Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-11-30
SECOND EDITION.
Gan Affair OF Ifonor.,,

sHELLpoT WOODS THE soENE OF THE ENCOUNTER
Two FOREIGN GENTLEMEN INVADE THE sTATE
TO sHooT AT EACH oraEg-HoNoR BATTLEFIELD
WITHOUT BLOOD.
Last evening, after tho last edition of the
COMMERCIAL had gone to press and the last CO.
py Ind been printed we learned there had been
duel fought near the city, just before noon,ithe
particulars of which, siudiously kept secret
for several hours, had escaped all our vigilant,
Argue eyed, and ubiquitous reporters. To-day
we spread them before the world.
On Sunday evening three men arrived at the
Clayton House, registering themselves as ]. b.
Iced, Col Jas B. Keegan, and George Hender-
son, all of Philadelphia. They remained over
night, and yesterday forenoon, one of them in
qnired Of the clerk what the penalty for dueling
was, by the laws OF this State. The clerk did
not then know, (though he subsequently looked
up the matter,) and the anxious inquirer. alter
going out, said on his return that he had learned
from lawyer that it was
$1,000 FINE, AND THREE MONTHS IMpRIHoSMENT.
He presently asked for y carriage, and one being
obtained, of Mr.. Seal, with adriyer, the latter WAS
directed by the party to dfive them to Edgemoor
station and started of. Proceeding up the Phia-
delphia pike, they stopped, however, at Shellpot
woods. q secluded and romantic locality, and
very safe place for quarselsome folks with their
honors damaged to shoot ut each other. Here
(whom they called Doe.or, in tho carriage,
and proceeded 10 join two other men, who
appeared to have been waiting for them, near
bY The four then went into the woods
out of sight and remained q few minutes. dur
ing which interval the driver says lie heard two
pistol shots, quite close together, and presently
his two passengers Ereurned. wien, in aiHwer
to eager questions from their companion, they
replied that the other party lad sustained flesh
wound. They then got INTO tho carriage, re-
turned to the Clayton Hou'e, aud took dinner
laughing and talking 70 inuch and 80 Dervously
that tue attention Of othe, lcisous WAS attract
cd In the afternoon, they left town.
TIE PERSON WHO cA1LED nIMsELr REED
promptly sont full details to the Philadelphia
Telegrdph before leaving town, and told 20 much
of the affair that we are forced to think either
that he must be very enthusiastic journalist,
unable to hold himself in when he knows OF
good item, or that tho party were quite anxious
to have thor exploits appear III PRINT. Accord
ing to the several stories, Colonel keegRn was
one of tue principals, and tho other, who was
one OF those waiting at shelpot was y Mr.. II. W.
Baylor, Of Norfolk Va. "one Of Mosby's men" dl-
ring the War. Baylor, and his second, DR.. j..
v. Gfi8hton of Washington, had driven, from
New Castle, and had arrived on the ground near
ly an hour before the trio made their appear
apce from Wilmington. On going into the
woods Henderson aud Creighton measured Off
the ground twenty PAGES, and the two fierce
combatAnts
WE'RE STOOD UP go PoP ANAfi
Keesan holding Smith & Wesson seven shoot
err, and Baylor small Colts revolver. The
first fire was simultaneous by both, Baylor's ball
grazing keegan's left hand, and inilictlng such
damage on his coat'tail as only patch could
repair At this the seconds asked their prin-
cipals if they desired moro honor-salve,
and both declared they did that they were just
beginning to feel interested. They therefore
were drtcted to fire again, fit1r an interval of
about three minutes, and tlis time the shots
were again Simultaneous. the consequence be-
ing that
BAYLOR ePUS AROUND LIKE a TIE roT U3l,
clapped his hands to bis watch-pocket, aud fell
| to the ground, producing tho impression for
| an instant that damage had been done
| to his physical ecss my. sure enough,
and that tho Colonel bad snuffed out " one
OF Mosby's men in jiify. Examination, how
| over, disclosed that Baylor was still intact in
body, though tho ball had damaged his clothes.
1t appeared that Keegan's bullet had struck him
just below the lower left rib, penetrating through
his under coat and vest, and passing through an
account book i'll his vest pocket had grazed
either his side or glancing OF had drawn blood
from tho neighborhood OF his vaccination mark.
Tho question again put whether this
would satisfy the demands of honor, and the
shooiists concurrod in thinking it would, the
| seconds being by this time very urgent that
NO MORE PISTOL PRACTICE
should DO INDUCED ill., They therefore put up
the " weopins," and parted, Baylor and Crishton
| going back toward New Castle, and heegan Il
| Co. returning to the Clayton House.
| 1t ia said that there was :" a woman in the
case" that the two duelists quarreled about
her, on Saturday evening" in Phadelphia, aud
that g blows were exchanged" This may be,
OF it may not be. We presume It'll not vitally
important whether they quarrelci and fought
| on that or some other subject.
| reporter Of the COMMERCIAL, looking up the
matter, this morning, found all the facts III tho
case with some difficulty,
| THE IaNoRANcE OF ZONE PERSONS
who might be supposed to know about them be-
| ing quito painful. There seemed to be Il fear
that somebody might be indicted by the Grand
| Jury, and tried vt Court but as nobody but petty
| Offenders is convicted, in these days. we don't
see why they should be concerned about it.
| An account in the Philadelphia Times eays
Creighton did not know there was duel intend
| ed that when he was told TO step of tho twenty
PAGES, he was terribly frightened and protested,
| but in van and when they stood up to shoot, he
lodged behind tfee, go as not to see the