, 1873-09-20
DUEL. WITH SlX.SHOOTERS,

a Desperate Fight in Tr1lckee City,
Nov.--Isoth Mon Empty their riatols
.-Gsnc 1kAAlcd and Tho Other 1Iortnlly
Wounded.
z'"'k'' CITY, Ss1' s1 ys1l e x xssr'e'e"ae"es Of The St''
Andy Fuget. a.cnrponter, and jack White, n
minor, fought duel night before lnat with six
shootors. a foud had oxistod between the mon
for so1no time ;ant a fow days ago when thoy mot
Oh tho depot grounds Fuget sald: "Wo might as
woll BottlO our trouble horo. Draw and dofentl
yourself" Whito enid he was not armed, and Fuget
replied that ho believed him n lur. Tho mon
then separated with the understanding that tley
would fight tho 1rHt timo thoy mot. Night he-
foro last tho men agnin mot OH tho cornor Of
Main streot and little alley running up into the
Ohinoac quarter. They Ind no soonor rocog-
were seyo1al porsons in tho noighborhood, but
no one who saw tho shooting could tell who fred
tho first shot. FuGot iB Haid to hayo been mp
preaching h1ain stroot from tho alley, and waa
walk. Whom tho firing began, Fngot placed
himself behind IN aw1ling-post at tho corner Of
the atreot aud alloy, while White stood on tho
sidewalk.
III The firing was very 5spia , 80 rapid, indeed lS
two mon wore engaged in tue shooting. Tho
majority Of thoao who wero In the noigh6orhood
whom tho shooting began ran away al fast ns
their logs woud carry thcm; but two or threo
Durkhalter's store, stood their ground and Wit
noasod tho whole battle. White foil first, aud,
striking on the odgo Of tho sidewalk, ro1lod Into
nguttor about eighteon inches i'll dopt1. Fuget
foil about tho same time, seemingly from tho
etfeot of Whites last shot, rolling into the same
Enttor In which White was lying and at no great
distance from him. Botweon tho two mon lay
bundle OF gunny sacks, owing to which they
were unable 10 Hoo oach other. Fugct began to
crawl toward White, who lay in tic guttor unable
to rise. lie dragged hinaHolf along tho gutter
until ho reach the gunny sacks. He climbed up
Oh those until hc could SEQ his mortal enemy,
and. thcn flred at him his two remaining s!lotp.
White aroused llimBelf and by great effort raised
hia pistol aud fired his last shot, which rolod
Fugot from his position on tho snckH, and ondod
tho doaporato and blondy fghts
When tho firing ceased, and only the groans
were to DO heard, tile citi2ens rapidly collected,
and soon great crowd was OIL the bloody bRttle-
field. The bleeding and groaning mon wero
carried to where they could bo carol for. FuSet,
however, needed hut little care, as l,o waa dying
wien taken up, and liyod loss thhn tou minutes.
The ahot which proved fatal struck him in tho
loft groin, soyoriug n largo artery. He bled
frightfully. Whites wounds were three in NUM-
ber, and Of such O nature tlsat thoy must neces-
body, from side to Bido, just above the hips /;
another ontoie, his right breast, and, ranging
back. lodged against the spino; the third struck
him in tho lowor part Of tho abdomen, passing
! through tho bladder.
After tho shooting, md while his wounds wore
being examined, White sad tint llo was fired ut
| by anotl,or mat, bosidcs Fugot. This n,nu, he
snid. WIS ln1g.e mail with hcnvy black wliBkorB,
who stood i'll tho alley loading up into Ohina-
town, aud tired three shotH Mt him, after which.
lie ran away up tho alley. Aftcrward, on boilg
moro closely questioned about this man, White
refused to say anything moro in regard to him.
porsonB who were In tho neighborhood at the
timo Of the shooting, arc quite cortain that
than two men woro engaged III It.. They say
that it aeoms almost Impossible that two
mon, armed with common bix-sslootors, could
have douo such rapid firing, and WHOM tho mon
woro taken up and tho pistols examined thero
was general expression Of iprso on sceing
| tioy woro not aelf-cockers. Several bullets
struck the iron shutters Of the store, and the
mon who screened themselves in tho doorwaya
Eaom to hayo occupied L toiornb!y hot position.
BY some 1t is supposed tint the man wero hul1t-
ing each other Mt the time, ns bus n minute be-
fore the shooting began White cAmc to tho door
| OF billiards. saloon near by and Eeorcd III as
though looking for some one. Both mon wore
formerly residents of Sun Francisco