The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-18
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OA1LASs Texao, Sept. 35.-Tbo
EcsSt30 Times publishes . letter
1so0 Cas5i1o Pa, 600 miles west q
UolIoD, g1utng IN account of q hon
Tile meeting between two mines. IN
the Pecoo 0iDing Co0pany's eamp.
twenty miles n01th q the Nexican
border, last Monday night. The
00elltsts were Gooege Hollenbeek and
William 6t6atton, both New Yorkefv
born and raised near Falmyra. They
were Of rich descent Of the early Hol-
1ADdem. They were educated at
Cambridge; tie former eradusted -
2 hwZsr and the latter - = physi-
can. They came out of college about
the same time Of LincolnS 6rst call
Sof ve!unteefs 70 snpprees the South
esn Re6ellio0. They enlisted and
ve1t through the war, serving in
Colonel 0ogdon's One Hundred and
Fosty-lburth New York Regfuent.
AT the elooe of The war they returned
ho9e, but 1ndlng pgolessjo0al par.
s9its too lame foe them they con
elude0 10 70 West. Before they LEFT
heme djMc0lty arose between them
which vas pssvented ffosn ending In
bSoodshed BY the intespouitivn OF
mutual fflends. Before they he'd !
chance to meet again 6tsattoo eought
his fortune in tIbe Far West. Ia
wandered % California, where be
went to work - . miner. Hollen-
beck went In the same direction, but
stopped at Colombo, where be also
became miner. They never heard
oS each other after this. They have
since followed the business Of mining.
but have never become = rich q thev
q nrSt expected. A few days ago
they met 10 the Pecos mining camp
and recognized each other. The
school and sOcial polish had been
Iubbedo6 by the trials and hardships
incident to life In the mining camps.
6ollenbeck was oveIjoyed 20 meet
6eratt00, who repelled dim and said
they would settle that little unnnIsh-
d difficulty which arose BE-
tween them It their las;
meeting Hollenback said he had
forgotten all about the di0culty ~
1esred to, and enteStained no III feol-
inGD whatever against him. Stratt0n
insisted on settlement In accordance
with the code. Hollonbeek said II
nothing short Of that would do he
Woo1d accommodate him. Accord
jn91y, arrangements were oonsum-
mated for duel. They were to fight
with pistols In . dark room. Each
man Wa0 to announce ready, after
which third party was to count
three, when they were to fire. The
room was - dark - Egypt. They
went into It and announced ready
from opposite corners. "One, two,
three" and Stratton fired. stratton
fired q second shot, but the only re-
spOnse from Hollenl,cck was . groan.
6trattcn, believing he had wounded
H0llenbeck. fired . third shot In the
Of the groaning. The report
OF . pistol came from . corner direct
u opP0oite from where the groan ap-
peared to proceed from, and StrattOn
fell. No more shots being exchanged,
the miners opened tine room and en-
tered. A light revealed the fact that
Stntton had been killed. while Hol-
senbeck wa unhurt. HOllenbeck h
, ventri)oquist, and on entering the
room took his stand In q diagonal !
corner from his adversary, and to |
make him believe he was IN the %
posite corner, threw bis voice In that |
corner Of the room, where the bullets |
from his advenaIy's pistol harmlessly |
buried Themselves ID the wall. It
had been % long since they had seen
e0ch other that HOlleubeck'sve y ventrilO- |
quism had entirely escaped the |
memory Of Stratton. The affair has
caused . great deal of excitement |
lhroeeh the camp; but ~ anything |
b called fair In s1ch business, NO fault |
, found by the miners with the |
employed by Hol!enbeck.
0omploint0 Against the q. p. and |
@. p.
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