The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-09-26


a. %. About the circumference Of small mans
Q.26 Were the shots central, or nearly So in The
A. % think one was nearly central and the
Other two were near each side.
O. ~. Where Is the sapllng TO be found3
AT In The woods, perhaps mile and haii or
more from The Capitol.
or I'VE times, when out practising.
a. % On Thursday md Friday evenings there
was not time before II became too dark, q using
part Of the time myself in hring) do not remem-
Der the reason (f there was any why he didnot re
more on Friday morning.
q. 20. Are you certain that Mr.. Cilley practiSed
by word given, on Friday morning
A. % am certain he fired two or three times by
the word
G 30. Did he fire by word on Thursdays
a. 80. He did not.
q. 81. Did Mr.. Cilley express to you confidence
that, without accident, be should kill or disable
Mr. Graves on the first fire?
"A. 81. do not remember that he did.
a. ~, Did he give you, al no time, a more minute
account Of his former skill with the rife than is
tanned IN your general statement
"A. 80. DO not think he did. If he did, ! do not
rememberwhat he said on tina, subject
q. 81. Did you see the marks Of Mr.. Cilley's balls
I'M the fence, beyond MIR. Grayes3
a "a. have seen what Suppose 10 be the marks
q. 35. What was their elevation, compared with
Mr. Graves position; and had not one Of them
passed entirely through rail7
y "A. 80. One seems 10 have passed through the cor
ner Of rail- The elevation of the one that passed
through the corner of the rail mast have been in
line with Mr.. Graves's abdomen perhaps higher. !
did not examine what the elevation of the other ball
was, compared with the body.
We may also add the corroborating testi-
fmogy Of General Jones to the results of Mr..
Cilley's practising:
Question 10 Mr.. Jones By Mr.. Aknefee in 5eAay of
DIR. Graues. .aE.., II
4 Mr.. Menefees first interrogatory.
a. |. What statements did Mr. Cilley make TO
you respecting his familiarity in the Of the rife,
when he announced to you the terms on which he
proposed meeting Mr.. Graves
A, l. think he stated that he not well used to
the rifle al that time, he had not been in the habit
Of shooting with one for some years.
@. 2. Did hest when he had last used il II he
did, at what time u#
A 2 He did not state to me that he had used il at
any particular time, except on the day previous 10
witt ON Thursday, the 22a February, 1883.
G. 3. What paftsculars did he give you then, or at
any other time, Of his using the rife ON Thursday,
and afterwards prior to the duel
A. 3. do not'recoliec thai he gave me any, except
that he thought he cead hit the size Of a man at
eighty yards, between the words Are" and three"
On the morning of Friday, (23) Mr.. Pierce
accompanied Dr. Duncan and Mr.. Cilley in
their going out to practise. From Mr.. Pierce's
cross-examination, by Mr.. Menefee, we ex-
truot the following
W.! rode, 4 think, abou, two miles, nearly north
Of the city, and went int weed lot DR.. Duncan
basied The rifle, and Mr.. Cilley fired three four
anes a. sixty Paces hitting tree aborn two feet in
diameter every she, bat ence, according 70 my re-
collection within two feet abe ground, am not
acquainted with rifle shooting, ksever, probably,
having dischargedone half a dozen fneSin my life1
but thought i distance very likely to prove fatal
should Mr. Cilleys apprehensionS be realized, and
meeting with that weapon take place, and proposed
10 Mr.. Cney to shoot at greater distance. A tree
at eighty PAGES and about three feet in diameter,
was then selected. Mr.. Cilley apparently took deli
bernie aim the first discharge but missed the tree.
The next shot, and the last ever saw him fire. the
ball penetrated the tree nearly in the centre, and
think within the mark which was piece Of paper,
probably not more than four inches square. We
then returned to the city. .@.......
We now come to part Of the evidence,
which will, in still more eminent degree,
assist in illustrating the J" official relation" of
ley was challenged by Mr.. Graves at IL
o'clock, 4. M. on the 23d. About 3 o'clock
P. M, Of the same day, Gen. Jones, Of Wis
consin, was applied to by Mr.. Pierce, of n,
u. >.
Jones and Pierce /" then rode off to Doctor
Duncan's noon, at DIR. Reilly's, taking into
the hack, with us, Mr.. Ciley, whom we over
took on the Avenues Probably four hours
only had elapsed since the challenge had been
given, when these parties met at DR.. Dun
cans room. 1t will be seen from the annexed
extract from Mr. Jones' statement Up. 4S,)
that, on conserving to act as Mr.. Clley's Sc
cond. al Doctor Dunean'y room, he found
every thing "cut and dried" to use a vulgar
phrase and all the preliminaries Of the meet
ing, determined and settled. Mark the words
in iiaiics.: ...... r.a E.# ~.
It was not till after Mr. Cilley had joined US, and
aaer our reaching Doctor Duncan's room, that con-
sened at Mr.. Ciitcys o,cn request to act as his Sc
cond .t. .. uy X. !. H. (. .
Mr.. Ciiley then informed me that his determine
ton had been fixed, as 10 the course he would pur-
sue; that he had determined TO meet MIR. Graves
with rifles, because he was unacquainted with the
use OF the pistol, and had been informed that Mr..
Graves adept in the use of that weapon; that
he dad selected the which he finally used on the
ground that the distance should be eighty yards;
that he wished to fire between the words fire and
forr, ana desired me to hasten The meeting as much
as yssSi5ie The determination Of Mr.. Ctitey as 10
the acceptance of Tie challenge Oftse time, mode acea
nan and ether Of the meeting, mas fored
before sac 5Ir. CaIey, Friday, acen consented
10 bear tie acceptance of The challenge
then lett the room Of DIR. Duncan, with Mr.. Gil
LEWIS pance of the challenge, delivered ii TO MIR.
Wise, at his ROOM at Miss oueen's, and returned
TO Mr. Cilley, with copy Of my letter to Mr.. Wise,
dated February 90 1885," which fixed the terms OF
meeting between him and Mr., Graves, to which
Mr. Cilley expressed his entire consent then re-
urned 10 my room al Dowson's.
To show the readiness, not to say haste,
with which these proceedings progressed, af-