Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-08-20
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ROMANOE OF A DUEL.

The duel which resulted in tho death
of Salvador Cortereal, and the severe
wounding of DR.. Algernon Sidney Cur
It's, near Havana, Cuba, was melted it
seems, by the Jealousy with which Cor
tcrcal regarded his wife's actiona. She
is an American, and q native of Brook
Ign, N. Y. From fifteen to eighteen
years ago, q DR.. King resided on Court
street, in a neighborhood which had
grown up around him. He had two
daughters, one of whom, Sarah Frederi-
ka, was bright, black eyed, coquettish
girl of fifteen She was not beautiful,
nor even pretty, but was petite, viva
cious and attractive. Nearly opposite
her fathers house lived Dr. Appleton
Wheeler, young dentist, whose atten-
tons to the young girl and her manner
Of receiving them occasioned much scan
dal. Her father opposed her coarse bit
terly, and her stepmother still more
strenuoualy; but Sarah continued the
intimacy until a family quarrel forced ex-
trcme measures, and she and young DIR.
Wheeler were married secretly.
This step alienated her from her fami-
ly, and though after n few years her
father forgave her, and visited her in her
| home, she was never able to return his
visits on account of the onmity of her
stepmother, who never recognized Mrs.
Wheeler as member of her family.
DR.. Wheeler was in no condition to mar
ry, and his eight years of married life
were spent in his efforts to maintain his
wife we'll In 1867 he died, leaving
little or no provision for the future sup
port Of his widow. DR.. Jarvis had been
the partner, and became the successor oil
DR.. Wheeler. He collected the few
debts which were due the firm, amount
ing in all to only 5000, and shared the
money with the widow Then she sold
her little stock of furniture by auction,
and was ready to begin life again as a
young widow. She sought and obtained
position as housekeeper in gentle
mans family on Carroll street, Brooklyn,
but soon opened an intrigue with mar
ried man living in the house, SO that her
employer felt obliged to discharge her.
She had some money, and she came to
| New York TO board, but the coqucttish
| manner which she had worn 50 prottily
as a young girl had become more mark
ed and fragrant with her age, and was
compelled to move in quick succession
from one boarding place to another.
In 1860 she went to Bergen Point.
N. j., and there met Cortereal for the
first time. He was large, handsome
Spaniard, engaged then as at the time
Of his death, as the Havana buyer of a
large tobacco importing house in New
York. He was fascinated by Mrs.
Wheeler, especially when she told him
that she had money, and that large
fortune had been left her by her first
husband. She told him she controlled it
herself, but she named the person who
was her trustee Cortcreal was satisfied
and the two were married. This, too,
was a secret marriage, and the husband
and wife did not live together. They
returned to Brooklyn, and he boarded at
what was then 238 Henry street, while
she took back parlor in marble front
house on First place, where Cortereal
| frequently visited her. His untimely
hours for calling excited the household
until at last he was turned out Of the
house at three o'clock in tho morning
and she was obliged to follow in the
course Of the day F.; for though they boil
declared that they were married, they
had no evidence Of the fact to offer
From that time AIr and Mrs. Corterea
dwelt together as man and wife, Evinl