The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-18

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yiaccs and approached each other. told
him that friend and referee would meet
nc about half way between Richmond ana
falkland. and asked n he had any objection
10 mr. driving down the road little way w
find him. Mr. - said he had no obiec-
tlon: that he would wait where he was
labont five miles from Ashland). After
driving about q mile Mr.. Beirne insisted OH
returning 10 the place OF meeting' ne ~
turned TO the place where we had lei. M VI.
Riddleberger's party, not having lounu i nv
referee. IL was now about ';oO a. ~
Saturday.
Mr.. - and proceeded TO arrange q
meeting Of the principals. MT. BeirnS,
being the challenged party, was 10 1urhisn
weapons. / unlocked the satchel IN Whieh
were the pair Of duelling-pistols ana am,
munition for the same The SECONDS hau
agreed that the duel should be fought az
ten PAGES, and that they would toss Tor the
word, &c. We were about to LOAD the
wcapons. when IL was discovered that
there were no caps in the satchel. then
reported this accident TO Mr.. Beirne, ana
by his direction inquired OF Mr..
whether he had brought weapons, because
VIC would be glad to use them.
MIR. - said his party had brought no
weapons. as it was understood that Mr..
Beirne was 10 furnish them then insist
ed on Mr.. IS waiting until l could go
TO Ashland and get caps. Mr.. = said he
could not wait so long. ] told him II he
would give me a half to three quarters OF
an hour would have caps, and insisted on
such delay ~ necessary to carry out the
common purpose. Mr.. - positively re-
fused TO wait, saying that his party had met
Mr.. Bcirne's party on time; that he had ar
ranged for a meeting with another party,
and that i'm order to keep that engagement
he would have TO hurry on. lie suggested
that the meeting be renewed at or gear At
lees stationlin the afternoon. Afterwards
he said he could not say whether he could
meet lis again that day Saturday, and LETT
the impression on my mind that It was
doubtful. even. whether he could meet on
the following day. / insisted that rs or
misfortune i'm not having caps was purely
accidental, MIR. - must agree to meet
ing that day Saturday.
The impression remained, however, that
il any future meeting took place II Wolild
be in the noighborhood Of Atlee's. The
Riddlebcrger party left the ground about
$40 A. NJ. We determined to follow them
to their meeting with the party they re-
ferred to, procure what WAS lacking, and
again offer the satisfaction demanded.
We started to follow them FIVE minutes
after their departure. BY inquiry we traced
their route and came in sight Of them when
about half or three quarters OF the way
between the place Of meeting on the Tele-
graph road and Atlee's station. They stop
% Fs.nY,. fIaa fa1ao,ra1al
Office. We stopped about 300 yards dis
tant from the Riddleberger party. went
to the telegraph Office at Atlee'S, where
| asked the operator to direct me
TO the nearest store. He did so, and our
party drove in our carriage to the
store, which was about three quar-
tiers OF q mile distant. / went IN and
bought q box Of caps. We left the
store. went a short distance and tried the
caps. which were found to be suitable. We
then returned as soon rs possible to Atlee's.
Going to and coming from the store we
passed by the carriage which contained
Captain Riddleberger and his party. Ar
irving at Atlee's, again we drove into the
woods. / went to Mr.. - and told him
that we were prepared for meeting; that
as an accident had prevented our meeting
early this morning insisted on q meeting
then and there. IGe declined to have a
meeting then. In Il few minutes i
had conferred with my principal, and
went TO Mr.. - and re-
ncwed my proposition TO have a meeting.
Mr.. - gave the same answer, which
wa. i'm effect that he and his principal were
waiting TO fill IN engagement with another
party. and were then expecting that party.
lie said he would have TO wait a reasonable
length Of time TO see il the other party put
i'm an appearance. When ! returned 10 my
friend / found that the time of day WAC
1880 4. VI. We continued waiting TO give
Mr.. Riddlcberger satisfaction. At 12:l5
p. VI. the carriage containing Captain Rid
party drove away. We waited
on the ground till hali-past O'Clock p. VI.
AT that time DR.. - and Mr.. Beirne
walked down the road to the store to
get something TO eat.
After leaving the store Mr.. Beirne and
DR.. - met buggy containing two gen
tlemen. They were about 10 pass the
buggy when q gentleman whom they
recognized as Police-Justicc Richard
son leaped from the vehicle and ar
rested them. [Note.-Of course, the
statement of the particulars concerning
DR.. - and Mr.. Beirne after they left me
| have from those gentlemen themselveS.]
About quarter to O'Clock | was walking
on the road a short distance from the ear
riage when ] saw buggy containing Police
Justice Richardson and 4 pOlice-Ofiicer
from Richmond. Thinking they did not
recognize me, | walked into the woods near
by, where l was out of view from the
road. From the woods / could see that
Mr.. Beirne and DR.. - were at our rem
devious in charge Of Police-Justice Rich
ardson. In few minutes Justice Richard
son discovered where | was, and called out
to me TO surrender. After a short parley ]
saw that arrest was inevitable. At this
time there were present POlice-Justice
Richardson, Policc-Sergeant Mathews, OF
Richmond, and Justice OF the Peace ID. 4.
Timberlakc, OF Hanover. Mr.. Deirne and
I were then bound over to keep the peace.
In a short time afterwards We left for Ash
land.
Also, / would remark, and on the best
that the other party was engaged
to meet the Riddleberger party at +. NJ,
and that after had repaired the accidental
omission above referred TO and had notified
Mr.. - that / and my friend were ready,
yet for several hours no acceptance OF our
repeated propositions was given to us, and,
in fact, we awaited, while doing nothing,
the arrival Of the time when the other
party should by Enlargement come upon
the ground. WILLIAM RYAN.
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