New-York tribune., 1883-03-16

E"hteenth Precinct Police Station, where the men
were searched Two duenng psio'IT M Ts;ordo ONE of
Mahon,s seconds MahOn handed over IA atge1sizoa @
Derrnger and the Count de Bellieni ylela ~; u
Remipo otou revolver The Tevolvers were ioaueu III
every chamber with bullets large enough 10 XII a
steer The duelng pistols were unl9aueu, ;, a,sS UuS
Faardo carried ia his pOcketa box Oh anu
that had Captain Clinchy waited
little ion ger before pouncng on the game ne woud
have cantured the other principal At 80 p, IN
Smith apneared at the elevated station i'll Twenty
thirds; He oked for his flends ana ~ '.;' ;
His friends stated ast 4En ,Gat tb;s morninS and
thereby save the police the trouble OF hunting nil
THE PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.
When Justice Power had disposed of tho other
cases before him the courtroom was cleared aud
the duelling group was summoned before MN.
Captain Clinchy related the story briefly ana
several afidavits were made. The JUS
tice brushed up his knowledge of the
law little and then said TO the five persons stand
ing before him: Z" Under the Penal Code the offence
with which you are charged is most serious; tinn m I'm
must q We you time to procure counsel prior 10 ii
Tbe prisoners consulted together few minutes
and at length one of them said: can we oe
Justice Power-I don't know about that Yes, l
will admit you all to bail for 81 ,oo9 eaGn' fop oD
appear on Saturday morning at lO O'CLOCK Iol
When the prisoners learned the seriousness OF the
charge against them there was ttIe
ing of the lower jaw. and they al became M tiue M
pale Domingo ParrazO who had furnished the M
formation whereby they were arrested, snowIa tSa
symptoms of being sorry that he lad gwen Vps uhs
thing awayp and asked the Justice II nc couiu
withdraw his statements and his affidavit, A.
mo indeed" said the Justice that belongs 10
MIR Parrazo seemed still further distressed and
looked moro disconsolate than dld the PrisoheiS o
themselves. He Immediately offered TO give pan
for the appearance of the prisoners next Saturday.
and signed documents TO that effect. ,,.. A..
Mr.. Parrazo," said the Justice ADDRESSING Ie
prisOners 'seems to be your good angel"
The prisoners smiled. A fresh package OF cgar ptnd
cites was opened each OF Of them th 6Upk U@s
STORY OF ONE OF MAHoN's FRIENDS.
Prior to the examination the prisoners had been
Anddled together in the ante-room adjoining the
court room, where they laughed over the days ex-
perlence. specuated on the result of the hearing
before the Justice and told stories to
the reporters. William A. Henna, hlend
of Mahon and himself member OF Theta Delta
Chi who had been watching the career OF MS
friend all day. gave the following version of the
story tc TRIBUNE reporter: IN friend Oh Ma.
hon and belong tn the same society am student
in the College of Physicians and surgeons aDphi p9;
man. was talking with Mahon about the societies
to which they belong: Smith made
light remark 9bopt Mahons society Theta eta
society friends. and one of them, went
to Smith and asked him # it was trre that ne ma Hap
Smith denied tnat he had SAID anything OF the kind.
Mahon, hearing of this denial, wanted, OF course, to
yindicate himself and sought an opportunity or
seeing Smith. He finally met him accidentally III
front of the ST. James Hotel last Thursday after
noOn Smith again denied that he haa ever rist SlG
Thereupon Mahon called Smith q ilar,
and Smith Proceeded to thsgmP o1d MpnGn tbc
two were separated. Mahon was not satisfied with
this. so he sent an oral challenge to Smith AFTER
several meetings between the seconds that each
1od tod
afternoon. Both Smith and Mahon had always
been good friends until the night of the disagree;
,nenl at the White Elephant. I'm only lnterested
~ Count @ de B BeIien MARQUIS Matteo de Faardo and
other Spanish friends of MahOn coIroborated Hen
mas story.
WHAT ONE OF SMITHS SECONDS SAYS.
William NJ K. Olcott. of Smiths seconds
sald to TRIBUNE reporter: L don't know what
ii was that led up TO the quarrel. haze heard IT
was something In regard to society matters, but all
/ know is that Smith come to me and SAID that
blahon had called him liar that he had
struck Mahon. and that no had received
n challenge to fight him with foils at some
futnre time. He asked me to be second of his.
T agreed to do so Dr. Cross the other second.
We met and talked tie matter over and
came to the conclusion that We were not going 10
have anything TO do with any suco styLe OF y Are
weapons changed to pistols. Then we INTENDED 70
load the pistols with blank cartridges ana let &hem
blaze away We had several meetings with Mdbon
seconds. and at length carried our ,po5H9t'
they agreeing 70 adopt the pistol % ana I,1inS- Gs
Ions besides being criminal from beginning
to end. that / would have been glad to get out
of n but the Spanish friends of Mahon were bent
on 6ghing it out. SO determined te be one OF
Smiths seconds in the hope OF seeing the matter
amcably settled. The principals Knew noIhine Llle
that they were gong 10 have regular duel Nhen
we were on the way 10 the duelllng ground we were
arrested. Our principal had not shown up, ana we
could not account for it at all When we saw we
badiy aiout it, because we did not know how
fhe poLce could have gotten wind of it unless our
principal had turned States evidence so TO speak
1t seems now. however, that he did NOT ana ~ II
was furnished to Captain Cllncby by Domingo Far
razo a friend of Mahon and his Spanish friends"
MIR. MAHONs VERSION
Robert Mahon one of the principals said: Smith
and had discussion at the White Elephant two
weeks ago in the course of which he made an In
sulting remark about my society, Theta Delta Chi
Smith is an Alpha Delta PHI man. l re-
.peated his remark at the society one
night and De Belleni, one of my society friends
asked Smith several days after # he had ever made
such remark. Smith denied that he had; was
therefore, placed in peculiar position. Inc mex
time saw Smith, last Thursday afternoon in front
of the st. James Hotel, asked him if he had eyei
i then charged him with telling what wasn't true
Then he attempted TO close with me, and did strike
me- Our friends rushed and parted US.
talked the matter over with some friends and de
cided TO challenge him to fight duel with foils
His seconds finally changed it to pistols We were
formerly good friends"
STATEMENT OF Mr.. SMITH.
Mr. Smith, when called upon last evening by
TRIBUNE reporter, gave the following statement
s'The affair began on Thursday evening of las
week, and was not thing could avoid. MahoI
had made some statements which were false, anC
when met him on Broadway, in front Of the st
James Hotel asked him If he had said had made
a certain statement to him. Mahon said had, anC
told him he led He returned the compliment
with an expletlve and l struck him. lie
did not return the blow, but sal'
j should hear from him. i thought no more
of the matter and went home. The next day Messrs
r. de Beeni and Matteo de Faiardo called 0i
me at the Office of Messrs. Tremaine & Tyler, wher
i am reading law. They said they came from Mr