The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-03-26
DEsPERArE DUEL.

Th0 Coda ReSorted to In Classic Law
rence-nzOre Cold Lead About than the
Chicken Blood Crowd had Hoped for,
Commonwealth: The sleepy old town
of Lawrence was thrown into the dizzy
whirlwind of q sensational excitement
Friday afternoon, over the consumma-
ton Of q duel fought at Bismarck Grove,
by Dan Crew, of the Evening Herald
and a yeung man recently from Leaven-
work by the name of P. A. Newberg.
The facts were leaEn ned from MIR. New
berg himself, about O'Clock this morn
ing in room % ct the Windsor hotel.
Last Saturday he came to Lawrence
with the Intention of making
that his future home and engag-
ing in the photograph business. Being
quite handsome, rather fascinating
and dudish enough to make himself
favorite without much trouble or effort
on his part, with the boat club of the
ancient city, of course the alleged bloods
there BECAME jealous, and at once set up
q Job TO ''do" the young man. Wednes-
dey night Ed Fairchild, L. Leister, G.
r.. Gibson, Frank Fairchild, Al Lewis,
s. T, Field, Prof Pratt and one or two
| others worked the old time "snipe hunt"
gag, and LETT Mr.. NeWberg out in piece
of woods pasture, about three miles from
town, as they supposed, holding the sack.
| He was lost and had cons1oerepie olIn-
| Guilty 20 and himself. Crew pub
| Iished the event, made il ridiculous
| and lefs the impression that his victim
! y "a q ''tenderfoot," greener than the first
| shoot of spring grass, but evidently got
caught up in this impression. he was
| asked to make some retractiOn and give
1 the Young man 6 chance tor his white
| alley, but refused by sending back quite
an insulting answer.
| This was q game also fixed up by the
same crowd, therefore they induced New
burg to send Crew q challenge to fight,
| which he did, with the request that Crew
should name the time and choose the
weapons. The reply fixed upon 3 O'Clock
az the time, Bismarck Grove the place,
and the fight to be made with shot guns
at thirty PAGES.
About 200 people gathered at the scene
of the tragedy, and every man in the
crowd assumed the dignity and bearing
of "Honor." But few were into the Sc
cret, and much earnestness prevailed.
1 Newberg showed great nerve. de
was on the ground promptly with hi
seconds, Ed Fairfield and s. F. Fields.
DCSOA-N
and Herman Hase acted as referee
Some of Newberg's friends let him int
the Joke, but he Carried himself with d
much determination as though he mean
to have blood. The principals wer'
stationed back to back, the refere,
counted one, two, three, when boil
wheeled and fired. Crew tell as thougl
| killed or MORALLY wounded. The gun
of course were loaded with blanl
! cartridges, but Crew had arranged
burst q pouch of chicken blood whic
few over his face and clothing, maxim
: the affair seem quite real.
About this time, however, is wheT
: Newberg turned the tables. and got til
! "cod" all on his side, with about 10 pc
cent interest. Before going to the gor
field, one of his friends fixed him with
I loaded revolver, which he carried in tn
: inside pocket of his vest, SO that whe
: searched by Crews second, that indivic
! ual failed to discover it. After firing tn
shotgun at Crew, and his seconds wer
: approaching him, saying, Come, Il
|, us get away; you have laid him out i
! good shape" he drew the revolver an
began 9 general fusilade of small arm
Q ali along the line. The first she
wal fred at 8. Fields, who fell on hi
face and yelled, Hold on, hold on; /
: VI, 81 vi; 1t wasn't me; had nothing
: do with it." In the meantime Newber
!. was peppering away, and VIII Thatche
pale with fright, almost broke the bloc
: vessels in his shanks getting out of th
grove. The crowd scattered and fe'
;, like sheep in every direction, leavin
I their intended victim the complete her
OF the field.
He was taken to the Eldridge hous
, and from there came to Topeka on til
I8 O'Clock train last evening, enjoyed
: few hours sport ct the skating rink. an
E returned to Lawrence at 3 o'clock wit
Z two friends who came up after him.