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


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CIrY-BoTH MEN EMPrra EH EIa
3, PIeToLsr- ONE KILLED AND THE
OTHER bMoETABuY M'oGNDfDgs
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TRtcktE Ec1FY, New Sept 15a ..@A "a ndy
Puget, carpenter, and Jack White, a
miner, fought duel night before last
with six-shooters. 4 Feud had existed
between the men for some Ip, time ins and a
few days 'hgo7 when they met on the
depot grouhds Fuget said: 1--WE wigbt
as well settle our troubloo here Draw
and defend YOURSELF" W6ito sal said lie
was not armed, apa Fuget. replied tttbat
he believed him & liar. The ma men, i, then
separated with the understanding that
they would Fight The first time they
met. Night before last the men ell again
met on the corntrP If Main street tana a
little alloy running up into TIE Chinese Hs
quarter. They had no sooner riS irscognizc
each other than the battle began. There
were several persons i" tho neis hbor,
hood, but no one who saw the Shooting
could tell who fred the first shot. Tuuaget
is said 7tOEhavc been approaching Main
street from the alley, AMI va va m Il y
Whites who was passing along the side
walk! Wien the firing began, Fqgtt
placed himself behind an an Wing mi post
at the corner of the street and alley,
while White stood on the Sidewalk.
The firing was very rapid 50 rapid,
indeed, ,Sthdt many who heard it thought
that moro 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 bhem,; but two or three
men. yho bsakht tsheitGr la tthO iron
doorways of~Burkhalter's store, stood
thoir ground and Witnessed tho Whole
tattle. White fell first, and strik ing on
the edge of the sidewalk, rolled Into a
gutter about eighteen inches in dspth2
EEplsst fell. about the same time, seeming.
|. ", .ffein thsgefeesofsWhite 81 last sho Z.
rolling into rtho same gu.ter i ia q ShieIi
White was lying, aud at no great. dis
tanrne from him. Between The two men
lay a bupdle ofgunny sacks, owing to
which they were unable to sec each
other. Fuget began to crawl toward
White, who Jay in the gutterSunable to
rise. He dragged himself along the
gutter until. he reached the gu6ny sacks.
Hea climbed iup on these until he could
sec. his mortal enemy, and then firsd at
him his two femqiping shots, White
aroused himself, audll by great effort
raised his pistol aud fired his last, shot,
which rolled Fuget from his position on
be sacks, and epdcd tho desperasssanl
blo6dy 80 Sea'N 20 ''''''''-
When the firing ceased and ONLY
groans were ,tossbe heard, the citizens
rapidly collected, and soon. great
crowd was on the bloody battle field
The bleeding and grooming men were
carried to where they could be cared
for. Fhget, however needed but littlo
care, as he was dying when taken up
and lived less than ten minutes. The
shot which proved fatal struck him in
the loft groin, seyering . ,largosartery
HO bled1 4rigHtrully. Whites wounds
werc three In number, and Of such a
nature thit' they must necessarily prove
fatal. One shot passed tlrous h his
body, from side to side, just above the
hips; another entered his right breast,
and ranging back, lodged against his
spine ! the 7thrd2 struck him in the
lower part of the abdomen, passing
through the bladder.
AN& Ahe sshootng and While his
wounds were being examined, White
said that hswas firdaat by aaothoF sma6
besides Fugot. This man, he said, was
large man with heavy black whiskers,
whp stoOd ia tie alley leaning liin 4 7 up Int into
Chinatown, andj6fed three Shots aphim,
after which he ran away up the alley.
Aftcr&ard, on being more clasely
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 neighborhood at the time Of the
shooting are quite certain shat more
than TIVE men were engaged in it. They
say thatit seems almost impossible that
two mon, armed with common six