Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-30
FATAL DUEL AT NEW Or
LEANS.
PAM LareSche, ESQ.,, JF., Shot
and almost instantly Killed
by }. $. BOsSier, Esq.
The Particulars.

From Sundays CIescent.I
ANOTHER TRAGEDY.
A duel was yesterday morning, at IL
. o'clock, fought between Paul Lsresche,
ir., and J. S. Bossier. The ground was
little back of the Barracks, below the
city; the weapons were dOuble-barreled
shot guns. Mr.. Laresche was shot
through the abdomen, and, we regret TO
chronicle, died shortly afterwards. Mr..
BOssier was afterwards arrested and con-
fined at the Second District ststiOnhOuse.
! 1t appears that the police in some way
got wind OF the affair yesterday morn
! ing, and as means Of preventing it, ar
/ rested Mr.. LsTesche's brother, who,
however, refused t. give any infOrmA-
/ ton, and was Therefore put under bonds
/ to keep the peace. Since the duel, he
and the physician who was present at
the duel, have been arrested, accused Of
being accessories before the deed. The
cause CT the difficulty we do not know,
but have been told IL at it originated in
dispute relative to q lady. Mr.. La
resehe was the challenging party.
Since writing the above we have
learn ed the following additional partic-
ulsrs: There had been a quarrel exist
ing for some days between the parties,
both Of them very young men. Mr.. Ls-
resche, in an alteration, on Thursday
forenoon, on Commercial Alley, told
Mr.. Bossier to consider his face slapped.
Mr.. BOssier was inclined to treat the
matter as jest, and the parties sepa.
rated. Meeting afterwards, words be-
came 50 high that Mr.. BOssier struck
Mr.. Laresche, and received a challenge
the same day. Mr.. BOssier accepted and
selected the double barrel gun, one barrel
loaded with ball. The parties met abOdt
half-pGst eleven am, yesterday, in the
rear OF a plantation near the battle
grCund. At the firs. fire, Mr.. Laresche's
ball passed very near Mr.. Bossier's face,
whilst the latter's gun snapped the cap
merely, and did not 60 off. AT the sec
Ond fire, Mr.. Bossier pulled trig-
ger at the word one, firing fret,
and shooting his antagonist through |
the body above the hips. Mr.. L9resche's |
aim, or course, was disconnected by |
the wound, but his gun went cf, al |
though the ball, as might be expected, |
sped wide of its mark. Mr.. Laresche |
sunk Immediately upon the ground, and |
began 10 fail, Notwithstanding the aid of |
a skillful physician. He was borne to |
carriage and transported to his fathers |
residence, where he expired, without /
suffering, about hali-past three in the |
afternoon yesterday.
The writer saw the survivor in this /
most unfortunate catastrophe in Msj. |
ManniDg's office, st the Second District /
police headquarters, last night. He is
young man of probably twenty-five
years, and proved himself gallant SOL
dier on the losing side in the Confederate
war. He lost 3 leg at Fredericksburg,
and has always been highly esteemed by
his fellow soldiers and officers. Mr.. La
resche was also q brAvS and irreproach-
able soldier in the same army. His ven
erable father and all the members of his
family went out of the Federal lines to
Richmond when Banks sent out the reg
istered enemies. No one laments the
tragical result OF the meeting more than
the survivor, who assured Us last night
that he would willingly have changed
places with his opponent. as all be has
90 live fOF is his aged mother, for whom
he seems to entertain the most devoted
affection. We deeply sympathiZs with
the sffi jcted families in both cases.
We understand that the father of Mr..
Laresche positively refused to allow the
city physician to make q post-mortem
OF his sons body, saying
that he had had physician with him
at the tiDe of his death and therefore
such examination was unnecessary. A
inquest will be held this morn
ing at o'clock.
The same paper Of the same date, says:
a. We were sorry to find, on visiting the
Second District police ststiOD, last even
ing, that DR.. Bsrgot, who had accompa-
MED one Of the parties in the late fatal |
duel, as 3 surgeon, called to some duty |
be had no idea of the nature o., until the
affair was over, was in durance aud re-
strained of his liberty until such time as
the matter should be examined. DR..
BeFg0t is of the Paris faculty, formerly
surgeon of the sraly of africa, ey sur
geon of the French Imperial service at
and bears very high charse- .
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