The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-02-20
aambetsa's Death : The Truth.


about the deaihsand ille ruuscs there.
OF, of Leon Gambettn, one OF the Tire.
or fur leading hgurrs Os our lime
II will be remembered that the -telr
graph fairly gro+uci beneath the ac
accumnlating weight of the selisa.
tional stories related short time AZ
ter his death, shout lis being killed
by his mistress because he WAS going
to marry another woman, an, hcires.
with a great name and an immcns'
fortune. II is strange that tho friend.
of the deceased statesman waited Sc
long before he sent out a refutatior
of this damaging lie. II seems, how
ever, that, Instead, Of being indicted
as his mlirderer, this frail fair ont
wi. be lauded and petted for Nher
gentle nursing Of her wounded
ami Idyipg,lover bv the volatile Pa
risiaps, NJ, Here-isthe account:
s"The AUTHENTIC account of NJ. Gam
beita's u ness aid 'ieuih,, written b,i
one OF his MOST lintiMn,e ofriends Nj
Jofephl Rs mach, ,ris published oin IN.
Revuo. P9liIiqpe, let Littcrpire., NJ
iteinach. commencea by saving that
|ihe time has come for M.NGlinbettar
frientis TO put an end 10 the, r,mer
Gus legends W hich their silence ill
now has p,rhaps engendcred. He
proceeds II was on Monday, Nov
IN, at a quarter "a II 'o'Giocs in The
norning, that M. Gambe,ta being a,
his country house, Les jJar,lics,s at
Vile O. Array, wounded himself IN
his right hand with n revolver. The
following are the circumstances lin
bdcr witch the accident occurred :
lie had pant thu morning in compa,
ny with une OF his friends of the De-
fense Nationale, an artillery general
who had come from Versailles to
willie d'Ayray 10 visit him. All
about halt past ten O'Clock Gen.
Thomas rose TO. take, leave Of his
friend, but NJ. Gambetta pressed him
to remain for breakfast. The gcner-
al who was expected back al Yer
saillcs, was unableto accept and left
l:he house q NJ. Ganbetta, who bad
just received the weapon,, wished TO
20 and try il IN the garden. lie was
l1oini OF firearms aud often handled
them iRprudentIy; but In The coup-
lIry In rather lonely place, aud INV
ing IN a house situated at the end q
q garden, only, iInperIectly walled
round. II was almost Indispensable "a
be provided with such wcnpons.9 IL
load the revolver the natural way
wssdtol hold it in the left hand, and I,
p, I in the charge with the right. IL
this way he loaded the revolver, bu
one of the cartridges dill hot enter
property into one of the chambers
When, al. h Gambetta trieI to pul
down the barrel Into it's place il me
with resistance from This cartridge
On this lie took tile barrel with hil
fright hand, while holding the but,
end of the pistol firmly with his left
and endeaYored IA force it down
rhe cartridge then exploded, and thu
bullet entcre,. NJ. Gsmbetta's hand a
about tile middle f.ile palm. close {,
the fleshy part near tlle thumb. Tn
bullet penetrated, belo ~ the skin, aut
following a slightly .obllque direction
passed up the muscles Of The wrisI
and Game out about ti,e centimetre
above the wrist on the inside OF th
arm. \ Tho deYoied lady who ha
since become tho victim of the mos
cruel curiosity ran into tile room
with the servants, hearing the repor
OF the pistol, TO SEQ what had hap
pened. "A lew, minutes later tn
wouna was dressed by, DR.. Gille, Q
Vile d'Avray, Or. Lannelongue al
| rived about two O'clock. lie exam
| ined and - completed the dressin
made by his colleague, Every woun
| In tho hand 10 serious, even when tll
bullet, as was the case with NJ. Gam
bctta, does not pass through itll
flesh without injuring amy arter,
What rendered ol Tho aceiaent of III
9Th Of Noyember, mo- O serious wa
the condition of NJ. G,mbe
ta's health, which had long inspire
! Iliis friends With uneasihess \ an
!, second, the position and internal al
rangement OF the dwelling where u
fRe;nac,, Ienayycrss Il toiihe nroyint
ar ,be Tachitv v IA aeset.llIotl,e tlitfs
ent phases OF the illness swhic
proved afami-to Mr. Gamoetta, an,
after t,describing. hia last hours. col
, ci.des 40 ,olIows.-.IVa have no
\ supreme duiy 1, fuifll on The vel
day Of the great national 'foners
during which sthe grief, OF a mourl
= ing family deeply saiiiic'e1,x dlsal
D France. n woman WAS louuu Ihi''