Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-24
The Gdaloa Duel d Chicago.

Chicago Tribune: Somewhat brief men.
ton was made ia the Tribune of fright
full duel between two men armed with
kerosene lamps One of tne Contestants
died at the cohutF hospital aud the death
of the other was expected to follow soon.
The case is almost unparalleled for fright
full atrocity. Unfortunately, it is of such
nature, or, rather. the gnature5of the
sonlysswitness IS such, that it is going to
take Che coroner, with all his power for
| investigating, some little time to get at the
complete facts. A, reporter, however. man,
aged TO exc out yesterday y some facts from
| which fair idea of the canse and progress
of the terrible conflict may be framed.
| The particular portion softhe yard of the
Union iron and steel mills, ased~forload-
ling ears, is lighted, when the men are
working nights, by some thirty 0: sfo,tyl
kerosene lamps. These aresof double lin,
and contain about a pint Of Oil each. They
1 are designed Tor hand use. The wick set
| ina iucnel, which stands about four inch
es.aboye the top ofthe lamp, and it is very
well known to. those who handle them that
when they are, upset or turned upside
down they Ell heeesplode, or the oil runs
from them, and catches fire. William
Doyle and Thomas, Cornell, the victims
4 softhef Sunday morning duel, are old EN- :
fployes in the yard, and must have been
perfectly we'll acquain ed with these facts.
sBetln men had been cqparreling all night
TEabout where their lambs should be placed
to throw the best light, and the workmen
who heard these spats saw it was hard to
tell who was right aud who was wrong.
HOSeyer, Con nell was, the. ftstto hurl ga
lamp at his opponent, and this lie did
without any other provocation titan
Doyle's angry words. Doyle @retaliated
by hurting his lampat his assa;lant.I The
lburning OIL flew in all directions, and the
other Werkmen were obliged to run to
prevent their clothes from taking fire.
4 The figbtiug men ctinched. and their
i lamps exploding 6 IN quick sueeessioR,r de,
luged them both with burning oil, and
othei wise injured them. But il was only
when their burning clotning was escerch
ing their bodies into crisp that they
! ceased their combat. Their fellow work
{ Iingrnen rushed 70 their assistance. and
! several was badly burned about the hanls
and their apraisewo rthya endeavorto save
the lives of the two men bytearing IRON
6 them the Burning Clothing Before this
could be accomph she'd Doyle was serribls
charred. and his Screams of agony Gould
be heard for blocks. Conneli was not SC
badly burned, bot his painlwas almost a:
intense as that of Doyle. Both We're at
tended as seeH as possible by Dr.. Greer,
who said promptly that Doyle could no.
:, Hive, and Ihe-thought ConnelPs condition
precarious. Doyle was taken honeto No
So Church place, where he has a wife anC
two, children, and Conne1l was aiken tt
his home q at the corner of Wood aud
!, Fourteenth streets,S where he has a wifi
andsix children, but subsequently, boil
! were taken 10 the county hospital. There
d Doyle died in the most horribles agon.
yesterday forenoon. The deputy coroner
, who was notified, went thereto hold the
! inquest, but the hospital physicians coul
! extend no hope for COnnell's recovery, an
his condition wassoa dow that isrwas de
eided to postpone the Inquest -unI1 to day
g when the chances are that the inques
q will be double one. The jury was i'm
II paneled and the body of the dead mar
which was almost entirely passed reeogni
. ton in places; was. viewed by them
q Amoog the witnesses Of the duel who wi
!. Testify before the coroner's jury are. th
> following: Michael Harry, a brother>in
- law of Connell, and who lives near hi
- home; John Ahern, of No 5000 Ashlan
IA avenue; Daniel @ Rouke, Halsted stree
, Enear Thirty fifth;. Johu Fannis, Archt
/ avenue and Beard street, and =
8. 10 Leary, Thirty first street, near Loci
- and it was from them that the facts in tn
4 Fabove Were cleaned. .. .-.-.,. ...