The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-04
EMBRY-ANTHONY.
Full Particulars OF the Leavenworth
Tragedy.

Oh the LeaNenWOrth
Tragedy.
The following account of the shooting
of ID. r. Anthony, editor of the Leaven-
worth Times, by VIM. Embry, editor OF
the appeal, of the same city, is taken
from the Kansas City Times:
The Times this morning contained the
startling announcement that Col. ID. II.
Anthony had been fatally wounded in an
affray with VIM. Embry, editor Of the
Leavenworth appeal. Knowing the IN
tense interest that must be awakened by
such tragic event, your reporter re-
paired to the depot and took the Mis-
souri, Pacific train bound for that city,
arriving at II m. A score of citizens
were at the depot waiting to obtain
copy of the Times, and your reporter
Immediately learned that Mr.. Anthony,
who had remained in the Opera-house
all night, had been removed to his own
residence.
A thousand rumors were flying on
the streets, and no one seemed to know
anything definite about his condition.
In order that no mistake might occur,
visit to Mr.. Anthony's house was
made, and the Times man was admitted
to the sitting-room. Mrs. Anthony,
agitated and almost distracted, beekoned
TO the reporter to be seated. A young
man whose duty it was to adnnit only
such into Col. Anthony's presence as he
desired to see, informed the Colonel of
the reporters presence, and he was
invited to his chamber. There lay the
proud man of few hours before, with
pallid, CHASTITY countenance. His eyes
were closed and his voice hushed to a
barely audible whisper. He raised two
fingers of his left hand to shake hands
Your reporter bent over him and heard
from his bloodless lips the following re-
marks: I" For twelve hours was dying;
yes, worse than dying. Oh, the agony
of that suffocating feeling; but / am
better now; know / have been grow
ing better for five hours; I never was
more rational; am all right now"
Here his attentive wife placed an ice
cold cloth upon his brow, and placed a
small piece of ice in his mouth. Speaking
of his wife he said: "She grows better
every day." Then recurring to himself
he said: 81 have heard it said that nine
out of ten men when brought face to
face were not afraid to die, no matter
whether they had any religion or not,
and i never believed it until now. Last
night l was prepared and hoped that I
would die. But now / am easier and
think / may recover" Here it was sug-
gested that he had talked too much al
ready for his strength, and he ceased.
At least thirty minutes were consumed
in the conversation. Calling DIR. Sinks,
one of his attending physicians, to an
III Of hn
asked him to give statement of what
he knew about the unfortunate affair.
The doctor had attended the entertain
ment given by Janauschek, and was
present when the shooting occurre d
Col. Anthony had gone out between the
third and fourth acts of the play of "De-
borah, " and the affray took place on the
stairway as he returned. 1t is stated
that Col. Anthony went across the street
to take drink.
"Col. Anthony was shot," says the
doctor, "just before reaching the top of
the stairway. He succeeded in reaching
a chair about the middle of the room. I
was near by, and instantly went to his
relief. He remarked that he was shot
and thought it was fatal. 1 opened his
coat and pulled back his shirt, when the
red blood gushed forth like fountain.
He tainted away, and in very few min
utes his pulse was not perceptible. The
ball entered the right shoulder and frac-
tured the clavicle bone, having passed
directly through its center. The sub
clavicle artery was severed"
The "scene at the opera" cannot be
described. The queen of tragedy, JAN
auschek, had just wrought up the minds
of her audience to the highest pitch,
when the report of the revolver broke
the spell with such terrible suddenness
that the shock was irresistible. Mrs.
Anthony, who seems to have had pre-
sentiment that some dire calamity was
about to happen to her husband, was
among the first to realize the situation,
and her screams were heart-rending.
Many ladies tainted, and children were
paralyzed with fear The scene was ap-
palling, and the news flew like lightning.
Many fed, while hundreds rushed to the
scene, and all night long the streets were
crowded with an excited populace.
A number of gentlemen stated that
they had expected a tragic termination
of the quarrel which had been increas-
ing in bitterness between the two edi-
tors. The origin of the difficulty, as is
believed, was the violent structures made
by Col. Anthony upon the Printers
Union, on the occasion of the death OF
James Coulter the printer who commit
ted suicide few weeks since, after hay
ing been charged with defalcation as n