Evening journal., 1890-02-03
ONE CENT
IAN AFFAIR OF HONOR. -
The Marquis de MoTes Shoots
an Editor. .
NJ. DREYFUs STRUCK IN THE ARM

He wished to Continue the Quest for His
Opponents Gore, but tainted from the
Loss OF His own--Both DuoiintA rhea
Retired Satisfied.
PARIS, Feb S-The much talked OF duel
between the Marquis de Mores and M. Cam
lille Dreyfus was fought Sunday morning on
the outskirts OF the little town Of Confines,
in Belgium just beyond the French from
tier The duel in many respects was a re-
markable one IL was occnsioned by an Ax-
ticie written several days ago by NJ Droy-
fus in Ia Nation, in which the well lrnowa
political writer said number OF things
about the marquis which the latter consid-
cred insulting He said the marquis father
was a banker, his mother Jewess and hs
himself -. A few hours later III. Drey-
fus received challenge 70 mortal comba&.
10th We're Crack shota.
The conditions Of the duel were that IL
neither was wounded after the first round a.
second should be fred, and sitter that thlr,G
il necessary. As both men are export sho,s
many Of their friends looked forward TO th,
result with serious apprehension. For Year,
the Marquis de Mores has been aocustoue.L
on his immense cattle ranch in Montana ic
the constant use OF the revolver. It was his
/ boast that no thief had ever Stolen one OF his
horses or steers and lived M Deyfus has
| long enjoyed the reputation among Pariaiam.
| journalists Of being the Que whom twas
particularly inadvisable to chAllsuge He
rarely missed his man
Courteous Greetings All Refund.
An hours run from Lille brought us over
the Belgian frontier, and at Confines aff
alighted Walking across few hundred
yards OF plowed ground brought the party
to a stone cottage, where preparations had
been nade 70 care for the wounded IL
wounded there should be. Here, for the
first time, the two enemies met There was
grand lifting Of hats all around and pro-
fusion Of solemn bows. but not word was
spoken. Without losing time tho four Sec
onds proceeded to business. minister
ilockroy drew forth five franc piece and
sent it spinning in the air.
Preparing for tho Fray.
"Headsp called H. Feuillant, but tail
came. This gave M. Dreyfus tho choice OF
position. Up went the coin again and tho
captain won the choice Of arms At the
I
giving the word Of command. M. Dreyfus
placed himself at the end Of tho limo near the
road, marking the exact spot with cane.
The handle Of this cane, curiously enough,
was a deaths head carved In ivory The
Marquis de Morcs placed himself opposite.
Both wore white gloves, silk hats and after
noon dress. Neither comhatant had any
advantage from position. Tho sun, which
was exactly between them. was low on The
horizon The pistols furnished by the mar.
quis having been takon from a sealed box,
were tried carefully by the Comto ds Dion,
who discharged them several times ia the air.
Then the weapons having been loaded in
an approved manner in the presence OF all
the seconds, NJ Feuillant handed an un.
cooked pistol 10 NJ. Dreyfus, while d. Lock
roy performed a similar service for the mar.
quis
The Word Given.
Lifting his hat with a courteous sweep, H.
Feuillant cried; "Cock your pistols, gentle
menm The comte waited a few moments
Then seeing that both weapons were cooked
he said, "Are you ready, gentlemenF
"Yes,n answered NJ Dreyfus ''Yesn an
swered the marquis
"Firei One, two three
A Moment OF Terror.
"a | IN LH6 fi3NefAAtnH 'Aalt
Feuilant had cautioned both men TO ain
deliberately before firing, but M. Dfeyfu
did not choose TO follow this advice. Hardl.
had the first word been uttered when tn,
=. report of his pistol sounded through the quie
morning air. A glance at the marqui
showed that he was uniniured One couls
: fancy NJ. Dreyfus gave a hurried start a
:, he saw his aim had missed, and as ne ais
saw his enemy's arm rising slowly 70 tn
!. deadly horizontal. As the word two
y sounded the marquis touched tho hair trig
" ger, and the leaden bullet, twolvo mill
F" meters in diameter, sped straight towar
the breast Of his adversary, but the advel
n sary's arm meantime having fallen receive
y the ball that would otherwise havs pen,
= trated to some vital organ.
4 Tainted from Loss OF Blood
! al am hit, called NJ Dreyfus. as the SCI
4 onds came running toward him. With ths
u be threw his pistol to the ground and wake
n toward the cottage, where the doctor
y promptly did their work
n The wounded man, finding his right arr
was not disabled, demanded that the fgl
= should be continued. While the secong
Is were consulting NJ. Drayfus tainted frol
loss Of blood, whereupon the physicians
both parties declared that the wound rel
dered him hors de combat. This put an en-
to the contest, the principals declaring then
10 selves satisfied. NJ. Dreyfus was remove
TO hotel
" ANOTHER CHURCH RIOT.