The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-14
An OLD TIME UEL.
Tom Reynolds aod Grat1 Brown the Cone
brtants.
From he cAfca0o Times.

~. lf'l'lN, MO, sept. N.-in iH1N, IDOn0S
the Leading lawyers Of the state, and who was at
tnc lHsf election q ptoiirnent c.ndidate Tor tie
Inic "a ties Scnaiurship. ted the Democratic
plr,y of ~. J. iuis. Reynolds, as the leader OF
tue Wiit-l' 'nton pariN. had been forced to nc
ccpt thr nomination for Gongrcss and make the
rae" . int Frank r. Blair. the benton candi-
dntc. Mckee and Fi4hblci> were then running
the D.,n0.i4ita tue Free : III ortan, and r. Graft
- lwn was the editor. Blair held IN interest IN
ilc ptpcr. m d naturally il c-b.uscd his cause.
ttcc nNa rrlgr' si"d toward the end Brown
..n .tcA,c' INK uv1n u vn1ldt. Ihr latter re-
pied iu abfiCt but painted card. Brown urumtt-
~ challenged, and Reynolds as promptly ac-
brown chose A. one n T. seconds Leo Walker,
n hi2n piritDd south & lroliuIau. " hp bad m.t-
ricd into a wealthy family here, aud was thcn
resident Of 81. LOUIS. His other if'nd was tol.
ID viii y. MITCHELL once Supcrin end mt Of Ia.
dian affairs. and well Known aa nm indian aud
plain iishtcr. But besides these there clustered
about Brown. as the uariy's ~ famui1u. Thomas
II. icuton, Frank +. Blair, aud ali tncir powerful
Reynolds seconds wcrc COT Terd Kennett,
the b. q pistol shot IN Missouri, who lived in
loiiiy style at Selma Hall. and Capt. Thomas y.
Hudson. Democratic politician. who Ggurcd
iainously In the DOniphar oXpeditiun 20 Mexico.
J. selma nan, quit Of stone,un much after the
q Vie OF the German hnrOnial c1etlcs which look
down on The RHINE. on the sd Of August the
night before leaving 81. Louis 100 the residence
OF j. lac ". sturgeon. ami ae slept go i.tc and 20
touhdly tha ne hdn To be called lohul' 10 the
morning. with his surgeon, DIR. j. II. shore,
and ha friends Kenneth nad III id t0n. Ne,ruids
went vv,r, the river AMI joutneieG icisurcly
down the Illinois side.
There was no haste; everything was done
calmly and deliberately. Reynolds remained GA
the Illinois side until Monday evening. the .1,h
Of August, and then Gro scd over 10 SeluH aud
became the guest for the night Of O. W. Chnd-
bourne. now the President OF the 20. Louis shot
Tower Company, who had a country seat at that
time just above kcnnetts place. Brown aud
hts friends had been made the guests u Keu-
nett, ltcynuidss second. rs couricsy was con-
strted to require. kcnucu believed In the code,
and was as iuli OF romance rs school giri. lie
had looked after all the minutest details. On
tue morning Of Iucsdly. the 18th uf August, the
men were to meet, and the ulace OF meeting wss
a sand bar midway between Illinois ana Mis-
souri, Before d1yhrcak the parties started for
the bar ia cushioned SKINS propelled by negro
rOwers.
The time was just before sunrise. and as Ken
nett looked w AMI down the river over the
magnificent view of bluii AID wood and water,
nature. he turned 70 Mitchell, the buff old In
diau fighter. and sail abruptly, after a sweeping
=" Il Is beautiful. Would you like to be shot
As well one day az another. whyf" was the
Z" it loo Ks like tempting Providence such .day
as this seid ktnuctt, with another glance at
at may he, but Providence f. with him who
shoots first and pull' TIC stcadiest trigger" and
then there was silence until tho ho.fs grated ON
the sand bar. lhc principals stepuci out illntl-
Is, aud stood aside willie inc ground was select
ed sni measured. Reyallds WA 80. Of medium
H. ht- grown stout and griGI ed slnce then. Tie
was south Carolni1n, and were the iayo lie
light -r4y oi the South. Brown WIS oulv thirty.
a native oi Nenturh'' sandy haired ANA Of
strong, nervous tcmpertm MT. lie wore On
this morning full SUIT OF black, buttOncd to
rhcy we're to fight with the regulation duelling
/ pistols tuusc u--llIlcl. a oWu1 looking
/ wcanons. With the sin-le word ' Lpnd NJ sunk
/ IN the irou-wealons hut seldom seen now.
] the stocks were Of mUhu rnnN. not fpli she'd. and
/ rounded and liable O. Sup m % pcrsuiiiug hand
] i4N' I q
! Irri.d ounce balls. had lir triggers end loi''t
/ sights. and ia train. % hands meant de.th fuui
/ time, out OF i've. 40, men Were o. ngnt face tO
/ race, twelve plc's .pait The otpp Hhot had
] been ch sen. The pistols were t1 bee held muz-
/ 1ie Upward nntii the word was gwen aud then
| Tho distance wac measured. and Eonnett Huna
/ up the silver half dollar aud won the choice ul
! position. lie tossed a.lln. and Won che word
! he va to cali out Fifc-1nc two three
! fto3 Ih" principals Wc-c not g. lower ihei'
/ tist'ls before the word " FIRE" and not TO afooi
after thtwurd " STOP The pistols wese l1aded
and the IA "a tool, tht'r places. Brown with 90,
] lnif rcl-tir emic which he always wore. The
surgeons nr.oi,ss " rusur,l trir ga and ~ ri
/ loos d al his man. kenneti called out:
G,itleMcn, Ur1 y1u i"adyf"
! Ready" was the rcglF la the me breath.
Then from Kenneth came the Deliberate " iir,
At She FIRST inonoayllablc Reynolds hal loverc,
/ his ve4pHu auN. while the s'c 40 word was %.
I tcunttt liua. are 2, Srpwn following tle ~ fNH'
/ inohi SEQ tl'-. thai tuc t"1 sounds were hstd
Horu1ll- -.o ol like n~,. trc. the -mok ,u-un.
/ ur o. in hi- p-tot- ..li". brown .stnf-clri
sli! @i nom nr lr- t' tn' 9.hcr while t'.' lil"
] 81 ni i1, -'rr gh cnei. Hudson ,tcppcd ui
/ L. k"NIalu ar. ~1i4.
llr.wu 3, w'laIcd in thc groin"
3. , ON ote q .t'"o Mos R3no'd''s r'pY
s l. Was; tlc hr4,y hNll bah piit thr bono,
| fhe usHt lc. jus. below tus kn.,. and o. pool d.
/ li1ol w. Wl"ulns uut about Lrlwu's l,,f
! Neys.thela,s enc kentIcki4u ~tn.d hl. srl.u,
/ W,th compressed 49,. ani de- .t,ei auJtDc
/ urr. ilr suTs, Ons examined t.c wound .n.
,.i"iuc Ut. ineI- was nI,t c"1-. '.iil 10 Poo