The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-12-31
The Warmoth-ByerlY ARRAY.

| New ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-In fight be-
tween Dan. G. Byery, manager of the BuUe-
IN, and ex-Gov. Warmoth Today on Canal
street, Byerly knocked Warlnoth down with a
| stick and jumped on him, when Warmoth,
drawing his knife, stabbed Byerly several times
| in the abdomen. The wounds are dangerous
/! Warmotb was arrested.
| The difficulty between Byerly and Warmoth
| grew out Of Il controversy between Warmot
and the Bulletin, which led to the publication
on Friday by Warmoth of 4 card addressed to
the manager of the Bulletin rejecting npoll
| that paper and Mr.. Jewell one OF its editors
| Warmoth to-day made the following statement
about the difficulty to the agent OF the AssQci-
ated Press:
| Yesterday. after my card appeared in the
| Picayune, was called upon by II friend Of
! Jew ell, who demanded of me all abject apollo
rv for the card, which | declined to make,
wheres;;::,,on he asked me if I would acc; pit a
challenge to -i;;,sht a duel, renlarking at the
same time that it >e:E gener lily understood
that [ would not fight. iisf,i:,,I that | would
not fight if 1 could as well avoid it +; that was
no fighter, and that there would be time
enough to answer the question about duelins
when was challenged
sEate i'll the day the affair was confded to
our respective friends. They met at s O'Clock
in the evening, and agreed that Jewell and
my self should fight in Alabama on Monday
morning; the weapons to be dueing pistols,
and the distance tea PAGES. These terms hay
ing been accepted did no of course appre-
bend an attack. Especially not from any one
connected with the bulletin. My understand
ing OF such matters is that antagonists, pend
ing meeting. should be cautious, and was just
on the eve of tipping my hat to Mr.. Ryerly, i !.
front of whom two ladies were walking; the
street being crowded, when he struck me with
Il heavy stick on the head, inf1icting a wound,
you see." The Governor taking off his hat ex-
hibited cut about two inches long over the
left temple, extending back from the forehead.
He struck nae three times. with the stick,
when clinched with him. in the meantime
taking a pocket knife out of my pocket, with
my arm around his shoulders. got my hands
together and opened, q knife. just then felt
Byerly falling on me. Soon after we fell po-
liceman took the knife ont OF my hands, and
some of the crowd pulled Byerly off. under
stand Byerly has been cut, and | am accused
OF doing the cutting"
Warmot!. was arrested immediately al er the
fight AMI, conveyed to the Third precinct sta
ton. He has since been transferred to the
Parish prison to await the results of Byerly's
wounds. Byerly received six wounds in the
abdomen. Shortly after being wounded Dyer
ly was removed to the Orleans infrmary on
Dauphine street.
The Bazltin tomorrow will publish a state
ment of all eye witness of the Byerly-Warmoth
affair." The statement differs somewhat from
that of Warnoth as to the cutting. This wit
ness states that the knife was open when
drawn, and that two or three stabs were made
tefore they fell. Byerly's wounds were i'll the
left side just over the hip, one Of them being
over four inches deep, and indicates the length
Of the knife blade.
Byerly died at twenty minutes past 10
O'Clock tonight.
Byerly was aged As years; was printer by
trade was native of Pennsylvania, and came
to New Orleans in 1915. He served gallantly
in Shields regiment Of Louisiana volunteers
in tn West during the war, and was wounded
four times in one Of the fights around Atlanta.
Some months ago Mr. Byerly, in company with
Others, conlnenced the publication Of the Bul-
letin.