New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
DETAILS OF THE ENCOUNTER.
NJ. DE RODAYs'S WOUND NOT sERIOUS-THE
COUNT NOT TOUCHED.
-. - As.ncIated Press.

Paris. March lb--Only the witnesses ana the
necessary attendants were spectators of the
meeting of NJ. dc Rodays and the Count de
Castelane to-day. NJ de Rodays and his sec
onds were the first to reach the Pare des Princes.
at 5 o'clock though they We're almost immed-
ately followed by the Castelane carriages.
" hich were TWO in number. one contained
Count Boni de Castellane and the Count de
Dion. and in the other were the Marquis Of
Casteane. the Counts father and VI. Jollivet.
The meeting occurred in the Pare des Princes.
where many cycling races were held last sum-
mer. The men met in a grassy plot IL the
centre of the track.
Count de Dion. as director Of the duel. carried
the pistols. which were carefully examined. On
each side the other prelmnaries were soon
completed.
Count de Dion having measured off twenty
FIVE PAGES. requested NJ. de Relays and Count
Boni TO take their allotted places. which We're
marked by canes stuck i'm the ground Both
principals were dressed in black frock coats.
The usual words Of warning and explanation
were given. the Count de Dion walked away
twenty steps. counted three and then said.
Fire" Scarcely had the word been uttered
than NJ. de Rodays was seen 10 totter. and he
exclaimed:
Il am wounded in the thigh
The witnesses hastened his side and were
rooms. where the doctor gave him immediate
care Count Boni, after inquirng into the char
acter of the wound. left the spot. accompanied
by his witnesses. Shortly afterward NJ. de
Rodays was taken to his home in carriage.
The doctor said that NJ. de Rodays's wound
was not of a dsquieting nature. II
nounced that though the bullet had not yet
been extracted, NJ. de Rodays viii be well in
ten days.
Count Boni was not touched. VI. de Rodays
fired first. Count Boni seemed perfectly calm.
He waited until his opponent had been removed
from the field, then met his father, whom he
Ths. duel was carried out with the utmost
correctness. and every step Of the proceedings
marked by absolute calmness and courtesy
on both sides, which, if anything. enhanced it@
dramatic effect. The secret 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 Stanislaus
de Castellane apparently within the Pare
des Princes though a few strangers witnessed
the meeting from outside the palisade.
No time was lost in preliminaries; greetings
briefly and speedily exchanged. and then
Count de Dion was seen by the spectators to
separate from the group. fix stick in the cen
ire Of the grass. take twenty-five regular PAGES.
and plant another stick.
Count BOni and NJ de Rodays then divested
themselves Of their overcoats and took their
positions at either extremity of the space marked
off. Both turned up the collars 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
grounds. The weapons were taken out and eX-
amined by the seconds on both sides.
Count de Dion now i'm clear. resonant voice
stated the rules of the duel, and then went to
the principals and handed them the pistols.
afterward withdrawing twenty PAGES and sta
tioning himself midway between them TO the
right. He asked them to cock their weapons,
and both did so with the utmost care.
A few moments OF deep silence followed.
Then, Are you ready" asked Count de Dion.
Yes" came the reply from both. Another
brief silence, and then the word Fire" rang
out, sharply, followed by the words "One,"
Two" Three" at regular intervals.
Between the words One and Two
port heard and smoke issued from the
muzzle of NJ. de Rodayss weapon. Two had
just sounded when Count Boni's pistol spoke,
and Immediately NJ de Rodays clapped his hand
TO his right thigh and exclaimed, Il am
wounded" At the same moment the specta-
tors cried. He is hit" and hurried TO the side of
NJ. de Rodays, who tottered and then leaned
heavily on his left leg. He carried to the
side of the track. where the surgeons probed and
dressed his wound.
NJ de Rodays was carried from the ground
and laid upon the lower bench of the grand
stand while he was undressed. DIR. Blum, a sur
geon from the ST. Antoine Hospital, dressed his
wound. Count Boni approached the wounded
man and asked. M de Rodays. are you in
pain?
Not too much" the reply.
Count Boni then stretched out his hand, which
NJ. de Rodays accented.
Count Boni and his party then drove home.
and NJ. de Rodays was removed to his residence.
DERoULEDE AND DE CAsTELLANE.
Paris March l6.-The Steele" this morning
calls that NJ Deroulede when arrested, had in his
possession $1,000 francs. which he said had been
advanced by Deputy and the paper asks
Is it plain from this declaration and the ex-
change of letters between him and the Deputy that
the person in question is Count Boni de Casteane?
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