Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-18
Duel between two French Sailors Death Of
enc of the Combatants

From the Boston Traveller. June IL
The inhabitants of f,roaaline in the vicinity of
Longwood, were rather alarmed On Saturday af
ternnon by successive discharge Of pistols near
tho Bfookne crossing Of the Boston and Wurees
Tor railroad. Upon investigation il appeared that
a rcrtabe dnel bad been fought; that one Of the
eombatnnts WIS extended Mt flll length upon the
ground while his lGte opponent armed with dag
e"r aud pistol. WAS standing over him With all
eonEenlcnt haste wotd wis sent to the authorities
oil lfrookline for aid 10 arrest the supposed "mnr
dorer.' lie appeared harcvar,to be Il very qni-
1T rerfonAge, aud waen Summoned at once sur.
rendered. mud with his wounded friend was taken
Ia tha Cottage Farm station, whore Or. Francis,
Of Brookline, examined the wound aud found ii to
ho "t tihiHg character
he circumstances nfthe affair wore as follows:
Crjestine Bouissou Of the Department ofihe Var.
holds the office of cook Ola Spanish vessel while
Gulllaume Raiirou from auuthcr part o. France,
Is a saor. somewhat under the influence cf Ii
qHur, on Saturday morning. the FIRE ds,' while
IN tie oitf. quarfoiled rs t. whether The brayest
soldiers camo t.nm the north or the south Of
frunee Boua.uu who Is much the oIdest Of the
two challenged kuimon to settle the matter by an
appeal to arms, to which Ramon, after several
r,tusals rather reluctantly consented
Their friends IN this city, however, hid the
the pistols in the aepe TINT Il would end the
matter, bat Bouisson sailed ont and purchased
another pair. and they then proceeded to the
outskirts of the city. Arriving Mt the place de-
sgnatpd, they first tested their pistols, then en-
hracrd und kissed each other. aud assumed their
positions. Bouisson gaye the word and a sim
oltaneous discharge took place. The hall of
l}ouisson mi >ed Its gark. but that of RHnon
struck Bpuisson in the breast, aud, according
t. the statement Of the doctor, glanced off with
out doing any injury. The shock however caus-
ed Rou,s n to imagine that he was wonderland
crying out that he hrd been ''mnrdeted," he
seized stone sud rashrd towards his friend. who
in self defence, stabbed Bouisson in the abdomen
with a dirk.
The sight Of blood seemed 10 have deprived
Bouisson of all his courage, for as he lay
upon tho sofa al die depot The fear of death .9aa
plainly depicted Upon his conntenanoe. They
were both arrested by BrookIine officer and
locked up for examination this morning. The
penalty for fighting duel in this State, if fatal,
i, death TO the survivors if not fatal, the State
Prison for both parties.
Since the abayo wa, in type, learn that
l}ouisson, Wnosp injuries were more serious than
il was supposed, died last night. Coroner Nosc,
of Dorchester, will hold IA inquest, and Raimon
will IL held to answer to u oharee of killing him.
The dirk with which the wound was made WAS
"A light instrument, not much more than a chiid's
play thing. II was quite rusty, and it was prob
ably the inflammation oi the wound winch caused
death. There were no seconds present at the
time Of the duel.
We hear that Rouisson was placed in rather Il
dump cell, and appeared to be suffering from n
severe pain in the bowels in the nature of cholera
morbns. This with the excitement, may have
brought about fatal result.