Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-27
TRIAL OF DuELLIsTs.
- EDITOR who Killed his AntHgon-
. rsrisiah 1T Is Acquitted.

r.d,tor who Killed his AntHgon-
Persia" ist Is Acquitted.
,w months ago M. de Massas, the
a rev ,he Combat, was killed in
EDITOR y M. Dichard, editor OF the
duel W." r,noyni. Both were Bonpartist
Pffh .I XII the Combat pronounced in
Fpefs,, prince Napoleon, while the
syoI oo,,orai espoused the cause of
Pm ,"F prince Victor, though of
bis nrjthout the consent of the lat
ter. as Massas and Dichard found
NM. Iyes one morning face to face,
tllepaa,r anied by their seconds, i'm the
ae s,ds,' Of NJ. Rogat, member OF the
gal%%' af another Bonapartist journal,
sian Pans, at Nogent-sur-Marne.
tne and ardent, Nj. de Massas at
You'll his opponent with the utmost
taclssee,,,osity. Although the fight
Va nnly seventy seconds, M. Dich-
las,er receiyed several slight wounds,
ara III in the heat of the combat he
thou ssnt aware of the fact. Ere the
wa s could interpose to put stop
seeSc,rther bloodshcd, M. de Massas re-
10 ~, lud thrust in the right breast, M.
cenNsard being hit at the same
Dvment in the armpit. Dropping the
lha.d the editor of the Combat fell to
Sso,rrround dead, and, in the opinion
ln n.y. seconds, he had rushed on his
oayersary's weapon.
Dichard and his seconds, NM.
nat Pierre and Boisglavy, as well as
f isw peniiean and Alassandri, who
MA served NJ. de Massas in u similar
hsarsrjty. accordingly received notice
0affthey would be prosecuted at the
's.,ance of the authorities, and the
KIM came Oh to-day at the Palais de
Jpslice. :,
nlehard himself, who, after explaining
Kat he had been grossly insulted by
,bs deceased, added that a injecting had
@ s arranged in the forest of st. Ger
main but that the duel had been pre-
" ,d bv the arrival of the gen
,epmes. 1T was then decided that the
srbt should come off in NJ. Rogat',
nsrden. NJ. de;Massas attacked hin
Win such impetuosity that he received
sound after wound. He rushed OF
Nm and renamed in such close guar
,ars that ii was with tn.
Utmost difficulty that he coult
psan clear of the wall be
hind him. NJ. Dichard declared, il
conclusion, that he could not under
stand how the fatal wound had occur
red. 49,,
M. peniiean next stated that the en-
counter had been Loyalty conducted OF
hoth sides, but it had been so rapi'
that it was impossible to stop til
eomhatants. Nj. Petit Pierre said tina
all reconciliation was out of the ques
4 ton, adding that the jury of homo
y had decided that the quarrel must b
fought out,
a Nj. Rogat stated that lac had lent hi
s. garden, and that he watched the tigh
from some little distance. 1t oni.
a lasted seventy seconds, and as soon q
he saw blood flow he called out ''sto
the duel" The words wer
scarcely out of his mouth before NJ. d
Massas fell, having transfiXed himsel
as he believed, on his opponent
weapon. A declaration made by N
+ Paul de Cassagnac to the Judge DIR
stmction was then read, eXplainin
that when the principals addresses
themselves to the jury of honor the
did se'with arms in their hands, so [
speak, and meeting was unavoid
Die.
The examination of the witness;
having been concluded, NJ. Nilletar
de Laguerie, the advocat-general, ~
dressed the court in a very mil
al speech displaying the utmost lenienc
81 towards the prisoners, and in point {
H fact, leaving the affair entirely
Il. L.,