The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11

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! CIrY-BoTH MEN EMPrY THEIR
PIeToLs- ONE KILLED AND THE
OTHER MoRrALDY NoUNDFD.
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TRucktE Cry, New, Sept Andy
Fugct, a carpenter, and Jack White, a
miner, fought a duel night before last
with six-shooters, A feud had existed
between the men for some time and a
few days ngo when they met on the
de pot grounds Fugot said isWc night
as well settle our trouble here. Draw
and defend YOURSELF" White said lie
was not armed, ana Fugct replied .tliat
he believed him q liar The men. then
separated with the understanding that
they would fight the first time they
met. light before last the men ll again
met on the corner Of Main street and n
little alley running up into the Chinese
quarter. They had no sooner rSecognize
cach other than the battle began. There
were several persons in the neig ghbor.
fhood, but no one who saw the shooting
could tell who fired the first shot. Tuuaget
is said ohavc been approaching Main
street from the alley, an va, m i y
white, who was passing along the side
walk When the firing began, Fqget
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placed himself behind an awning post
at the corner of the street and alley,
while White stood on the Sidewalk
The firing was very rapid 50 rapid,
indeed that many who heard it thought
that more than two men were engaged
in tho shooting. The majority Of those
who were In the neighborhood when the
shooting began ran away as fast as .heir
legs would carry them but tive, or three
men. yho Bsusbt shelter ii 10 iron
doorways of Burkhalter4s store, stood
their ground and Witnessed tho Whole
fattle. White fell first and strik ing on
the edge of the sidewalk, rolled Into a
gutter about eighteen inches ia depth.
FuSet fell abopt.the same time, seeminy
| ~ tfen theEefeot'ofa White s last Shot
rolling into tho SANE gutter ia Shich
White was lying, aud at no great dis
I tanoo from him Between the two men
lay bundle Of gunny sacks, owing to
which they were unable to sec each
other. fugct began to crawl toward
White, who lay in the gutterSmable to
rise. He dragged himself along the
! gutter until he reached the gunny sa Ks.
lie climbedAiup on these until be could
sec. his mortal enemy, and then fired at
him his two rem4ining shots. White
aroused himself, and, by great effort
raised his pistol and fired his last shot,
which rolled Fuset from his position on
the SACKS, aRd eplcd tho desperalssan,l
bloody fglIt. 80 % -
When the firing ceased and only
groans We're to be heard, the citizens
rapidly collected, and soou great
crowd was on the bloody battle field
The bleeding and groanng men were
carried to where they could be cared
for. Fnget, however, needed but littlo
care, as ho was dying when taken up
and lived less than ten minutes The
shot which proved fatal struck him in
the lott groin, seyering largo,artery
lIo bled frightrully. Whites wounds
wero three in number, and Of such a
nature that they must necessarily prove
fatal. One shot passed throu II his
/ body, from side to side, just above the
hips; another entered his right breast.
and ranging back, lodged against his
spine the third struck him in the
lower part of the abdomen, passing
through the bladder
After Ahe shooting, and While hiss
wounds were being examined, White
said that be- Was firGd ut bg another man
besides Fugot. This man, he said, was
a large man with heavy black whiskers,
4 ~ho stood "a the alley leaning up into
Chinatown, and fred three shots at'him,
after which he ran away up the alley.
Afterward, on being more closely
Questioned about this man, White
refused to say anything more in regard
to him, or to give his name, even if he
knew it Many persons who were in
the neighborhoed at the time Of the
shooting are quito certain that more
than TIVE men were engaged in it. They
say ,thatit seems almost impossible that