Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-12-28
Fatal ARRAY.

New ORLEANS, Dec 27.-In fight between
Dan G., Byerly, manager of the Bulletin, and
ey. Gov. Warmotn, on Saturday, on Canal St,
Bverly Knocked Warmoth down with d stick
jumped on him. when Warmoth, drawing his
knife, stabbed Byerly several times in the alb
domeu, from the effects Of which he has since
died Warmoth was arrested The difficulty
grew out of controversy between Narmoth
and the Bulletin, which led to the publication
on Friday,by Warmoth, of card addressed to
the manager of the Bulletin, rejecting upon
that paper and Mr.. jewell one Of. the editors.
Warmoth has made the following statement
about the difficulty to the agent OF the Asso-
ciated Press
Yesterday after my card appeared in the
Picayune | was called upon by friend OF
Jewell, who demanded Of me an AFFECT apology
for the card, which declined to make, where
upon he asked if would accept challenge, to
fight duel remarking at the same time that
il was generally understood that | would not
fight. replied that | would not fight If l
could as we'll avoid it; that was 20 lighter,
aud that there would be time enough to an
swcr the question about duel1ng When l was
challenged. Late in the day the affair was
confded to our respective friends; they met at
eight o'clock in the evening and agreed that
Jewell and myself should fight in Alabama on
Monday morning, the weapons to be duelng
pjstols and the distance ten PAGES These
terms having been accepted did not, OF course,
apprcbend an attack, especially not from any
one connected with the Bulletin. My uuder-
standing of such matters is that antagonists, at
a pending meeting, should be courteous, and L
was lust on the eve Of tipping my hat TO Alr.
ByerIy, 10 front Of whom TWO ladies were walk
ing, the street being crowded. when he struck
me with heavy stick on the head, inhicting
the wound you see" The Governor, taking
off his hat, exhibited a cut about two inches
long over the left temple, extending back from
the forehead. s'Hc struck me three times,
when clinchcd with him, in the meantime
taking knife out of my pocket, and, with my
arms around his shoulders, got my hands to-
rether and opened it. Just then | felt Byerly
falling on me. Soon after We fell policeman
took the knife out of my hands, and some Of the
crowd pulled Byerly off, | understand Bycry
has been cut and am accused Of doing the cut
ting"
Warmoth was arrested Immediately after
the fight and conveyed to the third precinct
station. He has since been transferred to the
parish prison. Byerly received six wounds 10
the abdomen, one Of which his physicians con-
sidered very dangerous but not necessarily
mortal Shortly after being wounded Byerly
was removed to the Orleans ln6rmary, on
Dauphenc street. The Bulletin publishes a
statement of an eye witness of the Warmoth
affair. The statement differs somewhat from
that of Warmoth as to the cutting. This witness
states that the knife was open when drawn,
and that two or three stabs we're made before
they TELL Byery's wounds were in 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 min
utes past ten O'Clock Saturday night Byerly
was aged forty-eight years. was a printer by
trade, was native of Pennsylvania, and came
to New Orleans in 1915. He served gaantly
in Shields regiment of Louisiana volunteers in
the West during the war, and was wounded
four times in one OF the fights around Atlanta.
Some months ago Mr.. Bycrly, in company
with others, commenced the publication OF the
New Orleans Bulletin.