Tombstone weekly epitaph., 1882-11-25
TWO DUELS.
Remarkable Duels Fought in New
 York Years Ago.
United States Magazine.

A singular and fatal duel was | fought some years ago in New York | by the late Stephen Price, well known in England as former lessee of Drury Lane theatsr. Benjamin Price was considered the handsomest of his family, though his brother Stephen was not to oe despised, either as regards good looks or abilities. Benjamin one evening had escorted a very pretty woman to the Park Theatre, when during the perform,
 auce British officer in an adjoining
 box took the liberty of staring her
 full in the face. She complained of
 it to Ben Price, who on its repetition
 seized the offender by the nose with
 his "fnger and thumb, and wrung it
 most effectually." Tue officer left
 his box and went to Ben Prices.
 Ben, in answer to knock, opened
 the door, when the officer, whose
 name was Green. asked Ben what he
 meant, remarking at tho same time
 that he meant no insult to the lady.
 "Oh! very well," replied Ben, "nej-
 ther did l intend to insult you by
 what did" Upon this they shook
 hands as sworn brothers, and some
 tlmc after MT. Green went to Canada
 to join his regiment. The fact of
 the affair, however, had reached Can-
 ada before MT. Green, and of course got noised about. An officer of his regiment having pique against
 him was particularly active in
 airing the scandal, and brought the matter so strongly before his
 brother officers that one of them, a
 Captain Wilson, insisted upon Green being O .tracised unless he went back
 to New York immediately and chal-
 lenged Price. Green, however, being
 no shot, he was allowed to get up
 his pistol practice to favorable standard, and having practiced five
 hours daily, until he could hit dol
 lar at ten paces nine times out of ten, 5 then he came to New York and chal.
 lenged Ben Price. They fought at f Hoboken, Price being killed at the
 first fire. The seconds immediately ?. decamped, while Green, who obtained
 leave to go to England on UT. ', gent private affairs, took small s boat crossed the river, and got on 8 10 vessel ill the bay ready to sail for the
 old country. Prices body wa: y found where he had fallen, with 8 70 piece of paper attached to tho
 breast, on which the following words e were written: "This is Benjamin B Price, boarding in Vesey street, New a York; take care of him" The body C. was brought to the city quietly, anc ,s he was buried in New York.
 :, The death of Ben Price was, how . ever, but one-half of the tragic II transaction that resulted from the
 pulling of Mir. Greens nose. Some l. years later, Captain Wilson, who ha: h. been already referred to, arrived ir New York from Eng gland on his way % to Canada, and put up at the Wash
 ing ton Hotel. There one day at din ,s her the conversation turned on the ,l death of Ben Price and the mannel r thereof, when Captain Wilson, whc ;s had joined in the conversation, tool
 credit for having been mainly instru e. mental in bringing about the duel 70 detailing all the particulars connected m herewith. This statement was i'm re mediatcly carried to Stephen Price e who was lying ill of the gout a ,; home. His friends say that he a
 once obeyed the instructions of hi
 physician, and obtaining thereby ;
 cessation of the gout, was enabled
 to hobble out of doors, his lowe pc limbs being swathed in flannel. Hi! s, first course was to seek the Washing e. ton Hotel, where his inquiry was: to els Captain Wilson within?"
 "He is" sad the waiter.
 So "Show me up to his room," saic w Stephen, and he was shown accord Id ingly.
 a, Hobbling up stairs with much diff n fculty, cursing alternately as h, went, the gout which caused the s Y, pain and the captain who was the 10 cause of his having to hobble, witt is equal vehemence, he at last reached ,. Captain Wilson's room, his feet cased
 Tn moccasins and his hand grasping pr pr a stick. Captain Wilson rose te re- ,e ceive him, wondering all the time
 who his lame visitor could be, but ,f his mind on that point was soon re.
 lievcd.
 n "Are you Captain Wilson?" said
 the stranger.
 a "That is my name," replied the
 captain.
 Il "Then, sir, my name is Stephen Price. You see, sir, 1 can scarcely " put one foot before the other; am
 afflicted with the gout. My object
 in coming here IS to insult you. Shall g 1 have to knock you down, or will n you consider what have said suffi- l, cicnt insult, and act accordingly" e "No, ST." replied the captain, smil- e ing, "I shall consider what you have Q said quite sufficient, and shall act ;, accordingly. You shall hear from