The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-16

ter to any Frenchman, not even the
small tradesmen? They added more
over, with an ironical accent. that they
would not in5iet the death penalty upon
I the French women. Even this did not
| permit Them to accomplish their wishes.
Although they came to the capital as
prisoners they do not seem to realize
/ it. Some OF l1heir officers were ashamed
| to take part in the celebrat ion of the
! anniversary of AdoWa.''
| II appears that he police had been
! unusually active, and had ordered the
| foresters to watch carefully all places
/ likely to be chosen for the encounter
| but everybody was deceived by the re-
! mort from Naples and by the Unusually
4 early hour chosen.
! Lieutenant PINS seconds had left
| Paris in disgust. declaring that Prince
Henri had acted against the rules of
| chivalr..
The seconds made absolute privacy
a condition and said if soul were
present except the principals, seconds
and doctors, the fight should be stopped
and the Count of Turin should return
Immediately to Italy and be followed
by Prince Henri to fight. For this
reason various places were named to
mislead the inQuisitive.
The meeting before the seconds
yesterday was long and stormy. The
representatives of Prince Henri stated
in has behalf that he could not With
draw his original assertions, as ne had
written only the truth about the Italian
officers, and was entirely willing TO give
satisfaction to q repres entatiye Italian.
At the interview between the seconds
yesterday one of them became very
much excited and said it was now
quarrel between the two countries,
adding:
I'VE wish the whole Italian army
could assist at this duel"
When weapons were discussed the
Italian stood out for the sabre, and was
with difficulty convinced that the
French duelling code did not admit of
the sabre except in case of cavalry
officers All started With the utmost
secrecy at 8 o'clock this morning. The
party arrived at the duslling ground
about a o'clock Little time was wasted
in the preparations, and they faced
each other exactly at O'clock. Angry
gIanceS were exchanged and botn looked
cool and determined. They fought IN
their shirt sleeves, Prince Henry with
bare hands and the count With gloves.
At the words allies, messieurs," both
started vigorously, so vigorously as to
astonish and disturb the two seconds
1t was a thrilling exhibition of sword
play, and Major Leontieff, describing
it with extraordinary vivacity, said it
was terrible. II appears that Henry
sword was bent by a button of the
counts trousers, and but for this
chance it seems there is little doubt
that the count would have been run
through, or at least dangerously
wounded. liz fact, the doctors and sec
onds thought this had happened. When
Prince Henri received the wound in his
abdomen he clapped his hand to the
spot and sank back to mis- seat, sup
ported by Leontieff. He then rallied
upon the ground, exclaiming that he
could do no more. The doctors fear
that the wound may be complicated by
peritonitis, and there is need OF ex-
trssne care for a few days.
Both men maintained hot fighting at
every stage of the encounter. When
the counts hand was scratched, he
rjGaculed the wound and tried. to stop !!
the medical examination, but tine doc
tors insisted Towards the end of the |
fourth assault, Ehe onlookers became |
anxious as the opponents. becoming
fatfgued, fought with looser guard and |
more careless tqlrusts. In the fifth as
sauIt. the prince, after feeling his way |
began an impetuos attack on the count. |
defending desperately and slowly re-
firing. 1t seemed that the rounds which
had gone before had only served to ex-
cite the fire of the eombatantS.
Suddenly the prince made Wild