Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-24
Isl. Louis special to CHICAGO Tribnna.l


Desperate effort to bring about duel
between John NJ. Glover and Frank j.
Bowman have been making for some days
or perhaps two weeks. The correspo1-
dence that has passed would fill several
columns, and the diplomacy of the case has
been about exhausted. Not only that, but
both men have continued to do everything
in the reach of human ingenuity to exas-
perate each other. The provocations for
deadly combat have been innumerable,an
everybody is really surprised that blood
has not been shed long before this. 1t
will hardly do to ascribe it to the usual ex-
PLANTATION of such situations-namely:
that buster does not mean fight Botd
men have repeatedly shown that they are
not afraid of anybody. Glover has had
| rough turn-ups with and without weapons,
and besides that he comes of a fighting
family, pugnacious all the way through.
Though small, he trains in the gymnasium,
| is Light Guardsman. and skilled in the
| use of weapons. Bowman is not much
| bigger than mosquito, but has several
times come out first best in combats
with men of double his size. More
over he is reported to be phenom-
email shot with any kind of firearms. Prob
ably, both being lawyers, they have been
about equally anxious to get through with
the thing in some way that would not
leave poor defense against criminal
prosecution. That their hatred is deadly
is beyond doubt, and any collision that
might have occurred would unquestionably
have involved deadly intent on both sides
| CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY.
The cause of the difficulty dates back to
the unfortunate tragedy in which Col. A.
W. Slayback lost his life last fall. Glover
was candidate for the Democratic NOM
ination for congress from the Ninth dis
trict. Col. Slayback took the stump in
behalf of his law-partner, Col. James
o. Broadhead, who secured the NOM
ination. In the course of the campaign
Col. Slayback denounced the PoSt-Dis-
patch, which retorted by republishing an
old card which Glover had written about
Slayback long before. How Col. Slayback
went to the Post-Dispatch Office and was
killed by the editor, John A. Cockrill, is
still fresh in the memory of newspaper
readers. When the grand jury failed to
indict Cockrill, Bowman was employed by
the Slayback family to conduct a damage
suit against Cockrill. Glover appeared in
the case on the other side, and in the
course of long series of dispositions the
two attorneys managed to worry each
other In most exasperating manner.
AT DAGGERs DRAWN.
At times Glover would sit with an open
knife in his hand and Bowman with tight
clutch on something concealed IN his
bresst-pocket, and thus, with not more
than yard separating them, each would
seem to exhaust his ingenuity to provoke
an attack from the other, and at the same
time to preserve his own nerve and cool
ness. Since that case was disposed of the
two have again been pitted against each
other in the interminable case for possession
of the Windsor hotel property, which has
been very largely conducted by deposit
tions. The opportunities thus offered for
personal wrangles were eagerly embraced
by both. The controversy has been grow
ing more and more bitter, and some two
his wife on the street. There was talk of
8 duel at that time.
THE "CoMBATANTs" INTERVIEWED.
Bowman was asked about the matter al d
replied: GAS to my private business have
nothing to say. have placed my private
affairs in the hands of two gentlemen well
versed in such matters, and Who were new
er known to fail.
The two gentlemen referred to were as
certained to be Col. G. Price, an ex-con-
federate officer, and R. S. Macdonald, a
prominent attorney.
Mr.. Glover was seen. and he said he had
received no challenge. AS both men re-
manned in town, and nothing came of if,
there was an idea that the affair was more
wind than anything else.
| 1t appears, however, that Col. Price.
while not conveying to Mr.. Glover a chal-
lenge, did give MIN his personal word of
honor that If he (Glover) would place him
self beyond the reach of the Missouri law,
he should not have fifteen minutes to wait
| for one.
| The place where duel might be fought
| under such circumstances without liability
to prosecution under any anti -dueling act
would naturally be the Indian territory,
and it is supposed that the invitation to
go there would be couched in such terms
as not to be capable of being used in
Missouri as evidence to convict under the
statute clause which provides a penalty
for leaving the state to fight a duel.
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brio order-very fine, indeed.
Friday Glover went to the four courts
and filed an information charging Bowman
with perjury in an affidavit made in 1881.
Nothing was thought of this, as it was
looked on as only another step in the war
between the two men. It now comes out
that the negotiations have been conducted
all along, Glover talking fight as much as
Bowman, who was the challenging party.
But the correspondence indicates that Just
as Glover had reason to believe the chal-
lenge would be sent he swore out the per-
| jury warrant, and now makes that one of
| the pretexts for refusing to fight.
THE CHALLENGE.
The challenge was formally presented
Friday night, and it is claimed Glover had
notice that Bowman's seconds were look
ing for him before he filed the criminal
complaint. Glover was represented
throughout by Capt. Silas Bent and Judge
T. T. Garrett, formerly of the court of
appeals bench. Glover declines to fight
on three grounds. First, that the challenge
bears date week back; second, that il
relates to matters that are stale; and third,
that If comes from a man who was pp1ar