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[Daily Reveille, Austin, Nevada, Saturday, November 4, 1882]
BLOOD AT EUREKA.
James E. Anderson, editor of the Eureka Leader, was shot yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, on Main street, in that town, by George J. Reek, Republican nominee for County Superintendent of Public Schools. No particulars are given, other than that they met and an affray occurred, with the foregoing result. Anderson was shot through the lower portion of the intestines and the bladder. A telegram, received at 3:30 P. M. to-day, says: "Anderson is still alive. His chances are one in a thousand for recovery. Dont think he can pull through."
The cause of this tragedy was political quarreling, ugly editorial remarks and a very rough card published against Anderson by Reek in yesterday's Sentinel.
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Anderson died a few days later. In the 1800s, editors, especially those with strong political feelings, often faced physical attacks for words they published. In October, a year earlier, Anderson was clubbed about the head by a man named Penrose. Anderson dropped the charges against Penrose in March of 1882. (Grass Valley Union, March 24, 1882, page 2, col. 2) Anderson was widely known for having been a member of the Louisiana Returns Board, a Republican voting scandal in Louisiana in the presidential election of 1876 which allowed Rutherford B. Hayes to become president. (Inyo Independent, November 11, 1882, page 2, col. 1).
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