Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-17
LOVERS FOUGHT DUEL
A Tragic Ending to a Romantic
 and Sentimental Affair.
ONE IS DYING, THE OTHER IN JAIL.

Because Miss Wright Couldn't Say Which
 Che She Liked the Best These Young Men
 Tried to Settle the Question With Pistols Ac""r,IIns |" the Cuds.
 BLOOMING. ON, Ind, June I7.-This seo- ton of the stato has boon stirred by stories of a duel between two Jealous young farm CTS who fought with pistols for a bride Saturday afternoon near here. One of them will probably die, while the other capped without a scratch The wounded man is Frederick koontz He was shot through the left lung by William Doug lass.
 Both young men arc well known and live on farms several miles south of hero with thoir parents. Douglass is now in jail here and is held to await the result of koontz's wound as physicians say he will die
 All accounts agree that the arrange monts for the meeting wore made in the most approved manner, and that the young men fought like cool headed duclists in stead of hot headed youngsters. Two rounds were fired, the first having accom- plshed nothing. IL appears that both have for n long timo Teen paying attentions to l Miss Mamie Wright a handsome. young woman, who lives with her parents near their own hOmes
 | Decided to Fight For Her. She gave encouragement to each. but in entire innocence of the fact that Jealousy was raging in the hearts of tho young farmers. Such was the fact. and finally koontz and Douglass reached the conclu- | sion that ono or the other must retire from tho two years struggle for Miss Wright s hand. They decided, after very friendly conference, to fight duel for the prize. koontz and Douglass came to Bloom l ingtUn saturday morning to make plans for their meeting and in a pleasant way | Completed details of tho duel. They pur- | chased revulyerS, and after hunting up l two seconds and a third young man as referee retraccd their way homeward as far | as n grove two miles soIth of here. Who l were the seconds and tho referee is not known, for 1t is said they wero strangers | even to the principals in the affair and | were picked up near tho scene of the duel. They made thoir escape as soon as the se- | rious character of it became apparent. | When the selected spot had been reached, | tho revolvers were loaded and then Doug, lass and koontL very politely and calmly shook hands and stepped back to their places.
 Ton pacoS had been agreed upon as the | proper distance and the referee had ] marked the stations of the duolists. When both had announced their readiness, tho word fire was given. and the mon blazed away.
 Fell nt the Second Fire.
 Noithrr was harmed Tho second. seemed to be more frightened than the two who were targets for each other. It wa: decided to try again. The reforce's inspec tion finished, he onCo moro counted ''One two, three, v and gave tho signal. | At the second discharge koOnt2 cruancG and fell to the ground It is said in some quarters that Douglass fired before the sig nal had boon fairly given by tho referee, but this is disputed and cannot be rstab liShed until referee or seconds have beer apprehendod and interrogatcd
 The wOunding uf kOontz threw the on tiro party into dismay. but when an ex animation showed him to bc sCrioUsy hur an alarm was given. Ilo was removed tC his own homo in a farmer wagon, ant there doctors who were last ly summoned prunnUntel his wound IT, lAhIy fatal. a: n ball had penetrated his Lift lung. IL i! still imlodLCd there
 | DOUglaSs after the duel went to his OwI home Tho othor participants made thei escape without being recognized.
 Tho sheriff placed Douglass under arrcs later in the day, and he is now in tn, county jail hero, He says ho is sorry he s' seriously wounded kuontZ. Neither of tn men, 1t appears. had any ideH ho coul, shoot well enough to do very much dam age, and the possibility of a fatal ondin! to the duel ncver seems to havo occurrct to them.
 When Miss Wright learned of the affair she was very greatly distressed. It ha created q vast amount of interest here.