The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-01-06
The Death Of Mr.. D. C. ByerIy.

8 The painful duty devolves upon Us G
referring to the unfortunate and deplorabl
rencontre which occurred yesterday morn
ing on Canal street, between the manage
: OF the Bulletin and ex. Governor Warmotl,
For reasons that will naturally sugges
+ themselves we abstaincd from making an,
allusion to the matter in our last Everiine O
Edition. AS every one who reads the pa
papers most necessarily know, the trouble
between Mr.. Byerly and ex-Gov. Warmotb
grew out of a card which was published III
the Picayune of the 25th inst, in which
both Mr.. Byerly, as manager, and Mr.. Ed.
win l.. JEWELL as one of the associate edi-
tors of the Bulletin, were referred 60 in
terms so opprobious and insulting as to
render the purpose of the writer to bring
about Personal difficulty unmistakable.
Mr.. Byerly, during the late war, was
desperately wounded, and had lost the use
OF his left arms, but the insult offered him
by Warmoth was such that he could not
overlook it. Notwithstanding his manned
condition he provided himself with stont
cane, apparently with the Intention of
using it if the opportunity should present
itself.
Yesterday morning, while walking on
Canal street, near the entrance Of the store
OF Mr. Piffet, he saw Ex-Governor War.
moth, IN conversation with some person
on the sidewalk, Warmoth saw him at
the same instant, and did not remove his
eyes from him. A moment afterward, Mr..
Byerly, who evinced both by manner and
words his hostile intentions, commenced
an assault upon Warn,oth with
his cane, the latter attempting to ward off
the blows with an umbrella. '..f =. ~
At the second or third blow the cane
snapped, and about that instant, as nearly
as can be gathered from conflicting re-
ports, Warmoth drew from the right hand
and lower outside pocket of his sack-coat
spring dirk knife. Mr.. Byerly either be-
cause of this action or because his cane
had been broken, closed with his antago !
mist and they fell struggling to the pave
ment, Warmoth beneath,
In this position, while the right and only
serviceable arm of Mr.. Byerly was engaged !
in grasping Warmoth, the latter thrust his
keen and deadly dirk six times into the
left side of Mr.. D. G. Byerly, inAicting
wounds which, it is feared, would prove
mortal. Two police officers running I'D,
finally separated the contestants, and Mr..
Byerly was then discovered to be seriously
wounded. =. s.i ,.-if l..-s
Accompanied and supported by friend
he walked all the way to the Medical In
Urinary on Dauphine street, between Canal
and Customhouse streets, couple of
blocks distant, and there sank faint and
exhausted from the loss of
blood upon a sofa in the Office Of DR..
Beard, who at once rendered him every
possible attention medical skill could
suggest. q"
He remained for several hours in par
tally comatose condition, retaining his
however, and speaking "a
tionally and pleasantly to those around
him. DR.. Chopin was called, and the
wounds being probed one of them was
found to be exceedingly dangerous Hav-
ing penetrated the cavity it was feared it
would cause internal hemorrhage.
1t was popularity of Mr.. Byerly that ,
he would never carry weapon, and moth
ng could induce him to arm, himself with
4 pistol or knife. He was man averse to
strife, and nothing but what he regarded
IS a mortal insult could have wrought
1im up to the assault upon the person who {
had aggrieved him.-[New, Orleans Bull
etin.