The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-05
~ WAS DESPERATE.

nrp" Garth Duel.
Eea" socent death OF DR.. David Flour
J" n, Brunswick. which occurred
w, unne for the Incurab.es, In this
h"e.,is one Of the llcrcest and most
su duels that ever took place in
|os State .
Il ,,nIyersi,y OF Virginia but remembers
" .,orv Of the Flournoy duel,
IN ,ook place during the session of
va In the long lapse of years since.
~.v,r man have forgotten the true
.'.,r,nt of circumstances which led TO
III the principals are dead ana as I
...,,ly had the s DRY from Or. Flournoy's
4, n will be OF Interest 10 the readers
|, ne Times to hear 1t.
r. nearly as possible. | give the details
:, ~ he related Them TO me.
~. mornlng early In April, 1854, DR.
-,r,noy and John $. Darlington, Of Ar
.,,as both students, were crossing the
-, from the old bookstore TO the uni
.,sy grounds. just as Edgar Garth,
Nh 4 fIlenI hhH4NH + ~ c. Wtic uilHins
"A Of cattle over the welk-way. Car
L,son kicked one of them from his pnth,
A.rupon Garth cursed him, dismount-
al the same time and daring the Two
dents 10 leave the campus, which they
uc,ply did. Without much ado the figh.
-ssa py CAIRNS attacking CarrlnE.on
n rfyts IaU4AS tluurnuy.
me latttr sVuu oiChe IyeS nose with
tItk plAc.us nun ncra uc coluudl, ana
r0e MS atttAiitu 10 Lurtn, W..u m an
at TAD Gowlieu tdillns IN anu Was bet
Ma his last brick. Flournoy struck
sttl anu maze Inn retreat. he departe1
a,ag ,eng awe on tIuurnoy Tor inter-
,suse who knew Garths reputation ms
txaitr lett c,r,aiu OF more trouule, 40
Al wnen three weeks later he sent tina
|, sluatnts wufu 10 NEE. Inn and his
and on sunday morning AN ugUt g. OUT
N we've not al al surprised. rlouinOy
ECaring,on t,rintd items Ives, repair Il
le appointed place aad waiteu some
sh bit IN van. Early Monday morn
however, Garth sent word that ~
rnoy came to town that day ne in
e. whipping him borrowing bowie
We from fellow student, rlOurnoy,
smtanied by Caring ton, armed wi h
psiol, went TO The old Monticello
ile standing at the desk with his
TX 10 the door, Gnrth, with Two Of nis
bhsrs and two otter friends, walk d
ana touching him on tne sholtrer
Flu have got to take a curslns or
Ts reply of this why little Yirsinian
believe III fight"
Nth drew their knives and this most
MI duel was soon under way. At al
hi tie first lunge Flournoy's knee
I'D It's way 10 O;arth's 20 ldrnoue and
seed Gradually hc forced Gaith out
he street. soon afterwards h. drove
inlfe through Garth's right lung, tha
I hi coming Out uuder the shoulder.
: sftupon the latter backed oil and Grew
tsolyer.
ID right here comes I'm a queer part
be story. All through the fight Car
won. with drawn pistol. had kept
ihs friends from coming to his assAt-
I. which. otherwise, they would have
and by which Dr. Fl1urnoy sad car
Etch sayed his he.
tst to speak Of which Is this: IN
sary part Of the struggle. l'l1urnoy's
had cut CAIRNS front pocket. AMI
lNoi had fallen ont. This weapon
ion. Garth hogan firing he handed 4
lournoy, whu Immediately opened tr
b his opnonent. with tho result that
|rut bullet IN h's breast. After en-
rg his weapon. he advanced again to
quarters, and Garih's pistol beng
.nrty and his opponent unhurt they
NH the contest with thc.r howios.
rst can be briefly toll Af'er Il
pswt flournoy with one sweep diF-
wiA bis adversary. tIo WIS then
dsnssye him of his knife, but failed.
iuHn that time young Eugene Garth
fni'Nsd, CRYING
\ F'u lave killed my brother and VIII
living his bloody knife, Flournoy re-
IN tll vou too. n YOU come nearer"
Dfrxsr1;, Wccae G!nt'h snannet {.
2un him. but e f0iled to fire.
'ersws ~ tho nrh' soon rearNod the
',-'iiy and hundreds Of s'uacrtn e'r-
rt't ,hs iail ard many wore adm 't'd
N Tpurnoy. We was rufferirg from
IN voun' s, fourteen bo'ug IN his left
rsn arm. md orc in his hn"k.
N1ng proved nat he was not the a.
or IN two days he was released and
m was renn''rue lying NJ the poirt
~, as he avd 81 others 9u~ros"d
"a dsc'sred rs rieh tNat T'o''rr-v
y rn' he rr-rooi''rd ns -hs T"ht was
we and him eolf the n1rroeeo~.
4 WED mary vrars afterwp~1s hu'
irNv tAcovered from the effects OF
NJ Flcrrrrv fu~'rer sald isn't rrnv
hrs Hcsugoh Cprrlrrfan Of tavtrc
Ne white fea'ior hut declared t''a'
,'''n hp' ~a'ed his rfe. ~ dove
N N'svA -rnn ehonid THO io.tor 1-a~ o
''r IRE vol ku'r~n Nirp ni0 far0Nv
r'me, whose father Ind moved to
r'n-rov was rrou1 Charlotie count
r~e NJ rHco WHO n-c etrNn rc-. 10
Yer ve--q rr'or - h'e Haath No hn1
: invalid and appeared much ol1fr