The Opelousas courier., 1889-10-12

arms were Iol0ed, With the muZZle OF a
pistol projecting behind him. He was
erect as ever, and a look of inquiry upon
his face, as though he expected a call
for q second shot. His c~oolness and
nerve wee remarkable even in that gath
ering. Assured that Broderick's wound
was fatal, he started for his carriage and
was followed by his friends. They
drove rapidly to San Francisco, and from
there Terry went to his ranch at Stock
ton, whence he quietly awaited events.
MIR. Broderick was placed on a mat
tress and th~ree-quarters of an hour after
he was shot was placed in o light spring
wagon and taken to the house Of his
friend, Leonilas Haskell, at Black Point.
He fingered il great pain until 800 on
the morning Of Sept. 16, when he died.
Within a few days after the killing the
San Francisco Herald, that had opposed
Frederick, had an article on the subject
of the duel in which it was said that the
Broderick party had the choice of weap-
ons, and that whatever advantage there
had been in the fight was with Broder-
ick. What made this advantage the
more striking was the fact, it said, that
Broderick had taken the pistol with the
trigger set the finest.
That was the first that the public had
heard that there was a difference in the
triggers.
Of course it was not that Broderick had
the choice of weapons, but the lie was Of
small moment compared with the fact of
their being a difference in triggers.
Thereupon the story of how the weapons
had been juggled all came out. Terry's
party had got the section in the terms of
the duel, by which each party was to
bring a pair of weapons, and then they
should toss up to see which pair should
be used. They saw to it that their pair
was chosen. In his practice at the
asylum, Terry had used but n pistol
constantly, and had the trigger set just
to suit him. The pistol of the one that
Broderick was compelled to use was set
SO light that the faintest touch-a breath
would set it off. The armorer, Ber-
nard Lagoards, who loaded MI. Broder-
ick's pistol, observed that it carried a
lighter ball than the other, and that the
trigger was not as 1t should have been.
He protested, but he was only a mechanic
and was easily browbeaten by the gentle
men who backed Judge Terry. No Won
der the pistol in Broderick's hand was
fired before it was leveled. No wonder
Terry was cool.
Broderick's funeral was one of the
most magnificent and imposing ever seen
in the State, and his splendid monument
on the heights Of Lone Mountain is still
a Mecca for pilgrims.
When the excitement was over Terry
came from his hiding place and demand
ed a trial. AL the details had been fixed
by his friends. He procured q change of
from the place where the murder
was committed to Marin County, and his
friend, Judge J. 81. Hardy, hurried down
from Mokelumne Hill to take charge of the
trial. On the day set for the case Hardy
and Terry appeared in court. The case
was called for ten o'clock. It was then
nine, and the witnesses were on their way
from San Francisco. The hands in the
court clock were set an hour ahead.
Hardy called the case. There was neither
prosecuting attorney or witnesses present,
SO Hardy discharged Terry.
For his share in the villainous ~transac-
ton, Hardy was impeached by the Legis-
lature in 1862, and hurled from the
bench. He took to drink and died.
Terry himself was obliged to emigrate.
He went over to Virginia City just after
the discovery Of the Comstock Lode, and
surrounding himself with q band Of ruff
fans, intrenched himself in q stone fort
on the mountain above Virginia City, x
pecting to bulldoze the owners out of
some rich claims there.-Ne1D York San.