The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23

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and Richard MenSies fought with pistols at ff-
teen PAGES in n suburb Of San Francisco, and
d. j. woodleaf was a famous duellist or that
epoch. He had been out eight times; had always
killed his opponent. In 1854 he qusrreled with
Achille Kewen, and 1t was arranged that they
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be the quicker shot, and plSosd his bullet in tho
In 1855 Robert Tevis. q brother Of Lloyd Teyis,
was a candidate for Congress. His. political
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roasted Teyis until tho latter was forced by
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equally as a matter of course It was accepted.
WEAPONS NeSis; as sb sa ! GnH IoSdeS with Rfrt slus Sa0' The sS duel
took place at Downioyille, and was fought at
the first fire Tovis fell with a slug imbedded in
his. heart. Lippincott had a narrow escape. a
lock Of hair on his temple having been severed
In 1856 DIR. Washington N. Ryer;. one of the
first settlers Of Stockton. had q dispute with
State Asylum for the Insane. Langdon made a
personal assault upon Ryer, who challenged him
in dtEkoo San JJ joaquin %in R 4 3 short distance from
Stockton. Ryer was placed so that the sun beat
SSGSSreSly s in n his - face ace th RsssR GIs this this = he S,, Pr %p3fb
crippled him for life.
Senator Ferguson. alarmed at the prevalence
Of d%pellinE. introduced q bill in the Legislature
for its prevention, which was passed without OPP
position. In 1858 he quarrelled with Editor
George Penn Johnston and n duel followed.
They fought with revolvers on Angel Island, In
San Francisco Bay. They were to fire and ad-
At the fourth shot Johnston fatally wounded Fer.
guson. Johnston was tried. but was acquitted
on the ground that FerRuson's death was due to
In 1859 W. j. Lakewood and p. Goodwin
fought with rifles at San Andrees; Goodwin's
weapon missed fire, and he was killed by Gate
wood. J. {. Esterbrook and Sylvester Wright,
s yssr. i AND WriS 81 S wss Killed ii'' ''uSn' 'na'
The affair that did the most TO stop duelling
in California was the encounter between David
G. Broderick and David S. Terry in 1889. Terry
was e Justice Of the Supreme Court Of the State
Both were Democrats, but each was the leader
Of a different faction; Terry was q candidate
for reelection and was defeated through
1Rs en Genoun nc Di Broderick in. u f%iS
terms in q public speech. Broderick retort-
cd in kind. Terry demanded a retraction
which was refused. A duel was arranged and
Is. The weapons were duelline pistols. tho
distance ten PAGES. The usual method was
adopted OF giving the word: ".Firel one-two-
three.'' At two" Broderick's pistol was. dis,
charged as he was raising Il to the level. the ball
Terry. Terry, in the meantime, raised his pistol
to the level. An instant later he fired. and
Broderick fell, the ball having lodged in his right
rested; released on $4,000 bail; tried on a
change Of venue at San Rafael, Marin county,,
and discharged on the entering Of q nolle
prosequi by the District Attorney.
obsolete in California. Instances have since oc-
CURED in the mountain counties of a resort to the
code, but they have been exceedingly rare.