, 1900-01-15
DENVER SHOOTING
TAMMEN AND BONFILS, PROPkIE-
TORS OF THE POST ARE
SHOT TWICE EACH.
Deed Was Committed by W. W. Ander-
son, an Attorney, Who Alleges
Self-Defense - Trouble Was Over
the Packer Case-BOnfils May Die
Tammen Will Recover.

The shooting ARRAY in Denver last
Saturday, the details of which are Civ
en- below, has caused no little interest
and attention in Laramie, and the pa
pers containing the account of the af-
fair were eagerly read yesterday morn
ing. Today's Denver papers state that
Mr.. Bonfils is still alive but in a criti-
cal condition and that Mr.. Tammen
will recover. An operation has been
performed and the second bullet taken
from Mr.. Tammen's body.
Anderson's case was to be brought
up in court today and a hearing may be
postponed pending the result of Bon
fills injury.
The following IS the story of the
shooting:
Denver, Colo. Jan. 13.-F. G.. Bon
files and H. H. Tammen, proprietors Of
the Denver Evening Post, were shot and
severely wounded by w. W. Anderson,
a well known local attorney, about
o o Saturday. The shooting took
place in the private office of the
wounded men in the Post building.
In the causes that led up to the
shooting are mingled the story OF a
woman's hopeless love, the life tragedy
of one man and the sordid business
scheme of a lawyer.
On one person besides the prin-
cipals knows the whole story. This is
Mrs. l.. R. Anthony, better known to
newspaper readers all over the country
as Polly Pry.
To Denver people Polly Pry is best
known for her uncompromising defense
Of Alfred Packer. She has ~espoused
with intense enthusiasm the cause of
the convicted man-eater and in at
tempting to secure freedom for the man
she believes to be innocent, she has I'M
sparingly criticised Governor Thomas.
Otto Mears and otherNpeople of promi-
nence whom she accuses of d~espicable
motives in keeping Packer in prison.
Attorney Anderson and the Post pro-
p~rietors recently decided on a move in
the case. Anderson. it appears, had de-
termined to reopen the case on the
grounds that Packers crime was COM
mitted on a government reservation,
whereas his conviction was secured in
a state court. This contention in his
opinion, was sufficient TO reopen the
case.
Anderson took his plan to the Post
upon condition that |. n. Stevens. the
Post attorney. should be consulted. 1t
is said that it was agreed to by Ander-
son, but it further stated that Polly
Pry, a recent visit to Packer, had dis
covered that HI had broken the agree
men, in that Anderson, on a recent visit
to Packer, had represented himself as
one of the directors of the Post and on
secured s25 from Packer as a fee to go
ahead with the case.
According to the story the Post pro-
prietors Immediately asked Anderson
70 III as SOoh 40 IOilN Idu SlNtl
this information. 1t was in answer to
this call that Anderson visited the Post
Office. Bitter words were exchanged
over the matter and Anderson left the
office considerably beaten up. He i'm
mediately returned, and meeting Bon
fills in the hall, shot MIN twice.
Tammen rushed from the office and
also received two bullets. Anderson
was pressing forward with his revolver
pointed at Tammen's breast when Polly
Pry at once Employing and defiant
jumped between them. The loyalty
and devotion of the woman saved the
mans life.
The crowd, attracted by the shots,
found her the picture of agony, bend
ing over his Frustrated body. At his
request she stayed by his side while he
was taken home and placed by his
wife's side. Polly Pry has gained the
name Of a heroine, but she is not a
happy
Both men were able to walk to the
carriages that carried them home.
After the shooting, Anderson walked
out of the office unmolested, but was
later arrested in a Doctors office, where
he went to have his injuries attended.
He offered no resistance. but promptly
delivered his gun to the detectives, who
found that 1t contained the four empty
shells and one cartridge. He was again
released On habeas corpus proceedings
after giving bail in the sun Of &c.,
900. numerous influential friends call
ing at the police station and vol
teering their assistance. The bruises
on his face showed that he had receiv-
ed rough handling. AS he was leaving
the Post Office the lawyer said that
Bonfils and Tamman both attacked him
and that he resorted to his revolver In
s~elf-defense.