The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-16

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was not a second in the alI ,ir, but merely y
friend. He then lett pc, promising TO leave
the note II my service, were required did
not hear from him again until near ) O'Clock
III the AFTERNOON, when thi, noe was l"il me-
from which might infer ~ | pleased lilc
meaning NJ il:
Dr.. C'tiirn.-l'Ira>c rnn1n at once in
huusc near nakwnod Cemetery. Wife sick.
Yours, JAMES HorsE.
"G May. 1873"
rms nota impressed me with The fact that
the affair would probably be more serious
than had anticipated and than Others of II
Ike nature had proved to be- IIa>tiv eating
dinner, determined to obey the summons
III the note, but first endeaYor 10 notify the
police OF the suspected duel. drove down
10 The Monumental Hotel ut ten minutes past
10 To sec DR.. BarkHdlle, IL gentleman Nth
whom hai entrusted the nature of the
communication OF the morning, and de-
f'oied with him the dangerous character
Wien III" affair had assumed We both
'S,''u 'nat Sn'Im ono Should inform The
p"i'c' ana arrest the parties iii the rciIdcE.
| '"us' l'f. BarkSdale sad that he would t!c
| so II II would not e:nblrra-s me in the MAJ
lcr' told him that would ASSUME all the
responsibility OF the Information, and b.s-
:5"d that lie would 20 withou, delay to the
second >tatlon-houSi and telegraph 10 Major
roe The precise locality and time when and
| Nacfe | heard the parties would meet
| lie Doctor Instantly went. and
| drove Go"r Min street, stopping at
| Two or three places, wasting Il half hour. and
then drove slowly TO Oakwood. hoping TO
hnd III" police there with the parties. :.
tered bakWood | saw Mus<rS. McCartv and
| Tabb rromenadlng w and down before the
gate | bowed ot'cm in passing, and drove
Oh into nanwood Cemetery. remained in
Oakwood. Walking about for half an hour or
twenty minutes. | saw nothing Of the par
ties, vehicles, or any indication that they
| were in the n,igbborhOod. | concluded that
they had either been arrested or the quarrel
hld been amiclbly adjusted, and was about
| icat irw when my attention WIS drawn TO
man on horseback riding un and down at the
foot of the ilt II Dalwoud, evidently watch
inr something which did nct scc. Pres
emily, on ~ the dl-tan,.. towards ilr York
River railroad. heard four shot tollowln"
| each uthcr in quick succession, and tn" man
| on horseback hao0ed rs if giynyn signal to
somebody else. Directly after the last shots
| | noticed one or two men running across the
York River railroad just where it becomes
waived his handkerchief. The nan on
horseback gaIloprd away. ant 1t oncr "oil-
,crtrrcl that svnrihin4 Srriru> had llaprcn-
cd down thn road where heard the lirln-.
.Tlmpin. over the icnr. rtu down 10 Ba
! kew, mill. where ! -.iW y drag o. mack. !
! lr,s>cd il, and ran down 10 the York River
road. ON Getting on the railroad saw down
the track Dr. NrGlliru al,oli: ljC wards ahead
Of nc, and another gentleman lMI. Mere
ditbl. who halooed something to me. He
said it was "an awful affair; ! &i:i
afraid that both arc mprtaliy wounded
ha>tencd on until reached the spot
where | found the wounded mcn lyi1.r-
1t wa, IN open spice on the ielt Sltlt rl The
railroad secluded from observation Oh all
side except the railroad SIDE. opposite t" IN"
road which run" up tc DR.. lI1rri>"n 'i'u>,'.
hen :.ot 10 the gentlemen Mr. M"r,Ir""I
was lyiu- nearest 10 me on his ht"k. aud t"''
lr,crS from him Mr.. Mctariv Wa lying OF,
his left side. tlirn attended /" The wounds
with nr. MCiuirc, and >ci,t I" town 10 lei
vehicles. made fires, and rcndrreds then:
luthrrwi-c a> comfortable IT, "" could until
the carriages ,:lmC. We did not "cl away
until about | rsJrk.
.. What did You think had occurred there
lrcm the appearance of thing:
\. \ t@ht--tat duel had taken place.
9. Did YOU receive any lntiuIaiion that II
duel Etd taken place from amy one there:
A. ies: | heard it generally sl"krn of.
but den rclrenrhrr who spoke tI>t nI It.
L WAS admitted that thrr" had been Il duel.
.. nld either Of them >ar anything I"
,"ui
\. Nr> !; they SPOKE ri hay'rr, fought >
duel forgot Ia SAY that IL" mnntes
nitcr arrived Major Poe got there.
.. Did YOU sec any pistols:
\. saw one pistol lying between thcnl,
aud the bright caps attracted my attention.
pr Cullen then described the nature al
Mr.. MoHpEcMs WOUNDS.
which is contained in the autopsy
above mentioned. Eir .all lhit the
h,ll entered the right side ot aldo
men two and bali uclle> from the um.
bilious. about live inchc> from the anterior
suueriUr spinols process OF The ilum. passed
through the iaScia tIunSvcrsali> 10 the linca
ptl,a. where it detected GnWnward~ and
backwards, peociraIing the cdFiiy OF aldo
men, D ,sSing t.ToH-n left !!mc bone one in"h
| below the crest, bali way between the auto
rior and poslcrlor superior >plnons processes
| without Dcrfulating intestine, and lodglnE i'll
the adrpoSe It's ur on the left hip. There was
intense perituDitiS, which l. Inflammation III
the lnyestin" membrane Gl the lalt>ilic5,
which ubSolye> the abdominal cavity. MI
OF the abdominal organs were intensely III
named. the cavity Tiled with lymph HnG u
,iiti>n rtiusion. In>iG'r ~ the lnhtr ounce
ui IL, wound was q >lna!i s.rn! "t Il" r'ot.',
lnr, living upon The intestine. The Wo'" q
was Inflicted by >pheroidal p>t2l- all,
aud Inl> i >llit in it, whic! wa, probably
made hy coming 10 contact witt the bun"
and death was the result OF leii'oni'i>, super
induced byn Sun-shot wound.
DR.. Cullen also sad, in concluding hi, tcS-
tiulonv. whcu called upon hy McS>rS. Me-
Carly and Meredith, that hc could moi hr Il
party to any duel that he considered that
in his profession h, should attend patients
no matter whether legally or illegally
wounded, aud ary rll>e that they might
choose to adopt tc' get him there. hc would
20. and that would b" none Of !ii> business.
The PARTIES promised him that he >h"uld mol
be involved in ANY way or degree.
| When Dr. C,ll en- concluded his testimony
Il vote WAS taken by the Jury rs to whclhc'
Il witness present should be cNaIlilileu is Il
lie difiull:y which brought OH the du''l
The result was thi' :ht .ilry dc''ldr1 mol t'
hear that tcsti.nonN IT present.
| All of the Niau >>''- Sunluuhct cNcrn
DIR, Mc1uiie, " hu was net present, haV III!
l,.en exa,uiurd. the I, ,l'ua@r asked the .ltr,
if they were willing to reuder Il verdict ul'oI
the evidence already heard. Some ot ti''
juryup,u. however, were unWlllln% I" con
clldc the ra>c. and the inquest was thtrclot'
adjourned until the Coroner ran have "tlr''
witnesses i'm a.tpud.;ncr, which will rrv"ahi.
be IN Il tew day.
ErsEIAL OF JunS Is. MuRDEcAl. Ese.-
| A. o.II o'rIrrk this morning The rcnlaln