The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-17
,vrNrURoUs CAREER
- Famous Terry-BrOderick Duel
me Witch Resulted Fatally

E4-' - o-,,ouuced the other day, lived
DEAF ,.ss and his violent taking on VIII
~ - no surprise when his history IS Feaa
q ~ -, - native Of the south, ana early
-, - an orphan. De went 10 IeX St
49, Sill q Young man, aud J'Ileu Al t oie
W. +bat state for IndepehueAce II on
80, He afterward READ law atIu "1S
-lI-.T-,ir+sd 70 the bar. de "ehU " Ie..,
Tis during the gold DAYS, anu P4I 80,
Ia Lilies almost before ne AIoS
INTO f the counties. He was elected
the i1--i s,,.+ics of the supreme court
c.i9t frrria att the age of 80. HIS place
o. ! - siraoure He was opposed TO tne
wa rs,a-,+as Who practically ruled the state
- and vas active in seeking their
a. ll9 IL In August, 1856, Terry stabbed
uo"iii.- TJoDkins. one of the Ylgliantes,
.3 - ,1l;s+inc tie Illegal arrest OF Reuben
1I,iore,- The vigilantes became greaIiy
::lnaa-se5 They arrested Terry ana Kept
~, i'm close confinement untl oeptelilo9r.
~, anticipated that he Would De
borgs5 His discharge was otIered alih IL
- '15o,,Id resign his place, put ne oeIied Tue
vigiantes, despite the enJTeaUleS Vi nls W.
70 iss,,ad an address to the people OF Cal-
co., in which he declared that he wonld
l,o1a- Leave his prison alive, except IN the
~ -, g,bics thew had elected him.
n fame acquired on this occasion was
,--1a+Iy increased by the notorlety he
So Sobia,,aj in the famous duel with David Z.
qpInJarict The latter was a Washing
Do b- bir+n. who in early life went to
NJ, V6-k wnere he rose to political
--,n,i14nce. and became Tammany's candl-
a9,-a for coIc-ress His defeat disguised him
with New York politics, and he migrated
N California, where he gradually rose III
tbe D5ltical scale, and finally had his ambl-
ron rewarded by being elected
to the United States Senate. Terry
at This time was much embittered against
PrCJarick because he had failed TO
eacrrs denomination for the chief justice
sbin Al The Iecompton democratic state
convention. he'd at San Francisco in 1859,
he LET loose his wrath ald denounced Brod
ericb in the strongest terms. He called him
an arch traitor. and said that if he was the
follower of any Douglass, it was the "Black
DOUGLASS whose name is Frederick, not
Stephea. Broderick was eating breakfast
at the International hotel when he read
Terrvs remarks in newspaper. There
were several ladies in the room, and with
one Of these D. w. Perley, prominent
LAWYER was conversing. BrOderick leaned
across the table and said to him:
81 see that Terry has been abusing me.
!
made. that he is the only honest judge on
the supreme bench. | was his friend when
he was IN need of friends, for which l am
truly sorry Had the vigilance COM
mitlee disposed Of him as they did of
others, they would have done righteous
ac "
Per.ey was an intimate friend of Terry,
ana be resented Broderick's remarks as a
personal injury. For some time it looked
as though the quarrel that had begun be-
tween Gwin aud BroderIck, in which Terry
had taken tfwin's place, would wind up in
q duel between BrOderIc6 and Perley. The
latter sent Broderick challenge at the
hands of Gen. Even. Broderick de-
cIuai to accept it, and replied contemptu-
Ously:
Sir, fight only with gentlemen of my
own position"
TERRY'S CHALLENGE TO Frederick.
Thereupon Terry took up the insulting
remarks and sent the following letter to
BrOdeTlck
OAKLAND, Sept. s, 1859.
Hon Darid c. Broderic5: SIR-Some two
months ago at the public table of the Inter
national hotel in san Francisco, you saw fit
TO Indulge in certain remarks concerning me
Wiiich were offensive IN their nature. Before
/ heard OF the circumstances your note of
June 30 addressed 10 D. w. Perley, in which
youdeclared that you would not respond to any
cdI OF d personal character during the political
canvass just concluded, had been published [
nave, therefore, not been permitted to take any
notice of those remarks until the exuiration If
The limit fixed by yourself ! now take the
earnest opportunity TO require Of YOU retrac
tlon II those remarks This note will be handed
10 YOU by my friend Calhoun benham. ESQ.
WHO IS acquainted with its contents. and will
receive your reply. ID & TEppv
several letters passed after this, and Il
looked as though the affair might end in
mere clubbing over the meaning of the
WORDS employed by Broderick in his denun-
cauon Of Terry. Broderick would. IN
aouhtedly, have been pleased at such a re-
SUIT hut Terry was loaded for bear. ana
hotnlng short Of blood would satisfy him
"A letter which, while formal, was also
inehaclng aroused Broderick's anger. and
ne sent a very stiff and uncompromisinc re-
KY Inc Judge sent challenge, making
i ni, d 1nuan MS agent, and it was accepted
~ ~ PIole4cG, who referred Mr. Benhain to
us friend, the Hon. j. c.. McKibben. The
arrangements were made and written ONT
me Ume was set for l o'clocl,
ou OAe morning of Sept. l. The
SpoC al hTst selected for the encounter
Mas at the boundary lines of San
1laUeQ and San Francisco counties. but #
was uttered TO the farm adjoining the l,aLe
Souse ranch, occupied by a William Hio-
e!ns. Inc weapons chosen were duelin1
RT.seo4S, 10 De used at ten PAGES. Judpe
iloII5 cGose as his seconds Calhoun Rem
p la1l' iaWyer, State COMPTROLLER S. n.
MIS-, ana 1homas Hayes. Congressman
T aoniJoe r. oIerlh David G. ColIoa and
~ 'i Tu5 haskeIl acted for Broderick. In
bie s.oclsSe leIfy had the advantage, as
,l1S o9colas mad all had experience in such
matters before, while those ranracan+i,,lr
Of oG ;elIA' though accustomed to the use
~ piSCol ana knife. had little knowlado,e of
inovno 80 II mad been alleged that their
s ,,IA 'eIiehce had much to do with the re-
Pno, hayes has been a warm friend of
i otQetellcA IN New York, and it panied the
'a''ei 70 see hun acting for his Opponent
TERRY-BRoDERICK DUEL.
at i Inc parties met according to agreement
deavoreojto t ~ nrst selected. They had en-
leskaJ GU ~. " Keep the matter secret. but it
boJh siJar' anu some 200 excited friends of
noiiao 'iueS contrlved to get there TLa
ST. We're also informed. and inst 40 +ho
B Irio arrived Chief of Police Martin I
nsrt1' came anne up and arrested the Who'll
w. mere was no resistance Tbav
Coor - 10 als1ed before Police Justice n p
thai Nv "uo uIscharged them on the pround
And ~ ~ crime mad actually been commjttaJ
min ~ Butler, brother of Gen Renia'
brotba- e u 1'ler; John A. McGIvnn a
now r; o. DR.. McGlynn, and other fri n
fgb4in1a,1 eq to dissuade BrodericL fron'
de6enJss,, but he felt that his reputati T On
Al tba. upon it, and refused tn ston
The az, AL .Ine he was very cool and calm
night t Is' was was mere straw. That varv
n farm n sae 10Th, the parties drove to tbe
miles i lar me Laguna de la Mercei t I,l9
some o 5tSsn Inc city. A few reporters and
i lnr.a -.uELs heard of 1t in tina n,I go