The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-13

= 4En1IDL1 DUEL
How Texas and Kanaas Desper,
does 1estle Their ouarrels.
a ooreospendent a. - Nes Yor
Wsrld eivss IN assoast e one Of tn
z7<Si fssuosssss 3usss ever foaxnt.
occarfs1 o. ~ evening Of July 1. |
- Indian Territory. u Medicin
I1odes. : paint which l. great re>ol
~ hunters during the colder months
r. parsiee engaged 10 this de@perai
neAt were Hugh Anderson Of Texa'
80 Arthur McCiuskey, ~ Kansas
10Th desperadoes veil kno~n on tin
ffontief for their recklessness Of life
Andesson had killed brother Of Nc
Cuskey in . dance house frscss, and
The lsttsr soaght him out for the ex'
pres purpose Of taking vengeance up
% him A Texan guide named
Richards acsed q second for NcCius-
ksy. : Auee Ksntuckian 81 the name
u Haraing fulfilling similar ONCE
~ Andenoo-
Rv Tie terms agreed upon between
Riehards snd Harding the antagonists
v~se 20 6ght with revolvers and
heuieknives-to be placed back 10
hack Il "a interval Of tventy PAGES
10 wheel and IRE at . given signal.
end after the 6rss Interchange OF shots
to conduct the fight as each one
snouid deem IL best 10 bis advantage,
The spot selected for the encounter
~ in the open prairie. The grass
had been closely cropped by the cat
Tie, leaving the turf firm, yet elastic,
and just the thing for the rough and
tumble business. The men met after
sunset In the presence Of . large crowd
Of hunters, trappers, railroad survey
On. gambler, and Indians. The CON-
bstants were duly plscej, and the
erovd awaited With breathless interest
Tie result
The giving Of the signal had fallen
BY lot to Harding. Stating TO the
principals, Who by this time began to
show signs Of impatience, that this
would be the report Of . pistol, he
drew his own weapon and discharged
Il. lrss asking the question and re-
ceiving the usual answer that both
were ready.
McCiuskey vas the 6rs, 10 fire,
wheeling q be did 50, though the
smoke had scarcely curled up from bis 4
pistol before the report of Anderson
weapon followed. A momentary
panss ensued, each OF the antagonists
scanning each other to note the effect .
OF the snot. Across Andersou's cheek
. deep furro~, from which the blood .
began 20 trickle down, told the work .
Of bis antagonist, while McCluskey
remained standing in his original pos
sare. 10 oil appearances unharmed.
Bu. this vas not fact. Those near
ct to him sAncied they saw death
iixe p.iior, out JUST where the Daii mad
taken effect they could rot tell. At
the second ire MeGiuskey again an
sieip4ted hiA opponent, Aud, taking
more deliberate aim, succeeded 10
breaking his arm. Anderson uttered
. sharp cry and SANK o. one knee.
bat, quickly recovering himself. re-
turned the fire and thi. time with
horrible effect The ball passing
through Mcclusksy's mouth, carried
away with il several of the clinehed
teeth and portion Of the tongue. f.
nsily lodging In the base Of the skull
McClnskey staggered forward wildly
for few steps. and made desperate ef
forts TO steady himself. The flood
poured forth in torrents from the
wound, and stained his hunting shirt
and dfipped from the muzzle OF his
pistol but with heroic courage he
continued to advance splitting out
OF blood and teeth al every
step.
During the interval thus gained,
Anderson, who in his crippled state
had every reason TO Shun 4 hand-to-
hand encounter, had not been idle,
but fired another well aimed shot and
broke McCluskey's shoulder As If
this was not enough he sent still an
other ball after him, which, striking
him Ia the pit Of the stomach, caused >
him to pitch heavily on his face. Me- :
Cluskey was now MORALLY wounded :
md momentarily growing weaker
from loss Of blood. Tearing open his ;,
shirt 10 his agony crimson spot in
his left side indicated the place where :,
first shot had taken effect :
He still, however retained the grasp Of ;.
his pistol. and by an effort superhu- },
man in GOODNESS and deliberaton, fired :.
It his antagonist his third shot. The =
latter had been closely watching for ,
his, and endeavored to save himself !.
BY suddenly dropping on the ground |,
Too late however. McCluskey's fin !,
Ier was already on the trigger, and ),
ais eye along the sights, and when :
ais adversary's body reached the earth ),
{ was heavier by Colts pistol bali. =
A scream of pain followed, and the !,
spectators saw the figure Of q man /,
wildly with his hands at !,
he grass, and writhing and twisting :
o horrible contortions. The bullet !,
1ad struck him full In the abdomen, :
Ind, like his antagonist, Anderson
vas now fast dying man.
At this juncture it seemed ~ If the ,
crowd would interfere, but Harding .
,ternly babe them to keep back aud ,
cave the men to settle the matter in
heir own way. As none cared to dis
Dute with the gigantic hunter, the
was obeyed, though univer-
'ai expression Of horror ran through
he spectators, q number of whom
were engineers and attaches of our
own party. Still. horrible as was the
.cena, no one thought OF leaving the
spot. An irresistible fascination to
zee It out chained every looker-on to