The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-10-17
SHOOTING OF SENATOR PuxEROY
Narrow Escape with his Life.

This has been hard year on ex-
Senator Pomeroy. If half the
crimes charged 10 his account be
true, and we do not pretend to say
they are, he must begin to realize
that ''the way of the trsnsgressor is
hard" First came his tragic de-
feat for reelection to the Senate.
when he was in the highest flush Of
hope over his prospects, the result
of which came near ending his
earthly existence. Then come his
financial troubles, and it is now be-
lieved he is about broken up. But
it remained for this month to bring
us the news of an attempt to take
his life. This attempt was made by
q man whom Kansas once delighted
to own, Martin F. Conway, our first
member of Congress after admis-
sion into the Union. Mr.. c. is now
q street vsgabond in Washington.
A special Washington dispatch OF
the 1lth furnishes the following par.
ticulars:
Ex-senator Pomeroy of Kansas
was shot this afternoon by ex-Rep-
resentstiVe II. II. Conway of Kan.
sas. Pomeroy was walking VI
| New York avenue this afternoon
and when near the corner of 14tL
street he met ex-Representative
Conway, who drew q large revolver
and when within six feet of Pom.
eroy fired three shots at him, one o.
which took effect in the right breas
just below the nipple. Conway
then put up his pistol and started
to walk of, when two gentlemen, J
B. Stillson and q man named Add
son, who witnessed the shooting
Immediately stopped him. Add
son exclaimed, 'Stop, sir, you hav,
shot a man; you must give you
reason for so doing" Conway re
piled, ale ruined myself and fam
ily." He then surrendered his Bis
toll and was taken to the station
house. Pomeroy who had fallen Il
, the pavement was assisted to q car
riage and driven to his house in x
street near Fourteenth, where physi
clans were Immediately summoned
Drs. Bliss and Nerdi made an ex
animation of the wound and pro
nounced it simply an abrasion
The ball passed through two thick
nesses of Pomeroy's coat, also hi
vest and shirt, and its force wa
f thereby so far spent that after pen
etratiHg the skin it was thrown o.
by the cartilage of the ribs, near tn
2 and IF w-hsAk, 1Ks kA
has bled but very little and wi
! cause no inconvenience. One c
the shots fired by Conway passe
through Pomeroy's hat, closel
), grazing his head, and another miss
ed him altogether, although fire
within 3 few feet of him. Pom
eroy says he has never had any cor
troVersy with CONWAY, and has nc
the remotest' idea of why he Wa
shot.
E Washington, Oct. 1I,-Senato
: Pomeroy says Conway saw him
few days ago for the first time j
about two years, and said abruptly
81 am out of money!" to which b
? replied, 81 know then how to aE
= preciate your situation, for I al
nearly in that condition myself.
This was ali that passed betwee
them, and to-day not q word wa
: spoken before Conway commence,
firing, surprising POmeroy NOR
than anything that had happened t
him before. Pomeroy is emphati
in stating that he has never had an
controversy or ground for difficult
. with Conway; on the contrary, b
n says about three years ago he an
> Senator Sumner got ConWay's wifi
q clerkship in the treasury depart
ment on her representation that he
h husband could not support hel
Subsequently,, says Pomeroy, Con
way tried to draw her wages at tn
treasury department and failed t
!, accomplish il, but he (PomeFoy) ha
f no controversy with him on tina
8 subject, or any other.
Conway is at police headQ Iarter
in custody of the authorities. Ex
,, cepting the remark he made whel
S he was stopped in the street b.
Stillson that Pomeroy had iDjureI
him and his familay, Conway ha
been entirely reticent and has no
4 alluded to the affair. As tn
wounds of Pomeroy are not of
serious nature Conway will be ar
. raigned before q police justice. TIL
, weapon used was q six shooter
three barrels of which were dis
charged. After the shooting b
was very much excited, aud upoI
the first remark made to him b,
, StiIlson, What have You done !?
: he replied 81 doa't know" or
t hardly know what am doing"