Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-01
WESTERN ROMANCE.
TORY OF BEAUTIFUL INEz
AND HER ADoRERS.
Duel TO the Death Between the Com
batants - From Being Warm
Friends Two Men BECOME
impiaeable Enemies.

fAars and years ago. back IN that
lstant period known TO history as
arly days u duel was fought In
tockton which resulted in the death
4 both OF the combatanta says the
An Francisco Examiner The cause
q The duel was love affair the men
cling rivals for the affections OF a
parish girl who lived here. and who
al a reputation for beauty that
,retehed as far at least as Lodi on
he north and French Camp on the
outh.
The fame OF her loyliness spread
sen 10 Union Island. and the naughty
pioneers were not ayerse to feasting
ell eyes on the senorita's charms
There was not man In Stockton in
hose days-dale uncertain who was
unwilling 70 admit that her black eyes
were more lustrous her dropping
lashes longer. her instep more neatly
arched and her form more undulating
aud graceful than that OF any girl he
had seen in those parts or even hoped
20 see. There was softness in her
glance and a luxury in her movement
that were worth going blocks 10 get
an opportunity 10 behold.
The spell that her loneliness cast
on the men who were here then was
20 whit less than that which the music
OF tho Pied Piper OF Hamelin exerted
on tho children. She did not like
the piper lure all those who followed
her 70 their deaths though she prob.
ably could have done so had she been
50 minded. She did. however cause
the death OF al least two and the
pioneer who told the story late
w. pointed 10 the sabers which
we're taken out OF tho ground by the
worknen on Market street In order
20 prevent the temporary stoppage OF
business on the channel whenever the
boat came In the whardnger had to
hnally beg lnez 70 remain away. and.
as she was a good hearted girl. who
was willing 20 oblige anybody with
anything bat her heart she readily
consented
Three mon who had seen military
service IN some foreign country Cthe
pioneers memory had become so cob.
webbcd that he could not recollect
just where they came FROM arrived
here when Inca was IN the zenith Of
her glory. Two Of ihom were young
men aud the third was ia the primo
Of life. Two Of ihcm became smitten
with tho girl and. being % hot i'm.
pulsiyo temperament each sought 10
win her for himself aud take her
away. Cur!ousiy enough. the man Of
tho three who retained his composure
even when inez flashed on mis- owes
was one OF the younger ex-soldiers
They were soldiers OF fortune. such
a. arc not as often seen nowadays as
Of yorc. Tho two rivals auarrelod
over tho girl and then thoir dispute
turned 10 q question OF honor the lie
having been passed and challenge
Tor a bloody encounter given and i'm.
mctiatcly accepted.
They fought on a spot which Is now
on Market street between Cedar and
III Dorado strcetS as was shown when
the sabors woro dug up by workmer
who were cNcayating thoro for the
main sewers Near tho two sabcrs
was brighter sword. Two skulls
aud human bones had been dug up by
the workmon before reaching The
swords
These were the evidences OF the nj
oncar's romance The duel ho said.
was attended by the third member o.
tho military party and by few friends
whom they had made hero The an
tagonlsts from being warm friends had
grown TO hate each other intensely
Such Is tho eifec; OF woman's innu
cnce on men sometimes
, The conflict consequently was not {
: formal affair merely 10 technically
| wipe out grievance OF ono OF tho an.
tagonlsts Tho bloodlotting was don,
IN earnest and so furious and event,
matched were tho rivals that whei
one OF them dropped and expired III,
other ono was done for too and ther,
they both died within few minute
OF each other
There were no facilities for cofiiue,
!, burials those days such as there ar,
! now. aud ia this case afuneral OF tina
4 sort was not deemed necessary.
{ grave was dug by their friends on
: deep and wide enough for Thorn both
/, and they were laid with the sabre
which they had used In letting GU
: each Others life Their friend an
x compan on was so much affected b
their death that he threw his ow
:, sword into the opening. The noun
a was heaped up but time loveled il
and there was no mark to tell wher
= the rivals for Inez's smiles lay.
I Right and wrong.