The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-14
ACHANCE FOR A DUEL
A Brazilian Threatens to Chal-
lenge Minister MendOnca.
Antonio Hilario de Paula da CoehIo Says the
Minister Called Him Negro-A
Woman in the Case.
Ispecial 10 THE HERALp. -Examiner pispateh.l

Especial to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary from
the Brazilian republic to this country
stands good chance of being mixed up in
duel He is Senior Salvador da Mendonca,
and he resides in Washington. The man
who proposes to fight him is right here in
New York. He is giant and wears the
long name Of Antonio Hilario de Paula da
Coehlo. Last fall he started new steam
ship line, now plying between this and
Brazilian ports. Antonio AYERS that the
Brazilian minister has treated him most
shamefully. "He has heaped contumely
upon me-" said the Brazilian with a gulp
Of Indignation to-day as he walked the floor
of his Office at No. COS Temple court. Then
the colonel, (the senior NON his title as
Republican leader and opponent of Dom
Pedro in the Brazilian warfarel, turned
around to his secretary, who eyed the
young man, evidently of peaceful disposi-
ton, and said: Franz, has the challenge
gone to Washington" The secretary as
sured his 'bosn that the blood-curdling
document had been placed in the hands of
Colonel Tom Wilkinson, magnate over in
Ozone Park, Long Island. "'Tis well; tits
well. See, Colonel Tom, he is my friend
Eef Minister da Mandonca take ad-
vantage of his official position,
eef he refuses to meet me, 1
will 20 down to Washington and pull
his nose in the street. He half called me
negro. 1 will make him eat his words; so
sure as l live, win kill him. Before L
kill him, / will sue the New York World
for what 1t has said about me. My lawyer,
Mir. Henry n. Hsyman, of No 600 in this
building, will prepare zee papers to-mor-
row. 1 hat instructed my representative,
Colonel Tom, to bring me back De Mem
doncs's aswer inside of twenty-four hours.
He is liar and he is cur. Eef he refuses
1 will not be found tomorrow in New
York. 1 will fight him in Westchester
county or l will fight him on the shores of
the Potomac. All 1 say 81 will fight him ,,
If everything that Colonel Antonio Hila-
rio de Paula da Coelho tells is true, he
certainly is abused. He gives q straight
account Of why he challenged the Brazilian
minister. "When / came back some years
ago from Paris. / bought a house up in
Fordham. When l moved down to the city
from the suburbs, l rented the place to
Mrs. Florence Jones, and she lived there
a good while without paying me for the use
of the premises. One day she came down TO
my office and said she wanted to get her
love letters back. She had written me a
good many of them. She was a
tender soul and wrote letters expressing
her affection. but she would not pay her
rent. She even refused to surrender the
key she had to my apartments upon Muir
ray Hill unless l gave up her correspond
ence with me. / sent her the letters and
went up TO her house on West Twenty-ffth
street on the night Of April Z. Her mother
was there, and so was her daughter. ]
simply asked for my key. Both women
began to abuse ne and l had to leave the
place to avoid scene. The World printed
a story maligning me the next day. In il
the Brazilian minister was interviewed
and he called me a negro. l was grossly
insulted by such gross treatment and | pro
pose to sue that newspaper. 1t is case OF
blackmail all around. You can say that
openly denounce the Jones woman as {
blscknailer. Behind the whole matter Is
the Brazilian minister. cannot fight 6
woman; can fight him. He must answer
my note. Colonel Tom Wilkinson will re.
turn tomorrow with his reply.n