The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-02
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Interchange VI sho.s 70 conduct uic
fight o. each one should deem best
" his advantage. The spot selected
for tho encounter Was In the open
prairie. The grass had been closely
by the cattle, leaving the turf
firm, yet elastic, and just the thing for
rough and tumble business. The men
lef. long u Ter sunset, In the presence
OF crowd OF hunters and tlappers,
rail Dad surveyor, CANDLES and lit
,lians. The com " acts were duly
placed, aud the crowd waited with
i,lea.hiess l.! e.est ,ae res, II.
The CIV Ag %. he s.g2al had IL Zen
by lot 80 HMd'ng Stating TO the
piinci jHle, who by t!l's lime begah TO
show =. - OF i'm. III. .e.ce, thai ,his
woU.d be lie report d pistol, he drew
his owS Weapon anC discharged l., first
asking g.. quls ION GrG receiving The
usual answC., ia. boz j were ready.
THE FIGHT
McCluskey was the first to fire, wheel
ing as he did so, taough Che smoke
had scarcely cured Up rom is pistol
before the port Of Anderson's wea .l0n
followed. A mOmentlry pau G ensued,
each of the anita, ,Onists cio.ely scan
ming the other to note the effect of the
shot. Across Andefson's cheek u deep
furrow, from which he blooG slowly
began TO ickie Gown, told the wo-k
of his Antagonist, While McCipskey re-
maintd sta. ding IN his origins pcs
lure, TO all appearances nnliarmed.
But this was not tie .aci. those
nearest to HIM fancied taey saw n
sudden spasm as of pain, pass thfOrSr
his frame, and his face certainly
blaached to death; Ike pailor, III,
lust where the ball had Jaken effect
,lley could not tell. AT the second fire
McCl skey a!an anticipated his oppo-
nent, and taking more deliberate aim
succt eded i'm breaking his left ann.
Anderson uttered sharp cry and sank
on one knee, bat, quickly recovering
himself, returned the fire, and tbs
time with horrible effect. The br,l;
passing throu,,h McCluskey's mouth,
carried with it several of the clencned
teeth and a pc, ton of the tongue,
finally lodging in the base Of the skull.
cCluskey staggered forward Wild Il
few steps, and made desperate efforts
to steaay himself. The blood poured
i'm torrents from the wound, ard
stained his hunting-shirt and drippet.
rom the muzzle of his pistol; bu.
with heroic courage he continued: to
advance, spitting out mOuth,uls OF blood
and teeth ut eve ep.
During the interval nus gained, An
derson, who in his crippled STATE had
every rea1on to shun q hund-tu-haru
encounter, mad not been Idle, but fire
another well aimed shot which broke
McCluskey's left shoulder. As il this
was not enough, he sent still another
ball after him, VI iici, striking him ia
the pit of the stomac,,, C. used him to
iall farwaid heavily on his lace. Nc
Cluskey was now mOrtaily wounded
and mOmentar..ly growing weaker
from loss of blood. fearing open his
shirt in his agony, crimson spot Ia
his left side indicated the place where
Anderson's first shot had taken effect.
He still, however, retained his graspof
his pistol, and by an eff ort superhuman
in its GOODNESS and dsiiberalion, fired
ut his antagonist his third shot. The
latter had been closely watching for
This, and underworld to save himself
by suddenly dropping OH the g:ound.
Too late, however. McCluskey's fin
ger was already on the trigger and his
eye along the sights, and when his adj
versary's body reached the earth it was
heavier by colts pistol ball. A scream
of pain followed and the spectators saw
the figure of man clutching wildly
with his hands at the grass and writh-
log and twisting in horrible contor-
lions. The bullet had struck him full
in the abdomen aud like his antayO-
mist, Anderson was now
A FaST-DYING MAN.
At this juncture it seemed as If the
crowd would ilterfere, but Harding
s e.oiy babe them keep back and lei
the men settle the matter their own
way. As none cared to dispute with
the gigantic hunter, the manda.e was
obeyed, though a universe, expression
OF ho-for IAN through the party, q
number of whom were the engineers
and attaches of our own party. Sill,
horrible &, was the scene, no one
thought Of leaving the spot. An ire
sistible fascination to see ii out bound
one and all alike to the blood
stained locality. But the finale was at
hand, the curtain almost ready to
drop.
McCluskey, summOning, by SUI
p,eme effort, his remaining strength,
drew his knife, and began to crawl
feebly toward his antagonist. The lat
ter, who had raised himself to sitting
posture, saw the movement, and pre-
pa red to meet 1t. Both had dropped
their revOlvers, leaving to the cold
s,eel the con- pietion of the work.
BY III: time il had grown quite dark,
and 20 ..istip., uish the movement of
the Ombatants required The closest at
tentiop. Anderson was clearly unable
to move any portion of his body ex-
cept his right arm. With Il is he raised
his knife alOf., and as McCluskey
up to within reach, dealt him
a terrible blow in the neck, cutting
tenders and veins, and half
severi1g the head from the body.
THE LAST EFFORT.
But the effort was too much for him,
and leaving the weapon s.ickiDg in The
wound, he pitched heavi y forward on
his face. Eve, y one supposed that this
blow would have instantly killed Nc
Cluskey, bu., stfaage to say, it did MOI,
Tor so Y, ext was his vitality that before
aliiug he twice plunged his own knife
iuto the body of Anderson. The tale
is soon told. McCluskey lived q min
NE Longer than his antagonist. The
dead bodies, fi:miy locked ia each 9TH
ers embrace, were taken to the house
Of Harding and laid out side by side on
the gaming taDle. A crimson trail
marked the path of those who carried
them in-doO s, and pools of blood indi-
Gated the scene of the late conflict.
Tha-o VIVA no INNING iha. night