Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-08-04
MANIA EOR DUEIIING

leSSneSS OF human lie ana savage
ry born of this bringing together of
adventurous spirits from all parts Of
the world, something like the old
gladiatorial days of Rome. The
greed for gold, the absence of wom-
anly influence, the open defiance of
the law, and the lack of healthy
| public sentiment, without which the
law cannot be enforced, brought
about a state of things heretofore
unparalleled in this country. Hostile
correspondence was often carried on
in the newspapers, and when meet
ing was determined upon the entire
town was on the qui rire. 1t was
made a sort of holiday, the people
turned out en- mdsse as they do in
Spain to see bull fight, and the
amusement was not considered en-
tirely satisfactory unless one or both
of the parties We're slain.
The next duel | recall was fought
between Col. Woodlief. a noted
Texan duelist, who was reported to
have killed several men, and young
man from st Louis named Achilles
Kewen. who went out with John
Tracy OF this city. The difficulty
which caused the meeting ,as an TN
important atlair-a dispute of some
kind in restaurant. Beth had been
drinking wine, and Woodlief made
use of some offensive language to
Kewen, and he drew his glove under
the fiery Texans nose, and the next
morning he received challenge. An
impression prevailed that Kewen
would not fight, but he accepted the
challenge and selected rifles at sew
enty yards. DIR. Wake Briarly, for
merly of the army, and John Tracy
were Kewen's friends. The fight
took place at Contra Costa, across the
bay. L knew both parties. Woodlief
had been with us in Mexico. The
cause of the difficulty seemed SO
trivial that L tried my best to bring
about an amicable settlement, but it
was of no use. Kewen was ready to
apologize, but the Texan claimed that
thrusting a glove under his nose was
the same as a blow, for which no
apology could be accepted. The
news of the affair was soon known
throughout the city, and the relative
qualities of the men were freely dis
cussed. When the time came there
must have been from fifteen to 20
600 people on the ground. Every
available steamer was pressed into
service, and with bands playing and
colors flying all headed for the fight
ing ground. OF course the gambling
fraternity were out in full force, and
the betting was largely in favor of
the Texan, aud some were willing to
wager that Kewen would not come to
the scratch When all the parties
were on the ground the Sheriff of
the county and posse made their APP
pearance to arrest the principals and
their seconds, but the crowd inter
fered and gave him 4, to understand
that they had come to see fight and
they did not propose to have it inter
fered with, law or no law, and If Mr..
Sheriff wished to save himself trouble
he had better make no attempts at
arrests He saw that he was power
less against such mob, and quietly
Joined the crowd as spectator. Sc
confident was Woodlief of killing his
man that his wife accompanied him
in u carriage, intending to bear her
husband back in triumph. Kewen
+. was kept in close carriage, and the
entire assembly was anxious to sec
how he would carry himself. There
!. was some delay in
ARRANGING THE PRELIMINARIEs,
t And the impression was whispered
| about that the st. Louis boy was go
!. ing to show the white feather Fin
Q ally, everythiDg was in readiness, the
l ground was measured, the pegs driv
J. en-, and Kewen sprang from his car
| riage and took his place, looking will
t the utmost sang .froid upon the as
: sembled thousands. The moment
o Woodlief saw the face of his antag
:, onist, the expression of his owl
1 changed. He saw that at last he hat
0 a foeman worthy Of him. Whatever
hopes he may have built on the youth
t inexperience and lack of nerve O.
] his enemy vanished when the time O
8 trial came. The weapons were
l placed in their hands. Kewen turned
: upon his opponent a steady gaze, anC
l at the word both rifles cracked. The
a Texans ball grazed the hair of Kew
a ems head just above the ear, Will.
: Woodlief leaped into the air and fel
l to the ground corpse, shot through
!. the heart. From that hour Kewer
Q was hero, and singularly enough
t he, too, became intimate with Walker
t accompanied him on his tilibusterine
q expedition into Nicaragua and per
t ished there with the others.
9 You see, duels became so common
: and the demands upon the army anC
s navy surgeons, Drs. Hitchcock ant
g Hastings, were so frequent that il
s in self-protection they made it rule
D to attend no duelist in such an affair
0 unless a retainer fee of $500 wa.
paid in advance. This made upper
J. tendon little careful about sending
. and accepting challenges St Louis
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