The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-21
Who Thrust HIS Sword Through the
Arm of Count Dc Lubersnc,
Notorious Jcw-Hater.
DESPERATE, FURIOUS FIGHT
SIXTEEN ONsLAUGHTS, AND THE
SHIRTS OF BOTH MEN RENDED.
Last of q Number Of Duels that Grew
ont of nm Incident at College
The Baron Just of Age.

PARIS, Jan. 20-The long-expected duel
between the Count De Lubersac and Baron
Robert De Rothschild was fough- with
swords at IL o'clock this morning on Baron
Edmond De Rothschild's estate at Bou-
logne Sur Seine. The carriages with tue
principals seconds, doctors and Few
friends arrived there from Paris shortly
before II O'Clock Count De Lubersacs
seconds were NJ Schege and Count De
Laborde, and those of Baron De Rothschild
were Baron Leonino and yiscount De
Bondy. The duel began at II and lasted ten
minutes, when Count De Lubersac received
a lunge perforating his arm at the eioow
to the armpit The duel was then stopped.
Both the count and the baron fought
most determinedly, neither finched ana
neither showed the slightest desire TO spare
the other. Sixteen engagements TOOK place.
all Of a desperate character. Inc COM
batants attacked each other furiously. The
sleeves of their shirts were literally torn
to pieces by the points or their s"orus
as the duelists repeatedly Hinged at eacn
other Several times they came 10 close
quarters and their seconds were ophged
to separate them.
At the sixteenth onslaught Baron De
Rothschild lunged at the count, who tried
to parry, but failed, and the barons SWORD
penetrated his arm Just above the elbow
and issued at the armpit. The specta-
tors FASTENED around the woun6ea man
and two well-known physicians, Drs. Ber-
ger and Poirrfer, examined the wound.
They declared the counts life was not IN
danger. but 1t was impossible to continue
the duel. Count Du Lubersac was then
driven back to Paris.
Baron De Rothschild is still performing
military service with the Fifty-fourth Reg
iment Of Infantry in garrison at COM
Piegne He only attained his majority
yesterday and lost no time in settling his
account with Count De Lubersac.
The Observation-Disclosures incident. which
brought out a remarkable crop or duels,
had its origin In boys quarrel aallne
from the time when Count De Lubersac
and Baron Robert De Rothschild were at
the same college. They quarreled one
day in relation to tennis court which
Count De Lubersac wanted. During the
quarrel Lubersac called his adversary
sale Juif' dirty Jew.) Ill feeling was
revived after they left college by an ex-
Rothschild respecting Count De Lubersac,
which was repeated to the latter soon
after his admission to the Jockey Club.
The count then wrote a letter in which he
announced himself ready to meet the baron
on the field of honor, although, as he ex-
pressed it, ''you know how you and your
people inspire me with disgust.
Baron De Rothschild sent as his second
De Lubersac, who appointed Count De Dion
and Count Boni De Castellane as his sec
onds. Baron Robert De Rothschild's Sec
onds stated In a letter subsequently pub
lished that their efforts to secure encounter
had failed because of the refusal of Count
De Luberac's seconds to take place when
they discovered that Baron De Rothschild
was still a minor. letter of Baron Rob-
ert to his seconds and TO the count added
fuel to the flames. and the count
nounced his purpose to again send his
seconds when the baron should attain his
majority. He also wrote to Baron Rob-
erts cousin, Baron Edouard De Rothschld.
son of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, stat
ing that as the son of the head Of the
Rethschild family he should hold him re-
sponsible and should insult him at their
first meeting.
A duel followed between Count De Lubersac
and Baron Edouard De Rotl.schild April II
of last year, in which the latter was slight
ly wounded in the forearm the first
bout Count De Loubersac a few days
previously fought with and wounded Nj.
Michael Ephrussi, and a third duel aris-
ing from the same controversy, was fought
between De Dion and M. st. Alvary, in
which the latter was wounded.