The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-12-21

The Court met and continued in session fwo
weeks, and anonR the lawyers Who attended
were Shields, TTumiyalI, Kinney and Koer-
nsr. Kinney was couTfing the daughter Ut
q L. s. Senatnn, and afterwards married her.
While they were there q BeEleviIle paperswas
received containing an article reAertiug 10
severe tsrnss on KIaney's father IS Colnmis-
sioner ol Internal Improvements: stating
that be was 3 tlefsulter to the State and
guilty ot malfeasance 10 office. The article
created great deal Of excitement and was
generally regarded rs siaader on the elder
Kinney, who had been Lieutenant Governor,
and was highly esteemed. The question
was. wh5 wEote the articlei II was char
eed % Truml,ull, the young lawyer iFum
Gnunegkieut, and be acknowledged the au-
tl.orsIKip. and declared that tlse statements
were true As soOn as this acknowledgment
Eas made, young Kinney made . demand on
TFumtIuli 70 write = retraxit over his 4wH
signature, oe take the consequences. Tfum-
bull refused b FetrAcg wur.l. saying the
article contained nnthiDg but tie truth. He
did not desire 10 fight, hnwevrr. thinking il
WAS absurd tn settle dispute of that kind
ut the mHxxle Of the pistol. I bad no paFT
10 the affair 1T the start, hut TTunI4.uil Was
intimate at my uncle's, and for ilaaa re4s1a
he sought my advice. His friends advised
him to call 90 me, IS my business NJ that
time was aghflng. Ny advice b him WIS
that il the article were true. he o'tght NOT ts'
rrsraet He SAID il was strictly true, and
Klnary was InEDrrne.l that n8 retrActisIa aeesl
he expected. The next day Siiiei,is, as the
ffiensi u Kinney. delivered formal elsaI
lenge 70 TFumI,all. The matter MAS nos
becoming serious. and TFlml .H.l came &
my fathers hnn>e, anil aske.l me what cs'lTss
he Slanuld pursue. He had pa idea of wha,
duel was, and did mt know what the chal
lengv useaMt. He sad he ha.d
SEyER RrRKD A PlsTvB IN MIs LlFE.
that bis etlaeatIs4 AID moral training wers
Opposed 10 everything nf tie kind, and h,
did not recognizes the co,le Ipy any means
told him il was neesss3ry isar hhutoresracl
or nrcepa the challenge; thrFe was 20 nthel
wAy IL gekEing ous OF IL: or isr mlgiit relas'
Is Gglsi, and il that case coaF.l have mn
l thing to In with hirn We taskel II eve
fer IA hour oT tNn. anal tirn he cnneigdes
ta cnasalt my motilrs. wiio Was vsrv supe
mr. ~nui9n and wirIl qualified 10 give Iliu
s1uud latvsee Slle kneN bit little OF Tram
lsull, bat was n fFiend b Shields, who ha'
| taught srl,aasl Ia the town. TFHmbuli toI,
| her tlsr statements Of the article werc true
ami slsu said II vas cruel to require = ina
to fight duel for telling the truth; but III
custom was that = man wlio refused ~ Civ
anatter satisfaction was rcgarie.i as a Goa
aI4l. and would have q, quit the eouatry.
" The matter wAs discussed un,u Rrsri
misi-nigl.s, snd at length Trumsnti ~crc~ss
his courage 10 the sticking psiui. and agrees
10 accept tie challenge un.ler pnltest,
| agreed to aei NJ his s-essnd nlrt Shield
the next day And told hinS .ass ciIallen !
hal been xccrptsti. and that in si,uFt sln
the weapons w.,nld he sisslgaat-st; this
TruHll,BIi owed ceFtsln duties tshis client
| as we'll as To- himself, and wDuId Frquite tin
% prepare is,r the cnInt~t. This hcing rea
snnal,lr. Silivlsls rysssiiy asseat.,l T., lssss
ponesnenl II tlse altar 10 suit Tnmbuii'
cunscnienee.
"The matter WIS kept secret, as far a
pcHsible but runner leaked out that ther
was to lse duel imtweem the two lawyer
and the cUnvent girls wrfe all 10 high stat
of excitement al,out il. The gtsslps Il tn
town had enough TO occupy thsm fur q wee
snn a. matter II course the majority teol
sides with Kinney. who was xlsrut to viz
dIcate the homer Of his father by killing til
man whO bail iiIeIed him.
a d4y OF two afterwanls. armed wit
letters from, my father tn John scott ~
Lewis r. Lima. weat over 10 sac Genevies
TO procure pair sf .lueliRg pisssIs fur III
use " the cuEAlatahp. They loaned me
pair t51t beloagrd ~ Gea. Jnaes. tbini
! and that had brea ss1l IN two tlaels o
Bloody Island. | Am mt snTg bur the
. were used By Beasoa snd Lucas in the do
In which the latter lest his life. s00k II
weapans to Kaskaskia, and hid them avs
1t home. When the lawyers reiuFBei
BelIevIlle followed them few days sfte
. ward 70 put Trumbull In Practice, asas