The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-11
HAS TIILRE BEEN A DUEL 7
REPORTED METRIC OFWUR1THfL-
SIE1D IND WASH. M'LE1v.
A MyHeriOus Party Leave Cincfunati-Thcy
Stop IN Michigan, at KnInmnzoo-Nen--
urinc OF the Ground Mt 4 o'clock In th2
MOruing-The Men In Trim.

fut utn
Reported FOR the 1sto stare J9ouygg, By COL charles
Reuystedrne. A. G. s.
K.L.sAzoo, Mich, May ., 1s7o.-Our party
lct Cncir nati on early morning train, disguised
N order 70 deceive the police, who would otherwise
have allied to cornprehend tat We meant business.
y. liastead was disguised ne baggage master
de remarked TO YOUR reporter corfdentiay ulBt he
foosbres. nS oN WI Ie %or% ns, ,oto tpis opSornty
TO zee Whether the Morning ComDerctdiwas prompt,
ly delivered along tho Whole line, and n he i9und
am Of those damnetion agerts slinkiuE-and he
closed the sentence by bringing lis hand down on
my shoulder with UNPLEASANT emphnsil .--
W. Mclean was disguised In the most impcnetrn-
bic manner, in Forest costume Of Heton'or1. ]
learn thot lie belonged TO one Of The Miami tribes OF
not been aboard more than five minutes before
evcry reporter on tho train had borrowed nancy OF
him.
i Il not proper that should describe the entiro
partv. many OF whom would doubtless wish to re-
main unknown. For myself have no fears. hay
Inc seon service; but most Of the gentlemen may
feel some timidlty about having thcir names con
rectcd with tnis dangerous business. / may men
Of The Enquirer, who was toete'ulv discussed with
reporter 0adge OF o." lrs' OHIO Stale Fair, nnd
i chard Smith, OF the GGE6te. who roat the New
York O'"rrra NJ the WY, aud was rot m9csted;
also, Joseph H. Blrrctt. n me C1touioe. who car
rici bnske, Of Early Rose POTATOES, and volume
Of Patent once REPORTS in his lap, and passed Tor
harmless arricuturisi on lis way home from mar
h,i yoanr r'rson Of, solemn soan.rnahSSe % sH
Gent JiD's'. 1hie person assured me soon aner
stating tnat If II. irlnuty was, equal 20 NE meal,
.
Railroad ono tip. and settle tie whole matter,
though TO "" sure, le tai t9uS ',nlv, thll Would
/ ] .huldcrci. aud attenutad to move away hut nc
! .ai' iuquiringy, poiaung 10 d. Is. McCu.ioush, By
ana mild hllsphemous air. who "a coming tins way
| viii coy OF tae Enquirer 10 Ms hsnd y
person l over Travelled with. Hc nearly broke up
the whole party q CGlur bus, by o@entaiously rs.
rading hms Ell before the dCuOt policeman FINALLY
I'd I'D person. very large man, spoke to Inn. lie
IT. yer coln' to work M the wire, OF tti.
YOUNG nm" s.id ne ra' C,nrilu'or. proudly,
d-a0 irg himself IN tiil he was nearly I've feet tir
loung man, ia have ycn To know th't acre no
! IitSnocl,.,-"c'ro going LID e VI, et,rlously,
were coiHg tc ilyea N n4a1ooi, teal exhibition
a wLatf' saii the policeman.
49,, Wcto roiug up 'o hsh q du-. Th.ts Haisieal
The J. you say"
\ hrie rcdhoadcA uan cane IN a, ui' jqrc,urc
anl a pencil over hs ear, an SAID 10 the police
man:
| htveu'i any iica vlot those tismaulc words
| meant. but the gigantic policeman aboriously uro-
duced wink VIII hi- firnt eye, and moved 90 to
arfc~, small bog. Who bad beeu trying 20 see how
! c'o.c he could come 20 turning q handspring over
tae nose OF tho cowcn'cicr as ~ trains came IL.
! At Crc-tlne tho frt Contributor pointed ont W.
| Mclean 20 n fympathilibg crowd, and told thom he
| vus wounded leran. On his way Ia Na,llir gtOn.
| Some one laid. 81 Poor red man How he must pine
Pine" said tho Fat Contributor " they've all been
Gu, mp into hulalo chins." Here Mclean bowed
! politely TO thIocd decker Cresilincr. covered with
stteamer-, and size let out at him-" Ga, you brute
you just look like YOU would skelp babies, and make
| Iig,.er slaves of their poor mothersl" The Fat
! Contributor turned to her and sail politely. Mad
aru, 10 the roor I2lian" She looked NILE sur :,
tWhat do YOU mean !" asked the woman, confused.
Madam; ! can only reques, y"n to H. H. the poor In
indin' Ml you be 10 .oSS Sn as 70 no 'e pOG IN
he rted as to refuse to 10 poor Indian }"
The woman turned TOD. 3. Mccullough in utter be
| wildermen'. Don't you know who that l. 7" said
Me THAI Is Mcfarland who shot Richardson.
lie is insane" TIE woman moved Oh, rehectyely.
mutering, Lo tue poor---"hat did he meah
by itt"
ii ere were other incidents Of travel worthy Of
M ZOO the nght. and prepared b. sleep in the
ton house to prevent the hnx,eyed oice from -n.,
A new man on the force. who big enough ass
for foreign Minister, arrld the whole party, ami
demanded that they should give an account OF them
We finally go, away by the Fa, Contributor taking
oct license TO deliver lecture on lrdian Meal
some handbills Tor which printed In blank, to save
e1penses) he happened 70 have along. These were
hled up, and the whole party bad to contribute
dis'-ibuiing the bills We then registered cur name,
al hotel without fear. the Fat Contributor pass
ing ". Mclean on as the subject Of the lecture,
pointing ont Murat Hsl-tetd as the agent. who woulS
paw all the hotel bills and rent OF hall. he said.
| The Urelminarics OF the duel were arranged her
comfortably and in security, and nothing of conse
quence happened except that one OF the seconds, II
loading the pistols Of es principal accidentally sho
away the first joint OF his thumb, and narrowly es
capped killing the chambermaid. THIS was 10 hay
been expected how ever, rs the gentleman had neve
loaded pistol In his life, and had 10 ask the cham
bermaid what the hammer OF the pistol Was for.
; About four o'clocS In the morning he whole part
left the hotel in the most secret and mys,criou
manner. all going out by different ways-sou
| through doors and some by Windows m to mis-
lead any person Wfo mi ht have accidentally sec
any Of The partv. We found that same oljectionabl
policeman on tine alert, and lie was promptly knocs
ed down and kicked into inseusibility, as the onl
UraNn nj FlIf d n "A
There was great wrargle on the grounds abou
. measuring Oh the distance. J. u. McCuiough W.
| determined that he would "stp IL OIL" but IL Va
, un nimousv o. lcctel 10 by I'll tie seconds OF hO
painc7a- that his leg were too short. The Fat Coz
4 | irhutor and his honorable friend had made on
. pIe'tS wide strlddic from Rldi'll corrcsrCniCut I
Democratic edit'r, and lc thought g would DO
= "D-niti Don't uoint tlat mist ! This way in th1
careless manner or lshll withdraw rom The case
rourcd o tho seconds. a. liastead iourished Nj
pistol. Mclean Was practising ON the cock aud nal
cock, 30 that when the tine came he would he SUI
to make no mistake. Just expected That somcOOd
wouli get hurt and bean 10 lro certain 1t woll
no, he one OF the principals either
y Finally tie seconds declared TINT everything wa
y. ready, and tue ,grinephlS took t,elr places A.
;. the sloTog business, he was allowed TO give Il
word. winch he Gid - i9l'Ns:
"Arrre ye ridlyf Wan, two, thrcc-shootl an
!. simultaneously one pistol went OF, and the ou'
one didn't.
the two, aud yard or so to The right
| lalsIcad'- pistol did not ego ON
81 did said OF the seconds, fultcriusl
And on investigation II turned out that lie hat II
| in the cartridge tiNCd ammuntionl wrong end ~.
II "You id iooli Don't you know any mo-
= about loading psia than that - ro,red llslslead.
The POOR man protested he thought that was Il
e right way. and wanted to know why The devil The
d Whitfield the upper end of the ballet 10 get pon
unless Tor the convenience OF loading, that II M 4.
:. be got In easyt Nobody seemed to be able to a.
Il swCr this question.
y Mclean declared his honor was satisfied. b
" | IIasteal swor0 like pirate or Horace Greelev
l. this, and demanded another shot-Or, at least, OF
shot Said he felt II in his bones that f he could or
get shot lie could knock the DID daylghts out
somebody. The seconds by this time began 10 r.
l. as IL they were veterans, aad they unanimously
cided that the gentlemen should have one more she
10 Halsteads seconds at first claimed that he Vas OF
Is | shot behind, and that Mclean should fire un
"a Halstead caught up; but Hsstead settled the bus
80 ness By shouting: I" II he ~iil only shoot at me-
IL as TO make 1t safe thing for O. lie shoot avn
10 all day IL 10 likes" So the pistols acre careful
IA loaded and everything got right this time. En-
IL, Crasped his pistol firmly, like wItChmans club, al
waited for The word. The explosion OF bOtn pi-tO
was the signal for a veil from q wounded second
each side. One OF Hastead's seconds had "A bad lie
wound on the lower eud OF the spine; and one
L McLean's seconds was SHOT through The con'misss
+ department.
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