Smyrna times., 1875-12-01

f ware oav, S26,OOO.
"A "A hIGHFALUTIN DUEL, NEAR W1rv,vcro,.
I'm Monday morning last. aLomt ~
! = cioGk' TWO men, named Kecgan and R,,,
iio.; me lormer from Philadelphia and ia
Jmai :. "Cnl Si Noriolk, Va, tried to fight .
r. Ly"g III hSllpot woods, near Wilminoton
,,i ian iI anu TWO men with him named Reel
t.'' tL ileh9erSoh went from Wilmington r.
the woods in carriage. and Pa,'ia, P,'i'5'ol' 70
Df' Crlghton, of Washington wa,,t ''r.o r'.' "
NeW Castle. The two duelists ,,G'i' ,riti
Shelt seconds, went into the ,,o,ii I"
'aVlhg the driver of Kec5an,. to'.,,'
anu the man Reed behind Tho II"
9TT!S ne heard two pistol shots nn;ta
cioSe together and presently lis I"a" t,
passengers returned, when in o,",,'o '"o
eaSGr questions from their companions tl,a,'
IePiiGd that the other party had snst',;l,o{ NY,
4" he'h wound. They then rot into tho l,,
ISHGe' Wi' returned to the Clayton Hons in
",I,i!iililston and took dinner. lau0bin., 3,'I
aa.Ng ,%.NI1g 80 much and so ncrvously thai tLn
In tL,os Va o'her persons was attracted. |
ii .r, Hhe afternoon. they left town.
lhe person who called birasoIf .
promptly sent full details to tLo Pi;inI i'Ic'
l'nia Telegraph, before lcavinr to,yr ,.Si
'oIu so much Of the affair thai tho G'..'' ~
T" Is forced to think either tbot I,o ,,,'
pe" very enthusiastic journalist. unobIn -
!Oi" hliilseh IN when he knows of a c,,,lI |
vi 'nat the party were quite anvio,,s
20 nave their exploits appear in ,,,;,'. i,'.'
according to the several star;o '''n''
ESoing INTO the woods, Henderson and
0llsii'oh measured off the ground. f,vont,,
p' p"cc5' ana the two fierce combatants ,vor,
So So up TO pop away, Keegan holding =
n small o'' Coi.. SeVch-Shootcr, and BAYLOR H
Sirmitniolt ,'rt Colt revolver. The fire was /
,'llu''",eous oo'' Oy both, Baylors bal! grazing
damage on his coat-tail as only = ,toi StoIi q
eouid g repair. At this the seconds Ill Ill |
Vhelr principals if they desired ,noro -,
save ana both declared that tbnv iii t
mat they We're just beginning to Goai :,
Ccerested. They therefore were d;roatod "a "a fl
lre again, after an interval of abont tbroo " II
MINUTES, ana this time the shots were oco;,, /
n1.I i'aheouS, the consequence beinp fLat Il
p1ayIor spun around like ton.fo,,,'', b
.;lTI7PPea .dI7 ms hands to lis watch-pocket oni b.
m ~ 70 Ihe ground, producing the imprns. VI
io' io[ an instant that damage had boor Sc
III ~ ~ MS physical economy, sure enouob &c
.ut "one of Mosby's men" lBsvlori une,' il ca
my Examination, however. disclosoJ A
tlat Baylor was still intact in body. tbo,OI ii,
ne oall had damaged his clothes II 1,
eoreu that keegan's bullet had str,c,
I'M Just below the lower left rib. nenotrot ~
lg through his under coat and ros+ ~ tvl
assing through an account book j., "ha ~ n,
est pocket had grazed either his side nS
lahcihg OIL had drawn blood from H. mo
~ ITSiloorhood OF his vaccination mark I'M
liz in9 question was again put whether This sio
20 % aLaty o"tsiy the demands of honor. and Oh
onII II'iUo'StS t cohcurred in thinking II sal
rao,t t ti t'c seconds being by this time very On
lnduIged in. They therefore nnt 0,I ru ee,n
le le weepins," and parted, Bavlpr o9 u9P Of
lgntoh going back toward New CT III ail
III heegan d. Co. returning to the CIo,tn, om,
ouse, Wilmington. " ''ie layton am am
IL IS said that there was " n ,vo,,,o,, :, 4. ", ".
se' that the two duelists ouarreled ahom9 vii
'r' on saturday evening, i'm PbiladeInb;a suc
~ IliaC blows were exchanged.n Thi9 hIe
"y oe' OF IL may not be. We presume - ont
not Ttaliy important whether thew of
bject. '''''' Vt some other gra
Another 1.i,. version of the affair is this on on
lrihg the war Keegan was n ne,ys,,a., CO.
respondent travelling with the N" e''
NY Captain r. w. BAYLOR Of NorcnIii niTh =,
9rher . friend, was fighting under Mosob'' @, u
y :, participated in the daredevil m ids ~, 7iie
iilsh warfare of his chief Rocco, ms
mmOn with all othnr ,,o,,,... OS"ii' IN don
IS side, denounced Mosah,p P"peI men on past
vers as brutes To th;s ana, ms fol- tryi
)tion and in 1900 bn nayior TOOK ex- Ind
nanding a retraction. Keegan ref,sed 9erit IJ:
,mies. saw nothing of ooaS OuS now deadly that
saturday night, when they accidentalIu con! con!
IN Philadelphia. True to his deciarcy. @ ihol
I, baylor Immediately demanded ON so;n, sol.s
logy or q fight The forp,o, c an tain'
the latter accented 'or'''er was refused whel
secul
large lot of SHINGLES Fror, ~, sabre
) 7x24 inches. tbe hast =. .sorth caro- der