Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-10-21
Riddleberger's pistol barely missed its

Anofbar ~o,nd xroo had This time
hoth naanons -ro.,+ off +oaathor and the
h,,a Meapons "ene " .uS1rHu ,hrongh
tha o oir o I o"t ~ Nv ho.ds Of the onnosine
u Uno on oioso W 'no ho"u' ~ WV 'pfO
20" LII III ,d mo. aoread unon.
ona .ho ,uirn;,aIs ar.;n stood erect. firm
IT, o,;'.ehft. ~ do,2Iu weanons awaiting
the command to fire. Clear and distinct
Ghe ~0Io was elven. LIS .,o thro,,~h
WIZ WI hat lin, and that from Wise's MS
toll cut hole through Rlddlebergers coat
tail.
Still another round was ordered, and
again the same command repeated.
On the fourth round Dnth Dalis missed
and without taking another shot Mr. Eld,
dleberger stepped forward ana EXTENDED
his hand in an amicaoie manner to"ai9s
Mr.. Wise. VIZ. wise afCer rev WORDS
with his second. came forward and took
the proffered Rand, MI hlddleberger, at
the same time expressing his regret Tor the
publication, and declaring that at no time
did lie ever doubt the honor OF Mr.. Wise.
The parties then separated, and Captain
Wise WAS shortly Thereafter arrested.
The place where the duel was fought
Was in the midst OF thick clump OF trees
away from the sight OF everybody, about
two miles from Atlee's Station, in Hano-
yer county. and about nine miles from
Richmond.
All the parties arrived In Richmond
about dark Saturday night. About two
hours after, Capt. Riddleberger reached
the city he addressed a la1ge crowd at the
Readjuster mass meeting near Ford's Ho-
tel.
MAI. DANIEL MAKES A STATEMENT,
49,,
Inc oIaIe VI WIG l''h coh'"iiis Ihe
following card in the same connection
from Mai, Daniel:
III tbe h7;Yo,. of the Stote.
nc we richmond .sWhio', has nuh,isbed j.
etatamant alleged to have hsen mada nv
7 ooh Wilson wherein Hon Gaorce r.
osrSu.d.d him n dsl,var m TO Hair lot ,
iars and TO hava known That thew wera
NOT w,itten NV RIair
The statement, ia nfterlv false and has
no,, The shadow of foundation.
arrived at Big Lick on the morning of
s.ntamher 9th from Covner,s SPRINGS a
little while before the speaking commence
ed. just before goldg TO the stano heard
LOT Gne irsv ellne y. f fne a tbo1 "n
shown me- bv Hon. George D. Wise. to
whom Col. Logan had shown them. They
had oeen delivered TO Coi. Logan oeIole
n ;th m;,sn d;raotIv ~ ;ndirootiu. Iua,u
nothing about the letters until they were
produced. and had nothing whatsoever to
20 VIII Tue i1ae.eI. ,. - u;,.;,,;,
| who does not know that am incanable If
| snv comnIicitv in insulating The nrodrc-
| linn of nriv.te corresn ,ndence. and those
who yvonld attemnt tn DIVA semhlauce to
| the imnntt1on made in the alleged state.
ment IF Wilson are conscious of their
avn bas-ness in doiug 80.
| .ionn declared to Cant. Thomas White.
mead Mr. Carter Glass. and Mr.. Baxter
| Harvav If Gvncthuro that his so.caIled
confession il itself a forgery and re-itera.
| cd his ossar, ion that the Rlair lattars ara
anime And nave m IDEA thai, an in.
tollinant pnhlic will ran.rd tho attamn,
made to inanmon me- with other feelinps
| than those If joathino and contemnt foI
those who n,ake #
''O "O '-'''>O ~ John W. DANIEL.
5000,
In the 'Dlspatch'' of the 18th tele-
| gram from Carter GLASS; city editor of the
/ .Tvncbbnro News ,, details a converse.
| $500. 49,.
I"n "' ''io ocpoV Ill 0ne'' oi'y ooo"oon III LII
self and Wilson in which he denied the
authenticity of the publication in the
ssWhig.o and the following telegram from
Hon. Thomas Whitehead, puts his reiter
ared denial in the strongest possible form
To-day 7 Steamed ont If the northern
train and saw Mr.. Carter Glass, city edI
Jor OF the News" in conversation VIII
.. baACer i1afvey Gnu Ppison "hon l ~,
WHAT took to he a nress telegram
went up to him and asked him if he hae
Ihaard fbat ..Wi,son has oone hack IN tn,
,A,,ia,r lei ters ;; He said This is Mr.
| Wilson. - nointing to the stranger: ant
then said: mir. Wilson. are the letter
genuine or forgedpn and he said thew ver,
genuine. and that the statement said t.
be in the "Whig'' was lie. and had beer
added to what he wrote. Said he II dom
,ienv writing letter., lie wheeled aroun(
and said. t.I,ll take the train and fix thi
at once. - | left and saw no more of him
and DO NOT recollect ever to have seen inn
before. THOMAS WHITEHEAD.
We hereby certify to the correctness O
Mr. Glass,s renort Of tha conversation hal
to-day All the Union denot between him AM
w +. Wilsnn IN regard tn tho Rlair let
tiers and the publication in the "Whip."
s. r. HARVEY.
| THOMAS WHITEHEAD
| norNa prurNn THE RECORD
The following telegram to the same pa
nor !. nn.nsnor.h,o ovidonoo going hac,
pe. 10 "n"n' "ol"oi0 o' ieono'' soine Dao'
as IL does 10 a date previous TO Tue mrs
production of the Blair letters. The sign
ers of this telegram are known to us to bt
,,nin,no.ohoh1e
"n.n' po''on''oio
CHRIsTlANsBCRG, VA, OCTOBER IA
we have just seen Wilson's card IN tht
swing"
IN August 25th-fourteen days before
Danlels speech at Big Lick-we were al
Montgomery Springs 70 sell that property
as commissioners. That night ON the
porch Leigh Wilson stated to us that be
was with us in this hight: that he had let
| tiers from Malone Blair and other Reau