The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-10-13
From CalffOrnia..-Sen. BrOder-
erick Killed i'm a Duel.

The San Francisco Times of the 14th say
in accordance with the anticipations of mos
of the community, the expected duel betwee,
the Hon. David c. Broderick, U. s. Senate
from California, and the Hon. David 8. TER,
Judge Of Supreme Court, took place yester
day morning, at a small dell or valley SOM
10 miles from MERGED Lake.
The parties went out of town the might
previous and passed the night in separate
localities. At quarter past o'clock Messrs
Broderick and Terry arrived on the ground
in their respective carriages, and attended
by their seconds and physicians. Hon. J.
G. McKibben and Mr.. Coulton rs seconds
for Mr.. Broderick, and Calhoon Benham and
Thomas Hays Esq's seconds for Judge Terry
On defending from their carriages, the par.
ties seemed to be in the best of spirits neither
appearing at all anxious or nervous as to the
result
About half an hour was occupied in ar
rangements 10 PAGES were marked off and
tested by the seconds, and the principals
placed in their relative positions. Their
seconds had already Invested them of their
outside coats white collars, and other arti-
cles which might present prominent target
upon which to take aim The two principals
were Invested of their watches and the coin
in their pockets. The coin taken from Mr..
Broderick, his second Mr.. McKibben placed
in his own vest pocket; Judge Terry threw
his carelessly on the sod. One ofthe seconds
then read aloud, the code ,1uello from a
written manuscript, which occupied but a
sh ,rt time Mr.. Coulton then addressed
the two Gentlemen saying in effect, that he
wished to be understood that he should say
one, two, after the word fire, after which he
should say stop, no shot must be fred after
that. "
During this time the two principals main
tanned their positions and listened with COM
posure to these details. Judge Terry stood
with his head thrown slightly back, looking
towards his antagonist. Each held his pistol
in his hand pointed to the ground each was
dressed in black clothes and wore slouched
Palo Alto hat. Mr.. Broderick stood erect,
but his head rather down. He pulled the
rim Of his hat down about his eyes, as if to
shade them from the light. The positions
of the two were somewhat different Judge
Terry maintained that of practical duelst,
presenting only the edge oftis person to his
antagonist and keeping his left hand and
shoulder we'll behind him. Mr.. Broderick,
on the contrary, though at first assuming a
position somewhat similar to that of the other.
seemed to prefer more careless and less
constrained one and gradually presented
more of his body to the fire ofhis opponent.
His pistol he held in his hand rather awk-
wardly, and seeming to feel this himself, he
once or twice turned the wrist of his pistol
arm to the right with his left hand, as though
endeavoring to comply with some prescribed
directions previously given him. He took
one good look at his antagonist and ran his
eye rapidly along the ground from him to his
own position, as if drawing bee line between
them, and from that time did not raise his
eyes until the word was given to fire. Once
his right foot got a fraction beyond the line,
when Mr.. McKibben stepted forward and
replaced 1t. The bearing of Judge Terry,
though he assumed more practiced and
motior1iess attitude, was not one jot more
that of an iron nerved man than was that Of
Mr. Broderick.
Alta quarter before seven o'clock Mr..
Coulton pronounced the words are you ready
Ready, responded Judge Terry, and ready
uttered by Mr.. Broderick Immediately after
Fire one, two, pronounced in moderately
quick time, Mr.. Broderick raised his pistol
and had scarcely brought it to an angle of AZ
degrees from its downward position, and in
in bee line towards his opponent, when
by the delicacy Of the hair trigger it was dis
charged. The ball entered the ground about
four PAGES in advance of him. Judge Terry
fired few seconds later, takirg deliberate
aim there was preceptable interval in the
two reports at that moment Mr.. Brcderick
was observed to clap his hand to the right
side of his breast, when it was seen that he
was wounded. He realed slowly to the left,
and before his seconds could reach him be
fell to the ground with his right leg doubled
under him, and still grasping his weapon.
Judge Terry, upon discharging his pistol,
Immediately folded his arms, holding the
pistol still smoking in his hand, but did not
move from his position. The seconds Of
Broderick Immediately ran to his aid, and
Dr. Lochr commenced to staunch the wound
with lint
The bullet had entered just forward Of the
nipple and had lodged, as it was supposed
under the left arm
Some of the San Francisco papers evince
a disposition to make it appear that Senator
Broderick was the victim of conspiracy
but the most prominent nnes assert that the
duel was conducted in strict accordance with
code of duello. Broderick's pistol went of
before it was raised in line with his antag.
onist. Terry's shot took effect two inches
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