Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-17
N. DERODAYS P|hKED By
CASTELlANE'S BULLET.
ANNA GOULD'S LITTLE COUNT
PROVES HIMSELF A COOL,
NERyY SHOT.
DERoDAYs PAINFULLY HURT.
JOURNALIST FIRED FIRST, BUT
FAILED TO REACH HIS oP-
PONENTeS BODY.

fought to-day between Count Boni de
Castellane and NJ. De Rodays. the lat
ter was wounded in the thigh.
The meeting occurred at 8 o'clock
this afternoon in the Pare des Princes,
where many cycling events occurred
last summer. The Count de Dion di-
rected the duel.
M. De Rodays, whose wound was in
the lower fieshy part of the thigh, bled
abundantly, but is not seriously in
jured.
The. duel occurred on a grassy plot
in the center OF the park. After di-
recting the a~dversaries TO take their
places which were marked by canes
stuck in the ground, Count DE Dion
withdrew twenty steps and gave the
order to- fire. M. De Rodays fired first.
Count Boni seemed perfectly calm. He
waited until his opponent had been re-
moved from the field and then met his
father, whom he embraced.
M. De Rodays' wound is very pain
full, but his physicians do not expect
any grave results. The bullet pene-
trated to a considerable depth and has
not been removed.
The duel was carried out
With the Utmost Correctness
and every step of the progress was
marked by absolute calmness and eour-
tesy on both sides, which, If anything.
enhanced it's dramatic effect. The Sc
cret regarding the place and hour of
the encounter was SO well kept that
only the principals, their seconds, the
Marquis de Castellane and Counts Jean
and Stanislas de Castellane were an
parently within the parie des princes.
though a few strangers witnessed the
meeting from outside the palisade.
No time was lost in preliminaries;
greetings were briefly and speedily ex-
changed and then Count De Dion was
seen by the spectators to separate from
the group, fix a stick in the entire of the
grass, take % regular PAGES and plant
another stick. Count Boni and NJ. De
Rodays then Invested themselves OF
their overcoats and tool their positions
at either extremity OF the space marked
off. Both turned up the coifors OF their
frock coats in order to conceal their
white linen which offered a mark.
Count De Dion then returned To the
group and kneeling down, broke the
seals Of the case in which the pistols
had been brought TO the grounds. The
weapons were taken out and examined
by the seconds on both sides.
Count De Dion now, in a clear, reso-
nant voice, stated the rules OF the duel.
and then went to the principals and
handed them the pistols, afterwards
Withdrawing twenty PAGES and station
ing himself midway between them to
the right. He asked them
To Cock Their weapons
and both did so with the utmost care.
The two adversaries then stood i'm
mobile, their pistols held in their
hands, beside the thigh, with the muz-
zle pointing toward the ground, until
the word fire was given.
Count Castellane's slim figure stood
out clear on the green lawn, but NJ.
De Rodays' FORM appeared less dis
tinct.
A few moments of deep silence fol-
lowed. Then Are you ready" ask
ed Count De Dion.
Yes" came the reply from both.
Another brief silence and the word
fire" rang out sharply, followed by
the words one. two three, at regular in
tervals.
Between the words one and two a re-
port was heard and smoke issued from
the muzzle of NJ. De Rodays weapon.
Tue GoJ 5t,ct eN--Iua - -.
Boni's pistol spoke. and Immediately
M. De Roday clapped his hand to his
right thigh and exclaimed:
Il am wounded"
At the same moment the spectators
cried:
He is hit" and hurried to the side
of NJ. De Rodays who tottered and then
leaned heavily on his left leg. He was
carried to the side of the track where
the surgeons
Probcd and Dressed His Wound.
NJ. De Rodays was afterwards carried
from the ground and laid upon the
lower bench Of the grand stand while
he was undressed. Or. Blum. O sur
from the Saint Atoine hospital.
dressed his wound.
U boni approached the wounded
and asked:
NJ De Rodays, are you in pain2"
Not too much" was the reply.
Count Boni her thrust out his hand.
which NJ De Rodays accepted.
Count Boni and his party Their drove
home and NJ. De Rodays was removed
to his residence.
DIR. Blum visited him AFT 10 oscIock
n again dressed his wound. The sur
hopes to extract the bullet in
two to three days. The entire absence
OF fever, although the wounded mans
suffering is intense. leads to the belief
that VI. De Rodays viii be well again
in a week.
Al a late hour last night Count de
Boni sent his secretary TO inquire as to
the condition OF u. De Rodays. The
messenger was infc-med that the
wounded mans condition was satisfac-
tory.