Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-19
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O!Dlstcn Is nlnlug seltcnvht, 1t hiss
population OF some two Luodred persons, III os
Ut whom are miners aud fu.necs men. Love
ano Brooks are employed st the 1uEnaoe end
nave worked together several years Some
tiae ago they became engaged 10 uu.rreI,
which originated at q counuy dgucs aod has
tasted untiI 10 day. TDey tr, oolh youog men,
and Books has been married i.tle less thar
year, and two days ago his wife bore him a
child. Ols night receuty Brooks celebrated
this event by getting on spree, aud returning
10 the turrac5 be met Love aud the old ieui
Vas reklouIrd. SUme hvt words were used aid
a heht ebsued. Brooks picked no heavy
Ilec, OF oluder ard struck Love on the head,
snG the hight ended for tilue. 1--we promising
10 ropew hostltliles in the morning. W hen
morolDg arrived Brooks was informed that
Love bad purchased + v0iver, aud he too pre-
rared himself with five shooter and pressed
cd With his trends to the lurntc.. There
he met Love ana crowd Ut Dack. rs. BJlh
were prepared for cattle, and it did no.
lake loag 70 Ind suthcleut cause. Followed by
'heir respective cqu;s The TWO principals Wa k
a!upg together, calling esch ether hard nsmes,
uotll Love hcallg pick, d up Back aod threw
!! at Brooks head. This BIO. Ks wardeu eff
out recrived severe bfursu On the elbow; ST
ihe same lme be drew < shooting thirty
Two callore revolver ami fired, the bail crteripg
Loves abtcm o, out he did rot fall Give Il
10 him back yelled one Of the crowa, and
Low, also drew and flied. There were probs-
0iy hty men c;rcl@d around lhe cou baisuts,
each urelDg his iavotlte 10 fire and eaca ermrd
Win knife or pistol. The principals needed
40 encJuIag ment, however Llbg buried ha-
tired had burst forth 10 the bosom of each, aud,
iretZisd With excl:emc1t, they fully determined
10 settle the matter then and there. The
c'owd yelled aud the fighting continued uaa-
pated. Love was 6rrg a little faster
tnan his opponent, but Brork,' aim seems
10 haV2 been none tho s,eadici for the de-
!sy. ihe mcn wsr, standing at short
rage, each firing alternately end in COM
paraiively good order. Finally Love began re-
treatlCg. Boo0ks following him. still fling.
Love backed as t.r as the engiue house c.rler,
God. again staining his ground empticd his
revolver at bis oppouent, who I'll With bu LIT
10 caca lgg. The crowd su sed srouLd the
fallen msu, who wss vsioly attempting 20 reload
his enpilcd ,i,tol. Brooks also called to bis
frcrd5 fer knfe to remove the shells from,
hij aIoj. But mn were now h9rs de comr
bat, tu each Was aux,ous 10 COD -ue the
battle uail one or the other would ack owedgs
himself dsfea.ed. TIE friends Of the parties
now declared the battle enGed. The co1tatants
we're taken from the field aud telegram was at
once seut to NeIsonvie for medical aid, brd
Dr.. William AIdermsn. of this place. ct Ole,
responded. He found Love with bullet hole
10 his abdomen, ABOUT lwo inches to tic left OF
the umbrlcus. Az night he was said TO b.
dying. Brooks was shot through tho lowcr
Io:tion OF each lex, one bali passed through
the rig It leg and another is tu,led in the f.shY
part vi the left. Both men w,re placed uoder
arrest. Love ia 2l years old and unmarried
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