The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-18
THE AMERICAN DUEL ABROAD
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 According ,o a dispatch from Berlin, Professor Ru halHs. Nha committed sni- eide en "Wednesday. killed himself be cause he had ''sltawn a death las in s SO called American daei" This seems 10 indicate a misunderstanding in herlin. ne, only of the American duel but of the American character. Of course. NC havc nothing to say against ihe settlement ot qaaTEels by the suicide cf the person who draws the longer oi shorter of two pieSss of paper. The method k in itself no more unreasonable than ,hei1 settlement by a hght with knives. pistols os shotgnns and on some accounts a dea,h- -loi Jucl would ee an ,nprcvemen, on any species now known. IL lnsurcs the death ot one pin. clpal. and thus haS tar suIet psoha,tNe single combat now ln use. ,u which nci- ,hei oi ,he eombatan,s may be hur;. Q, both he so ,nlured as ,o make |, impos- slhle tn <as what the result does prove The pltehierk duel, fought on Thursday al High Grove. Ny. fofeihly illustrate this. The principals were two sam la hoict>. and the oriain ot then quarrel s not geea NhateseI the precise issue between them may have been. however. they determined "a settle Il wllh pitch. iotks, Wilkes maintaining hts sale ~lth a long handled. two ptouscA ietk and Nc baassl his with | short handled inu, eianged weapon, The tesul, tS ,hai bath dne'i,ts are wounded probably nfuttiy. and with what ette,, upon the uiet5le ot ihe controversy no orc can tell The ,ca,h.iu, duel on the other htnd diss poses gt the controversy altogether Assta as everybody knows. he se;ilc mrri ci disputed question: hy lot ts punitive iotm oi tttal. which vas oH3c very popular with all h,snehes oi qua ste | and wlse iaee. and iis tcsisai now among our rcn,an,. relatives ta. apat, from all othe, ,on>,dei atoms. an interest. tng episode to the hlsteiy ot the tna,ia. tlon.
 oi duclls,s the death lut duel has the obvious aiua.iinn the sunivet tepld hardly be punished under the ex .ang s,ttnies against duelne iiis deceased opponent has committed sutctde. and sh5s au hardly be made aut ia be any ,hlng else by the mrfc iaet that Il VA iett le han to deteImsne whl | ei the xheuid klll himself M aui statutes akatna daeliuE contemplate | rkhi ei scpr kind huf in inc ,tr rh ,ot turi 'hrtr is m fiRht a all \, any r,tr, d prose q ton at ihe suftisai would bung ap Hamhci oi tho most lalriesi,ng and ua,el legal points. sh.eh Woalt have jn ht pa,sed upon hy ,hc aaits
 lul Tor lli this. the e.efnsos shaali net hr mla'cl hy the late 'tniessot - eli.z's example inio suppesng that ihe death la, is oalann totm u, duel n Nmetra Almost every spr.iea ei duel eNeepl ihis has iautished hetc, and taa- peans Nha eani novelties n duels san rsslly hnd them "in aHf midst The ,.sicl elth knlNes n i aukened room fs safd to .tsve hceB mae h liked and Ia have produced good reselis iu iesas, The dael iu ~hth the ,ombatants arc ,led su each o,hei. q, ,n table. with ,he knife ann hrr. has been found wonder fully effective wherever t has been re sotte'i to every body knows of the rif. da-l vsth q f-s, io gei gnad ann IheAo arc really Amcrt' Al isrma oi the dtfel re u.iu to the county. tusi aa mHth so ss the club duel m tho north. the pet E. lsaf,ty ot shieh ,s ,hai II always te,inin. aics pleasantly wi,hoai blood sheI and n | restoration ot sia,t ahle feeling. na mat. ter how scrloas the "iusuils' may have been sh''h led io the ,r,litic l.at nni V'hstauding Ha many .,as san'age sc .!o'5h' f tlc death lot Aaci ~ill ceei he ,iiue popliu hete ihr,r ,s 5, frinsd tisonalNY about #. tncatnezs. seierty et'ainfy &hl,h la not salt.t .n lhe 3eiinE lasees as Aaos ihem hc 'htH oi .elty'aE Ya9t adversary ln +ent4.sl pant pi 'hr Amen, tu dnri and its ,n aeyet be t~pl,' ed wi,h as by lhc han, ai sesug hiai slay hamseli ii may ip ipr Europeans. bu, Europe eaa teaah as nnthInK aboai the dieI