I am writing this from Jackson, Ky., which has a nice inn and is excellently located for my purpose. Many thanks to list cousin Bill Taulbee who recommended it and sent me some maps to find my way here. Located the Field Branch Cemetery and the Lower Taulbee Fork Road on what used to be called Negro Branch of Frozen Creek. The topo maps I have still show a town called Taulbee but if there ever was one, it is not there now and the distant cousin I encountered here tells me it was a post office rather than a town and that these old post offices have been long discontinued. Beautiful forest covered hills here. The individual Bill put me in contact with here told me that when he was a boy, the only road was the creek bed so it is easy to see how the inhabitants would have been hard pressed to move about much and could become clannish. Rained quite a bit today, but still enjoyed looking around. Here is the next installment of the William Preston Taulbee saga I am transcribing rather that get more wet. TAULBEE STILL ALIVE ------ The Ex-Congressman Hovering In the Valley of the Dread Shadow. ------- At Midnight the Wounded Man Sleeps the Sleep That Opiates Bring, -------- But No One Knows if the Slumberer Will Wake Again At Morning. ------- Statements and Denials of the Unfortunate Affair Repeated By the Principals. ------ Washington, March 6 – (Special.) _ At midnight Mr. Taulbee was asleep, and had been since 10 o’clock, but was under the influence of opiates, as the patient has barely been able to obtain much of any natural sleep for the past several days and nights. Dr. Bayne had not been to the hospital since early in the evening. From all the information that can be learned, Mr. Taulbee is probably in no greater danger at this writing than he has been at any time to-day. But his condition is still regarded so critical by the physicians that there is no telling what change for the worse the lapse of a few hours may bring. STATEMENTS AND DENIALS. Dr. Taulbee Tells His Brother’s Story Again, and Mr. Kincaid Denies It. Washington, March 6. – (Special.)- Mr. Taulbee’s condition changed again for the worse about 1 o’clock this morning. When Drs. Bayne and Hamilton went in the hospital this morning they declared, after making an examination of Mr. Taulbee, that he was in a precarious condition, but in spite of the unfavorable turn, Dr. Bayne was not willing to give up all hope, but he depends largely upon the recuperative powers of the patient, which have been manifested several times during the past three days. Mr. Taulbee has had right along, since Sunday, relapses from which he has rallied only to relapse again into a weak and delirious state. The Star of this evening has the following: “A pleasantly situated room on the first floor of Providence Hospital is occupied by ex-Representative Taulbee, who is hovering between life and death, the dread flight from the effects of the wound inflicted by Charles Kincaid, the Washington correspondent of the Louisville Times. The interview with himself and brother, as published in yesterday’s Star, occurred so late in the afternoon, that from necessity, only the main facts were given. Mr. Taulbee’s room is No. 13 and when the Star reporter entered yesterday, it showed that every attention was being bestowed on the sick man. Several bunches of flowers threw a fragrance over the scene of pain and sorrow. Dr. Taulbee, the brother, and the son of the ex-Representative, are devoted in their attendance at the sick-bed, scarcely leaving for the necessary hasty meals. Mr. Taulbee’s face is drawn and pinched rather than pale. A bandage covers his forehead and left eye. When the Star reporter saw him he was suffering only a small amount of pain, the most of which consisted in shooting darts of pain through the head. Mr. Taulbee speaks with difficulty and seems to have trouble collecting his thoughts. In fact it is a matter of considerable trouble for him to understand any one but his brother, or his son with whose voices he is familiar. The wounded man’s throat is sprayed, by means of an atomizer, almost constantly to overcome the dryness. When asked to say anything to the public Mr. Taulbee replied: “I do not know what statements have already been made, and besides it is almost impossible for me to concentrate my thoughts for any time.” Dr. Taulbee then told his brother that he was going to make a statement for the Star of the facts as he had gathered them from him, and to this Mr. Taulbee gave his assent. The full account of the affair, part of which appeared in yesterday’s Star as gathered from Dr. Taulbee is as follows: “When Taulbee and Kincaid met shortly after noon on Friday and Taulbee asked him to go somewhere and have a consultation, Kincaid said he could not go, as he was expecting to meet a gentleman, emphasizing the word gentleman; that he had made up his mind to have nothing to do or say to Mr. Taulbee and that he then (Taulbee) must leave the place. Kincaid said also that he had no arms, but would procure them if necessary. Thereupon Taulbee said that he had no arms either and that Kincaid’s conduct strongly indicated that he was a villain and a liar, and that he (Taulbee) should make no further efforts to compromise the unpleasant feeling between them. Mr. Taulbee then took Mr. Kincaid by the ear and beckoned him toward the door. After this encounter with Kincaid Taulbee re-entered the House upon some business with ex-Gov. McCleary and another Kentuckian, after which he had lunch in the House restaurant with Mr. Peel, of Arkansas, and another member from Indiana. After lunch he returned to the House and almost immediately started back toward the restaurant with ex-Doorkeeper Donaldson. “Kincaid must have seen Taulbee going down the stairs. As he approached him from the read, Mr. Taulbee turned his face and Kincaid shot him. There was no meeting or conversation on the stairway. Mr. Taulbee did not know who it was shot him until told some time afterward. Taulbee had no pistol or other weapon about him at the time.” “My lips are sealed by my attorney,” said Mr. Kincaid to a Star reporter about the shooting. “But I can’t remain silent in the face of unjust and untruthful statements published in yesterday’s Star and coming from Dr. Taulbee. If he had the authority of his brother for making them the latter must be dreaming. In the first place, I never asked Mr. Taulbee to give me a position. I had no need to ask for such favors outside of my own district, the Eighth, which was represented by my grandfather sixty years ago. I did receive a small position upon a letter from Gov. McCleary, which I subsequently voluntarily resigned. Taulbee had nothing to do with it. All this can be vouched for by Col. Perry Heath and C. A. Hamilton. “Now as to the attacks on his character. I never wrote anything reflecting upon him until after the Patent Office scandal and then after the whole affair had been ventilated at length in the Washington papers. In order to make no mistakes, even then, I based what I wrote on interviews with parties directly connected with the matter at the Department. Afterward I went three times to Mr. Taulbee and offered him any amount of space in the Times to explain, correct or deny what had been published, but he declined. I did not print the story to hurt Taulbee, but simply as a matter of news. I was attending strictly to business and no personal feeling entered into the matter. About our meeting I can not say anything, for as I told you, my lips are sealed.” Col. Wm. N. Staples, late of North Carolina, now of this city, a noted lawyer, to-day tendered his services free to Mr. Kincaid. He is an intimate friend of Judge Sterling B. Toney, of Louisville. Judge H. Clay McKee, of Mt. Sterling, has also proffered his services, in case they are needed.