The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-12
DEADLY DUELING.
Rival Lovers Meet and Exchange Compliments
in the Way of Shots.


While coming into the mountain city over the
Richmond & Danvlle road your correspondent
caught on to spark of tragic news emitted
from the tongues of few hungry gossips on
board the train.
1t was whispered from coach to coach that a
bloody and fatal battle had Leen fought between
two rival suitors in South Carolina as means
of definitely settling the question of prior
claim" to the undivided affections of of Cow
ensville's queens of love. Landing here with an
appetite whetted keen for the facts in the case,
your correspondent set about to gather all infor-
nation af1oat, and from dllgent inquiry in divers
sources obtained such as will follow.
The very latest accounts of the ARRAY reveal
| the same old story of the green-eyed monster,
jealousy, usurping the throne of reason, and
turning loose the high wrought passions to do
deeds of violence.
From trustworthy parties the following was
CLEANED: 1t seems that out in the country, some
twenty FIVE miles, in the vicinity of the usually
quiet village of Gowersville. in cosy cottage
| nestled at the foot of the mountains, there is
domiciled beautiful lass, whose exquisite
charms have made her the star in social
circles in all the country around, and whose
superior archery has given her undisputed sway
over the hearts of more than one bold sutton
Garrison Carruth and Tom Underwood, two
dashing rural galants, following the fatal foot
steps of many one gone before, found them
selves desperately enamored of this fair young
lady, and proved devout and frequent worship
ers at her love shrine. The love of the two
beaus for the young lady grew in warmth and
| intensity with the days, and with each succeed
ing visit deeper the secret canker Of jealousy
gnawed, and the more suspicious of each other
they became.
The fair Dulcineas cloudless intuition pene-
trated into the situation and saw at glance that
the two young men as desperately in love
as ever blind Cupid becomes, and therefore lost
no time in making the best of the situation. For
quite awhile she fed them both on equal hopes
demanding all, conceding nothing. At first she
betrayed no signs of preference for the one over
| the other, but swayed her magic wand over both
| with apparent impartial favor Until she brought
| them face to face with their destinies when she
streamed light on their eyes and revealed to the
| fortunate Carruth a reciprocated love. Then it
was the hopes of Underwood instantly fell
| through and persisted forever.
| The warm companonship and brother-like
affection each bore for the other at the outset,
and which the wearing of time had widened into
cool arrangement had now ripened into an ac-
rimonious applicability. Underwood, made des-
perate by thwarted love, grew furious and
seemed entirely unable to assuage his revenge
full feelings when he contemplated the 'apple of
his eye" as the fiancee of his rival Lothario.
From day to day no care fitted across the
placid brain of the light-hearted Carruth as he
luxuriated at the love feast, but all the while
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burning humiliation, was planning to cut him
from his mooring and drift him forever from
his winsome lady love. Learning that Carruth
would pay the young lady visit on last Sunday
evening the ove-famished Underwood stole out
| into the darkness of night aud secreted himself
| in convenient spot on the roadside, where he
| awaited the return of Carruth In time Car
ruth and several friends rode by on horseback
en- route for home. just as the party reached
opposite the hiding place of the enemy, he
called out from the bushes and asked was Car
ruth in the crowd. Carruth answered in the
affirmative, at the same moment dismounting
from his steed. Quicker than it takes to
write it, two bright flames, issuing from
the barrels OF Underwoods shotgun, ilu-
minated the inky darkness, and about
pound of buckshot was deposited in the arm
and knee Of Carruth The dashing Carruth. I'M
daunted by the warm reception of cold lead,
pluckily drew his pistol and returned the fire.
His first shot struck that portion of his anatomy
known as the skull cutting furrow around the
left portion that looked as if it had been done by
an an expert scalper The second hit in much the
same locality, farther to the right, however and
plowed itself obliquely across the Uranium with
less hurtful results. if possible. than the first
The third shot took Underwood's hat for a target
and knocked it into cooked hat"
Underwoods wounds only very slight,
while Carruths are quite serious and grave ap-
prehensions of his death are held Some, though,
do not consider him so seriously wounded and
express the belief that he will soon recover
entirely
Underwood was still in the woods from last
accounts.