Telegram-herald., 1890-08-09
NOVEL DEATH FIGHTS
SOME oussR WESTERN METHODS
o. sgTTLNe DISPUTES


E.sst LAxizt skrosiag-
T-ha rata duel IS not = new thing CT
sba Nsx,eaa froo6er Indeed, there X
hardly big cattle rsnge snywheFe that
- rot It's ssorios of hard fights with the
lasso. such duels are bound 10 be eEeroe.
But 50 sss1ful and quick 90 these rope
throwers become that such doel Lot
unfreausntly lasts for hours.
Probably the best remembered 6ght q
this sort was that between q Texan,
known as Kid Long, and = little hexi-
can who was only SPOKEN Of a. ''Gabilsll"
--hswk-On tise great Lieyre range. They
circled around each other, dOdglng the
rapid throws from 10 IN the morning
until after sunset. When the horses had
almost given out the Texan threw al his
adversary, who threw back so that his
moose passed right over the other mans
lssso and hand and caught him fair
around the neck and under the srmpit.
In almost 10 time Kid was out of his
saddle and being dragged over the ground
at rate that knocked the life out or him
before he had gone a hundred yards.
The west. during It's wild and woolly
days. and the Mexican frontier have had
many remarkable duels.
KIsG or THE CAMP.
That between Farmer" Peel and a
soldier, near one Of tae forts IL Utah, Is
among tho classics OF the field Of honor
or what has answered for that in the
cow towns and mining camp. The
weapons We're rifles, reyolvers and bowie
knives The men principals were placed
on opposite sides OF hillock, around
which ran a road, and started 10 meet.
The curve of the lnll prevented their see
ing one another until they were within
hundred yards. AS soon as they saw
one another both fired. Though part Of
the rim OF Peels hat was cut OF, and
the soldiers sleeve was pierced, neither
was hurt. Then they pulled their pis-
tols and advanced, firing. Both dropped
badly wounded when less than twenty
yards separated them. They lay there
squir1ning and shooting until both had
emptied their weapons. Peel was des-
perately hurt and his adversary had one
bail through the stomach and several
others distributed all over his anatomy.
When .ley could shoot no more they
lay for a short time swearing. Then
Peel, who was so badly hurt that he
could not advance even on his hands and
knees, began to wriggle toward the fallen
soldier. He pulled himself along with
his elbows, and with his one uninjured
hand finished the soldier with his bowie
knife.
Farmer Peel already had the biggest
private graveyard of any man in 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 N coMsroCK MINE.
They have lots of deadly encounters
up there ON the Comstock. There was
one a number Of years ago fought over
half mile under ground. According to
the evidence given at the Inquest by the
survivor, the two miners were working
alone in drift. They We're rivals over
the affections Of woman, and in quar-
rel one made drive at the other with
his candlestick. A miners candlestick
consists of metal socket attached to a
sharp steel spike, so that it can be stuck
in the face of the drift anywhere. The
second miner defended himself with his
candlestick, and there, thousands of feet
under the ground, they wrestled and
stabbed until ones life was gone. AS
they did not come up when they should
have gone off shift others went down in
search of them. They found one dead
and the other unconscious through loss
of blood. The jury, OF course, had to
take the survivors story of the affair,
and he was acquitted.
a strange duel was fought in sparsely
settled part of Sonora, Mexico, about
fl zen years ago. Capt Villenueva and
lieutenant of battery of light artil-
lery belonging to one Of the posts had
some trouble about who was the best
shot with the mountain howitzers.
They qunrreled and agreed 10 settle il
with the howitzers at 600 yards. They
took neither seconds nor assistant gun
ners, but from the top of small hillocks
they fred explosive shells at one an
other. The captain was wounded by a
fragment Of shell. but they fired ten
shots before either was disabled, though
each was covered with dust. Finally
the captain landed a shell fairly under
his adversary's gun and the explosion sc
mangled the lieutenant that be died be
fore they could remove him TO the post.
An APAczE SNAKE FIeHT.
A little blind canyon in the Sierra
Madre used to furnish the Apaches with
the means of formally setting their dis
putes. This gulch is fairly alive with
rattlesnakes. When two bucks had a
quarrel that they did not wish to settle
of hand they repaired to this gulley,
and while the remainder Of the tribe
stood around and watched from the
hills on either side the combatants went
together TO where the sespents were
thickest. There stark naked and weau-
onless they would wTestle This would
wake up every RATHER in the glen. The
aim of each vas to force the other on Il
the angry snakes. y was not unusual
for both to be bitten while they strug-
gled and rolled around among the rocks
Each was bOund 70 Tsgsasn and wrestle
a. long "a his adversary bld hfe o.
strength enough to struggle with him.
a most remarkable duel VS. fought a.
Las Carnitas. y. r.. many years ago.
An under sfzed stranger csxne % the
town and picked a quarrel with Eand-
some Harry, gambler renowned as a
dead shot. Tsey got out into the rad
ard both fell mortailF wounded twas
discovered taat tie stranger was q ven