The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-08-14
TIE SPRsGn. aCAaUhI.
TIE Man in The Case is Senator
conkIirg. and No. the Ger
man Teacher.
Ths New York Senator Given Five
Minutes IN Which to Preserve
Ms Life.
A SPEEDY Departure Followed by q
ScandaIous Alteration in
The Streets
Eunesors Theories as 10 the !'nme-
date Cause Of the tx'raor-
binary Explosion.
IChicago TIMES ]

Nvw yo.K August lO.-A Void dis
patch Gays: EErIy this niorniHg mere Sas
an unusual stir in the n''tl', Tor IL had
been announced that suHdSy paper
which would arrive here IRON New lofk
would contain full and complete account
of the Sprsgue-Conkliug sensation. IN
fortunately for all the parties concerned,
the ,rnth has not vet fully appeared here,
Int | give Won news tom source A. TO
which there can be no question.
THE TROUBLE AROSE
between ex-Gov. Sprague aud Ssnstor
Copklipr. The affair occurred on Friday
evening. Either on Wednesday night or
Tbursday morning Senator ConkiIng ar
,ivsd at Narrsgsnse;t Per. With him, or
After him came p trunk and large va'lae.
These articles Of baggage were taken to the
Snrague mansion by the direction Of Sena-
tor Conkling. He remained there az VIZ
itor the next day, and was on hotel P'szza
the next evening conversing with some
ladies. During Friday afternoon
GOV. sPR.GUE
was ob..ryed driving about Narraganseit
Pier having been at home entertaining h!s
quests the night previous, though he h,d
bsen absent for a day or two before. lie
bsd y gun with hin, which it IL believed
that he loaded earlier in the day. Finally
he Drove 10 the rear OF his h0use, which Is
shout a mile aud 2 half from the pier, and
came through the house Ia somewhat
excited coalition. He got out TO the
niszz,. where he found Senator Conkllrg
conversing with Mrs. Sprasu", who was 81
:, x,nJ,V Gov. Sprsgue then said, adj
dressing Senator Conkllpg:
CARE YOU ARMED, SIR"
CoukIing replied: NO, 1 am rot"
"Tbpn y sajd ex Gov Sprague, Il give
Won FIVE minutes to get off these premises
If YOU are not then away l Will IRE al
you" e.,
made use Of some further exssPeratlng Ian
gnape. Senator Coukling, seeming much
snrnrised. but remembering that he was
under ex Gov. Sprsgue's roof, rose snd took
few steps away, while Mrs. Sprsgue came
ON, nj The bouse and stood between them.
Ex Gov. Sprsgue stood looking at Senator
ConkIipp while a carriage drove up which
had been ordered to take Mrs. Sprague for
a drive When Mrs. Sprsgue found that
ex-Gov. Sprague was apparently deter
mined on
AN UNPLEASANT sCENF,
she called for her ha: and shawl, which
Mra. Martin, friend ard guest IN the
house, brought her. In the house at the
time az guests were Mrs. Martin, Miss Mar
tin ard Mr.. Alexander, as well as Senator
Copkliug. A story which has been circu-
lated here that Senator Conkiing carried sn
invalid out OF the house is NONSENSE lie
went away entirely alone.
ORDERED TO LEAVE.
After ex-Gov Sprsgue had repested hIs
peremptory order to Mr.. Conkliug to quit
his house. there was some hesItancy on The
mart of the New York senator "a to what
should be done, but he finally took his hat
and entering the carriage, went down to
the Pier. stopping on the.way At Billing,
tons restaurant Scarcely had he arrived
there and got out OF the conveyance than
e,-Gov. Surague. who had followed, came
nm and il ia therefore certain that the lat
ter must have kept his horse hitched NJ
ready for use
| TO FOLLOW SENATOR CoNKLING.
ON The arrival of ex-Gov. SPrague a; Bill
Iipston's another exchange Of words tool
place, but there is not the slightest testi-
mopy to show that at any time hand-to
hand encounter, such "a has been spoken o
freely here to dsy, took place. But 1t l
certain that there was an excited am
threatening encounter between the Two II
one of the most public spots in the Who'll
place, and thus it came TO pass that In
most exaggerated rumors were set IN me
tion. SIZED down, the foregoing are tn
principal facts IN the Gaze "a lar as Nj
ConkIing and Mr. Sprsgue are concerned
On ihursday night, according 70 eN Go'
Sprague himself,
HECOULD NOT sLEEP-
He said 20 a tr adesmau here the max. da
/, tha, his mind was troubled; that he coul
get no rest, and that some one had to
. cleared out of his house ii At Friday nigh
I His movements during Friday mornir
e were noticed by good many people as D
ing rather strange, but no one thought
o contemplated personal Injury toward 81
individual. Afer the encounter Nj
Sprssue went to a Mrs. Perry's, near BY, al
subsequently to the Tower House, where
Il il understood, she remsined over nigt
It Yesterday she gave orders to
HAVE HER TRUNKs PACKED
at the ex-governor's house and put on 4
train fer Providence. she Gent her chlId7
a. and maid 10 the depot, nearest the low
e Hill House. and said she would take .
$ cara at the Narragansett Pier depot, WIN
she subsequently did, and met her lam,
on the line. 3, fore her departure !
de- arturo for Providence, however, NJ
10 Sprague went to the skeside House, ne
d Silver Lake, ard soon afierward she we
IF TO the Pier depot for Providence. Ek-gt
% eruor Sprasue went to Providence vest
T. dav, but did not see his wife, ling on
different train.
HUSBAND AND WIFE UNHAPPY TEsMs
That the ex senator and Mrs. Sprag
~ have been on the most unhsppy terms
90 some time Is matter Of gensrai uotorl'
I'd here. A lev weeks ago gentleman, VIII
TX family are staying at Narragensett II
. called on Mrs. Sprsgus, and sending IN
card saw her. He had known her for ms
on years. but had never met her husband.
70 suggested to Mrs Sprsgue that he VOL
by like to leave a card fgr the ex senator, 2
81 sonslly. as he desired to have the pleas
III of meeting him. Mrs. Sprague in re
said hat she was quite unable to answer
anything that Nr. Sprasue might thinS
he do. She had take. no
M KEsPoNsIBILITY FOR HIS CONDUCT
he for a long time, and it was not likely I
10 no she could long remain In the same no
I ~ with him. 1t has been known here for &c
Ich time that that eX-Goy. Spregue hiss {
templated selling the house IN which
uuplea.antness took place.
COMPLETELY UPSET.
,ol, WASHINGTON, August l0.-Washine
YER has been completely upset to-day by
sou news thst the perpetual scandal, known
ont the Conkling Sprague affair, has nm
urs eliminated in a sensational scene betw
nth Coukling and Sprague at Narragan
,en Pier. The morning papers had gen
alI- press dispatch stating that Spragues
lin, las with German professor, and that
OF had tried to shoot him. Conkling WAS
and resented as peacemsker, who pleaded
|, IS THE MYTHICAL GERMAN PROFESSOR
whom Spraeue was going to shoot bee,
he did not like the manner Of his tesct
,ad. his children. This absurd paragraph
in a mere warning to those in Washing
l%yd who have been familiar with this at
ray, that the Conkling Sprague scandal ha
que nally reached its elimination. Phi
o onS dispatches from New York confirmed
and view and increase the sensation.
sale vxr.ps AGO
Me-
the The Intimacy between SenstOr IL
,H we Conkling and Mrs. Kate Chase SPr
ache began about three years ago. 1t bega
w Mrs Sp.sgue seeking Senator Conklir
befriend and assist her in saving the I
!. erty known as Eigewood, which is sitr
sick few miles northeast of this city.
eaa, estate is all the patrimony Salmon
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