there are no broken locks
indicates that the entry was left un-
latChed-
A. soon as Gordon gained inCress 4
desperate duel evidently began. Brown
empty after the tragedy. Gordon must
have had two pistols. a 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 thar one OF both had been shot
while IN that position, or IL the strug-
gle 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 az
tagonist. What part If any, Mrs Cor
don took i'll the encounter. her husband
alone l. IN position 90 say
Two bullets are imbedded in the door.
several went through a window which
faced TO the the north; three are buried
III the wall and two IN the ceiling The
walls are SmcaTed with blood The
dinCy carpet on the floor Is saturated
with gore and the furniture was badly
broken in the fray. Browns body pre-
seuted a horrible appearance, being
covered with blood from head To foot
Mrs Gordou's body was found face
downward on the ccllardOOr on the real
porch of the house.
Gordon Is III Jail. and no one IL al
lowed to see him. He l. uuhurt, hut j,
suffering from nervous pro~JratIun
Gordon stated tndt Ne tIled TO XIII hliu
self after shooting Brown and his wife
but the cartridge failed To explode aui
his hand was nervous. The coroner
jury has rendered a verdict Of justiia
bic homicide.
Governor Brown. accompanied by
Secretary of State Hcudly has arrive
in the city from Frankfort. and l.
stopping NJ the Galt House. The gov
ernor IS completely Frustrated by tn,
sad affair.
Mrs. Gordon was Miss Nellie Bush o
this city, and her family l. one Of tn,
best known and most prominent in thi
state. Her mother was once state ii
brarian at Frankfort. and her grand
father, Judge Zachariah Wheat. chic
Justice of the court Of appeals Of Ken
tucky and one of the most learnedsan
distinguished of Kentucky jurists Cor
don wa at one time assistant manage
OF the Palmer House IN Chicago