Hi: It was great to read about your visit to the Frozen/Negro Branch area. I was very young when my grandparents and many cousins were there but I have good memories. I am a Litteral with tons of 1/2 relatives via John Miles Taulbee and my grandmother Amanda Centers Taulbee Litteral. You can't go home again but I always enjoy visiting the area and the cemeteries. I always like getting email or postings about any of my relatives. My Father was Samuel Kelly Litteral. Thanks for this great site. Terrance Litteral > 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. 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