National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-20
THE RICHMOND FIAscO.
The Parties in Court-Correspondenee Be-
tween the Part1es

The Parties in Court-Correspondenee Be-
tween the Parties.
The fracas, or attempt to SIGHT duel, between
James p Cowardin, IT., and Abraham Fulkerson,
in Richmond, Va, . few days since, resulted In
the arrest Of both, and their appearing in the
SOO W,t tSGr1pg IN s9ss cy
Judge b. W. Lacy and Messrs. W. r. VIM and
Geo. p. Haw represented Colonel Fulkerson.
DR.. Pannell testified regarding his apprehen.
sion OF q difficulty between Messrs. COHGrdin and
Mr.. Lonely testified: Yesterday evening,
about o'clock, went to Ford's hotel to get my
dinner, In the passage met Colonel Fulker-
son. He asked me to go down In the office with
Colonel James, and tell Mr.. Evans that he would
give him reply BY 10 o'clock this mOrnlng.
delivered the message and went back to Mr..
James room, and remained there 4 short time.
Mr.. 1sby, the clerk Of the hotel, testified as to
rumOrs in the hotel relative to the affair.
Mr.. James testified that COL FulkersOn came
TO his room and called him out and requested him
to 20 down with Mr.. Lonely and see Mf. Evans:
they we're directed by Col. FulketsOn to state
that his friend was not present and that no would
give him reply by 10 o'clock the next morning.
Gen. BagWeii testified that few days ago Uol,
Fulkersun received . Communication from Mr.,
which had occurred between Bis father aud USi.
FulkHfsOni being warm personal friend OF Dol.
fulktrs0n, he consulted witness about the matter,
10 the communication which be had fss,lVsd ron
Mf, UgwafdinI the substance Of The fsply was
w rssPshBs t 10 H. Sss n aws ~ aS Tor ~ ~
aifgglty which no tfGlEsfSobj had with Ms
He produced the following tsusr
lliiHWUEb. Mich ~ US,
'I wa hH YSaf 10, dated 18Th Of March, VA.
received through your friend, ST. ~, tale EyallI
@ ' SsyS SSS1 ~ nEa J, 90 70. sossss,
Ey ,@ds E. ds' sTons ".' , PS R S
sa ~ TSG H. Paps yd SsiPS9i .T W. Il s ny
which he provoked, and viii 90 fsiI On ihWl linz,
,ssi isdissS CSV saSR, IRSn Y would bs linz
enough " J chose 20 dlgRliy ,yogy intrusion by
your hole handed 10 noe by MI Evans ~ stated
This PPLs WI DO handed to you by my friend,
uePhTAl HagWell,
Den, BasWsll RIs6 produced the loll0Wlngl
" -, 10 nhluNn, March ~, 1910,
DEAg hlRi You have seen Mt recently 10 aISAII
my iatheTI person and character IN most unjust
than my own lie, and unless there s some 70.
traction on your part, you must answer 70 me
for your want9n attack upon one Of the purslL
Mr.. u. Tate Evans, will NeI for me, and FeosIYs
Rny reply you may have TO make toLhI conmu.
Gm, sir, yOurI, very respectfully,
JAMES r. TOWARDS.
The following 10 Col. Fulkarson's repIyi
RICHMOND, VA, March II, 1873,
DEAR sIM Your note note Of the 10th last. was
handed me at q late hour last night by your
friend, Mr.. Tate Evans. will reply AZ an early
date,
Very respectfully, A. FULKERsoN,
To the above, Mr.. UoWardIn sent the following
reply;
RICHMOND, March 18th, 1873.
Colonel ALFum FulkeFs0R
DEAR SIR.-YOur note Of this morning has been
handed me by my friend Mr.. Evans; II Is entirely
unsatisfactory. You should know enough OF the
Tsys among gentlemen % appreciate this fact.
! am In the city on visit 10 settle this matter,
and II must be settled at once. You must make
ample apology for the assault made upon my
father or hold yourself responsible 10 me. An
immediate and definite reply would greatly
oblige. Yours, very respectfully,
JAMES p. CowARDIN.
Mr.. James p. Cowardin, sr., made another
statement to the effect that he did not know any
thing OF the above dificulty. He did not know
that his son was in the city. He was obedient to
his mir. COwardin, sr's.,) Wishes and IL he had
seen his son there would not have been any diff
Guilty, He had no complaint to make, and no
grievances to satisfy, here or anywhere else.
The justice required of the gentlemen bonds at
$1,000 each to keep the peace, as stated in yester-
days REPUBLICAN,.