Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-05-07
i DUEL IN 4 CEMETERY.
iMatamora, letter 10 New York Sun.

''Ieet me light on the Cemetery road"
Was the purport ci Il message received one
day recently by Don Miguel Paster, ut Nor
deau, from Melissa Ealadez. Paster knew
what The invitation meant. Heand Valadez
| had gualrellcd many times over Il love
affair, ana once before had come to vinience.
| Ealadez i.a;; been in town for sevcrt:i days,
and had frequently i'oasted !hal he intended
to make nash of piStc:. The latter, The iiI-
| capped a;:i:0:, communicated with his lady
iaya wiin urged niin t. @c2o;t tho challenge
,.ui offered 10 accompany EIll Oh ais 81
rand TINS he n lils: refused - assent -,
hut, finding hat S!i& construed his altitude
;.s one 0. cUWardice. he reluctantly agreed
t. cal! ior her. After dark the man and
wgu!al. both armed, set out on the high
w&y. Near The cemetery gate they en-
co,lntcrud Faladcz, whose rage at seeing his
rival i'll possession @: the object oi bis az
factions knew 10 bounds. There w%s 4
!nr" parlcY IS 10 the method Of fighting to
ba adopted, which tie woman surmiscd was
tbs res.lll Of fear. She finally ha@;;m" jm-
naliuut, aiiA tainted the :nen with bling
words expressing ne: opinion OF NaladeZ
particularly il forGib!e language. As her
condemnation seemed to rest with greater
weigh; on him than the other, paster also
took up ;:ic strain. and pretending that ne
lIa;i ncci1 called out by " craven, took the
woman ) arm and urged her to leave with
him. She turned us if TO do so, when
EaIadcz darted forward iii ii frenzy Of rage
and buried his knife IN her back. She icl!
f3;wa?:! on her face without 80 mulch IL
gy@:M, ,ho blade sill! in her body. and ex-
,,ilcd Instantly.
The assassin stood watching her for q
moment until Pastcr appeared to be recov-
erin" from the stupeluction into which he
had aa@lI thrown, then took 10 his heels,
Pasiyy following. Il was . Lively race
through ii" cemetery ana out &g:iln. Pas
t.: shouted Ggiiancl III his fleeing adver-
s.4!y, au,, ti:nc tui! again cared him 90 incc
him Once Ea!a;!cz disappeared. anu Pas-
ter il his ragc called Oh nina vehemenl!y 10
come ont, Offering him weapons or anything
th.. IL could ask il he would but give him
an opportunity 10 wreck his Vengeance.
III" only answer was il laugh, which set
Paste. raying furiously up and do"i the
cemetery ana calling OIL OIL the angels aHo
devils 10 witness That lie was :. mar not
afraid human. Stumbling along
heed!essiy over graves and ha@ttstone<. ne
Gpaiy fell into Il ncW- made grave. Inc
murderer. under cover Of the dari;ur&s, had
been f,tiowiug Pls;"r for some time, i'll tie
hone that he would he able to steal upon
MIN rinawarcs auA finish him rs be had the
woman. His opportunity came sooner than
h, .xnsc;eti. With Il icrocious yell, which
woke IN" echoes for miles around, Naladez
spri,og i,;o The excavation, and before the
surprised Paster could regain his senses his
adversary aal him by the throat, and was
dealing him murderous blows with a b'ud-
ceou Which he had picked up after losing
his knit. Believing that he had finished
pas!er, Valadex left him in the grave and
| ned 30 the mountains. Since then nothlns
has been heard from him. The next day a
funeral party discovered Paster lying in the
grave unconscious hut still breathing. He
Was conveyed 20 town, and after his wounds
had been dressed he had lucid spell, III
the course Of which he told his story. 1t Is
not believed that hc can recover, as there
are two fractures Of the skull, and several
| of his ribs are broken.