The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-23
The Challenge.

house. From these he excused himself as
quick as possible and left ashland.
As soon as he coLid ind a safe retreat he
communicated with friends and sent q
challenge.
Mr.. Elam had anticipated the message,
and also the probability that the police
would upon seeing his article seek to pre-
vent a meeting, and he had therefore aban-
doned his Office, but leis gentleman to re-
ceive all letters for him.
The challenge was expected, and was
| promptly accepted.
THE CARTEL.
Two friends representing each side met
here Thursday at =. NJ, and after discus
sion and such deliberation as the occasion
allowed agreed to the following cartel:
Weapons Colts navy reyolvers six
barrels.
Distance: Eight PAGES.
Firing: TO begin after L" Gentlemen, are
you ready?" and between the utterance
Of the E.-TwO-THREE-FIRE.
After the first shot the challenger was to
say whether he was satisfied. II not, after
and beginning with the second shot the
parties were TO fire until the reyoyers were
empty, and to advance If they chose.
Place Of meeting: Near Hanover juno
ton, which, IL was believed, would be
equally convenient to Mr.. Elan, who was
in cOncealment in Richmond. and Mr..
Beirne, who was in concealment eight or
ten miles from Hewlett's.
Mr.. Elams friends very much wished
the fight to occur at daybreak yesterday
morning, but as hr. Beirne was too far
away to be communicated with and gotten
there in that time his representatives de-
clined to agree to that proposition. Then
ii was resolved that the meeting should
take place at p. VI. yesterday.
on HAND-wEAPoNs.
Arrived at the Junction, it was agreed
that the ground should be on Mr.. Car
doza's farm, about two miles south OF the
Junction.
This matter disposed Of an investigation
was Instituted rs to the weapons that had
been brought by Mr.. Elam's party. Upon
examination it was found that they were
not navy reyoIyers. but Colts fiye-shooters
OF 81 calibrc. Mr.. Beirne's seconds in
sisted that these weapons did not fulfil the
terms Of the compact. On this point there
was considerable contention. Captain
Page McCarty, who had arrived at the
| Junction from Washington about 2:1j,
offered to produce a pair Of dueiing-pis-
tolls DerringersJ. and proposed that these
should be used.
Mr.. ELAN's FRIENDS OBJECTED.
As valuable time was being lost Mr..
Beirne finally determined to waive all OBJ
| iections to the weapons, and intended so to
say when arrived at the field. His friends
demanded that the circumstances concern
ing the weapons should then and there be
briefly reduced to writing. For this pur-
pose they left the vicinity Of the Junction
and proceeded towards the duelling-
ground, and at about one mile from the
depot stopped by the roadside in a ravine
to commit the matter to the paper. That
was twenty minutes to O'Clock. At 6
they were to fight. Mr.. Beirne was near
the ravine in his carriage.
ARRESTED.
About - o'clock the tram from Rich
mond on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
arrived. Messrs. Pumphrey and Ragland
left the depot in buggy just as it came in.
On that train. unknown to any OF the duel
lists, was Officer Aleck Tomlinson, Of the
Richmond police force. He got of at the
junction. lie picked up a horse and fol-
lowed rapidly down the road and arrested
Mr.. Beirne and Messrs. W. Page McCarty
and Frank Wright, OF Petersburg, Of one
party, and Messrs. Waverly Ragllnd and
W. Frank Humphrey Of the other.
They were engaged in writing when Mr..
Tomlinson came up and showed his war;
rant. 1t was a perfect surprise. There
was no chance for flight. So the whole
party then and there found surrendered.
There being no warrant for the arrest OF
any one except Mr.. Beirne and Mr.. Elam,
the gentlemen found near Mr.. Beirne were
released. but summoned rs witnesses. Mr..
Elan and some friend and Richmond
doctor were down the road at another
point. and were not found. They were
probably not two hundred yards oil.
There was no magistrate at hand. The
nearest was seven or eight miles of, and
he had TO be sent for to bail Mr.. Beirne.
POINTS.
There is controversy rs to who was re-
sponsible for the carrying on OF arrange
ments so near to such public place as the
depot: that, however, will no doubt, with
other matters, be the subject at some fu-
ture time OF an authentic publication, and
for that reason is not discussed here.
The rumor in this city was that Messrs.
George ID. Wise and William l.. Royal
were arrested with Mr.. Beirne. Such is
not the fact, though they were seen at the
Junction after the arrest.
Mayor Darlington caused the arrest.
His information was from gentleman who
came into the city by the fast mail yester-
day. As soon as he got it he immediately
sent for Mr.. Tomlnson and gave him the
orders which he was so successful in exc
cutting.
Well. is the trouble at an endg
The only answer il. 1--WE don't know"