Smyrna times., 1877-01-10
A Duel.

List Monday seven men. of more or les.
.iI~tngur appearance, all rather vouucj.b
N looks. got oil the morning train at CLAY.
ton. and bought tickets for different noiut,
on the Md. d Del. road-some for E,,,or
,ome for GlccEsLorough. dc. The tram
for this road left CLAYTON al l2.20 far
Ea~t"n. When It reached Slaughtcr's two
OF them got oft, and at Marydcl the balance
"i them lett the train. Conductor B.Nu,,d
suggested to one that that was not ,bo;l
stopping point but they said they wanted
to stay over there for awhil, to look ~
some land. They attracted attention
wherever they went, of course. At Maryd,I
they engaged carriages, one for CLytuual,d
one for Dover Then they walked ont OF
town. In about an hour they returned,
including those who had gotten Off at
>iaushtcr's, muddy but happy.looking. and
alter drinking together got in their car.
rl'EeS-iour Tor Clayton and three for
Dover. Their conduct mv>tfird the MaI.,.
delers, but that was ALL The party for
Clayton reached there about $40 tL,1
evening and took supper at Cartv's hotel
Immediately ON their arrival, however they
telegraphcd to Wilmington to have :,
special tram sent down for them, and asked
what the charge would be. Word WIS tela
sraphed back that the charge weuld he SI01
lhey at once pulled out the money and
gave 1t to Mr.. Benjamin the operator VIII,
telegraPhed tor the train. 1t was sent from,
IlmlnGton, reaching Clayton about 80.
They sat round the most of the tIme att..
SUPPER and seemed as happy as they were
muddy-all but Onc-whO sat mum around
the stove, head down and reflective. U,.
iitd on an ulster Overcoat and his face wa.
somewhat SCARED. At the supper table they
conVerscd mostly in German. They tooi
the train little after s and were in Wi.
mlngton in one hour and five minutes
thereafter. Mr.. Green, postmasterat N,rv.
del, drove them to Clayton.
Now as to what it all meant. 1t turns ont
That the party were duelists, and that ,hav
fought near Marydel that afternoon. Th,. |
parties were JAS. Gordon Bennett. of tho
y. I. Herd(d, and Fred. May, of the same
city. We refer our readers to our insid,.
pages to learn what the duel was all abont
vi course such an event has excited the
"hole conutry, and to learn the facts in the
case Is what the newspapers are after. Last
lllSht TWO reporters. one for the \. Y. Sq,
ana another tor the Graphic came to tins |
to"h ana the Sun reporter, after securing !
the services OF Ii. l.. Collins, our operator. |
to transmit his telegrams, he enulov,d !
Alex. Wilson to drive him to Marvipl ~ /
miles distant. They started about o. |
reached there about / last night. The re.
porter, Mr. Connolly, interviewed Mr. |
Green, the postmaster. and sent the follow.
ing dispatches 10 the San:
Nathan Maginns, who lives about n bo1f ,n;lo,
low M9ryuei on the railroad says he saw the nartv
,,,tI uHM ; II e rack ana took their positions OH The
SDuth @ sue IN Nd about 100 yds. from the road 0ne
was called Doctor; seemed to be their lonk0nt ny
y; tc @ paItE alter some preliminarieS were placed
ID I'ces apart; two Others paced OH the distance Th,
: SSAtcnalged one shot apiece; both fired tTretErr
DIlel consultation then eRSued and one Of the sr,
up 10 the man ON the hill, spoke few words t & ',,
@ ua ran down again to the others Then the two men
we're ere placed as before and exchanged shots arIHn
AIler brief space there was a third exrba,'S; S,i'';
~ l"s ana lheh the party all returned Ia dennt mo f
pnin,T LofSra" VIZ ~ hVH oeeh hring tthe shortest one
,r,,s S yioe 1 tle otherS lett. They gathered i'm a
s{ouPe ABOUT the latter of the two VINO had red tho
trds ,ornor a" a{, me heid is about miles from
}orn,, pST @ where duel was fought b wears AGO
Dehnett and his party talked French most oi tSaii1
~, n 9sAeu the Others in English ii they blamed
no then they talked French Part of the tnNy lu ii
,n m eac sue oil tho line between Maryland and Deia
nS' ' ihe spot where the duel fought is i'm Mary
ana. Il Is lonely place about 100 ytls from tbc
II 1iG nan mile from depot l; is in valley on Me-
slnhlss larm' with thicket of gum bushes on tIo !
ue opposite the X. II. which shuts it out from view
Such Is the story of Mr.. Green, which
ends as follows,
tooS Bennett and party to Clayton Iknow il was
'enhStt because the Others unguardedlv colind H.
10Th Bennett and Jim. If anybody w1s bnrt I'm a
Ge ne % was 81 the one because they asked him several
'ery comfortable His hurt could MOI baya iS S deit
'siy serious for when he got to Clayton he um1ea
ny ana ran into the telegraph Office to ask for tTn
John ). Walters drove May and his tvo ,
riends to Dover and they took tbe tra;u ~
lorth yesterday morning. The Meoinmis :
arm, where the duel occurred. s e,v,,aS ,aa1 !
" New York lawyer named Murphy