The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-17
TWENTY SHOTs.FIRED
Scott, First Man Killed, Was a Me-.
phew Of Ex-Governor. Bradley.
I0THER.TW0 WERE BYsTAN0 ERs.
The Trouble Between Scott and dis
Slayer, CoIson, Began Last Year
in the Army, and Resulted
i'll the Formers Shooting
Colson-:Ail the Pal-
ties arc Prominent.

ties arc Prominent.
FRANKFORT, KY, Jan. 16.--Ex-Con-
81 uessman David G. aColson shot and Killed
iEthelbert Scott, Luther DeAlaree and.
Charles Julian in the. Capitol Hotel to-day
The killing was a result OF a. renewal OF
a. fet,d between CoIson and Scott. which
grew up between them while in the army.
last year Cclson is under arrest.
Scot t and e IeAIaree died almol t instantly.
Julian was thought to be only slightly
wounded, but died at 1:5o p NJ. from
shock and loss OF blood, making the thirdi
death.
Harry McFsweng. of Louisville, was also
hit BY stray bullets. but not seriously
wounded. All but Scott were bystanetsrs
and were shot by accident. Colson was
shot in the arm, but not seriously hurt.
After the shooting he went to the resi-
dence OF Cop Williams, nearby, and gave
himself up. Later q warrant was sworn
out by Clint Fogg, who witnessed the7
killing. Fosg says Colson shot flrst.
IN CROWDED LOBBY,
The killing occurred in the lobby OF the
Capitol Hotel, which was densely. paeket
with people who are here attending zthe
trial Of tie contests before he.Legisiature
Persons who We're in the hotel when the
. tragedy occurred say fully twenty 'shots
were fired. Scott, who was the first kiLedr
was a rephe,w OF Ex-Governor bradley
DeNIaree was assistant postmaster at
Shelbyville and a prominent Repuollcan
politician. Julian was one OF the. wealth.
lest farmers in this csuney and heionsed
to an old Kentucky family The trouble
between Scott ard ,Colson, which began IN
the army last year, resulted in Colson Ds--
ing shot by Scott, and 1t has beens prea,cl-
ed since that one or both would be Killed
should they meet as they did to-day.
Colonel Colson is in q highly nervous
state, resulting from excitnent attending
4 he ira sedy,i and as he has never fully re-
I covered from n stroke of paralysis sus-
tanned last year, his friends are Sreatly
) concerned over his condition.
T ACCOUNTS DIFFER.
Accounts of the killing differ. and it IS
impossible to give details further. than
while Colson and a party OF friends
We're standing in the southwest corner
OF the hotel lobby, Scott came in the
hotel and when near Colson. the firing
began. Scott after being shot, walked
backward toward the stairway looking
to the. bar-roomi and fell down the
body rolled over against the bar-room
door and as it did. Colonel Colson. who
had followed shooting at every step. fired
one or more shots in the PROSTATE form.
@DeAIaree, who was killed in the general
fusiade, was shot twice. one ball pierc-
ing the heart and the other either rene
trated the heart or went directly under
it.. Those in he immediate Colson party
daclinerfe talk about the affair, and while
,f1a,.e ttIafE
others were engaged in the shooting. no
names are given.
The bodies of the dead were removed to
undertaking establishments and all of-the
physicians in the city.were summoned to
attend the wounded.
Hundreds ofspeopla flocked to the scene
OF the shooting and watched the tragic
scenes following tie removal of the re-
mains OF the dead from the hotel
z The most snrofo.,ofl sorrow a~ists over
the accidental killing Of DeMaree and
Julian and the feeling against Colson
among their friends is exceedingly bitter.
SHOT SIX TIMES.
Examination ofSScott's body shows tina,
he was shot at least six times. The fact
: that a part of the bullets were of IS and
part of A. calibre indicate that he was
shot by somebody besides Colson, or that
Co.son had two revolvers:
Witnesses to the killing say that De-
Maree was directly hetWeen Scott and
Colson when the shooting began and that
3 he was killed by the first shot fired.
Co;son lives at &Iiddleboro and repre-
sented the Eleventh district in Congress
Z fer. two years. Scott was a young lawyer
living at Mt, Sterling and was a iieute nant
in ColScn S 5regimentsin the Spanish war.
When the killing occurred the city was
z thrown into q great state of excitement, It
being supposed at first thatSit was the
result of a clash growing out of the poiitt-
cal contests on trial in the Legislature.
Captain B. b. Golden. who IS thought to
be fatally wounded, is lawyer who lives
at Barbou-svilles and was captain OF the
Kentucky caya Try troops during the Span-
sish-lAmerican war.
s Captain Golden made a statement IN
which he said no words passed between
Scott and :Colson before the shooting. and
that Colson fred first. Golden and.CoiSon
faade had 4 trouble before and Colson, $
friends charge that Golden was engaged
in the shooting to-day. a
THREE SHOOTING HIM .s
Colonel Golson, when he entered Cher
Williams house, was almost exhausted
and. gasped: "I am sorry he, would not
let me- alone. There were three of them
sIottfng al me .
When he was taken to Jail, after the
surgeons had dressed his shattered arm
he begged to be allowed bail.
The grand juryis IN session. and. an
Indictment will probably be returned
against him to-norrow.
Coroner Measher will also hold an n! M
quest st5to-morrow# mo orntng.
Colsons tonight still declined to talk
He is in highly nervous state. and
appeared to have been weeping when q
reporter called
Colson, who killed Scott. and who is
charged with the killing OF both De-
Marie and Julian, and with shooting
Golden. has long beena prominent figure
| il, Kentucky politics. He served two:
terms In Congress. and declined al nomina--s
.tion at the hands ofethe Republican party
sofathe Eleventh District in 1S9s, Il, order
TO accept the scolonelcy of the Fourth
skentucx Regimeut In .tha Spanish wat
C.,s ter Conspiracy Case.