, 1879-03-19
Detail, Of the Recent Street Duel
in New Orleans.
Death Of Ono Of tho C0mbatnnts
t-.-Nnrr0w Escapes.
Fight with Hatchet and Pis-
tol In q Leavenwortl1
Hotel.
A Brutal Husband In Milwaukee, Makes
u Deadly Assault on His
Wtfb.


FATAL sTNE1sT FIGHT AT NEW
ORLEANS.
St,p Orfeans Iffnts, March IL.
At 1a:31 o'clock yesterday evening the
familiar erack Ut rcyolyers, bciChfuE forth thfT
liotus of death, was l,cnr.l Oil Magaxlno sireet,
between poytraa unA Lafayette streets, asu
when lhc smoke had clcarct away the body Of
onp of tho rombatahts, Franklin Casllt wns re-
Ycnled Tying Oh tho bnn,ucNr wtElhlng III tho
ngunics Of ,senth while hts slayer, j. u. !t1ams,
stood IN the doorway Of his atore, NJ. 03
Magazine atrcct, wcst side, still holding his
a,uosing weapon. With the last shot, md as
IL was evillcnt Tint Adams would nut continue
the fro Oil his fa.ien adversary, ,o crowd, who
meantime lad atood.. by passive spectators,
fockcd nbout the slying Cash, nlla teHdcTly
bore him 10 t!t drugstore ii DR.. Russell, n,ul
Irum thence thtn a cab to his ll0ine 0tl ut.
Charles strcet. butween uIrntt ahd Juin strscts.
Adams. ua'nuisstcd, withdrew Into Ills store,
aud n Low mt!'utea thereafter, accompanied by
y. K. Nl,ss. set lust1, In surrcncr at ihu folieo
Htatlon Meantime word Of tho shooting ha1
hten conveyed to Casl,'s brs,!hes Chssses, wl",
OIL learning flat Auans !lnu tired the fatal shnt
followed aI,d oycrtaok thln. FrcnxIed nlttgrief
and sanc, Charles drew his pistol n.t,l present.
lns It fut ut Albums, pulled thu trigger, fiau
Tic hammer descended Atams' lleat', VAS IN
cyltable. hit Fortunately Ior MI parties Mr.. ":
II. Byrnc was u. hlCI mud showed Ills neEye atMl
l,lI9inont by seIzi,g the WEAPON In sueti way
That his ,ingcr iutcrvcica ni received The blow.
Mr.. Byrlin reasoned With the unfortunate young
tnar nIn nhrtly by persuasion alld ge'itlu
force, succeeded 1T getting Him to lot Adams
Hn his companion ptucted utI ttcir way wIltipnt
| further Interruption, ...-.-
Ca.l, was IN tc employ uf his stepfathcr, T.
\. Hamilton, merchant on Tch0npftoufas
street, an.l Just prior tt TIM shooting. Wished
| .Adans, who IL II commission merchant, with
t!e view of eiFoctitlg the settlement of bus!-
| ness transaction. 4 disputc nrnso over lie
tnuttcr, which finally resulted ia cash slnppin,
| Atla,l,s' fatt. 4 struggle etsuc1, Wherein blows
| wete cxrhati.etl md Eashs eont toGn. Cnsh
then rEtreAtcu tn sIlc pavement, anu drawing
Ills reyoiycr-ail. fmDyoscd ltannEton, thirty
tSo eullbrc-Iised twItc Mt Albums. who stonti on
y pie pf noxcs in tEo store. abol1t threh feet
their mark anil lodIea IN The burk Vi thc
sturr. Adams then drew his rayUygr, aInl,
,,artly shielding himself netin1 thu iron pill.
lar Of ihr duor, Upeued lire, Cush, ucni,.
time, hnvtng bnrkea uwny nbout ten
paecs from Adams aud takel n position III front
ol lluclsnrr's store, No. 01, calling out tc
Alams, Come ont,, you coward, mud sho'.
shot. Adams kept up hts t!rc, Mld at tue fonrsi
shot Cusi, felt. Quickly struggling 10 hia knees
III position, Easn discharged tbs tYn rcsnuthisl!
loads III his wea;,o. CAsf!'s last shuts wor,: al
high n.t tuok elect III the tuUr. which otsunet
! u tlle ls1lle alti Btonl Out like u wing. T"s
Of A1sanls hultrt, can!e Within M acc 0f strlk
III. lllat prominent merchant, Cnpt. Darstow, u
Darsto,y 81 Decycs. Cant Dlrstnw 1T the tiHlt
wae seated In tront Of Ills Httre. ut tilc corne
opposite. r1ld fully fifty yurtls nwas. Ono O.
,i1e bullets went through a.Mi through she IL
wnsur-pIpe to thu left Of Cnpt. uarstow, Will
tllE otllgr pOWcd into box to Ills right.