Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-13
A Remarkable DueI.
DALLAS, Texas, Sep

DALLAS, Texas, September -.
The Ercntng Times publishes a letter from
Carrizo Pass, 600 miles west of nallas, giving
an account of a hostile meeting between two
miners in the Pecos Mining mp ,nv's camp.
twenty miles north of the Mexican border, last
Monday n ght. The duelsts were George Hol-
ienbeck and William Stratton, both New York
ers, born and raised near Palmyra; they were
of rich descent of the early Holanders. They
were educated at Cambridge; the former
graduated as lawyer and the latter as a ply
sician. They came out of college about the
time of Lincoln's first call for volunteers
to suppress the Southern rebellion. They en-
listed went through the war, serving i'm
Colonel Gordon's One Hundred and Forty.
fourth New York Regiment. At the close of
the war they returned home, but finding pro-
fessional pursuits too tame for them
they concluded TO go West. Before thew
left home difficulty arose between
them which was prevented from endi q I'm
bloodshed by the interposition OF mutual
friends. Before they had chance 10 meet
again Stratton sought his fortune in the Far
west. He wandered to California, where he
went to work as a miner. Holbenbeok went I'm
the same direction, but stopped at Colorado
where he also became a miner They never
heard Of each other after this They have
since followed the business OF mining.
but have never become as rich as they at
nrst expect d. A few days ago they met in
the Pecos mining camp and recognized each
other. The school and social polish had
been rubbed Off by the trials and hard
ships incident to life I'm the mining camps.
Hollenbeck was overjoyed to meet STRAIT.
ton, who repealed him and said thew
would settle that little unfinished diff.
Guilty which arose between them at their last
meeting. Hollenbeck sad he had forgot
ten all about the difficulty referred To. and
f0rfo fv1nd g..
him. Stratton insisted on settlement nc
cording to the CODE Holenbeck q id if moth
ing short of That would do he would arcommo-
de.e him. Accordingly arrangements were
c.i;nsumniated for duel. They were T. fight
announce ready, after which a third party was
TO count three, when they, were to ire The
it and announced ready from oppos te CO, ne ay
!" One, two, three, and Strattori hired Sfraffor
flred second shot, but the only response from
hoiIenDeck was groan. Strattpn. believing
he bad wounded Hoilenbcch iii ed n third shof
In the dir ction of the grooming. Tn report of
from where the groan appeared to proceed and
stratton FELL No more shots be ng xchanoed
St reees e9s me- f the t room and ntersd
Kill d, VIII lie HoIlenbeck was unhurt Hoilen.
DECK Is ventriloauist, and, on entering the
room took bis stand in q diagonal corner from
his adversary. and, to make him 5. iieye he
was IN the opp site corner. threw his voice i'm
t mat quarter OF the room, VIII re the bullets
from MS adversary's pis oil harmlessly bur ed
tnemseiv 8 In the wall. II hal been SO long
since they had seen each other that HolIen.
DECKS ventriloquism had ensirely escaped the
memory OF Stratton. The affair has can sed
great deal OF excitement through The camp:
but as anything is called fair in such business,
no fault is found by he miners with the st~af,
egy employed by Hollenbeck
J "A Philadelphia family has a level
OF servant girl. She's not handsome
and won't kiss the master of the house,
and still she is a jewel. When burglars
broke in, pointed q pistol at her head
and demanded to know. where the mon
ey was kept she replied that she would
not te them. Though her life was
threatened she persistertly held her
tongue, and the burglars departed after