The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1870-07-15
A STRANGE SOLUTION OF A QUARREL
VIENNA, May 90.

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On the night of Tuesday, towards 8 in
the morning, one of the guards in the Stadt-
park heard the report of firearm Fol
lowing the sound, he found after long
search on the bank of one of the bywalks
large pool of blood and hat, but no
person in the park. He called for assis-
lance from the police, and the search was
continued, but, so far as the park was CON
cerned, without success Outside of it,
however, the commissary of police in search
saw man lying on some leaves, and,
thinking him drunk, ordered that he
should be removed to the station. On
raising him it was found that he was COW
cred with blood, and that he held pistol
in his hand. The shot had gone through
his neck and had shattered his jaw
On searching him four letters were
found, one addressed to the authorities,
another to his parents, third to his lady
love, and fourth to his colleagues in an
opera house. The youth was the son of
dancing-master and himself employed as
one OF the dancers in the "corps de ballet"
of the opera-house
In the letter addressed to the authori-
ties Reisnger announced that he was the
victim of an American duel, and that the
motives which had induced him to act
would be found in a letter which he had
deposited in the dressing-r room of the male
dancers of the opera.
In this letter, which was found in the
place indicated, after thanking his col
leagues for their kindness to him, and ask
ing them not to judge him too harshly, he
tells them that he had made the acquain-
lance OF lieutenant, who was a Maltese
Knight of st. John; that they had quarrel
led, and that the lieutenant had challeng-
ed him to fight with pistols, which he
had accepted.
AS he came next day to the rooms of the
lieutenant there were already several off
GERS in the room. When lie came in they
began to talk French. After time the
lieutenant came in, and told him that he
could not fight him, as he was too young
On this the youth says that he became
violent, but the lieutenant told him, smil-
ing, that there was a way to fight without
exposure, and this was that each should
wear glove on the left hand, and whoev-
err was seen in the street by the other with
out the left glove on his hand should kill
himself. The writer of the letter says that
he had been so unfortunate as to be seen
by his adversary without the glove, so if
he did not wish to be dishonored he had
to kill himself He says that he would not
have been so foolish as to take off his
! glove had he not yielded to the remon-
STRANGE of one for whom he would always
have Ventured to expose his life.
The young man has died since, but before
his death he had given the name of his
adversary, a cavalry lieutenant, who had
been frequent visitor at the well-known
dancing school which is kept by the faith
er OF the YOUTH and had made advances to
the lady-love of the latter. This was the
ground of the quarrel.
Both the girl and his own relations, who
did not know the meaning of his always
wearing the left glove tainted him about
it, and the first time he yielded he met the
lieutenant, who looked at his hand,
and the young man thought himself bound
to fulfil the stipulation of their foolish
duel.
The authorities have in the meantime
made researches about the lieutenant in
question, but they have not been able to
find him as yet; he had given different ad-
dresses to the military authorities, and had
left all the places indicated. Ifhe be tried
it will he rather curious case for there
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code against this sort of dueling, and a
fight with murderous weapons is necessary
to make out case Of dueling.
The death of the young dancer has pro-
duced 50 much the greater sensation in the
'corps de ballet" as it is the second tragic
occurrence within fortnight the other is
the death of a promising young girl, sis
ter of one of the "cOryphees," who in the
last representation of "!SardanapaluS,"
in going up a bridge which occurs in one
of the scenes, came near one of the gas
burners. In order to pass it she caug ht
up her dress, and thereby made the fame
flare up, and despite the wire grating on
the top it blazed out and caught her light
dress, which was instantly in flames AL
though help was at hand and wet cloth
was thrown over her, she was so much
burnt all over the body, above all on the
arms, that she died two days after. The
accident caused great commotion in the
house, and although the iron curtain was
let down there was tendency to rush to
the door However, the panic subsidized
The Emperor, who was present, went him
self to inquire after the state Of the poor
girl.
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