The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

Sopsin were soon to become man and wife and
nsyS that Dr. Witeman had died at he hands
OF her oousin .unsettled the mind Of the. be-
Wsttcrs was q changed maj after the duel.
he travelled. everywhere, he never married,
larry frequent in California in 1858 ana 1864.
1884 alone. The code was so generally aeknowi.
edged that Brot Harte once said: 1T took
70 the Of ield Of lq honor @t than So Hoi toos 70 0a aSoSpt.S
clined 70 aecept u challenge from an equal in
Edward Gilbert, who came from Albany, n: Y,
and had boon a member of the California Con
44Na Of san:Francisco. He met in duel Gen.
Games ". Denver, who was then Secretary Of
the second shot. The. editor had, ridiculod a
law passed by the California Legislature ut the
request Of Gov, Biglsr and Gen; Denver, pro
was angry. and replied N a card in 9 rival
another editorial shot, although he bad been
warned that a challenge to fight would result,
gusxe tnan ever. Then Editor Gilbert himself
sent a challenge to a duel with rifles at forty
PAGES In 1850 Con Denyer.s name was men 4
S sSsn'f for the ~i PPop { aS@' Ot tSe S Ss s@i g Rs@ I
tailed story Of tho duel, showing how tho Gen.
eral had been compelled to shoot as he did.
speaker in Iaf san' Fran SSisSs" fought aStt0t two Sn@ dn pIpi in
soiS times. TIE frs. time Dc and Alderman
Of tventy;toSuir l~csses.NaEeint faii with a shat,
Ten mouths later no was again challenged to
fight. this time by another San Francisco AL
d sss ; @s.p na%' that se sSssns a ahsys'it Ai R, si@o. T "nS
the distance was twenty yards. Nugent
walked with his cane to the spot where the
duel, and. called out to his opponent that he
moant to have no foolinE about the affair. He
at the frat Are. but he himself sank 10 the
ground at the second IRE. lie recovered and
was a famous edi, or in San Francisco for more
the In s 5Sly; d 1Ens; Bssnsr' and Es II d, e1 PsPE. Of
four shots in a duel near Bcnicia. They had
bccn having q newspaper war for weeks: Both
IGick.tenpered. Finally EstleT' publicly
t1unted Parker with personal cowardice, and
S isnso ehf him Amy IE SaS OF i ISSEN Sslo meN'f pa ahvs sent sont
u courier on horseback a. once to name the
place where The code was to settle their differ,
;&SouES Tie arm NC once, and had Z niger Of
Ecr was Shot in. the nir, and staggered back.
He recovered himself nnd called for another
Sn1s shot oef IN t Sns abdoSen. Il IL sn die ,G" before nss su ne
,ct that same day. While he lay dying a
S1ambor Of The DYING man, and throwing him.
self as best he could, with the ERndaRes about
ais arm wounds. al tho bedside, he said:
Parker. may God in heaven and you for.
give me for my, awful crime! have beer
tins days work! Oh, forgive. forgive met
Il haven't anything to forgive, Estley," said
hing. and l didn't. That's Al. Don't itsel' SO
Whom Parker was dead Estloy sent for thu
Sheriff OF this county and gave himself up for
rial. There never wa a trial. however. Est.
ey subsequently made, Il fortune in land specu.
.:.t!oa and contributed generously every year
. the support OF the aged mother OF the dea0
Parker.
!ldg, o. San Joaquin county. aud Actiliy'
Sewcn, q leader W the young men at the Cali
tornia bar, is well ~ren.emhered Hmops Che many
reached middle age and had been in pubic life
n Tennessee for years:bo;Gre he came t" Gail,
nj in California and had killed three men.
lie was an expert shot and, kept himself CON
,i ,. he IN AMI %FiKs eMsn h Dns a Va" war On of w NoSsn in q
&9wee was concerned. Kewen slapped Judge
is;ol then and there, but, was prevented.
i swen made immediate apology for his ha;Is
id that he had defended his lifo too man;
mes on the field OF honor 10 take verbal apo!
. Masid t wpiae any a Eu mSn; apo ne. f for his act and
you'd publish 1t or give it to the Judge: That
}F aSro A wooi III; e aSftInSs; y yoSa ss& Rsw sGsH az q
| uuel, and the challenge was accepted.
The scene OF the combat was near oakianL,
where there are no" some or ths most beau
| u. suburban hoagC. on the Pacific coast. Tn"
| duetiists and their seconds me: at 8 O'Clock on
.or. 8, 1854. The men stood at forty pace
rms were that tic umpire was TO say.
Ready. fire. one, two. three. four" and the az.
ana to cease AT the word '!our." Two second
we're 70 eiapse between the word JUDI
nd shirt. As "a pistol was put in his hand he
spped his left chos, and smiled significantly AZ
oeurt is, but Kewen will never roach it," Im
.Icdiate:y on the word DIRE" both men hred;
eli Forward. while kowen cxeitediy fired a 90.
"nd time without effect. The Judge was shot
trough the forehead. Pubic sympsthy Wa
| he saGseauent!y joined William Walkers Mi,
,u.tering expedition to Nicaragua, where he
Vas taken prisoner and put to death by The
People who were in Califorpia forty years
s sf"u, VIII the r a9eite,Sen neG over s the t MoTtSI d EnsHt be:
,,ween' Rudolph E!lcsler and Henry Dnoert On
i.les!cr was educated at the University OF
Paris. but ran away aid became n German sea'
man. He came 10 San Francisco, in 1882
There he met Dubert. a native OF Louisiana,
VINO had also followed the sea for n few year
| having been in the United States Navy. The,
we're both about 80 years old and reckless men,
| They had an alteration one evening while IL
their cups at the old Olympian saloon. Elhesler
dealt ,Dubert Q smagting. blow; knowing thaI ne
would be challenged to fight for the act. The
challenge wa made verbally at once, and E'le='
Ter, being the challenged man, had the choice
| Of weapons.
"Broadswords, and good and sharp, are the
weapons. This shooting in due!s is too uncer
tain satisfaction said Ellesler.
The duel WAS fixed for the second day at sun
set, and the scene was the bleak and barrcG
snnds near where the CHI House and the beau
tIful Sutro gardens have since heen construct
ed. rhe broadswords were ground to a razoi
edge. Tho principals chose seven second
each, according to tho Italian fashion. Arriv
INK at t.e scene the umpire read the terms o.
the combat. The principals were to stand
seven feet apart, with a broadsword In th'
right hand and a sort Of buckler in the left
Both mon had been trained at sea in the use o.
the broadaword, and each had p~racticed Will
"A brondsword in the period between the hal
Ienge and tho duel. At the word strike cacl
duelli3 Il was to approach the other and defend
h.mso!f ~ best he could. The umpire was tc
count 300, giving Il second OF time between
~ thu word '.strike' Ellesler and Dubert