Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-11

Two Prominent citizens Of New or
leans Firhi 10 the Death In
Court;Room.


Spccipi 10 ihe 0ssctfc.
Nnw ontE,ss, La, March to- A DIES.
pcfate duel or shooting ARRAY took place
to-day "a the clerks once Of the United
States district court In thc custom-hou.e,
iu-which one Of The principals was Killed
and the other fatally wounded, bosh Of
them well known men. Mi NJ. n Grace
was Young lawyer who had held The
position OF Inspector 81 customs. Capt
I. NJ. nrOu has been for years one uf the
mest pr0mlnent men IN the steamboat
business. MIR. Grace, who had an admit
rtity suit before the United States district
court, was seated Ia the private, or inner,
once az the clerk whun hfon entered.
This suit happened 20 DC against FREUD
ui Brnus, aud the latter hed Interested
! himself Ia ". stepping ap 10 Grace he
said. ''Yau ought tu be- more Oi gtntlt.
mau thsn 10 take case like that"
Grace sprnng from bis scat and declared
I he WIS ne pu1a and a. muchn gentleman
/ aud az g0ud man as Brvu The latter
struck him over the face With light
cane he catlied aud Chen Grace drew his
/ revolver aud bred, The ball i0lieiing a
/ mortal wound iiruu etnteefcd but dld
not retreat step Again be lifted hisCanc
! ana struck .tis antagonist across the face,
/ Grace replied as before with a second
i shot, which struck tlrou ~ the chest IN
deed Il was impossible to miss him, as
I he men stood within few feet OF each
other. by this time Br " had got his pis-
tol out aud number Of shote were nred,
the men facing each other rcsoluivly,
4 when Grace's pistol refused TO ilrc aus
more and he turned and ran ns y 10 cs-
( cape from the room There had been O
number OF people in II when The iliiug
1 bcgap, but they had scattered OF the
| irst shot, aud the ioor, which
had spring lock, was thus locked on
him. Grace ran into ihe outer room 70
escape, pursued by Brou, who struck
/ him oyer the head with his pistol. llo
tried the other door and found u also
locked by o spring This was the last OF
the 0ght seen by the outsiders, for the
two men were lcft shut mp Ia The room
together with all doors eprlng-locked,
Another pistol shot was heard, and then
silence reirnrd within. The crowd
without waited few seconds
and then entered aud found the two
mon Wing ON The hoor close together,
Grace STARK dead, ut the door which he
had bepn trying 20 open, brou iuscnsibit
and mortuily wounded Ia tue ccntoi
Of the room The Elm had been wonder
fully accurate, every one Of Grace's balls
hitting, ono entered lirou's lace, peno
tratlng from check TO cheek, another
passing through The back aud lodging y
the abdominal cavity, the third penetrat
Ing the Right lung. Oruca was tho
through the arm ana twice through th'
chest. Most OF the wounds had been IN
alcted whllc tie men had been slandiuI
: face 90 face with ihrlr pistols almos
touching zach others breasts.
Grace was thirty years OF age, y'r.
nopnar, ana euiolcd COED practice
Brou had lately been iho ageat Of IA
y French opera here. and was IN varlou
steamboat enterprises lie l. a creole
3 ihirty.slN yeats " uge lie was tcpafde
: Az dangerous man 70 quarrel with hay
y ing been the prlucpd iu several durl'
. Last year Ia a duel with Mr. Evnhsl
+ Ioche he wOuudcd him Br0p was
Z rnnrripd man.