Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
THE FIELD OF HONOR.
The Wise-Lewis Duel Supposed to Have Been
Fought To-day Near this CITY

Fought To-day Near this City.
Notwithstanding the gloom existing because
OF the Presidents DEATH there is considerable
excitement in the city to-day in regard to a due
that is supposed to have been fought near Wash.
lngtOn this morning, between us. District At
torney Lewis and PeytOn Wise of Virginia In
his speeches in the campaign in Virginia, Hon
George ID. wise, COngressman-elect from the Sd
Virginia (Richmond) district, criticised ex-sena-
tor Lewis candidate on the readjuster ticket
for lieutenant governor severely. Wise charged
Lewis, who is U s. marshal with having dragged
innocent men before the courts and with having
charged excessive fees. etc. District Attorney
Lewis, in recent speech at Petersburg, said
that If Gov. Wise had thus spoken of Marshal
Lewis he (Wise) was a coward and a fool
PeytOn Wise, brother of George ID. Wise
took the matter up, as his brother was in south
west Virginia making speeches, and published a
communication in the Richmond papers de-
nouncing District Attorney Lewis as fool,
coward and liar. In his card Wise said Lewis
had called his brother Gov. Wise) fool and
coward constructively, but that he (Peyton
Wlse) denounced Lewis as fool. coward and
liar directly and emphatically. This card brought.
it appears a challenge from District Attorney
Lewis to PeytOn Wise. which was promptly ac-
cepted. 1t leaked out that they were to fight
this morning near Washington, but nobody has
been able yet to learn where they fought, or any
thing further about the matter. Friends of both
parties are satisfied that the duel has been fought
before this time.
WILD RUMORs.
report gained circulation about o'clock
this afternoon that Wise had been shot through
trace it to any authentic sources.
Another report was that Mr.. John
Amber Smith, ex-senator Lewis son-in-
law, was connected with the duel in the capacity
OF second for Lewis A STAR reporter hunted
up Mr.. Smith and ascertained that there was no
Mr. Sn,if coiI In
mad no connection with the duel and
did not know anything more about it than he had
heard ON the streets. He said that Wise is
CRACK SHOT
with pistol. and in the affair he got the adyant-
age he played for, in forcing Lewis to challenge
him. By the rules of the code this gave to Wise
the choice of weapons. and. of course. he
chose pistols. Mr.. Smith said in regard to Lewis
that he is a very cool man. though not practi-
Cal shot, and if the antagonists were close
enough together he would bet that ''Wise got
Lewis ball" There were, it seems. several
friends of each gentleman i'm the party, and
it is reported that all OF them came from Virginia
on the same train last night; that instead of
coming into the depot they got off near
THE LONG BRIDGE,
where they were met by friends with
carr iages, and thus provided they drove
to the ground agreed upon, wherever
that was. 1t was at first believed that the fight
occurred at Quantico, but information received
from there was that the parties did not 90 there.
An other surmise was that the historic field of
Bladensburg was the place of the hos
port said that the fight took place
in the neighborhoOd of Alexandria. gentle
man OF this city who is familiar with the code
was being hunted for diligently last night. and
as he disappeared this morning it is supposed
he had some hand in the affair."
THE POLICE DO NOT THINK THEY CANE THIS
WAY.
Last evening Major Brock got information
that Messrs. Wise and Lewis would arrive in
this city from Richmond on the southern train
at ten o'clock. and stationed specials at the
depot, but neither Of the parties appeared
Officers were then directed to visit the hotels
but nothing could be learned of them. NOTHING
further has been learned to-day in police circles
OF the movements Of the parties. nor Of
their whereabouts, and it is believed that tbev
did not come in this direction.
Since the above was in type it has been ascer-
tanned that Capt. Wise and Lewis left
Richmond at $40 O'Clock this morning
Tor point on the r. F. and p
X r., believed to be ut Quantico. It having he.
come known that tie party were to leave the
train at the latteg point they debarked at a sta
ton below Quantfco.a lin order to escane arrest
1t was reported at Quantico that Cant Wise and
ms party Were arrested, however, and that the