He was elected with 1,808 votes, to 1,354 for Republican incumbent Louis Christian Klein, and 162 for Prohibitionist Eugene Leach.
Although he claimed the whole thing was a matter of dispute and animus,[3] he was convicted on August 11, 1892, and sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary.
[4] He was pardoned in May 1893 by Governor George Peck on the recommendation of the judge and district attorney in his case, on the grounds that there were "no aggravating but many extenuating circumstances" and that the sentence had been excessive.
[5] It is unclear what happened to Egery after his pardon, but he eventually went back to newspaper work.
[11] Emeline Egery returned to Battle Creek, and after 25 years as a reporter and 20 years of retirement, died June 18, 1940, from complications of a broken hip; no mention of Egery is made in her lengthy obituary.