Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-26
DUEL WITH RAPIERS.
A NEPHEW OF COUNT KALNoKY AND
AYOUNG SOUTHERNER.
An Opera Singer the Cause.-The Noble
Seriously Wounded in the Neck
by His Adversary.

An affair of honor between the son of a
nobleman and an American gentleman,
with all the essential features OF genuine
romance, was settled in Chicago on Sun
day, says a special 10 the New York Herald
The American was practically unhurt.
While the blood of the nobleman flowed
freely from q dangerous wound in the
neck.
Baron Rudolf Kalnoky de Korospatak,
nephew of Count Kalnoky, of Vienna,
made his first visit 10 Chicago about a
month ago, registering at the 'Richelieu
merely as Rudolph Kalnoky," of New
! York. He was handsome and distin-
| gulshed, appeared 10 be the possessor of
! unlimited means. and, while evidently
suffering from habitual melancholy, soon
| became a favorite with the few TO whom
he gave his friendship. The object of his
stay In Chicago was q mystery 10 all
except Manager Carlson. of the hotel, to
whom he partially told his story.
QUEEN NATHALIE's DEFENDER.
| Kalnoky, according TO his own confes-
sion. was OF one time the staunch defender
and passionate admirer of the erratic Ma
| thalie, of ServIa, during her sometimes en-
| barrassing visits TO the Austrian capital.
He had also been chosen companion in
the revels of the gay young Crown Prince,
whose suicide shocked all Europe. Seek
| Ing change in America be accidentally met
! Miss Mittie Atherton, a member of the
Duff Company, during its last Chicago en-
| gagement. She was the possessor of A
! voice OF unusual power and melody and a
| charming face.
She led the Baron a doleful life both here
/ and in other cities to which he followed
| her. She constantly Kept before him the
! fact that she could never become his wife.
| as her heart was already gwen to one for
whose sake she would shortly end her
! stage life. Kalnoky finally became con-
! vinced of the truth of this and remained
! behind when the company left Chicago.
| Ten days ago he again weakened, and
made a flying trip 10 Louisville in one last
| effort to conquer the pretty actress.
| While there he seems TO have met one of
/ his numerous rivals, though not the sue
cessful one.
DROWNED THEIR GRIEF TOGETHER.
| Last Friday morning he returned to the
! Rlchelieu, having given up his original
| idea offollowing Miss AthertOn from Louis
vile to Pittsburgh. The same night the
man whom he had encountered in the
| South dned with him at the Richelieu
| restaurant, the two seeming TO take NOR
! bid interest in together drowning their
| mutual sOrrows.
| A too free indulgence in the wine, how
! ever. quickly ended the friendly character
/ of the meeting. In the parlor few
! minutes after dinner cry of rage was
| heard and a heavy fall. Kalnoky had
! knocked his companion down for speaking
| disrespectfully of the woman he loved. An
| hour afterward q friend of the southerner
| appeared with respectful note, demand
| ing n meeting. kalnoky at once accepted
| in a note which he sent to Il friend then
| stopping at the Richelieu, andto whom the
southerner's second was referred.
With the exception of the rash act which
| gave the excuse for challenge, the affair
was carried out with regard to every nice
| distinction of the code. On Saturday
| night the Baron was informed that all the
| details had been arranged, and that the
meeting would take place at jackson Park
at daybreak of the following morning:
! Kalnoky's second having the choice of
weapons had selected rapiers. the Baron
| being unfamiliar with the pistol, and the
| arrangement being satisfactory to his op-
ponent, who claimed familiarity with
| fencing through student life abroad.
PREPARED FOR THE WORST.
Last night Kalnoky expressed to Mr..
| Carlson the intense satisfaction he felt at
| the programme for the morrow. IL he had
! the luck to fall, he said, his opponents
blade would but take the place of a
weapon III his OWL u VIM lllO
had caused him to be disowned by his
family. and suicide alone remained for one
without home or love. Mr.. Carlson, be-
lieving that the affair would not end seri-
ously, even if il did actually come oil, de
cided to allow the matter to take ITS
course. The Baron settled his bill, lett
word that If he did not survive all his be-
longings at the hotel were to be sent to
the woman for whose honor he had fought,
and quietly retired to bed.
At 4 o'clock this morning he entered
waiting carriage aud was Immediately
ioiued by his second. On Prairie avenue
they stopped TO take in a prominent young
physician whom the Baron had known
when the former was student IN the hos
pitals Of Vienna. At Jackson Park they
found the opposite party. The seconds
walked about for some time, selecting the
most favorable fighting ground. This was
at last found close 20 the Fifty-nlnth-
street entrance TO the park, Just west OF
the small bridge. 1t was an ideal spot for
an affair of honor On one side 1t was
shielded by the high board fence which
separates the improved from the unlm-
proyed portions of the park, and on the
other bv a great knoll surmounted by q
heavy growth Of bushes and trees.
FLASHED THEN THEIR sABREs BARE.
At ten minutes past the adversariess
barred 10 their shirts. A moment later the
word was given, and like flash the south
erner commenced. After some sharp fight
INC the southerner succeeded in lnfilctlng
Slight wound in the right leg of the
Baron. little later the Baron made
clever lunge which prlcked the SKIN on
the right shoulder of his adversary. The
latter. however, parted admirably, ana at
this moment, to the horror OF the seconds,
tbe Baron appeared to slip and literally TO
fan ON the point of his adyersary's sword,
which entered his neck. A stream OF blood
pushed from the wound. The SECONDS at
once stopped the combat. Baron halnoky
was assisted to an adjoining knoll ana MS
wound hastily dressed:
After ascertaining that the result would
moi necessarily be fatal the southerner and
his friend left the field. Every effort to
identify this man has failed. With the ex-
ception of Kalnoky he appears 10 nave
been unknown to all concerned. Ills APP
nearance, however, leads to the belief
that he is the son of prominent citizen
of Atlanta, Ga, famous in the South as an
authority on the code OF uuelo' anu Wno,
fhouph quite young: has taken an active
mart in several affairs of honor. lie Is
known to have boarded the Cincinnati
train ON the big Four" which lett the
HYDE Park station at 9:45. two hours after
the termination of the combat.
Baron KalDoky's exact whereaDOuts are
kent secret, but unless he was able to go
East tonight he is still at the residence OF
the attending physician or of friends IN
Hyde Park. D:.Lo,;o,,
while deeply regretting the affair and an
moved that it should have become known,
1s assured that the young Austrian mas
heen well cared for and that his life is not
in Immediate danger. From converse
tions with him, however, he fears tina. the
Baron's misplay was not mere accident.
Int that finding himself facing one not his
equal in swOrdspsnshiPp he tic toqk Ifa thff Il
,ISHV tbis wos the case MIR. Carlson fears that
Kalnoky Kali may follow the failure of this
morning by successful attempt upon his
own life.
SOMETHING WRONG ABOUT THAT DUEL.
fBy Angio-American cable to the Dlspatch'l
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, May 25;-ln9uiries
made here show that b Baron q !. R1dor sD0onneed aa
noky ae hUiJIstd dUnI 1esterday IN Chicago with
vonnc ro southerner, is not nephew OF