Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-12
The Field Of Honor.
Two Georgians Stand UP To
Be Shot At.
ONE SAVES POUR OF HIS rULLETs,

mIse-A Descendant of John @. Calhoun
One of the Principals--His Opponent
Wastes His Powder. but Shows Consid-
ceeding Under the Code-No Blood
Spilled.
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 12-Just over the
Georgia line in Alabama, on the Rome and
Decatur road, near dark Saturday evening,
Mr.. Pat Calhoun and Mr.. J. d. Williamson
fought duel with pistols Mr. Calhoun
was perfectly cool and fired but one shot
Mr.. Williamson was nervous and fired five
shots without stopping. Mr.. Calhoun re-
peated his demand that Mr. Williamson
should apologize for words spoken, which
Williamson agreed to. Neither party was
hurt, and all scattered at once to escape the
arresting officers who were now close uI,on
them. The men left this city Friday night
after arranging the preliminaries and in
spite of the efforts of the governor managed
to have their meeting without interference.
The Men on the Ground.
The duel was fought with nickel plated,
pearl-handled Smith & NELSON'S hammerless
five shooters, and the seconds were Capt
Jackson for Calhoun and Jack King for
Williamson. King took one pistol and Capt
Harry jackson the other. King placed his
in Williamson's hand. Capt. Harry Jack
son walked over and handed his to Calhoun
The seconds took their positions The princi-
pals and seconds formed the four corners of a
iquare Williamson raised his weapon to ex-
anime it, when Capt jackson cried out,
Hold that hand down at your sidep Will
hanson Immediately dropped his arm with
out a word
A Peacemaker Present.
/ Then Col. John Seay, of Rome, rushed in
and begged the seconds to settle the matter
and not allow the fight alt is a shame" he
said, ITO have two such fine men stand up
here and shoot at one another" The seconds
could not agree upon settlement, and so
announced "Then l shall stand between
them" said Col. Sesy, as he took his stand
in froT of Williamson. He was removed by
main force. Then for fully ten seconds
there was not a sound. 1t had been arranged
that each principal was to empty his pistol
shoot five times.
The Word TO Fire.
Suddenly JACK Kings voice rang out:
Are you ready, gentlemenp
"Yss, answered both.
"Then fire
The first shots were simultaneous and the
flames and sparks that flew from the pistol
barrels Illuminated the scene for an instant
Williamson emptied his revolver, the five
shots being fired very rapidly. Calhoun fired
only once, then slowly lowered his pistol as
Williamson's bullets were whstling past his
head
~Are you hurt, Pat" some one cried
mo, sir" Calhoun coolly replied.
Williamson, did he hit your asked King
Il was not touched"
An Unprecedented Scene.
The scene at this time became one unprece-
dented in dueling affairs, After a brief in
terval of silence Calhoun's voice was heard
He said:
"Mr. Williamson, have held four Of my
balls, which am entitled TO fire at you now
do not wish to take your life l now ask
you TO retract your remarks made before the
Legislature
Il viii do So" answered Williamson, "pro-
vided you withdraw the reflections upon my
character involved in your remarks"
The Demand Repeated.
Half DOZEN times Calhoun demanded an
unconditional retraction and each time
Williamson refused to make it, demanding
in return a disclaimer of personal reflection
Finally w llHhII1SOn SAID:
Il am ready for you to fire Then we will
load and fire again"
ALLOW me to speak to Mr.. Williamson,
said King, his second, but Capt Jackson
said quickly, mo, sir; do not approach him
| will kill the first man who crosses this
line" Capt jackson drew his revolver. As
the moons rays played upon its glittering
barrel every one saw ne meant business, and
the spectators drew back.
"But have a right to speak to him." re-
piled King.
Then Capt jackson lowered his revolver
and said: "Yes, l believe you have that
right"
Calhoun Makes a Concession.
King then had "a short talk with William
son, and as he was Withdrawing Calhoun's
voice rang out: an my remarks before the
legislative committee Mr.. Williamson per-
sonally did not enter my mind" Then raising
his pistol he said: "With the understanding
that you withdraw your remarks after nv
statement fire the remaining shots in the
air. / expressly reserved my shots TO dc
this" With these remarks four shots rang
out Then Calhoun approached and the two
principals shook hands, and the party star ted
quickly for the Entering the car Cal.
houn said: MIR Williamson, we viii let this
matter end here"
I'VE will" replied Williamson, giving his
late antagonists hand a hearty shake.
Cause of this Difficulty.
The cause of the duel is briefly this: Mr.
Calhoun, who is a grandson of the great null
lifer, is general counsel for the West Point
terminal system Of railway, and is the mas
ter spirit of the combination of which Mr.
John II. lnman is the head. The West Point
terminal scooped in the Central railroad sys-
tenn of Georgia, thus bottling I'd the state
This aroused the Indignation Of The people
and the result was the introduction of a bill
INTO the legislature known as the Olive bill
to forfeit the charters of roads o
tering into either consultations OF
combinations. Mr.. Calhoun on Thurs
day appeared before the railroad com
mittee to argue against the passage OF the
bill. There he found himself antagonizsd by
President j. ID. Williamson, of the Chatta-
noogs, Rome and Carrollton road, who ar
gued in favor of the bill, and declared for
Independent roads MIR. Calhoun retortsd
that MIR. Williamson sought to enter the
West Point combination, but that through
his (Calhoun's) opposition Williamson wa,
kept out, and thus deserved no credit for be
ing at the head Of an independent line
Williamson jumped up and Missed out tina,
the statement was false. A demand for 9
retraction was declined and both parties left
the city Friday night determined ON gore.
Lecture by wanamaker.
SARATOGA, N. Y, Aug. 12-Postmasteu