The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-21
4 BARON AND A COUNT
r.uJht a Fast and Furious Duel with
Swords
MINT De luBfRSACs WAS INJURED
.or de Rothscbilds' sword Pcne-
tratcd His Arm, Making
severe Wound.

paris January 2o.--The long expected
aueI between the Count De Lubersacs
IA Baron De Rothschild was fought
With swords at ii o'clock this morning
- garon De Rothschild 's'estste at Bou.
iogne sur Seine
The carriages with the principals. Sec
,nds doctors and few friends arrived
there from Paris shortly before IL
o,cioek. Count De Lubersacs' seconds
wore NJ schege and Count De Laborde
.ra those of Baron De Rothsch,ld were
Baron L.eonine and viscount De Bondy.
The duel began at II and las.sd ten
-r,nutes when Count De Lubersacs re-
ceiyed a lunge, perforating his arm at
Inc elbow to the armpit. The duel was
,hen stopped. Both the count and the
baron fought most determinedly, neither
5inching and neither showed the sight
esr desire to spare the other. Sixteen
engagements took place, all of desper-
.te Character. The combatants attacked
e4ch other furiously. The sleeves OF
their shirts were literally torn to places
nv The points of their swords, as the
dnslists repeatedly lunged at each other.
Several times they came to close quar-
ters and their seconds were obliged to
sepsrate them. At the sixteenth Oh
sAught baron De Rothschild lungei at
the count, who tried to parry, bu, failed
ami tie barons sword penetrated his
arm lust above the elbow and issued at
the armpM The spectators FASTENED
around the wounded man and two well
known physicians, Drs. Berger and Poif-
rier, ex mined the wound. They declared
tde count S life was not in danger, but it
was impossible to continue the duel.
Count De Lubersacs was then driven back
TO Paris.
Baron De Rothschild is still performing
military service with the Fifty-fourth
regiment CT infantry in garrison at Com
pegne He only attained his majority
yesterday and lost no time in settling b S
account with Count De Lubersacs.
The Rothschild-L ubersacs incidelt,
which brought out remarkable crop of
duels had its origin in a boys quarrel
dating from the time when Count De
Lubersacs and Baron Robert De Roths-
child were at the same college. They
quarreled one day in regard To a tennis
court which was occupied by Baron
De Rothschild and which Count De Lub-
ersacs wanted, During the quarrel Lub
ersacs called his adversary sale Juif''
dirty Jew) III feeling was revived after
tutf ltlL bJlitEb ny du tApIt SNlpu VI
Baron Robert DE Rothschild respecting
Count De Lubersacs, which was repeated
TO the latter soon after his admission 70
the Jockey club. The count then wrote
letter in which he announced himself
rfady to meet the baron on the field os
honor, although. as he expressed it, you
know how you and your people :1soiIe
me with disgust"
WSron De Rothschild sent as his sec
onds NJ, Saint Alary and De Nueflinz to
Count Lubersacs, who appointed Count
de Dione and Count Boni De Castellane
as his seconds. Baron Robert De Roth
schilds seconds stated in a letter suisse
quently published that their eifo Us TO
secure an encounter had failed because os
tne refusal of Count De Lubers1cS' sec
hnds TO allow the duel to take rlace
when they discovered that Baron De
Rothschlld was still minor.
Letters of Baron Robert to his seconds
and to the count added fuel to the flames
and the count announced his purpose to
again send his seconds when the baron
SHOULD attain his majority. He also
Wrote 70 Baron Roberts cousin, Bqron
Enuoard De Rothschid, son of Baron
AIphone De Rothschild, stating that as
!he son OF the head OF the Rothsclild
family, he should hold him respons Bile
ana should insult him at their first meet
ing duel followed between Count De
L1oeTsaes and Baron Edouard DE Roth
schhd April - OF last year in which the
aeaer was slightly wounded in the fore
arm In the first bout.
count De Lubersacs a few days later
wusnt with and wounded NJ Michael
Spnrussi. and third duel arising from
ene same controversy was fought be
tween De Dion and NJ. De Saint Alary in
which the latter was wounded.