The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-27
DOTS ON THE DUEL.
Tho Principals Absent and Uuac.
counted For, ana No Fight Re-
ported Ycsterday.

There was plenty OF interest but no eX.
citement in the city yesterday about the
expected duel. The thing has been so long
delayed by the interruption and appear
anee Of police officer at Hanover June
ton that no time now set by public rum0r
will be looked to with anything like conf
dent expectation.
Messrs. w. Page McCarty and W. l..
Royall. friends OF Mr.. Beirne, and Colonel
A. W. Jones, who is supposed to be the
adviser OF Mr.. Elam's second, were seen
on Nam street several times yesterday.
They appeared to be innocent enough OF
any knowledge Of warlike preparations !;
but the police, or at least some Of them,
construed their appearance in public as
designed TO throw the authorities of their
guard.
MOVEMENTS.
Others took II to mean that the affair was
now in new hands, and the names OF two
Fauquier gentlemen were frequently re-
ferred to i'm this connection.
DR.. Edwards, who went up to the Uni
versity to deliver an address on Monday
night, found that he was under watch the
whole way. He had appeared at Hanover
Junction about the time the duel was ar
ranged to take place there, and it was sus-
pected that on that occasion he was to be
Mr.. Beirne's surgeon. DR.. Lewis Wheat,
who was there near the field (as is be-
lieyed) TO render any services that Mr..
Elan might need. was here Monday, but
Monday night left the city, and yesterday
afternoon it was announced that "Dr.
Lewis Wheat left for Staunton i'm answer
TO Il call, and while there he intends pur-
chasing a fine thoroughbred mare TO re-
place the one killed few weeks ago"
DR.. Hugh VI. Taylor has been to the
University to attend n meeting OF the
Board OF Visitors, and was not. as was
stated in our report, engaged rs surgeon
to Mr.. Elan.
NEARING EACH OTHER.
By this morning time enough will have
elapsed to allow the principals TO be near
each other.
As is well known, when Mr.. Beirne es-
capped from the officer at Hanover Junction
he took the train for Greenbrier county.
West Va Great efforts have been made TO
arrest him. The New \ ork Herdld states
that on Saturday night railroad official
i'm West Virginia made an affidavit that
Beirne was there for the purpose OF fighting
a duel, and obtained a warrant for his ar
rest. An officer armed with this authority
started to Lewisburg, but n friend OF
Beirne's had preceded him, and upon the
arrival OF the latter Beirne could not be
found.'
FAR AWAY.
Beirne is now doubtless far away from
that county.
He has had time enough to make a wide
circuit and return to this neighborhOOd,
or TO 90 TO any point designated for the
meeting. His problem, however, would
be to escape recognition on a train. now
that there are 50 many lynX-eyed people,
and in view OF the fact that lie is large,
fleshy man, and could not hide away in
any corner.
Mr.. Elam's cOncealment has been admi-
rably maintained. There have been ru-
mors that he was here i'm Richmond; there
have been stories that he was seen over in
Petersburg; il has been said that he got on
a west-bOund train OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio; but however correct any one OF
these conjectures may be, its truth has not
been demonstrated by the production OF an
eyewitness.
WEEK GONE.
The proceedings looking to a hostile
meeting between Mes>rs. Belrnc and Elam
were commenced last Thursday, and there
fore have to-day been in progress week.
There are people here who are very GER
tain that the duel will occur to-day. The
police. however, were last night OF the
opinion that the measures taken would pre-
vent anything Of the kind. The hint
thrown out was that the place Of conceal
ment OF Mr.. Elan was known. The police
authorities Of Richmond seem TO have
done all they could i'm the premises. but il
they have been very vigorously aided by
any county authorities, the fact has not
been made known.