The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-08-26
THEY FOUGHT IT OUT
A Prince and Count Met on
the Field of Honor.
BOTH COMBATANTS WOUNDED

Prince Of Orleans Seriously Cut on the
Shoulder and Abdomen, the Count
Slightly Wounded on the Hand.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE Count of Turin
and Prince Henry of Orleans fought a
duel with swords at O'Clock this morn
ing in the Bots Marechaux, at Vacres-
son. H. Lentieff acted as umpire.
The seconds of Prince Henry were M.
de Leontieff, governor-general of the
equatorial provinces of Abyssinia, and
M. Raoul Mourichon. The Count of
TURNS seconds were General Count
Avagadro de Quinto and the Marquis
Carlo di Ginooe:
The fighting was most determined,
and lasted &c minutes. There were
five engagements, of which two were at
close quarters. Prince Henry received
two serious wounds in the right shoul-
der and in the right side OF the abdO-
men. The Count OF Turin was wounded
In the right hand. Prince Henry was
taken to the residence of the Due de
Chartres and received medical attend
ance.
The condition Of Prince Henry of Or
leans this evening is as satisfactory as
could be expected. The doctors, after
consultation, have expressed the opin-
ion that no important organ was
touched, but absolute rest is necessary
for recovery.
Owing to rumers at Naples and else
where, the public had not expected a
duel to come off. It was, therefore,
quite private.
The official account furnished by the
seconds recites fully the circumstances
leading up to the encounter: The
/ Count of Turin, considering the letters
of Prince Henry of Orleans to the
Figaro offensive to the Italian army,
wrote to him on July 6 demanding a
retractipn: This letter could not be
answered until August IL, the day Of
the arrival Of Prince Henry in France.
He replied to the counts demand by
telegram, maintaining the right of a
traveller to record his experiences.
The official account then describes the
arrangements for the duel, gives the
names of the respective seconds, and
says that at their first interview they
agreed that an encounter was inevitable
BY common accord the conditions were
settled as follows;
The weapons to be dueling swords.
each combatant to use those OF his
own country, but the blades to be of
equal length; each com Blatant to be at
liberty to maintain the ground he gains
and each to be allowed the space OF 10
metres within which to advance or re-
tire; each assault to continue four min
utes; the combat to be resumed in the
positions occupied, and only to termi-
nate on the decision of the four seconds
or the advice of the doctors that one of
the adversaries is manifestly in state
of inferiority; the conduct of the meet
/ ing to be intrutsed alternately to the
two parties, lots being drawn at COM
mencement. This latter feature of the
arrangement was due to formal objec-
ton of the seconds of Prince Henry of
Orleans to direction of the encounter by
a fifth party.
At later meeting yesterday the Sec
onds decided upon the rendezvous.
The proeess-verbal then proceeds to
describe the encounter, Itsays that in
the first assault Prince Henry was hit
in the right breast, though the weapon
did not penetrate the thorax. On the
strength OF the report of the doctors,
the seconds decided that the combat
must 60 on.
The second assault was stopped be-
cause the combatants came to close
quarters, In the third assault the
Count of Turin was hit in the back of
the right hand, but the wound was
slight, In the fourth assault, the UNI
pire, Major Leontieff, declared that
the sword of Prince Henry was bent,
and stopped the engagement long
enough to furnish the prince with a
new weapon.
In the fifth assault, the combatants
again got into close quarters, and were
Immediately stopped, Prince Henry in
a counter blow being hit In the right
lower region of the abdomen. The
doctors on both sides examined the
wound, and declared that Prince
Henry was rendered by it clearly infer
ior to his antagonist.
Major Leontieff and M. Mourichon
proposed that the combat be stopped,
and this was done by common accord.
While his wound was being dressed,
Prince Henry raised himself up on the
ground, and extended his hand to the
Count of Turin, saying:
"Allow me, monseigneur, to shake
hands with you"
The count extended his hand. The
physicians present were DR.. Tiupet and
DIR, Hartman ON behalf OF Prince
Henry, and DIR. Garlic, on behalf OF the
/ Count OF Turin. This account of the
fighting was signed by the seconds.
The details Of the duel show that
the encounter was sharp and deter
mined. Immediately on the crossing
/ of swords, Prince Henry vigorously
pressed his adversary. The Count OF
/ Turin retreated to the limit OF the
| ground. and, resuming the offensive,
/ touched his opponent. The third and
fourth assaults ended in the long en-
gagements within guard.
The Temps says that the wound IN
the abdomen of Prince Henry is sefi-
GUS, but not alarming. Had the
Count OF TURNS steel gone half CEN
timeter deeper. the prince would have
been perforated.