I guess when I posted this three years ago I posted file number 8 twice since my files 8 and 9 are identical, Anyway Went back to the Louisville Library and got the part of this article I was missing. What looked like another Taulbee at a convention or in Congress turned out to be an account of the final speech Taulbee gave. I was able to follow the case thru the inquest and indictment by the grand jury, but I was unable to find the trial. Either I did not have time to search for it, or it was knocked off the front page by a devastating tornado that swept Form Jefferson County to Powell County in early April of 1890. This was the major news item for a couple of weeks. Maybe next time, or someone else will find it. Louisville Courier March 12, 1890. TAULBEE DEAD. The Ex-Congressman’s Life Ends in Washington Yesterday Morning. The Last Hours of the Sinking and Unconscious Man Painless. Morning Relatives and Friends Witness the Final Unsuccessful Struggle For Life. Mr. Kincaid Willingly Becomes a Prisoner to Answer For the Killing. His Physical Condition so Precarious That His Physician Forbids Him Seeing Visitors. The History of the Eleven Days Restated and the Treatment of the Wound By the Surgeons Reviewed. TO BE BURIED AT MT. STERLING. Washington, March 11. – (Special.)- Ex-Congressman William C. [sic!] Taulbee, who was shot on the 28th day of February, by Charles E. Kincaid, died this morning at 5 o’clock. In the room at the time of his death were his brother, Dr. J. B. Taulbee, of Mt. Sterling; James Taulbee, son of the deceased; Creech Ende, of Salyerville, brother-in-law of deceased; Mr. And Mrs. Richardson, of this city, and one of the Sisters of Charity. Dr. Coomes, the house physician at the hospital, had remained in the room until 4 o’clock, and when he left there he was confident that Mr. Taulbee could not live more than an hour or two, if that long. It was five minutes past three o’clock this morning when the last bulletin was sent, the Courier-Journal. At that hour the attendants reported, in answer to an inquiry that was made, that Mr. Taulbee was barely alive, and they were momentarily expecting his death. A half hour later the same report of his condition was given. All through the night he was delirious, according to the statements of the physicians, and apparently he suffered intensely, the pain was deadened by the opiates which were administered, and the delirium took away the consciousness of pain. Death came too late for the morning papers to make the announcement, and it was 9 or 10 o’clock in the day before it became generally known that Mr. Taulbee had passed away. It was much earlier that that, however, when most of the members of the Kentucky delegation in Congress were appraised of the death of their former colleague, and members of the delegation were at the hospital as soon as possible after getting breakfast. The police authorities were notified of the death shortly after it occurred and before 6 o’clock Sergeant Shilling left the station house for the apartments of Mr. Kincaid at 1325 F Street. Officer Oriani had been hovering around that vicinity since midnight having been specially detailed for that duty, although Mr. Kincaid had repeatedly said that he was ready to surrender himself promptly in the event of Mr. Taulbee’s death. Kincaid, having been informed at 11 o’clock last night that Taulbee was sinking rapidly and would hardy live till morning, sat up in his room until 3 o’clock, expecting any moment that the officers would call for him. He heard nothing, however, and almost completely worn out from anxiety, he undressed at the hour named and went to bed. It was must 6, o’clock when Policemen Shilling and Oriani knocked on his door. As soon as he heard the signal, Kincaid knew what it meant. On his being told that Mr. Taulbee had died, Kincaid replied: “I am ready to surrender to the law.” He dressed as quickly as possible and, accompanied, buy the officers, started for the Twelfth-street station house, only a few blocks distant. On the way Kincaid showed signs of nervous prostration, and no sooner had he arrived at the station, than it became necessary to send for Dr. Harrison, who has been his physician for nearly two years, and who attended him during several severe spells of sickness. Dr. Harrison found Kincaid in an alarming condition and did not deem it safe to leave hem until after 12 o’clock today. Kincaid was assigned to a room on the second floor of the station. In one end of the room is a couch, and on this the prisoner has lain all day, weak, nervous and pale, and a police officer is stationed constantly in the hall, near the door, and is held responsible for the prisoner. Mr. Howard Kincaid, a brother of the prisoner arrived at the station early this morning, and has been there all day. The constant strain through which Charles F. Kincaid has passed during the past few days has made a marked impression on him. He was badly broken in health before the unfortunate affair was brought on, and Dr. Harrison doubts very much if he will have the strength to stand a long confinement. Kincaid was, indeed, so prostrated throughout the day that Dr. Harrison forbade him receiving any callers except Mr. Maurice Smith and Senator Voorhees, his attorney, and two or three of his most intimate friends. *** When it became generally known at the Capitol this morning, and in other parts of the city, that Mr. Taulbee had passed away, the most poignant regret was expressed by everybody. This feeling of regret not only came from those who were acquainted with both parties to the affray, that so startled the community on the 28th ultimo, but from persons who were unacquainted with the principals. Mr. Taulbee was a man who had hosts of friends, and he was unusually popular with the people of the District of Columbia, among whom he had lived for the past four years. Early in the Forty-ninth Congress, of which he was a new member, he began to make his mark, both as a legislator and a debater. He was a man of pleasing ways and of a commanding figure, and his elocutionary powers were such that he soon took a high rank as a speaker in a body where oratory tells. He made friends here rapidly, and he was highly regarded by members of Congress with whom he served, and the members of his own delegation were greatly attached to him. It was to be expected therefore that his untimely death would cast a shadow of gloom over all who knew him, and especially those who served in Congress with him. *** Mr. Kincaid also has a large circle of warm and faithful friend, and many who were deeply attached to the deceased ex-member are also friends of Kincaid. It was therefore not strange to-day that many who had called early at Providence Hospital to express their sympathy to Dr. Taulbee. Should have gone afterward to the Station-house to say something of friendly and consoling nature to Mr. Kincaid, for whom they have the kindest sympathy now that he is prostrated and will have to go through a most trying ordeal, even should he bear up, for the legal process in the district are such that only a man of strong constitution could possibly stand the tedious strain Many of the Kentuckians were among Mr. Kincaid’s callers during the early part of the day, or just before Dr. Harrison concluded that it was best not to allow him to receive too many visitors. *** The body of Mr. Taulbee is resting in room No. 13, on the first floor of the hospital and on the bed on which he died this morning. Considering the terrible suffering through which he passed during the last for or five days, the face looks natural. It will be remembered that he was shot of Friday afternoon, the 28th of February, and the same afternoon was taken to the Providence Hospital. Dr. Bayne, who had been the family physician of the deceased, was called in to take charge of the case, and the next day an examination was made, and so favorable was the report of the physicians that the attorneys of Mr. Kincaid had no difficulty whatever in obtaining bail, Col. Von. Stamp going on the bond which was in the small sum of $2,000. Promptly after the shooting Kincaid, it will be remembered, gave himself up at the Capitol, and he was confined for about twenty-four hours in a private room in the New Jersey-avenue station, only a short distance from the Capitol. At the consultation held by the doctors there were in the case with Dr. Bayne Doctors Hamilton, Friederich, Taulbee, Morgan and Yoder, Dr. Morgan being a throat specialist who was considered amply able to locate the ball. The condition of the patient was so favorable up to Tuesday morning of last week, that nearly everybody thought that Mr. Taulbee would certainly recover, until it was announced later in the week that he was failing. *** It may be well to state just here, that Mr. Taulbee himself was despondent almost from the start, and on the Sunday and Monday following the shooting, he several times told his brother, Dr. Taulbee, that he believed he was going to die. Dr. Taulbee regarded the wound as exceedingly dangerous, so he told a Courier-Journal representative one week ago yesterday, from the very first moment that he made an examination, which was shortly after arriving here on Saturday, the 1st day of March, but some of the other physicians in attendance, did not then agree with him. *** The civil officers of the District were anxious to obtain an ante-mortem statement from Mr. Taulbee to be used at the trial, but the effort came to late. There were urged to take this precaution by some of Mr. Taulbee’s friends, but the said on Monday and Tuesday following the shooting that no effort would be made in that direction until they were officially notified that the patient was likely to die. *** The details of the shooting were given as accurately in these dispatches as it was possible to make them, and care was taken that justice should be done both parties to the affray. The Washington Star, which is a mose [sic!] conservative and careful newspaper, prints the following to-day, under the head: “A REVIEW OF THE TRAGEDY “Mr. Taulbee having died without making any ante-mortem statement, the case against Kincaid will rest entirely on the testimony of himself and two eyewitnesses of the tragedy. One of these eyewitnesses was Samuel Donaldson, of Tennessee, formerly doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, who has refused to make any statement for publication. Donaldson was with Taulbee at the time the shooting occurred. The other witness was a boy who can not be found. The stories of the shooting differ in one important particular. Kincaid and Taulbee had had an encounter some time prior to this shooting in the corridor adjoining the hall of the House of Representatives on the east. It was said, just after the shooting took place, that Kincaid had armed himself after the first encounter with Taulbee, and seeing him going down the stairs that lead to the basement, had run after him, called to him and as he turned, shot him in the face. Kincaid claims that he armed himself in fear of danger from a further encounter with Taulbee; that Taulbee had warned him to arm himself, and that Taulbee insulted and attacked him on their second encounter, rendering, in his opinion, resort to the pistol a necessity. The theory of self defense will be set up by Kincaid’s lawyer. *** Mr. Kincaid had a nervous chill this morning consequent from being taken from his room in his nervous condition. As stated in the dispatches above, he has been quite an ill man all day, but this evening rallied and into to-night, when visited by the Courier-Journal correspondent, he was in a very good condition. He has recovered his composure, and feels confident that he will get a good night’s rest. It may be some time before the case is brought to trial, as there are a number of cases on the docket which have precedence in the court. Mr. Kincaid will be defended by C. Maurice Smith. Hon. Dan W. Voorhees, Jere Wilson, the noted criminal lawyer of the District of Columbia, and perhaps Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio. Senator Voorhees spent an hour with the defendant this evening and afterward in conversation with your correspondent he gave his opinion that Mr. Kincaid had a case on which he could acquit him in Indiana. *** The remains of Mr. Taulbee were removed from Providence Hospital after this evening to the undertaking establishment of Zerhortz, on Pennsylvania avenue. The autopsy, as stated will be made about 10:30 o’clock to-morrow morning. Quite a number of distinguished men in the surgical profession will be present, including Surgeon General Hamilton. The inquest will not likely be held until the succeeding day. *** Mrs. Taulbee, the wife of the deceased, arrived in the city this evening, accompanied by Dr. J. A. Taulbee, of Mogoffin county, brother of the deceased. *** The death of Mr. Taulbee and the imprisonment of Mr. Kincaid are the main topics of conversation in public places to-night, and expressions of sympathy for both the unfortunates in the melancholy tragedy are heard on every hand. ____ Mr. Kincaid’s Condition Washington, March 11 – (Associated Press)- Mr. Kincaid was asleep at his boarding house when the police aroused him at 5 o’clock this morning and informed him of Mr. Taulbee’s death. He requested to be allowed to sleep an hour longer, but the orders of the officers were peremptory and Mr. Kincaid dressed himself immediately and was taken the First precinct station, where he is now in custody. A reporter visited the station-house soon after his arrest, and found Mr. Kincaid locked up in the women’s cell on the second floor, looking pale and sick. He seemed oblivious to his surroundings. Momentarily his muscles would twitch convulsively and a groan would escape his lips. The awful strain under which he has been subjected since the shooting has told on him. He is a wreck of his former self. As the reporter was about to leave the prisoner broke out in sobs and called for his mother. The scene was touching in the extreme. Within an hour after his arrest Mr. Kincaid was so prostrated with nervous exhaustion that it was found necessary to call his regular physician, who remained with him the most of the day. Mr. Kincaid’s condition is serious, and it is the opinion of many of his friends that he will not live to stand his trial. ___ TAULBEE AND M’KENZIE ___ Memorable Passage-at-Arms Between the Orators In the Late State Convention. The unhappy death of ex-Congressman Taulbee recalls the last public appearance of the young mountain orator in this city. It was in the State Convention held in May, 1887, which nominated Gen. Buckner for Governor. On the previous evening the Hon. James A. McKenzie had offered a resolution indorsing in strong terms the administration of President Cleveland. Mr. Taulbee, it will be remembered, was bitterly opposed to the President’s policy, and he vigorously opposed the resolution. Sentiment was almost solidly against Mr. Taulbee, but he made a memorable fight, and the speeches of himself and Mr. McKenzie will live long in the memories of those who heard them. Upon taking the chair Mr. Carlisle announced that the gentleman from Magoffin, Hon. Pres. Taulbee, had the floor. The Congressman from the Tenth district walked deliberately down the aisle of the hall until he reached a position near the platform, when he resumed the argument against the adoption of the portion of the platform indorsing the policy of President Cleveland, commenced the night before. He was attentively listened to, and his splendid voice could be heard in all portions of the building. His first opposition, as begun the night before, was to the indorsement [sic!] of the veto of the Pauper Pension Bill. He began at once a vigorous fight upon the veto of a bill restoring certain lands to the public domain. He referred to the resolution in the platform commending the action of the Forty-ninth Congress restoring 1000,000,000 acres of land to the public domain. Cleveland vetoed one of the bills which restored a large part of that domain. He said:” in doing son he closed to doors in the face of Congress returning to the people the land wrongfully taken from them. This measure passed both houses after careful and thorough consideration, but the President promptly vetoed it. In this I think he made a mistake. I accorded to him entire honesty and integrity in that matter, but can you now afford to commend this mistake? I think not, and therefore, I offer my motion to strike out the part of the resolutions commending it. I ask the gentleman from Christian, who is expected to take the other side, to deal with this question fairly. This is no school-boy affair. I am in the habit of talking plainly. I believe this resolution sanctions the President’s action on the Morrison Surplus resolution. Both houses of Congress passed this resolution in plenty of time for the President to sign it before the term expired. He allowed the ten days to expire, amounting to a veto. By so doing he kept in the already overloaded Treasury $40,000,000 that resolution proposed to pay off to redeem past-due interest bearing bonds. The resolution as it stands, sanctions this action. I am not ready to sanction it. Let us be brave and stand together. Let us be fearless, and correct those errors. Let no hope for personal favor daunt us. For myself I have nothing to ask. I am not used to bend the supple hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning. We could not afford for our own interest to indorse the President’s mistakes that we may not antagonize him. Let us settle our differences by honest, candid discussion. Let us commend nothing that is in error.” As soon as Mr. Taulbee had taken his seat the Hon. James A. McKenzie took the floor. He stated that he did not expect to hear an arraignment of a Democratic President and Democratic measures until the Republican convention assembled the next week. The gentleman should have reserved his remarks until thin. If the convention had understood the night before that the reason Mr. Taulbee opposed the resolution was because the President had vetoed the Pauper Pension Bill, he would not have been granted the hearing which was accorded him. The convention was not in sympathy with such expressions, even when they were to help certain candidates carry doubtful Congressional districts. It took more money to support the pension roll of the country than it did to support the armies of England, Germany, France and Russia. He did not propose to prevent any honest soldier who had been wounded in the war, from obtaining a pension. He did object, however, to pensioning those who fell out the back of an ammunition wagon and were crippled. The convention owed it to itself to adopt the resolutions. “I was exceedingly well pleased,” continued Mr. McKenzie, “to hear the gentleman pause in his remarks to give the President a certificate of good moral character. What a wave of joy that will cause to roll over the soul of Grover Cleveland. What in the name of God would Cleveland have done if the gentleman had not accorded him this certificate? When the President vetoed the Pauper Pension Bill he saved the country $75,000,000 per year. This convention should indorse his Administration. I am for him and want to see him nominated again, and on the ticket with him I want to see the name of the distinguished gentleman who now presides over this convention. The combination Cleveland and Carlisle would sweep the country and fire every Democratic heart.” Mr. Taulbee throughout his speech was subjected to uproarious hissing and clamor, but he never wavered, and his splendid voice was heard do distinctly above the noise that his opponents finally accorded him respectful hearing. It is needless to say that the resolution was adopted, however. ____ JUDGE HARGIS RETRAINED. ____ The Friends of Mr. Kincaid Secure Him As Associate Counsel. Judge Thomas F. Hargis has been retained as counsel in defense of Mr. Charles E. Kincaid, at Washington. Judge Hargis was requested several days ago, by a large number of the friends of Mr. Kincaid, who were acting in the latter’s behalf, to defend him. Now a letter from Mr. Kincaid to Judge Hargis has been received, urging the Judge to accede to his friends’ request and act in his defense. The following telegram was sent: “March 11, 1890. _Charles F. Kincaid, Esq., Washington City: We will assist in defending you with whatever ability we posses. Your numerous friends believe you incapable of doing an intentional wrong. HARGIS & EASTIN.” The Judge will leave for Washington in a few days. In commenting upon the subject of the impression that it will likely go hard with Mr. Kincaid, Judge Hargis said: “I will certainly make a vigorous defense. I have had placed in my possession proofs of a great many facts that, when they come out, will show that he was a much abused and persecuted man. The man has been hounded for years according to the proofs, and time will show it. As for the law of self-defense in the District of Columbia, Judge Hargis said that it was certainly a wrong impression the public had of it, if people generally thought the laws more strict there than elsewhere. The same general common law prevailed there as prevailed here in Kentucky and generally elsewhere. He said that a jury was selected there and a case tried much in the same way practically that it would be tried anywhere else in the United States where the common law governed, it was that common law under which the famous Sickles case was conducted. Daniel K. Sickles being tried for killing Philip Barton Key. The law of self-defense and sudden heat and passion, he said was given in the instructions of Judge Crawford in that trial. ____ DID NOT DESIRE RE-ELECTION ____ Mr. Taulbee Had Refused to For Congress Again, and the Kincaid Story Did Not Interfere With His Candidacy. The statement has been made since the shooting that an additional cause for Taulbee’s resentment was the fact that the story published about him was the cause of his defeat for re-election. It was announced several times in different newspapers, however, after his last canvass, that Mr. Taulbee would not again be a candidate. The following paragraph clipped from the last issue of the Hazel Green Herald, confirms this. The writer, Mr. Spencer Cooper, has always been a close friend of the deceased. “Some of the newspaper reports indicate that the scandalous report put in circulation about Mr. Taulbee by Kincaid was the cause of the former not running for a third term in Congress. This we know to be absolutely without foundation, for Hon. W. P. Taulbee, during his second canvass, told the writer that he would not under any circumstances offer for a third term; that he thought of going into the real estate business. Not only this, but the writer just before the Winchester Convention insisted upon his standing for re-election, and he again peremptorily refused.” ____ THERE WAS TOO MUCH PROBING ____ Dr. Cary Blackburn of the Opinion That the Surgeons Displayed Ignorance in Treating Taulbee’s Case. In yesterday’s Washington dispatches to the Courier-Journal the theory was advanced that the physicians had probably hastened Congressman Taulbee’s death, and that the wound in itself was not a fatal one. The opinion seems to prevail among the more prominent physicians and surgeons in Louisville that great ignorance was shown in probing for the bullet around the tonsils, and finding it after a week and a half at the base of the brain, some distance from where the surgeons had inserted their instruments. Speaking of the matter last evening, Dr. Cary B. Blackburn said: “I feel almost sure that the probing was overdone, to say the least. Of course, not having diagnosed the case, I can say whether or not the wound in itself was a fatal one. The physicians probed and probed until finally all the man’s strength was gone. If the wound was a fatal one, I am sure that it would not have hastened death if less effort had been made to probe for the bullet. With every effort the injured man grew weaker, and finally he was not able to hold up, and died. Had he been given time to recover his strength from one probing before another was attempted, his live would have been prolonged, and perhaps saved. Yes, sir, I repeat, I think the probing was overdone. Taulbee would have been allowed to gain strength after each effort.” That's all I can find of the articles I copied. I Know there is at least one more somewhere. Bob It is taking me a little time to get back into this,