The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-24
HEROES OF THE HOLSTER.
UPON MANY FIELDS OF HONOR.
Noted puels Among officers of tho Array
and Navy and Privats Citizslas-
Interesting "Reminiscences by
Maj. Ben. G. Truman.


custom which Is passing into oblivion
and will be ofspGcial interest to many
ofour readers whose memories go back
70 the days when the practice of calling
out your man was still in vogue. To
Gen. James Wilkinson, United States
army, is given the credit of originating
the custom OF "posting," his victim be-
ing the equally well-known John Ran
dolph, or Roanoke, who declined a chal-
lante on the plea that he could not de
scend To the generals level. In reply
Wilkinson asked Randolph, among
other things, TO "ascend to the level of n
gentleman, If possible; act like man, il
you can, aud spare me the pain Of pub
,ishlng you to tho world for an insolent,
S,anderpus, prevaricating poltroon"
randolph having neglected to avail him
sell OF tnls ellgible opportunity, his An.
tagonist posted This nouce on all the
tav rms aud street corners of the ma
tianal capital:
Hector unmasked. In Justice to nv
character, denounce to the world John
Randoiph, member of congress, IA u
prevarlcaJlng, base, eliminating scoun
-drei, poltroon and coward"
In 1850 Iachariah +. Johnston, an Off
Ger OF the navy, who undertook the same.
exploit at the expense OF Fabius Stanley
wno had declined his challenge was
tried by courtmartial and dismissed.
california, II appears, takes the palm
for the number OF fatal duels foul hi
within its limits. Illinois, on the CON
trary, boasts that but one duel has ever
Deei Iought upon her soil, in which the
challenged party, Alphonso Stewart
was Killed and the survivor, william,
Bennett, hanged. Thus was carried on
onour soil the stern decree which both
FREDERICK the Great and Gustavus Adol
phus threatened, but did not enforce; the
iuelisls, at the sight Of the gal
lows waiting for tho survivor.
'eoneinding that they had other
anu more important bust
noss than Vhat OF winging each other
l puirtns. the war with ,Tripoli MANY fatal
naval officers and Officers of tho BIRTHS
sarrison AT Hloraltar. Daring the civil
Wsr IN the United stated there were few
OF no hostile meeting among Federal
olicefs, Maj. Truman tells us. Perhaps
ne should except the encounter in Louis.
vile between Jefferson G. Davis and
,ses~aeison and the encounter at the
war Department in which Henry NJ.
,tose. me iirst, at least, comes within
wy srVpe % MS volume, which records
Tn,,y sin..l"r encounters. Among the
fs,ai J,'n ,a'ss theIe were number OF
tha, h n.vrs, .no mos. Conspicuous being
sanr Dov wv ~ zen; Marmaduke, of Mis-
wb,ch % tha Ia uon' walker, OF Georgia, in
"Aifairs Of ' bnno rn SAN hn,i.o A.
the United statos arm poS IVY oliicers Oh
unite frenuant 49, aiu m,naoy were
which t dd up 10 iSo9, after
altngntba VINO tuey ceased almost
l;ves ,vara e ~ great many valuable
anon" tlo,n ' nos. WINE they lasted,
Amelnng initial dPt ~. rorulhahd Louis
Iouisiano in IS,o n'" s,S, aIlAy, killed IN
Banister Iini,ad MlushlpHlan John
,inia In isa;, = 80 ou SVatus navy; IN Nir-
1nt Ifniiap, ~, ,V.'to'Ianl oauilel IL. brj
lima I'm Isit. S,jd Ittny, III norm caro-
Cncka Ir,i,al ueiushipnlah samuel i.
inpton in ls55. CO.., navy naHEy, near wash
United Staic9 49,, ISM" W. Collett,
Surpoor WIFI III MEXICO IN ISIS;
stale nav H. Sill passett, United
also. Stenben nooat,'n m,nnrlca IN 1885,
with barron. at Ri"dan . Tmuse ohcouh'er
% Isan Ia a. plauensourg, on March
notod place3 second on the list OF
Uamilton anJ uuois, tuWt between
nlaca """ DUR ho!dlhS tho first
I,noue
als ,,i tuo iatai army and naval du-
~ 1,inoii.iouea oy MAI Truman are the
ioiio S,tiS' MldSnlpman Conner, Uni.
pI os"Vos navy, killed ny hidshipman
SI Iorson near Havana in 1910; Ensign
diWpHh,ns, Uhlteu states army, near Bla
nensDurg In 1914, and Samuel G. Bloo,n.
helu, United States army, near Wee
$'aWhShi New Jersey, in tho
sauie year; Lieutenant James
j. Bowie, United ates army. nnar
Lake Pontchartrain, in 1900; Paymastor
James, United States army, near So-
yannah, in 1915; Lieut.. +. h. White.
United States member congress, by
Lieut.. William Ii. Finch, United States
Navy, at Boston Harbor, in 1919. Liant.
Houston and Ensign Bradshaw kiiIed
each other IN 1891. In Mississipni' I'm
1917 Capt. John Stewart, United States
army, was killed by Henry Mason. and
IN the same state In 1910, stephen Rose
united states army, was killed. In 1900
near carlisle, Pennsylvania, Cornst
huNton Milton, United States army,
vas hlortaliy wounded, and In 1914 Cap.
Macono, United States army. wa
killed by brother officer. Iie,it' Law.
son, United States navy, in II Q. Al Lao.
nora, killed Capt James McKnivbi
United States member congress. nnd in
1903 Lieut. Buck killed Thomas Nonre
Az NatcheZ, Mississippi. ,Iosaph Rain.
bridge. dhen midshipman, Killed a
outlying Englishman at Malta in lsOs.
distance four PAGES. At Gibraltar IN,
1870 Lieut.. Downing, United State. M
w, killed Lieut.. smith of tho pr;tt.l,
army.
Among those wounded in duols were
zen Uadsden, by Con. Howe in IT'S.
aud IN the Same year Con. Charles Leo
'hdo-d +-cnmp 70 Washington, wss
wounded by his fellow aide, John Lsur.
ems Gen. Conway, by Gen. Cadusladsr.
ana Capt William Cottineau, United
Stales navy, by Capt. Landais. Lieut,
Osborn, United States marine cnrns
and Lieut. Van Dyke, Uniten Staten
iterranean I'm iSS3. Mtdshipman Ch,rIa.
IN Ion Barron, was wounded In 1870 n
Port Mahon by brother officer, Csnr
Archer, OF the Volugeurs In Mexico. In
1871 by, Capt. Anlrow Porter, aud about
the Same time Lieut.. David Beli. Ifnit,d
states army by Lieut.. Robert Wi
iiams, Unltrd States army, uenr Ws.b.