Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1856-11-12

self; ana ne drew out pistol, WnlCH uo Pei"eeo
about and handed to all who wished to examine
il, as the one with which he would shoot the
other Some time afterwards the man chal-
lenged got out of the car; the challenger, who
had watched him, and who in the meantime had
got some one TO accompany him as witness OF
the fight or fray, got out after him. We soon
heard high words, oaths, and imprecations but
no report of firearms reached us, nor did we re-
ceive any intelligence of this encounter. Being
again under way became impatient to have
his own duel with settled, and insisted on B's
finding second, on pain of being treated as a
coward if he did not; before this time, and after
his acceptance of BIS challenge, @ had been
joined by another man, much younger than him
self. and taller and stouter; it was soon clear
that they were intimately connected, for on
Joining company G asked him if he had the pis-
tolls, and was answered, YES" B then con
sented, and found second; then the cars were
stopped, and b aud his second, and G and his
companion got out. -.
This time the conductor waited the result OF
the duel. B was killed; his second and the two
companions came back aud got into the cars, but
whether the body of B was left behind or was
put in the luggage car do not know. 1t most
likely was put in there, for BIS father was with
him. 1t appeared afterwards that on coming
back to the cars @ had offered BIS father
chance of avenging his sons death, if he chose,
but the old man accepted his atiliction. lmme-
datelv ON his arrival in the cars Q stood on the
platform and holding the door of the passenger
car open, addressed the passengers collectively,
in set speech, pleading his own justification,
and praisng what he called the noble and hon
orable institution of dueling, and challenging
any one and every one who said aught against
him. He then ended by saying, as for that
Young woman, the blood that had been shed lay
on her head that he had never seen her before
did not know her or care to know her; that her
conduct showed her TO be no better than COM
mon strumpet, and that as such he should de-
nounce her whenever and wherever he might
afterwards meet her, and offered to fight any one
who had some pretensions to responsibility who
would take her part and defend her character; !;
he then retired into the smoking car, but not
before the Young woman had replied in the most
violent language, telling him she would not rest
until she found some one to kill him; she then
turned to BIS father (and now for the trst tune
perceived that A was no longer in the car, but
could not account for his absence except as one
of the three mixed up in the second encounterJ
and, by all manner Of entreaties, persuasions
representations, and even threats OF public
sneers, prevailed upon him to take her part,
though he loudly declared to her thatlt was go
ing to certain DEATH He then stepped forward
towards the platform of the car, where Mr. US
companion, at his request, had been constantly
hurling out defiance to this young woman, and
offered himself; but Q, on receiving this offer,
sent his companion back to refuse him, saying
that he, the father, was coward, tor that he
had refused satisfaction when it was offered to
1 IA lnlUllt
and die a coward The companion then contin-
ued to hurl out C's defiance, stopping only for
breath or to take little water to clear his
throat of hoarseness; the defiance was in the
following words: 'Let her bring another man
and he will kill him." this was varied by change
of emphasis, and now and then he added, lie
will not murder him, he'll give him fair
chance"
After the refusal of to accept of B's father,
the young woman addressed her companion, and
tried to persuade her to join in an appeal to the
passengers This address was made so audibly
that it was plainly intended as direct appeal to
us. Her companion refused, and prayed of her
to desist; but. rs she would not, her companion
got ont at the next stopping place to return to
Savannah, where she resided, and left the young
woman without saying "Good-bye." After this
the young woman begged Of BIS father to appeal
to us, always so that we might hear her and an
ticipste direct appeal. lie persuaded her,
however that the appeal would come best from
herself, and, as she declared that she did not
feel able to express herself, lie wrote out an ad-
dress and handed il to her. He then brought
her forward into the middle of the Car and stood
beside her She lifted up the paper to read 1t,
bue after two or three Intellectual attempts to ar
ticulate, overcome by rage, pride or shame, she
gave it up and sat down. The defiance was still
cried cut, but at longer intervals.
Shortly after this we arrived ut station
where there were refreshments, and nearly all
the passengers got out Here, before, the tram
started again, young man OF 20 or under, VINO
all the way from Macon had been seated in the
smoking car, came into the passenger car, aud
as he entered he recognized and accosted the
Young woman; and, after being made acquainted
bv her with the insult and defiance TO her, he
at once offered to take her part, and was joyful
" accepted. This young mans father was also
in the cars. No soener than were the cars fair
" under way than she sent the young man into
the smoking car, and the duel between him and
@ was speedily arranged; but as the train was
much behind time the conductor refused to stop,
aud it was therefore agreed to fight in the smo
king car They fought with Monte Christie pis-
tols, or pistols that make no report; for, after
few moments of hreathless silence, nothing was
heard but the young mans death cry.
About this time the little boy, son OF the old
man who was first killed, awoke, and the young
woman took him with her into the private room,
that is in the corner of all passenger cars in that
country upon long line, and there she divulged
to him the secret of his fathers death, and
pointed out G as having killed him. Being on
the seat next the room, with my head against
the wooden partition, heard enough OF her sto-
ry to know what she told him. The cries and
lamentations of the child were most distressing,
and in the midst of them he kept calling q, the
murderer of his father, and also of his mother,
who he said would die. and declaring that he
would denounce him when he got to Augusta,
and would tell his parents, who, he was sure.
would avenge his fathers death. This continued
SO long hat it reused the anger of Q, who sent
his companion to undeceive and quiet the boy.
He went, therefore to the boy, and endeavored
to explain to him that G had nothing to do with
his fathers death, but that the woman herself
was the cause of it. He told his story fairly,
but it did not pacfy the child, who either did
not understand him or did not believe him, for
he redoubled his cries and repeated his threats,
whereupon the man took the boy from the wo-
man and carried him upon the platform of the
car, and there he threatened to kill him If he
did not hush and keep quiet. 1t was thought he
did this to frighten the boy, but the woman,
who could see them from her position cried out
in tone of alarm that the man was in earnest,
for the boy would not cease
At length came cry from the child of "Save
me, save me-" when u tall, midde-aged man,
who till this time had remained still and had
not spoken, rose up and throwing off his cloak,
saying, 81 will save the child" stepped forward
to the platform, where in an impressive tone and
speech, he expostulated with the man and pre-
vailed upon him to deliver up the boy. He then
took the boy md carried him back, and gave