Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18
CALLS IT A CHALLENGE.
MT. Bache Thinks MT. Tull
 Wants to Fight a Duel.
so HE WILL CAUSE HIS ARREST.


 A Descendant of Benjamin Franklin and a
 Prominent Philadelphia Lawyer Have an
 Amusing wrangIs About Dog Down at
 Asbury Park.
 ASRURY PARK, N. l.. Aug. 1S-Great. big, tawny Toby. as gentle St Bernard as ever drew breath. has involved his mas ter Rene Bache, in a world of trouble. Mir. Bachc is as peaceful in his manner AS Toby himself and far less formidable in appearance. He is usually able to curb his anger, but he is so fond of his dog that he is willing to 20 to any length to pro tect the animal from harm.
 Toby's life was threatened, and Mir. Bache so far forgot himself that he said he could understand why Joseph l.. Tull could not gain admission to the inner cir cle of Philadelphia society. The insult ex- cited Mir. Tull to that point that he made various threats of violence and intimated | his desire to fight n duel.
 | The full power of Mir. Baches remark is not readily apparent to a New Yorker. A | Philadelphian, however, must see that it was Grievous insult. for which there | must have been grave provocation. He Has a Family Tree. Mir, Bache. who comes of good Philadel- phia stock, is now Washington news paper correspondent. His great grand l mother was the only daughter of Benja- | min Franklin His wife is also a native of | Philadelphia, and her great grandfather, | Charles Riddle. was vice president of the | supreme executive council of Pennsylva- mia in revolutionary days when Franklin | was president of that body.
 | The Baches have been spending few weeks st the Lodore, in Seventh avenue, | Asbury Park, next door to Mir. Tull'S l handsome cottage.
 This dog Toby has been the pet and ad- miration of the beach. Mir. Tull and his dog Frank have not entertained this gen | eral favorable view of Toby. Frank is small but aggressive in disposition On | making the acquaintance of Toby, Frank attacked the St. Bernard. This was re | peated two or three times, and Toby became tired.
 Benevolent. like most St Bernards, he has never hurt the little dog. but has con- tented himself with sitting upon Frank for a minute or two in order to give Frank time for rrhection on the folly of assailing an animal so greatly his superior in point of size.
 But MT. Tull has another grievance against Toby. Some plants in A large flower bed in front of his house were tram pied fortnight ago. His coachman de clared Toby was the offender. Having no
 positive evidence to disprove the charge,
 Mir. Bache made profuse apology to Mrs. Tull saving he would take care that such a thing should not happen again. This did not satisfy Mir. Tull apparently, as Mir.
 Bache heard he had threatened to kill
 Toby and make matters unpleasant for l Toby master.
 Toby's Narrow Escape. | Toby went across the street in front of
 the Lodore He was not near Mir. Tulls
 lawn. Mir. Tulrs colored coachman went across the street with Frank at the same
 time. Toby took no notice of the man or of Frank.
 Mir Tull. who was sitting on his front
 porch. jumped up and yelled to the coach
 man: smash the beasts head with a brick smash him, l say
 The colored man picked up a brick and
 was about to brain Toby. when the traGedy y
 was prevented by some ladies who ran out
 of the l.odore. Mir. Bache. hearing MT ITull's shouts. ran out into the street and told NIT Tull to mind his own business and leave Toby alone, Mr, Full replied with cpithets and threats. Mir. Bache forgetting the pacific maNims of his an
 ccstur, Poor Richard. drclarvd that b,
 could readily understand why Mr. Tul P and his family were not admitted to cer tain exclusive circles ol Philadelphia so
 ciety.
 f Mir Full is a rich and successful lawyer
 He WAS su angry that he came near having . an apuplectic it. The dispute came tenn D lporarlly to a pause at this point. 3 MT l}AChe started toward the beach, aC |. Icompanird by his wife b minutes later They had got d block away when Mir. Tul , Icontrunted them.
 The lawyer proceeded to assail the news Ipaper man with vituperative language, in lcdentally threatening various kinds O Violence and stating that he would knocl |. Mir. Bache's head off. As it is by mean f of his head that Mir. Bache earns a living - he felt reluctant to have it knocked ott a ISQuariug a la Corbett, he responded {, l Mir. Tull's remark by saying he was read, e to fight him then and there, but MT. Tul l. did not respond to the invitation. MT. Tul c then made some remarks which MT. Bach 2 Icoustrucd a challenge to mortal com }. bat The lawyer then walked away. MT IBachr jumped on a trolley car and went t
 the office of Justice Borden. He issued c warrant for the arrest of Mir. Tull whicl n was duly served. IL will be sought to pu If MT 1ull under bonds to keep the peace. Il \ Deputy Sheriff Sued. l. NEW HAVEN. Aug. lS.-W. l.. Horn c 8 Wallingford, manufacturer of cold dis d titled brandy. brought suit against Deput
 sheriff Roger :. Austin of Wellington
 and D. S. Williams of Meriden, claimin " Sl0 OoN for alleged false imprisonment, ms y Ilicious prosecution and islander. Fl Washington IrvinE's Servant, | YoNKERS, N Y, Aug. lS.-Margaret M(