Smyrna times., 1873-02-05
" Josey" Mansfield.

Helen Josephine Mansfield, the brilliant
young female who was at the bottom OF the
Fisk-Stokes tragedy, seems to be creating as
great sensation and as much trouble III Farls
as in New York. A recent letter says
Aside from the report which was extensively
circulated that Mrs Mansfield lost thirty-seven
thousand dollars by the failure OF the Bowes
Brothers, she has caused several lawsuits,
some of which will eventually prove causes
celeLreS, and even brought about mortal com,
bat between two Parisans, in consequence OF
which one of them, journalist OF some prom
inence, was severely wounded. The partlcu-
lars of this affair are as follows: Mrs. Mans,
| field made her appearance at performance oi
| Fra Diavolo. Mrs. Mansfield was gorgeously
| dressed in suit of white satin, and the display
Of jcwery she made on the occasion was some
thing very unusual in Partisan society.
Her singular conduct and the sensation which
she produced were not lost upon the nuner-
Gus representatives of the press who attended
the opera and their comments upon the woman
were anything but fattering. One OF them,
NJ. Xavier Dupont, an attac be OF the spnghtly
little Vert Vert, gOssipy sheet, which makes
theatrical news a specially, said, within the
hearing of some of his colleagues, that he woulC
give mime. La Princesse d Erie, as be calleC
her. a good little notice i'll his paper.
) Sure enough the Vert Vert next evening
contained a paragraph about the occurrence
and here the trouble commenced Early ol
the following morning NJ. Xavier Dupont, a
he was making his toilet, was called upon b.
an exceedingly well-dressed stranger, who CAV
his name as " NJ. Albert SAKE, OF Brlsto
= and who informed the astOnished Journals
that he wished to see him about a paragrap
= concerning Mrs Mansfield, which, he said, ha
a given that bcauteous woman the utmost otfenst
r. NJ Dupont replied that he did not care SO
, about that and begged his visitor not to CIV
4 himself any further concern about the matte
considering that the wishes or frOwns OF Mr.
Mansfield were of no interest whatever to tt
editor of the Vert Vert.
e. Upon hearing which Mr.. SAKE waxed wrot
'r He said he did not like to use harsh languag
=, but if compelled to do so he would not shrll
from it. The journalist then fared up, tG
Pray, sir" he said, stepping close up to
os SAKE, what in the - name is all this any bu
;S ness of yours? Who are you? don know, yo
r. There's the door, you miserable intruder
- So saying, he pushed NJ. Albert SAKE towaI
&c the door, and before that gentleman was al
,oi to offer any resistance, landed him unceren
'er niously in the hallway. The journalist we
down to the Office of the Vert Vert, when
os was called upon by two very snobbish look
ne, Englishmen, who informed him in very broE
i French that they come to see him IN behalf
NJ. Albert OaXe, anu, III eHectS Hdu bSCH
duested by that gentleman to challenge
Dupont for what had occurred in the morn
ers at his house, to mortal combat.
in Mr.. Dupont, who had before stood on
te, dangerous spot yclept the field of honor, s
he he would fight NJ. SAKE provided the lat
d. upon inquiry, would prove q gentleman
or standing and character sufficient to entitle
are to any notice at his hands.
rye The necessary inquiries were made, an
ing was found that there was nothing derogat
re to NJ. Saxe's character, except that he va
I gambler and a sportsman. SO NJ. Ma
NJ. Dupont signi6ed to NJ. Saxe's friends
willingness to fight the duel with broadswo
ave The combat came off at Longchamps,
ling after the two men had stripped to the "
his they began slashing at each other with
md; utmost fury. SAKE wounded his adver
This seriously in the left arm. The doctor theI
} di- terfered and the duel was ended Few pc
and knew of the affair, but somehow or OthC
The was brought to the knowledge of the po
red, and two or three days afterwards both
and Dupont were arrested and placed be
the Tribunal of Correctional Police.
did not deny that they had fought d
thereupon the presiding judge lectured
1 A. severely, and then sentenced them to
.able dave solitary confinement