Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-06-14

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house with them. and IN kell
on aettina within tie docr. 20 81
thea exclaimed: 'Ebly Coo | u y. \
Then I leaned that shorslv 81
leftth night before. She otheg 4 II \
withdfass1 tnslr object - a.
copied the terms precisely 81 I ppos!
/ ed and insisted apQn a. lnlI 1ate
nssting; that thsyrhad gone e.;E 81
daylight, each part aeeouiy - !
By his second and surgeon, ah had
sought 70 and the fam6ns Cd 81 iena
.laaro iusElina enonaia wlieR sp
fell, not being aware it haA aa
since abandoned for snala dses.
An the parties wsras afconrse, @flns
ers to the TssiQhhoEhpod, AID 81
shackmen were unable @ loee y "a
1 ground. when, Ilndins
within sight of the village Of Bla-
densbnrg. they selected ground, and
proceeded to arrange for the fight.
The terms / had suggested were CONF
piled with. 1.-THE word Sire, Mr..
J. instantly wheeled and fred, hitting
his adversary in the head before he
had wheeled, and killing him Instant
ly-a purely accidental shot. 7
In the mean time they had attract
ed the attention Of the people of the
village, and Immediately upon the
conclusion Of the affair they were sur
rounded by the police, who arrested
Mr.. D. and his party; bat DIR. FL. and
the surgeon managed to make their
escape. leaving the dead body of DIR.
J. on the field.
Upon learning these facts / volnn-
teered to 90 out and bring in the
body. Procuring a hack. and with an
undertaken, I went to Bladensburg, and
there stretched on a plank splendidly
dressed, saw the body of one of the
handsomest specimens Of mankind I
had ever beheld. ] obtained the per-
mission Of the Coroner to remove the
body, and it being delivered to the
undertaken was taken to Washington,
and thence shipped to North Carolina.
The trial of Mr.. j. and his party
before the Coroner's jury was proceed
ing at the time Of my arrival. / found
them greatly embarrassed by their
situation, and introduced myself, and
succeeded in having them discharged,
becoming the bail for Mr.. ]. 8 appear
ance at the next term Of the court at
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges
County, Maryland. The second and
surgeon were discharged without bail.
AT the meeting of the eonrt, about
two months afterward, Mr.. J. and
myself proceeded in q buggy from
Washington to Upper Marlboro, six
teen miles. During the drive con-
versation ensued, in which Mr.. j.
stated that he had been considering
the propriety of taking his wife hack,
and desired my advice on the subject.
He stated that he had a large family
of young children; that his father-in-
law. was one of the most noble aud
chivalric of gentlemen; that he was
greatly attached, indeed could not be
more attached to him if he were his
own father. 90
had previously heard the lady
described as a remarkably quiet. re-
fined and ladylike person, and that
her fall was generally attributed to
the peculiar advantage afforded her
seducer from his professional relations
as family physician. Under all the
circumstances did not hesitate to
advise that, if his feelings justified
the act, to disregard any supposed
censure of the world, and restore his
wife to himself and his children. The
Grand Jury ignored the indictment,
and shortly after his return home his
wife was received with open arms.
Thus ended, without undue notorie-
ty or the least excitement to the COM
munity, one of those cases where tie
feelings of a gentleman sometimes
render it necessary to resort to the
duello. How different is such mode
of settling such difficulties from that
which occurred on the streets of Wash
ington, within view Of the Presiden-
tial mansion, some thirteen years
thereafter, when an unarrned gentle
man, for such supposed provocation,
was shot down in the most cowaIdly
manner2
IAN episode of very sad and ex-
traordinary nature is connected with
this duel. Some three or four years
after it took place Mr.. J. had remoy-
ed from his former residence to the
county town of neighboring county
As lawyer Of large practice he was
necessarily often from home. During
one Of these absences a brother-in-law,
who had his suspicious aroused at the
frequent visits to the house by per-
son of the lowest social standing
the keeper of toll gate in the neigh.
borhood-caught him in the very act
Of adultery with Mrs. j., beat him Sc
verely, and eiecte,l him from the
house. This shocking discovery gave
rise to the impression that the woman
was of unsound mind. A medical
examination established the fact, and
she was placed BY her father for a
time in an insane asylum. Before
her departure, it il said, she stated
that Mr.. j. had no claims on hen
youngest child, leaving it to be in.
ferred that it was the offspring Of DR.
j., and she was permitted to take il
4 with her. kaa M
Mr.. J. is now dead. Before his
death he had become helpless and to
tally blind; he had alwaysvery in diff.
fsrentvisiou and was alwaysvery near
sighted. have lately been told that