The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-27
THE M0RES-MAYER DUEL.
CAPT. MAYER sLAIN IN PARIS IN
AN ENCOUNTER WITH SWORDS.

AN ENCOUNTER WITH SWORDS.
Quickly Pierced Through the Body.
Hebrew Circles Greatly Excited, and
Warrants of Arrest Are Issued-An
Adventurous Nobleman's Strange
Career.
The following Paris special to the PhiIa.
delphia Press gives fuller account Of the
duel between Marquis de Mores and Capt.
Mayer. fought last Thursday, than ap-
peared in the MORNING NEWS.
The duel arose out Of the anti-Semite
campaign that has been carried on in the
Librs Parole, the anarchist paper, of which
Edouard Drumont is the editor. The weap-
ons used in the duel were swords.
The Marquis de Mores is deeply prieved
at the outcome Of his duel with Can't. Mayer
He says the combat was fought under con-
ditions that ought to have prevented fatal
issue. Before leaving the battle ground the
marquis leaned over the dying officer and
shook hands with him.
Capt. Mayer belonged to the French
engineer corps, and was regarded by his
friends as brilliant officer. He was a
Hebrew, and the duel arose from the Mar
Quls de Mores expressing the opinion that
no Jew ought to be- an officer in the army
1t was agreed that the duel would be fought
with swords. The duelists were not to
como to the closest quarters and were to
cease when one OF the combatants received
wound that would place him in position
inferior to that of his antagonist.
PIERCED THROUGH THE BODY.
When ell the preliminaries had been ar
ranged and the duelists bad taken their
positions, the usual signal, "Allez,n was
given. The marquis made direct thrust
with his weapon which was parried by Capt
Mayer. The marquis again made a rapid
lunge, his sword passing through Capt
Mayors guard and piercing the body be-
low the armpit.
The marquis, seeing what had occurred,
immediately disengaged bis weapon and
leaped back on his own ground. Capt. Mayer
dropped his sword, exclaimiug, ~ am badly
hit" and fell to the ground.
The marquis advanced to his PROSTATE
antagonist. and. bending over him, said {:
Capt. Mayer, will you allow me TO shake
hands with your Capt. Mayer assented
to the marquis request by holding out his
hand.
The surgeons who were present at once
attended to the wounded man, and as soon
as he was made comfortable as the clrcum-
stances permitted he was placed in a car
riage and removed to a hospital, where he
died shortly afterward.
Capt. Mayer had carefully concealed from
his relatives all knowledge that he was go>
ing to fight duel. When the news of his
sons death was broken to Capt. Mayors
father his grief was extreme. He went to
the hospital and the body of his son was
given to him. He conveyed the remains
to his home, where Nine. Mayer, the dead
mans mother. was waiting for them. She
was in a distracted state Of mind. When
the body was taken into the house Nine.
Mayer threw her arms around it and
covered the face with kisses.
The affair is deeply regretted by the
Ecole Polytechnique, where Capt. Mayer
held professorship. He was greatly es-
teemed by his fellow officers. He was
splendid fencer and had appeared In numer-
Gus assaults-at-arms.
WHAT DE MoREs HAS TO SAY.
A reporter had an interview with the
Marquis de Mores to- day on the subject of
the duel. He expressed much sorrow for the
death OF Capt. Mayer, and added:
81 am aware that the authorities will issue
a warrant for my arrest. What does it
matters The magistrates will not prevent
the prosecution of the work we have under
taken. Personal questions are nothing;
principles are all In all. We are but at the
beginning Of civil war;"
The Hebrews Of Paris are greatly excited
over the death OF Capt Mayer. and repre-
sentative Hebrews have urged upon the
authorities that De Mores should be rlgidly
prosecuted.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
OF De Mores and his and the dead mans
seconds for their share in the tragedy
which, the Hebrews claim, was but little
different from murder, In view of the supe-
rtority of De Mores in the use Of weapons
If De Mores should escape legal PEN
atty, other Hebrew officers are willing to
risk the fate Of Capt Mayer In order
TO punish De Mores for saying that
"no Jew ought to be an officer In the
army" Popular feeling is rising against
De Mores. who is looked upon as an advent
urer who has espoused the anti-Jewish
cause in order to gain notoriety.