Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-25
THE DE MORES AFFAIR.

THE DE MORES AFFAIR.
The Marquis Not Satisfied Because He
Did Not XIII His Man.
The operations of the Marquis de
Mores in the Bad Lands and his trial
for murder in Bismarck some years ago
will make the following account of his
latest duel in France interesting to the
people of this section. It also shows
how ~"affairs of honor" are still con-
Quoted in France:
Ever since the Fourmies riots, when the
military, at the instiQation, it is claimed,
of N. Isaac, fired among the working PEG:
pie, killing and wOunding women and
children as we'll as men, NJ. Isaac has been
the object OF frequent and bitter attack on
the part of the socialists. He was upheld
nent cause of that minister's unpopularity,
and indirectly of the disruption of the
cabinet and the rejection of M. Constans
by the new premier, Nj. Loubet. NJ.
Edouard DrumOnt, in a recent book, al
]uded to NJ. Isaac in a severe manner, and
was promptly challenged by the sub-pre-
feet. who is a person Of considerable cour-
age. They fought with pistols and both
were wounded, NJ. Drumont getting de.
cidedly the worst OF the encounter. The
Marquis de MOres, who is said to have had
an interesting career in the United States,
has been also rejecting upon NJ. Isaac.
The marquis has lately trained with the
socialists and he saw no better way of
gaining popularity with them than by
drawing a challenge from the man who
was charged with having their comrades
shot down at Fourmies. This was not
HIt6nNIt Tha m0rnnIS uvrnfn u LATHAM nv
raigning M. Isaac for the Fourmies affair.
The letter was
MEANT TO DRAW A CHALLENGE,
and it came. M. Isaac sent a friend to
see the marquis. The latter received the
messenger with the air of a Danton.
"Monsieur 10 Marquis" began the mes
scnger.
"Do not call me marquis exclaimed the
the new fedged Jacobin contemptuously.
II am a citizen and one of the people," n
he waved his hand toward a liberty cap
that was conspicuous in the otherwise lux
nriOu room.
The messenger begged pardon, and fol-
lowed the apology by delivering the chal-
piled the marquis coolly, that one Of the
people ia ready to meet the man who
slaughtered his brethren, that he chooses
swords for the weapons and the duel will
be fought to the death. The information.
that De Mores had chosen swords for the
weapons was not agreeable to Isaac, who
would have preferred pistols, the same
weapons with which he fought Drumont.
MOres is known to be an expert swords
man and has boosted of his ability to
kill any fencer who should dare to face
him. But
ISAAC DID NOT HESITATE.
He accepted the terms, and authorized
his seconds to arrange the preliminaries
The wv men met yesterday. Isaac, it
IS said, spent a good part of the previous
night practicing with a well known
fencing master. 1t is usual for duelists to
give some token of recognition before the
deadly encounter, but the marquis would
not even notice his antagonist, and seemed
to wait with impatience for the word.
From the first the marquis pressed the
fighting. Isaac held his own bravely, but
was no match for the skill and impetuosily
OF his antagonist. The marquis evidently
meant to kill, and Isaac knew it. Both
men kept their presence of mind or the
fight would have ended at once; for the
marquis was ready to take advantage OF
the slightest slip on the part of Isaac, who
showed a skill that encour aged his friends
and seemed to astOnish De MUres. 1t was
by q skillful feint that d. .Mores succeeded
in disabling his man. ne made o thrust as
II at the left breast, and as Isaac made a
motion to parry the blow De MOreS, with
almost uncomfortable swiitneSs, struck
fiercely and forcibly to the right, plunginp
his weapon into the breast OF Isaac. The
latter staggered, the
BLOOD FLOWED FROM THE WOUND.
He held on to his sword and made a mo-
ton as if TO attack De Mores again. The
latter stood calm, and turning to his second,
asked for a cigar. This was handed to
while the conditions of Isaac was being
examined. The attending surgeons said
the wound was dangerous, II pos.
sibly fatal, il not speedily attended to-
Z They stauched the blood, and advised
Isaac to be conveyed at once to some
place for treatment. Isaac staggered to
mis- feet and insisted on continuing the
fight.
1T was to be a
r DUEL tt H DEATH"
he said, and it mast go on" The seconds
in the meantime held a consultation and
n stepped up to the combatantS 1t
would be murder, they said. for them to
permit the duel to be continued further
NJ. Isaac was dangerously wounded and
not in a condition 10 Offer such resistance
as would justify his antagonist in proceed
would have liked, it was evident, to have
had the privilege of killing Isaac, but he
knew there was a limit, beyond which
French law pronounced killing in a duel
10 be murder. He therefore reluctantly
consented to stay his hand. AS for NJ.
Isaac he was physically unable to resist
the decision of the seconds, and he was re.
moved from the field. The socialists are
making a hero of NJ. de Mores. NJ. Isaac
is said to be in a critical condition.
Stubble burning.
Winnipeg Farmer: There is a very
general consent among all who have
tried it, that to burn stubble in the