Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-04
NOVEL DEATH FIGHTS
SOME QUEER WESTERN METHODS
OF SETTLING DISPUTES.
Dueliax with Howitsers-A Mortal Com
bat in the Bowels Of the EArth-Wrest-
ling In . Guieh FILLED with R.ttle.nAkes.
Fatal Larias Throwing.

the Mexican fronuer. indeed. tnere Is
hardly big cattle range anywhere that
has not its stories Of hard fights with the
lasso. Such duels are bound TO be fierce.
But so skillful and quick do these rope
throwers become that such duel not
unfrequently lasts for hours.
Probably the best remembered fight OF
this sort WAS that between a Texan,
known as Kid Long. and little Mexi-
can who was only spoken of as ''Gahilan"
-hawk-on the great Lievre range, They
circled around each other, lodging the
rapid throws from 10 ia the morning
until after sunset When the horses had
almost given out the Texan threw at his
adversary, who threw back SO that his
moose passed right over the other man $
lasso and hand and caught him fair
around the neck and under the armpit.
In almost no time Kid was out of his
saddle and being dragged over the ground
at rate that knocked the life out of him
before he had gone a hundred yards.
The west. during its wild and woody
days, and the Mexican frontier have had
many remarkable duels.
KING OF THE CAMP.
That between Farmer Peel and a
soldier. near one of the forts in Utah, is
among the classics of the field Of honor
or what has answered for that in the
COW towns and mining camp. The
weapons were rifles. revolvers and bowie
knives. The men principals Were placed
on opposite sides Of hillock. around
which ran a road. and started to meet.
The curve of the hill prevented their see
ing one another until they We're within
a hundred yards. As soon as they saw
one another both fired. Though part Of
the rim of Peel's hat was cut off. and
the soldiers sleeve was pierced. neither
was hurt. Then they pulled their piss
tolls and advanced, firing Both dropped
badly wounded when less than twenty
yards separated them. They lay there
squirming and shooting until both hal
emptied their weapons. Peel was des-
perately hurt and his adversary had one
ball through the stomach and several
others distributed all over his anatomy
When they could shoot no more they
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Peel, who was SO badly hurt that he
could not advance even on his hands and
knees. began to wrigglc toward the fallen
soldier He pulled himself along with
his elbows, and with his one uninjurcl
hand finished the soldier with his bowie
knife
Farmer Peel already had the biggest
private graveyard of any man i'll the
vicinity. This encounter spread his
fame all over the coast, and when he
went over to Nevada he received every
where the homage Of lesser lights.
DuELiNG IN CoMsrocK MINE.
They have lots of deadly encounters
up there on the Constock. There was
one IL number Of years ago fought over
half u mile under ground. According to
the evidence given at the inquest by the
survivor, the two miners We're working
alone i'll drift They were rivals over
the affections of a woman and in u quar-
rel one made IL drive ut the other with
his candlestick. \ miners candlcstich
consists of il metal socket attached to II
sharp steel spike, 80 that it can be stucli
IN the face Of the drift anywhere. The
second miner defended himself with his
candlestic!I, and there. thousands of feet
under the ground, they wrcstlcl and
stabbed until onc's life was gone a,
they did not come mp when they should
have gone off shift others went down in
search Of them. They found one dead
and the oil her unconscious tlrDupl los