The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-08-29

gentlemen, am mistaken in denying
their right TO claim Douglas US u leader.
Perhaps they do sail under the Tag Of
Dou. las, but Il Is the banner o! the black
Douglas, whose name Is Frederick, not
Stephen.
This led to the duel. Broderi K, on
reading these words, said to d. W. Fer
ley, friend Of Terry:
81 see Terry has been abusing me. I
now take bark the remark that | once
made that he was the only honest jude
on tn supreme bench. was his friend
when he needed friends, for which l am
sorry. Had the vigilance committee di--
Pose,l Of him IN they did Of others,
they would have ,lone ri hteOus at"
Perley took Terry's part and challenged
Broderick, Who rplied contemptuously /:
Sir, I q ht only with gentlemen OF my
own position"
Thereupon Terry sent the following
letter to Bro,leriek:
OAKLAND, SeIt Sth, lS59-HOn. David
&. Frederick: IK:-SOme two months
ago, at the public table Of the Interna-
tiOnal hotel In san Francisco you SAW tit
10 indulge In certain remarks concerning
me Which were offensive In their nature.
Bei,Te heard OF the circumstance, your
note Of the 18th Of June addressed TO ID.
". Perlry, in which yOu Declared that
YOU would not respond to any call Of q
personal character duTin- the political
canvass Just concluded, was published.
have MT tn refure been permitted t1
take any notice Of those remarks until the
expiration Of the limit fixed by yourself.
/ now take the earliest opportunity to re-
quire OF you Fetral ton Vi those remarks.
This nnte will b. handed to you by nv
friend, Calhoun Henham, ESQ.,. who Is
acquainted with its contents nd will re-
ceive your answer. d. S. TERRY.
70 this letter Frederick replied thus:
SAN FRAxcIsco, Sept. 3, lSo9-HOn. d.
S. Terry: Yours Of this date has been
re pived. The remarks made ny me
were Occasionel by certain offensive al
lusi0ns OF yours concerning me. He
here repeats the language used by Terry
with his own remarks to Perleyl. You
are your own Judge a. to whether this
language affords good rnun,is for nffense.
&C. BRODERiCK.
A duel now was inevitable. Prelimi-
mari 9 were arranged, seconds chosen and
an attempt made to fight on September
18th, near the boundaries Of San MateO
and San Francisco counties, whirh result.
ed in the arrest q principals and seconds.
They were Immediately diSchar- ed from
custody, however on tie round that M
OfFense had yet been committed. The
next day the duel took place near San
Francisco, Terry, by the toss Of half II
,lnllIT, won the clpo:ce Of weapons. Pts.
tolls were used, ten PAGES were marked
of, and the Combatants took their places,
Al the word Frederick firei first aud Il
Second Later Terry's pistol rang out.
BEoderick's pistol It was Afterwards
learned, had been disrharsed acri lent
ally and before he was ready, the bulle'
burying itself In the ground near BrO'ler.
ick's feet. The fineness Of the HAIR trig'
.eF, to which Broderirk Was unaccust'
Omed, was the cause Of the ac'ident
BToderick was q good shot, and had tn
muzzle Of the weapon been raised b ph
enough, Terry would undoubtedly h. VI
been hit. Tery's bullet, however, tonE
effect in Broderi'k's left breast, inflictin.
a wound from which he died three dnyi
later, and the contest took its plact
i