The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11
4 STARTLING PTcTURE or LIFB
THE SIL VEL ST1TE.

A DESPERATE Fight IN .TRUCKEE
Cry Born MEN EMPTY THEIR
PIoToLs- ONE KILLED AND THE
OTHER MoRTALDY NoUNDFD.
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TRuckEE Cry, New, Sept 7.-Andy
Puget, a carpenter, and Jack White, a
miner, fought a duel night before last
with six-shooters. A reud had existed
between the men for some time and
few days ngo when they met on the
depot grounds Puget said (: "Wc might
as we'll settle our trouble here. Draw
and defend yourself" White said he
was not armed, ana Fuset replied tl,at
he believed him liar The mau then.
separated with the understanding that
they would fight the FIRST time they
met. Night before last the men again
met on the corner of Main street aud n
little alley running up into the Chinese
quarter. They had no sooner recoynize
each other than the bpttle BEGAN. There
were several persons in the nei.hbor
hood, but no one who saw III, Shooting
could tell who fred the first shot. Fuugct
is said to have been approaching Main
street from the alley, ;nl wa, m Il "
White, who was passing along the side
walk When the firing began FQy.t
placed himself behind an awning post
ut 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 the shooting. The majority of those
Who were IN the ncighborhood when the
shooting began ran away as fast as their
legs would carry thom but two or three
men. who stashj Shelter ia ltho iron
doorways of Burkhalter1s store, stood
their ground and Witnessed tho Whole
tattle. White fell first, and striking on
the edge of the sidewalk, rolled into a
gutter about eighteen inch - in depth.
EuSst fell about the same time. seeminp.
- from the effect of White last shot.
rolling into the same gutter ia Shich
White was lying, and at no great dis
tanoo from him. Between the two men
lay buudle Of gunny sacks, owing to
which they were unable to sec each
other, Fugct began to crawl toward
White, who lay in the gutter unable to
rise. He dragged himself along the
gutter until he reached the gunny sacks.
lie climbed iup on these until be could
sec his mortal enemy, and then fred at
him his two remaining shots. White
aroused himself, and by grca. effort
raised his pistol and fired his last shot,
which rolled Fugct from his position on
the SACKS, and eplcd tho despsrasesauL !
bloody fight 90
When the firing ceased and only
groans We're to be heard the citizens
rapidly collected, and soou a great
crowd was on the bloody bnttlo field
The bleeding and groaning men were
carried to where they could be cared
for. Fhget, however, needed but littls
care, as he was dying when taken up
and lived less than ten minutes. The
shot which proved fatal struck him in
the lott groin, seHering q largo artery
llc bied frightrully. Whites wounds
were three in number, and of such
nature that they must necessarily proye
fatal. One shot passed through 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 the shooting, and while his
wounds were being examined, White
said that hswas fired at by another man
besides Fugos. This man, he said, was
large man with heavy black whiskers,
m1lo stood ia the alley leaning up into
Chinatown, and fred three Shots at him,
after which he ran away up the alley
Aftcrward, 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 neighborho0d at the time of the
shooting are quito certain that more
than TIVE men were engaged in it. They
say that it seems almost impossible that
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