The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-10-21
The Duel Between Broderick
and Terry.

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! cordance with the anticipations of the
most Of the community, the expected duel
{ between the Hon. y. g. Broieiick, United
!, States Senator from California, and lion
. David 5. Terry, Judge of the Supreme
Court, took place yesterday evening, at a
small dell or valley, some ten miles distant
from Morced Lake The parties went out
OF town Oh the night previous, and passed
the night in separate localities. At a
quarter past six o'clock Broderick and Ter
ry arrived on the ground in their respect
i've carriages, and attended BY seconds and
physicians Hon. c. Mck.bbin and Mr..
Cutler as seconds for MIR Broderick, and
Calhoun Benham and Thomas HAYES,
Esqs., seconds for Judge Terry
On descending from ti.eif carriages the
parties seemed Ia the best 81 spirits, Meth
er appearing At all nervous or ANXIOUS as
~ the result Abou: half I'm hour was oc-
cuPed IN arrangements, ten PAGES were
marked ct and tested by the seconds, and
the principals placed in their relative posi-
tons. Their seconds had already Invested
themselves Of their outside coats, white
collars ana other articles which might pre-
sent prominent objects upon which to take
aim, the two principals were Invested of
their watches and the coin in their peck
cts. The coin taken from Mr. Broderick,
Mr.. Mckibbin, lis second placed in his
own vest pocket. Judge Terry threw his
cNrelessly on the sod. One of the seconds
thet. read aloud the code of duels from
written manuscript, which occupied but
short time Mr.. Coulton then addressed
the two gents, saying in effect that he
wished to be understood that he should
/ count one, two" after the word " fire -
after which he should say stop" and no
shot must be fred after that
During this time the two PRINCIPALS
maintained their positions and listened
with composure to these details. Judge
Terry stood with his head thrown slightly
back. looking toward his antagonist. Each
held his pistol in his hand, pointed to the
| grounI. Each was dressed in black clothes
and wore a slouched Palo Alto hat. Mr..
Broderick stood erect, but his head rather
down. lie pulled the rim of his hat down
about his eyes, as if to shut them from the
/ light. The positions of the two were
! somewhat different. Judge Terry main
tanned that Of practical duelist, present.
ing only the edge Of his person to his an
tagonist, and keeping lis left hand and
/ shoulder 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
/ position and less constrained one and grad
ualIy presented more Of his body to the fire
Of his opponent,
F., His pistol he held in his hand rather
awhwardly, and seemed to feel this himself
! he once or twice turned the wrist of his
! pistol arm to the right with his left hand,
as though endeayoring to comply with
some prescribed directions previously Civ
Ell him. He took one good look at his
antagonist and ran his eve rapidly along
/ the ground from his to his own position.
is if drawing bee line between them
From that time he did not raise bis ewes
until the word was given to fire. Once
his right foot got fraction beyond the
line, when Mckibben stepped forward and
replaced 1t.
The bearing Of Judge Terry, though he
assumed more practiced and motionless
attitude was not one ot more than that of
al a. i[oi-s,ne"ea man 'uan was lhat OF MIR.
,,IoueiICA' hV quarter OeIore { 0 CLOCK
ME- Coulton pronounced the words, " Are
you Ieaoy ;, heady' responded Terry
T 1,,u I re.'uy oe was e Uttered oy Drooerlck'
ed in moderately quick time Mr. Brod-
e.ich ia's Sc us PlsIol' ana had scarcely
oi"55n' u 70 "'i angie oi 10 degrees from
- ~" ''lu POSITION ','io III zee me To-
"@ d! MS opPonen'' "Heh' OWING 10 'he
uehcac{ OF the trigger, 1t was discharged
the Dali entering the ground about four
PAGES,
Ju'Se J. 1ired q fesn ln7tants later, tax
ih- .'''."e'''s' ".''. mere vas an inter
E,t' II me TWO reports, At nat instant
d'. i. va OBS eIFeH 70 cap MS ielt hahd
I" '''e ilg',' S,'e u MS breast where 1t
was seen '''''V ne was "onhIed. he reel
ed slowly 70 tHe i7l'' ana oe1ore MS sec,
ondS como IeaGh NM ne leu TO the ground
WIN MS i!9i' icy uouOe'' "I'uet n III ana
sun gra>Ping ms weapon. Judge l. upon
dischaTglng ms Mstoi, Immediately folded
ms arms, holding ms Plstol stu smoking
IN tI= hand but IlI not move from his o.