The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18
TWO PISTOLS.
They Figured in a Murderous Duel That
Interested Philadelphia Years Ago.
From the Philadelphia Times.

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Interested Philadelphia Years Ago.
From the Philadelphia Times.
A very handsome pair of old-fashioned
pistols, the barrels twelve inches long
saw-handle grips and flint locks, made
by Wilkinson of London, 1920 and fin
ished in a style that shows perfection
Of mechanical handiwork, have a record
OF deadly interest to old Philadelphians
for a bullet from one Of them caused
the death of William H. Miller. Jr.. at
the hands of Charles G. Hunter Of the
United States Navy, known to history
as Alvarado Hunter.
William Fl. Miller, Jr., was a vounp
lawyer, who lived on the south side Of
Walnut, below Third street and was
connected with many of the leading
families in Philadelphia. He was in
volved in a quarrel under the following
circumstances: II. Wharton Griffith and
Roger Dillon Drake, two of the gildcd
youth of that time QS20, had o fight in
saloon at Fourth and Chestnut and
mutually pommeled each other
After a suspicious delay Griffith sent
Midshipman Charles II. Duryea to Drake
with challenge. Drake took abundance
of time to reply refusing to meet Grimm,
tleman, and Duryea at once challenged
Drake, and after a time posted him as
coward. Finally Drake sent Miller with
a challenge to Duryea, who refused to re-
ceive it on the ground that Drake was no
gentleman Here was a complication.
Jack Aston of Beaufort n. c.. a notcd
duellist, was consulted, and quickly gave
his opinion that the entire crowd were a
set of Quaker buffers and windbags who
did not want to fight He ended matters
| by offering TO go out with everybody In
sight. As he was manifestly dangerous
all hands kept out of his way and he
left the state with huge disdain for tho
Quaker City braves
And now parties interviewed. Mid
shipman Charles G. Hunter and Lieut.
Hampton Westcott of the marines &c
friends OF Duryea, took it up, and Hunter
goaded Miller into d fight finally POSTING
him in the United States hotel Thor
Miller sent Lieut.. Edmond Byrne, L. S
N, TO Hunter, and "a meeting was ar
| ranged, and on Sunday, March H. 1Sqo
the affair came off on the Delaware SIDE
OF Naamans creek in Delaware county
II is said that an agreement was tn he
made that Miller who was no shot was
to be spared, but Hunter, on the ground
him?" nv
Yes" answered westcott, pink the
Hunters bullet went through NTiucr's
lungs, and he was dead ere he strucl, The
ground. Hunter remarked that he had no
enmlty against the dead man, and the
blame rested on those who had commenced
the quarrel
Philadelphia Journalists were tin1id I'm
those days After giving the names OF
byrne, Duryea, Hunter and Westcott. tbcv
added that there was another person ~,
the ground, but did not give tho name
ana TINS was the sharper and horse ioolto,,
Prince Murat from Bordentown. and he
drove Hunter away IN his carriage.
The sequel was Incredibly brutal MI
lers body was doubled up. placed lp "a
chaise and driven 10 the homo OF hls 'ur,t,,
Robert craig, on Walnut street. the f3tba-'
in-law OF Nicholas Biddle. and sim ara
bloody was carried into tho ho.re II A.
incredible 20 toll that no stCpe V.oro tsi,,,,
by the dead mans influential reIstI,r. -,
avenge his murder. but the peopIa sr,t,.
with no uncertain voice. ''N'
The state legislature. tbcr ir ....i-..
denounced 'ho murder ana prIlti.,.i.
President Jno'N0n ir tho matter 49,
Branch renreiuFy NJ the Navy "a a..
sent in tno names OF those roDrsrr...i H..
The President ordered chem f9 ba sfa,,,t'...,
irom ihe service ~ tls United statea.