The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-04-05
MOST DESPERATE DUEL,
Tive Millsap's College Boys Meet
on the Field Of Honor.
Clarion Led ger.

Clarion-I.edger.
AS q general thing the boqrders
at Millsap's College and the town
boys get along famously together.
but two of them had very serious
misunderstanding "A few days since
and which terminated in "pisrols
and coffee for two"
1t appears that one of the beard
ers spent the night with a town
chum recently. This is strictly
against the rules, and the boys
finally quarreled about it, the
boarder claiming that the town
boy had "blowed on him. The
lie was passed and the town boy
stuck the other in the face, telling
him il he wanted any further sat.
isfaction he could get it. Notes
passed Sunday night and formal
challenge and acceptance was the
result.
An appointment was made to
meet at Belhayen ruins at 4:30 j.
m. Monday and fight it ont accord
ing to the code. The seconds at
tended to the prellminaries. The
affair was strictly on the quiet, but
at half past four o'clock there was
a dozen or more young. men at Bel
haven. They were friends of the
two principals anu begged and
pleaded with them not. to fight.
urging that the proyocation was
not sufficient. and that the matter
should he settled by arbitration.
The boys were obdurate, but AZ
termuch persuasion each appointed
one friend to arbitrate the matter.
Each principal had revolver in
his pocket and no amount Of per-
suasion could induce him to give
it up. The two men appointed to
arbitrate the matter sat down and
began to discuss it. The rest OF
the crowd stood on the ruins OF
Belhaven, each principal apart
from the other with his own lit
tie crowd of sympathizers.
Suddenly one of the principals
stepped out from the crowd ana
said; There is no way to settle
this except by shooting and I'm
going to kill the d. scou-drel
right now
The other man, as soon as he
saw what the first one was Going.
went for his gun. The first man
whipped his weapon out, took de-
liberate aim at the other and fired.
The second man could not get his
pistol out in time to lire at the
same time as the other but rs the
first one fired the second shot, he
also fired. They were about twcn-
ty feet apart and advancing rapid
ly, firing all the while.
TO say that there was consterna.
ton among the spectators Is put
ting it mildly. There was a rush
to get out of the way Of flying oul-
lets, and the seconds We're yelling
at the principals 10 wat and set
tie the matter deCentlv. accOrdIuu
to the code"
Five shots were fired by both
parties, and the second man to fire
whipped out a second pistol and
began to blaze away. He fired
several shots and tn two mert
stood there glarlng at one another.
Each moment the spectators cX-
pected to see one ot them fall. rs
both had the reputation Of being
dead shots.
When their pistols had been
emptied they threw up their hats
and yelled April fool" The pis-
tolls were loaded with blank cart
ridges.
When those words were uttered.
the crowd looked sick. All, ex.
cept the two seconds, thought the
affair was IN dead earnest. The
man who carried the challenge
went around imploring some one
to kick him, which was done.
fhe crowd kicked each other and
came back down town, leaving the
clever fellows who put up the
joke rolling over on the grass with
laughter.