The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-03
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| Ont WIS kliieU. out DlpOu WIS drawn. Inp
sections. the Southerncrs. treating the Yankees
wih eonfmp I'm and hG Yankees rssennE !,
the Yankees would not fight. but found they
were mistaken. Although they were oppressed
SO SOL It came about that nearly every personal
Difficulty was settled in that manner.
between a young man from philadelphia.
named Graham. and Gen. Walker. aiterward of
on Tho County Court srSw Of P Witch Si a o af
| rison was the head. in the San Francisco Wetdh
Sy y WS,ner who was one Of ,hs ed,ors Young
c;atory letter to Walker, which resulted in a
and he chose revolyers. ut eight PAGES. at the
word to advance and fire unit either or both OF
tened ut Sacramento, and one evening re-
eeiyed letter from Graham begging me for
he was in trouble and wanted mo at once. got
ready as hoa aGsy as posshb, and caught ihs
raham ad pSt hmse nta s sSv o. dre sGns
Of duel. | arrived at san Francisco late at
night nigh, and went at, At once to Graham,s room.
| friends. was there Informed of what had oc-
| CURED and the pleasant news was impaired to
| Here was q row between two men. with neither
Of whom had more than n slight acquaintance.
mil, ma IN whom whom ma ne particular interest; Tho
affair would probably terminate. in the death
principals showed the viii ito feather his second
was obliged to take, his ,rnco and fight it out.
ao wS knaw I'M int da not relish in The
lrc-nater and would fight to the death but
Graham Gran T., was not 1Naeily sure Of. His forms
been tried and II the thing went on he might
weak weaken i,.,, and H. have to take it IN la.
culinary that wa!ksT Void be distilled in Sd Dc:
our best to brine about u pcaceublc adjustment
bu, it was OF no use. The llgh. was TO come of
cape wa obliged 10 MAKE The best OF IT, ''' Va
liad eur breakfast md took carriage for the
d ,h. ground on the WY Graham told me
to kin Walker on the first fire.. | halted the
carrase. and told him that l would not go u
the cXpert marksman that he claimed to be it |
would be little less than murder. and pro-
killing him. At last he agreed to it, and we
the army. tried to effect an adjustment Of
the di hn but without s success had
black from head to foot. without particle, of |
white anywhere visible; Walker was in a blue
pants His coat was but,oned and below the |
breast the light line of his vest could be seen
OF San Francisco. and. as it was Sunday not |
loss than, 5000 people We're on the ground to |
SPECTATOR was A,cNandsr Wells. then '' Chief
Justice OF California. The ground was mea-
Sureu, pegs ufiNcn, ana won the word. The |
men were placed in position and the signal
6 6ns two hres the fs"H Mora f hg
Graham advanced one pace and both fired |
again After this called 4 halt and tried to
full Walker had his blood IN and proposed |
t. KIN or be Killed , tmen and there went to
i he could. and that | absolvci him from rom
tho promise made IN the carriage. as he |
must flight for his life | Remember distinctly |
how excited the Chief Justice became MS he |
p% sned an up and dG%n the line sTnsnE hs
the line OF fire. gentlemen keep out OF the line
Of fire" At last the word was given. both pis- |
tolls cracked and Walker spun around on his |
heel and fell into Folsoms arms. They toro |
open his clothing and found that the hal had
vest showed below the coat. 1t was supposed |
Of course that it had passed through the bow
was afterward ascortained: upon a careiu! ex:
hsm ni That by most fortunate acciden! it
abdomen. Just under the skin. So that the the
wound was in, reality but slight. Both we're
esd led %Rsr cn H Nsss a" sR
petition and was kill led there.
-, The mania for dueiling became general.
There was recklessnesS of human life and |
savnEcry born oi this bringing together of adj
yentnr9rs spirits, from, ali parts Of the world;
Rome The. greed Tor ' eod the absence sc Of Of
wwomanly influence. the open defiance Of the
without which the law cannot he enforced.
brought about II state of things heretofore un-
cnce was often carried on in the newspapers.
and when meeting was determined upon the
a sort of holiday. tho people turned out en-
masso MS they do in Spain to see a bull fight.
and the amusement was not considered en-
parties were slain.
- The next duel / recall was fought between
Col. Wodlief a noted Texan ducllist. who was
youns man from st. Louis named AehiiIcss
city. Tho difficulty which caused the meeting
was an unmportant aIair-a dispute Of some
wine. and wodei. made use Of Offensive LAM
S na IL sry and he his glove
Morning recsved N @hae@se al" An '% nss
sion prevailed that krwen woul d not fight. but
at ynr s r Wsta s BrsrS s
friends Ths fsht took i; place at Contra c"sta
sd wiz in e
dlhfMy ses h 50 trivial TINT tried ny best
ready to "' apSoiosisse. D but tho roSan
could be accepted. The news % the afi. ' was
soon Rn2Wn th n the city and the rea
When the time came there must have been
from $4,000 TO 10000 people on the ground
ali headed for. The hgkting ground. OF c" curse
and the betting was largely in favor Of the
Texan. and some were willing to wager that
kcwen would not come to the scratch When
MI tho parties were on the ground the Sheriff
of the county and "A posse made their appear
ance to arrest the principals and their seconds
but the crowd inerfered and gave him TO un-
derstand that they had come to soc u fight and
they did not propose TO hay" il interfered
with law or no law. and II Mr.. Sheriff wished
to save himself trouble he had better make no
attempt at arrests. He saw that he was pow
aress against such Il mob and quietly Joined
the crowd rs II spectator. SO confident was
Wodicf Of killing his man that his wife accom-
panied him in a carriage. intending to boar
her husband back in triumph kcwen was
kept in II close carriage. and the entire assem-
ply were anxious to see how he would carry
himself. There was some delay in arranging
the prelminares. and the impression was
whispered about that The 81. Louis boy was
everything was in readiness, tho ground meas
nred the pegs driven, and Kewen sprang from
his carriage and took his place, looking with
the utmost sang froid upon tho assembled
thousands. The moment Wodef saw the face
Of his antagonist tue oppression Of his own
changed He saw that at last he had foe
worthy Of h NJ Whatever hopes he may have
built upon the YOUTH ineNperiencc. and lack
of merry" OF his enemy vanished when the time
Of trial came. The weapons were placed in their
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