 Kincaid ran home, grabbed a pistol, and, when he encountered Taulbee on a marble staircase leading from the House chamber down to the dining room, shot him in the face just below Taulbee's left eye.Taulbee died two weeks later, and Kincaid was acquitted after claiming self-defense.Journalists and others claim that whenever a reporter slips on these steps, Taulbee's ghost briefly appears.