The Opelousas courier., 1884-02-02
4 FAMOUS DUEL.

which Led Dr. Rosenberg
g take the Life OF Count BaE.
sAyanys
mo Vienna and Paris papers contain
details of the recent fatal duel 1T
ns,assrar, Hungary, between Count
ss@plan Batthyany and Julius Rosenberg,
ss seana advocate, in which the former
- kflled. The particulars show the
sssaiv to- have been the climax of a
ss7siIs9g romance in real life, some of the
sssanaaes Of which, except the success
Al auehss, are connected with the high
Hungarian aristocracy. Last summer
s. Rosenberg, who is a young Hebrew
s~vsr in Pesth, made the acquaintance
4 ! Bohemian watering-place of Miss
ans ron Sehosberger, the younger
.fsaohter of a rich Jewish banker and
ssndowner named Heinrich Schos-
kaFgor de Tornya. The young peo-
~ @alI ID love with each other. The
init parents, however, influenced by
sbar so~n-in-law, Baron Bornemissa, who
INA married their eldest daughter, and
wh0 declared that the marriage would be
nesaIliance and would oblige him to
hrssk bis lthe baron's) relations with
hen. refused their consent. The conse-
sasn0s was that the young couple were
aoresIy married. Immediately after the
saFe1nonyth lady returned to her fathers
house. DIR. Rosenberg shortly after
xsrd appeared there and demanded his
hide. Herr Won Sehosberger was ready
IS acknowledge his son-in-law, but Baron
pornernissa was of a different opinion,
mi wanted to shoot the young plebian.
RY The baron's orders, the young lady
MI sent to Paris, and from there to one
Ill her fathers castles in n of the Wild
ess regions in the interior of Hungary.
Subsequently it was announced that Miss
Tlona Won 6~chosberger had become a
catholic and had gone to Wiesbaden,
Germany, where she had been betrothed
b Count Batthyany. DR.. Rosenberg,
hearing the rumor, hastened there and
I'D an interview with the count, in
which he told him that the young
woman he was about to marry was
Ills Rosenberg's) wife. He appealed
ID bis rivals honor and begged him not
Ii force the young girfinto an Illegal mar
raGs to which she herself was opposed.
The count formally refused to either
gsten to him or to pay any attention to
he challenge which the lawyer sent to
hiin, on the ground that the challenger
YES not his equal In birth. The matter
was laid before a court of honor : In
pesth, and after long argumentit was de-
eided that Rosenberg was competent to
shallenge the count. The latter still re-
fused to pay any attention to it and the
hwger published his challenge In all the
journals, with the added stigma of such
spifhets as coward " poltroon,n APP
Piled to the count. The latter's friend
mme to his rescue and a peculiar newspa-
mf controversy ensued, in the midst Oh
which the count married Miss Won Schos-
berger and started on d wedding tour with
LEI 10 Italy. The young lawyers vindic-
i've lampoon must, however, have finally
mduced the count to change his mind,
fur d few days before the duel he returned
u Hungary and accepted the challenge,
The conditions were very rigorous. The
nxtols were rified. The duelists were tc
rs at twenty PAGES. Three shots were
Be be exchanged, after each one of which
neg we're to approach FIVE PAGES to eacl
dher. The duel, as already stated, took
place at Temesvar. The count fred this
Asst shot and missed. DR.. Rosenberg,
without advancing the five PAGES as hi
had 4 rightto, aimed ath isopponent and
d. The ball struck the counts righi
mple and passed through his brain
Death was instantaneous. Leaving ths
eeonds To take care of the corpse, DR.
Resenherg left the scene of the tragedy
The next day at 4 o'clock ths
ineral services Of the count took placs
Il Temesvar. The coffin was covered
NIth splendid wreaths, one of which
bore the inscription: To my adore6
Msbandn After the ceremonies the re
mains were taken to Buzias. MIR. Var
III, R~osenberg's counsel, informed ths
nict attorney that his client vas read
surrender himself to the courts.