Now am a little confused as to the name of the paper I copied, the Times or the Courier. Three years is a long time to remember now. The Louisville Times March 8, 1890 DEATH WAVERING ------ The Dread Messenger Lingering By the Bedside of Mr. Taulbee. ------ Who is Likely to Receive His Chilling Touch At Any Moment. ------ Washington, March 7. – (Special.)- At this hour – 1 o’clock a. m. – Mr. Taulbee’s condition is unchanged. He is still under the influence of opiates, and his attendants say they do not know what turn the case may take at any hour. For the past two or three days he has been in a semi-conscious state, and most, if not all the sleep that he obtains, is while under the influence of opiates. /the general opinion is that he is in a very critical condition, and the friends of the patient have very little hope of his recovery, and this opinion has been expressed by the members of the Kentucky delegation and others who visited the hospital yesterday and to-day. There is, of course, a bare possibility of recovery; and some of Mr. Taulbee’s friends cling to that slender hope yet. Dr. Bayne, who is in charge of the case and who goes to the hospital several times daily, made the following statement this evening: “Mr. Taulbee is in about the same condition as he was when yesterday’s report was made. His case undoubtedly gives rise to grave apprehensions, but, at the same time, it has not arrived at that state where it can be said that there is no prospect of his recovery. His mind now is not in a sufficiently intelligent state to make an ante-mortem statement from him possible at the present, nor will it be unless it clears decidedly. Bad symptoms set in Wednesday, when he first became delirious, and has been growing constantly weaker ever since. He also suffers from exhaustion, as a result of the large amount of blood he lost at the time of the shooting. The eye near which the ball entered is substantially uninjured, and if he recovers, he will not lose the sight of either eye.” ------ There was only a short paragraph in the Times on March 9, 1890 Mr. Taulbee’s condition was slightly improved yesterday and Dr. Hamilton hopefully expressed the opinion that the wounded man now has a chance for life. Mr. Taulbee was easy under the influence of opiates at a late hour last night.