The Irish standard., 1900-01-20
THREE MEN KILLED.
Kentuckians Settle an Old Grudge
in a Hotel Lobby.
Ex-Congr essman Colson Kills Lieut..
Scott, and Two Bystanders Also
Meet Death ana Several Oth-
ers Are Wounded.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. ia hundred
persons in the lobby of the Capitol
hotel Tuesday afternoon saw duel
to the death between Col. David G..
Colson and Lieut.. Ethelbert Scott. The
duelists lodged about among the
panic-stricken throng trying to get
range of each other, firing at every
opportunity. Scott was killed, Colson
was badly wounded, two bystanders
were slain by stray bullets, two other
noncombatants were wounded and a
seventh man suffered fractured leg
as the result of a collision with Lieut..
Scott when the latter fell lifeless down
the street stairway of the hotel. Fol-
lowing is list of the dead:
Lieut.. Ethelbert Scott, Pulaski county.
Charles Julian, stock trader and politi-
clan, Franklin county.
Luther w. Demaree, assistant postmas-
ter at shelbyville. Shelby county.
| The injured:
Col. David g. Colson.
| Capt. Ben B. Golden, Knox county.
Harry McEwan, Louisville.
o. D. Redpath, travelling man. Michigan
City, Ind.
Golden Likely to Die.
The wounds of Capt. Golden are
thought to be fatal. lie was alive at
a late hour. Redpath was the man
who was struck down in the stairway
by the reeling body of Lieut.. Scott.
Fifteen shots in all went home out of
| about 20 fired. Scott had a bullet
in temple, one in throat, two in lungs,
two in back; Demarrec, two in heart;
Julian bullet in calf of right leg; Capt.
Golden, two bullets in spine; Colson,
bullet splintered left arm from wrist
| to elbow and bullets tore his cuffs and
| sleeves to shreds; McEwan, one bullet
in left foot.
I Result of an Army Ecud.
The affair grew out of a difficulty in
a cafe at Admission, Ala, between ex.
Congressman David G. Colson and
Ethelbert Scott, both of whom were
at that time in the volunteer army
The men on that occasion drew revolv.
ers and Colson, who was colonel of tile
Fourth Kentucky regiment, was shot
by Scott, a lieutenant in that com.
mand. Colson and Scott did not meet
again until Tuesday.
| COlsOn the Aegressor.
An eyewitness to the atfray says
that Scott and Capt. Golden were go
ing into the restaurant in the base
ment of the hotel when Colson cane
up to them. He made some remark te
Scott and there was an Interchange oil
some pretty sharp language, and botl
men began to fire at each other
Golden turned away from them ant
was the first man shot
+ Under Arrest.
Colson surrendered to the city au
| thorities Is minutes after the shoot
ing and is now in Jail. lie is one Of
the most prominent republicans ir
Kentucky. He has served two terms
III congress, leaving his seat to par
ticipate in the Spanish-American war
Scott was nephew OF eN;Gov. Bradle,
and stood high in social Circles.
Wild Panic in the Hotel.
The lobby of the hotel presented {
wild scene when the shooting began
The people there broke and ran in al
directions-out of the doors, through
the windows, back into the hotel.
general rush was made through thu
dining-room, where dinner was being
served, and tables and dishes wer,
strewn on the floor. The wives of quit,
a number of legislators were in the
general hall of the hotel outside thu
| lobby and within % feet of tho COON.
of the tragedy when the firing began