Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-10-12
KANSAS POMEROY.
Ex-Representatiye Conway Fires Three
Shots at Him, One of which
Takes Effect.
Arrest OF the Criminal by By-Stander
Explanation Of the Diligently.

WASHINGTON, October 11.-Ex-Eena-
stor POmeroy of Kansas, was shot this
| afternoon, by Representative NJ. +.
Conway, of Kansas.
Senator Pomeroy was walking up
New York avenue, and when nearI the
corner of Fourteenth street he met Con-
way, who drew a large revolver, and
when within six feet OF Pomeroy fred
! Tree shots at him, one of which took
effect in his right breast, just below the
/ nipple, Conway then put mp his pistol
l aud started to Walk off. Two gentle
men, P. B. Stillson and Mr.. Addison,
who witnessed the shooting, i'm
me1iately stopped Conway. Addison
exclaiming, "StOp, sir, you have shot
man, and you must give your reasons
for so doing" Conway replied, "He
has ruined myself and my family.n He
then surrendered his pistol to Stittson
and accompanied that gentleman to the
statiOnhouse. POmeroy, who had fallen
TO the pavement, was assisted TO car
riage and driven to his housein h street
near Fourteenth, where physicians were
Immediately summoned. Drs. Bliss
and Verdi have fust made an eXamina-
ton OF Pomeroy's wound, and pro-
nounce il simply an abrasion,
the ball passed through two
thicknesses of POmeroy's coat, also his
vest and shirt, and its force was thereby
so far spent that, after penetrating the
! skin, it was thrown off by the cartilage
bone of Pomeroy's ribs, near the end Of
which it struck. The wound has bled
very little, and will cause no incOnve-
nience whatever. One of the three
shots fired by Conway passed through
| Pomeroy's hat, grazing his head, and
another missed him altogether, although
! fired within few feet of him. Pome-
rOy SAYS he has never had controversy
with Conway, and has not the remotest
idea of the cause of the attack.
Senator Pomeroy says that Conway
met him a few days ago for the first
time in about two years, and said ab-
ruptly, al am out of money" To which
Pomeroy replied, 81 know then how to
appreciate your situation, for l am near
ly in that condition. This was all that
passed between them at this interview,
and to-day not a word was spoken be-
fore Conway commenced firing, surpris-
ing Pomeroy more than anything that
ever happened to him before. Pome-
ROY is emphatic in stating that he has
never had any controversy or ground
for difficulty with Conway; on the con-
tTary, he saws, that about three years
ago he and Senator Sumner got Con-
ways wife a clerkship in the treasury
department on her represention that her
husband would not support her. Sub
seauently, says POmeroy, Conway tried
to trustee or draw her wages at the treas
ury department and failed tt accom-
plish it; but he, Pomeroy, had no con-
troversy with him on that subject or
any other. Conway is a native of Bal
timore, Maryland, and a printer by
trade. He studied law, emigrated to
Kansas, and took part in the early
struggles of that territory as free-state
man. After serving as county judge
for while he was elected to congress as
the first representative of Kansas. At
the end of his term he was appointed by
President johnson consul at Marseilles,
but was removed by President Grant
soon after the latter's Inauguration. He
has been living in this city for several
years. Conway is at the police head
quarters in custody of the authorities.
Excepting the remark that he made
when he was stopped in the street by
Stillson, that Pomeroy had injured him
and his family, Conway has been en-
tirely reticent, and has not alluded to
the affair. As Pomeroy's wounds are
not Of a serious nature, Conway will
be detained at the police headquarters
until Monday, when he will be ar
raigned before the police court. The
weapon used was sjX-shOOter, and
three of the barrels were discharged.
Conway is a smsll-sized man, and ap-
pears to be between forty and fOrty-fve
years of age. After the shooting he ap-
peared to be much excited, and upon
the first remark made to him by Still
son. "What have you done?" he replied,
~ don't know, or I hardly know what
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