Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-05

81, Louis southvestcrn.
|jccted to the Attention His VIII,
Received From Her Cousin.

IIcCteh To tne Attehtioh MS VINE
Received From Her Cousin.
bloomsbury. N. j., Jan. 4.-Dr. L,
ar Relgle and William BOILER fought
impromptu duel here in the snow
Sunday morning. Each fired six
OTIS, ali there was in the revolvers,
each other at close range, and each
Is wounded, but not seriously.
rhelr pistols emptled, they clinched,
the doctor fell down an embank-
,nt u distance OF 100 feet into a
| ep snowdrift, and his antago 1Ist
| d. The affair was caused by Il
oman, and she the wife of DR.. Reggie.
The differences that led to the en-
1nter begun three years ago, when
IS May Farrell, then about II, and
Reigle were married. she was a
tighter OF Clarkson Farrell OF West
rtal and Beblcr, who lived in Ger.
antown, Pa, was her cousin. They
d correspondent before she was mar
u and continued to exchange let
b afterward.
pr. Reigle demonstrated with his
IL. but without ayall. Then when at
\ wife's invitation. Bebler visited his
rso he was compelled to order him
Way. A week ago Mrs. Relgle left
b. and went to her fathers house.
Wostportal, taking their baby with
n. Since then DIR. Reigle has not
d any too friendly feeling for Beb-
pr. Reggie has been attending a child
the house OF Albert Beers and he
He'd there on Sunday morning. Beb-
was there when he entered and
|ere was angry words between the
ID. Mrs. Beers asked them to con-
Ipe their quarrel outside of the house
ID they left.
But one man was witness to what
cprred afierward and he was too
b away TO know exactly what they
#rc doing. They went 10 tho dump,
high bank Of earth, just over the
arren county line. and fought on
top.
Phe one man who saw them says
beard shots and saw them struggle
sfther afterward, but supposed they
're merely firing at a mark and
Milling. Today the snow there is
Rnpled and the blood marks show
AT both We're wounded.
After II was over Bebler fled and
5 not been seen since. 1t is said
at he Is in Westportal. DR.. Relgle,
wever. In here and attending to bust
an as usual. He has two wounds In
head, both slight. and there is u
llet hole In his ulster, where one
Die shots struck him, but 1t did
{tlhave sufficient force to 20 through.
b nlsclaims the duel theory, but ad-
t. the shooting.
II was an unfortunate AFFAIR" he
ID today. 'and | deeply regret 1t. !
not expect such u thing, though
Pave for some time been greatly an
yed,
y all grew out of the interest that
wife has taken in young Bebler.
eRnd her family say he is a cousin.
heught him an undesirable acquain-
poe for my wife and told her So
'They have been corresponding for
be time and ! objected to this, but
( correspondence continued. Some
ne ago Bebler wrote to my wl:a % at
whs out OF work She, with nut my
nsent. wrote to MIN TO come lire,
wing she would get him work.
'He came and stayed awhile with Us.
saw and heard things that I lid nc.
+e. but 1 bore n for time. I'inllIy.
hold my wife he must cease coming
| the house. For about week my
f. has been at her fathers hnusl in
cssportal, having left IN" an. TAX n
+ baby, which Is eighteen months
Ecbler has been at Mr.. Bstr? ce.
Sunday morning I won't there ic
j d patient, a child. ] met RaS,rr,
no Bald he wanted to speak to ine.
sHsd we would go outside. We were
,iRihg along some distance from the
use when the first ting ,GeS 1
- hooking into revo' yer.
EValizing the situ liiou. Jumped
* and being armed, drew my
Af3Af This brought on the shooting.
dWe kept II mp until our pistols
're implied. Then we elinched and
I'M scuhie l got near the edge OF
dcmp.
4 slipped and went over, landing
|Hrly.one hundred feet below. but, for
notc'y did not hurt myself, as the
pw was hard and slippery and Mt
2 hot.om was driftcA. l was stunned
q noment, but was Boon able to
honie. When I reached the top Of
bank Behler had ronc.''
Or. 5telgle exhibited the hole in his
ter and the two wounds In his head.
$40 BShler had taken his re-
rfr with hl;u.
Irnis whole AFFAIR grows out Of a
III of too miieh another-in-layv." he
r.. Il was presumed to know what
icty was best for my wife to meet,
pthers interfered. was con-
Dtd from letters which 7 saw and
Mon ! read that Bebler was not a
per person for my wife TO be ac-