Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-09-18
DEADLY DUEL.

DEADLY DUEL.
A Yankees Mortal Strife With . Derdsr
1uman..How . Young Massachusetts,
Lawyer Net H1s Death In Kansas.
From the Lsavsnworth TmeA
An old inhabitant yesterday rocounted
the details of q famous duel fought hero
in September, 1858, nearly twenty years
ago, the spot chosen for tho daughter
being almost precisely the n selected
BY United States Senator Lame, when ne
sent the bullet crashing Through his
brain, which put such q sudden end to
his senatorial career. The fact OF the
duel has heretofore been known ~ the
q dark secret" and 20 far ~ is known,
has not heretofore been divulged, a. the
parties concerned were sworn never to
reveal it until at some future time. when
concealment NC uld be no longer q aces
sity. The necessity for concealment n
longer exists. Al is well known, the
period prior to the reception of Kansas
into the union of states was q time OF
trouble and tribulation' q time which
tried mems souls; when the Bowie knife
and the ready revolver were the sole arbi-
tiers of quarrels. The strife for suprema-
cy between the free state men and the
border ruffians was bitter to the last
degree. Among the + rec State men who
were conspicuous for their advocacy OF
equal rights was q youthful Massachu-
sets lawyer named WILLIAMSBURG,
resolute, and daring. He was q marked
man at the time, and the opposition was
determined that he should be put out of
the way. Enrolled in the border rufian
ranks was q lusty southerner named
jackson, q Tennesseean, q firm believer
in the " CODE" a crack shot, and utterly
fearless; cold-blooded, COOL . man OF
fine presence, and who hateda Yankee as
he hated the devil. He was the one &C.
lected to put Williams out of the way;
to pick a quarrel with the victim and
then let the bullet finish the work.
| Meeting one afternoon on Delaware
street, the two became engaged in con-
versation, and 3 hot dispute arose, end
ing by jackson splitting in Williams
face. This was an insult too great to be
brooked, and nothing but the interfer-
ence of friends prevented a tragedy then
and there. The result was q challenge,
| the parties to meet upon the government
reserve the next morning at daylight to
fight it out. Pistols were chosen, after
the first two shots the parties to close with
knives. jackson, being the challenged
party, had the selection of the weapons,
and being an expert with both the re-
volver and knife, chose them to be used
in the duel. Williams, while compare
lively a good shot with the revolver,
could not approach his antagonist in the
use of that weapon, while with the knife
he was wholly unacquainted. However,
he could not back out, and know
ing inevitable death to be the result, he
proceeded to the spot chosen, determined
to sell his life as dearly as possible. In
the gray daylight of the autumn morn.
ing the two men, accompanied by two
seconds and q surgeon, met upon the re.
serve a short distance northwest of the
head of Broadway, and prepared for the
bloody work before them. Both were
cool and collected, the first because Of
the anticipation of an easy victory, the
other firm in the belief that he was in thu
right, and resolved to make his mark
even if he could not kill his adversary
Ten PAGES was the distance; both mer
grasped their revolvers and awaited thu
word; the seconds looked anxiously on
as spectators would at a public execu
ton where a victim was to be sacrificed
| the word was given: both fred stimuli
~tane0usly, and when the smoke cleared
away neither had fallen, although by tn,
nervous twitching Of Williams face i
could be seen that he had been hit, Will
, Jackson was uninjured. At the secont
fire JacksOn's bullet whistled wei Will
liams' head, while the ball of the latte.
imbedded itself in the feshy part of hi
adversary's thigh. The knives were thel
! drawn and the two closed in mortal strife
Maddened by his wound jackson
fought with the desperation of despair
. Williams, cooler, stood like q lion at bay
: defending himself against the fierce on
: ; slaughts Of the tiger. In an unguarde,
moment jackson was thrown from hi
guard, and at that instant the keel
! blade OF his antagonist pierced his lef
! side, not infiicting, however, a morta
. wound. But Williams. from the effec
of the bullet wound and loss of blood
! was becoming exhausted, and, being
novice with the knife, he could not Ion,
} stand up against " trained and praC
ticed an adversary as jackson, and tn
end soon came. Jackson, although wea,
from loss Of blood, pressed fiercely on
He succeeded by a quick movement il
l parrying a side thrust by Williams
, dashed forward, his bright blade glitte,
ing and flashing for q moment in tn
! air, and then being buried deep in tn
throat of his enemy, the point protrud
ing from the back of Williams mech
, The latter stood erect but q moment, hi
knife dropped from his nerveless hand
: his eyes glazed in the semi-consciousnes
preceding dissolution, and then he fel
dead, without q groan.
3 Jackson was seized at once by hi
: friends and hurried across the rive,
: where, after q time sufficient to recoye
from his wounds, he turned his steu
homeward, and w again set his foo
upon Kansas soil. He entered the rebe
army, and died at the head of his regi
ment at Gettysburg. The seconds an,
surgeon returned to the city, and sal,
nothing about the affair. The body Q
Williams Vas hurriedly and privatel
inferred; and while the Disappearance
|, OF both jackson and Williams for q tim
excited comment, and caused the inst
tuition of q thorough search BY thei
friends, the matter was soon forgotten i
} the midst of the wild excitement of tn
events then transpiring.
;. Obiadlsm.
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