Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-02-10
A BLOODLESS DUEL (!
Two DuelliStS Of Belcn Shoot al
Each Other.
They Fired simultaneously but
Neither Received a Bullet.
Eggs Placed In Shoes the Cause Of tho
"Deadly" Meeting.
wnLED EVERYTHING TO WIPE.

Last night THE CITIZEN was informed
by q railroader who had been of on 9
hunting expedition in the vicinity Of
Belen and Los Lunas the past ten days
that he witnessed q ''bloodless duel" al
Belen on the moonlight night OF Jan
both. at 10 o'clock.
''On January 30" said our informant
''the streets Of Belen we're very muddy
from the melting snow. and a certain
gentleman. pulling of his shoes. pulled
on his rubber boots and walked through
the mud 10 his home for dinner. During
his absence several eggs were placed In
the shoes, and, Of course, when the shoes
were pulled on at night the eggs broke
and made terrible mess, enough Il
make the most even-tempered man mad
as blazes.
"The outraged gentleman, after venti.
latlng his wrath and during his madness
penned the following challenge:
"'Any fool who thinks himself &C
smart that he even put eggs In my shoes
or hide my shoes, is hereby challenged Il
eight with pistols, Eve feet apart
"After writing the above challenge
the gentleman, not at all satisfied with
his ability as a successful duellist, wrot,
the following pathetic words 10 his wife
"'Am ready to dye for my honor. Ey'
erything shall belong to you
when II became known who operated
the egg racket, the aggrieyed gentleman
who was ready TO dye for his honor
wrote out the following affidavit, which
was witnessed and signed by half dozer
gentlemen friends:
"'Belen, N. NJ, Jan. 29.-This Is 10 sal
that II ------ kills me Ia this duel OF
Jan. 30, my wish Is that he shall not b,
prosecuted
"The next morning." continued oul
railroad informant, "those who were OF
the inside moved quietly. got the princi
pals together and they selected seconds
Al 10 O'Clock, that night, the two prin
cipals--the man who used the eggs beinI
on the inside OF facts--with their sec
onds and half dozen intimate friend
marched 10 an open lot near John Becker
-four mill. Pistols were handed the prin
cipals, after being thoroughly examined
and the men stood with their backs Il
each other. They then stepped of tel
PAGES. and after wheeling fired simulta
neOusly. The aggrieyed gentleman saw
his antagonist fall, clasping his hand Il
his left side. The seconds Of the latte
picked him up from the ground and car
ried him gently to his room. The herr
of the field Of honor, although regrettinl
that he had TO spill blood to avenge 1
wrong. stated that he heard a bulle
whistle past his ears. and, to show his
gratitude, took the party to resort fol
liquid refreshments.
"As he and the invited guests were i'm
bibing over the formers excellent marks
manship, the supposed injured duellist
stepped In unharmed.
Explanations then followed, both
principals shook hands, and everything
is now serene at Belen."
The seconds in arranging the pistols
extracted the bullets, but the gentleman
whose feet smashed the eggs in his shoe'
did not know otherwise, and was in deal
earnest. for when his opponent fell HI
exclaimed: my Godl have killed him
| only wanted TO shoot him In the legs.