The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

\ Wise. Lee, sSott and Buchanan. Mr.
stuart Crockett was hlr. Croekett's sec
Iond. lie met Capt. Wise At Arlington
! where the challenge was delivered.
Et'aut. Wise accepted 1t through his sec.
Bona. tho late Judge George w. Ward. Of
Ithnt place. 6. @ ry
TiTE CARTEL.
] Judge Ward drew UP the Cartel" and
| Bnngs or Chrtstiansburg depot was SEE
| aeted rs The place of meeting. This
! was on the 9th OF July. md the next
dny the g5,h was the time designated
Mr.. Crockett selected Or. r.. u. Moore,,
of Wythevllc. us has surgeon and Mr.
Wise selected the late Or. Lewis Wheat,
OF Richmond, who was telcgraphed to be
at Christhnsburg the next morning.
All of the parties, With the exception
OF DR.. Wheat, went down to Christians
burg on tile same train. a report got.
out IN WStheville OF tho pending duel
ana Crockett fearing that he would be
arrested rode through tho mountains ut
night to Martins Tank, now the progress
sive city of Pulaski, a distance of over
twenty miles. and took the train nt that
place. The place where the duel occurr-
ed was three quarters of n nile from
Bangs on the rlncksburg Yellow Sulphur
road. 1t was on tho right Of the road.
on beautiful plateau near a piece OF
woods Nir. Wise having tho choice OF
weapons selected dnellng pistols.
FACE, no FACE.
Al the toss Judge ward won tho Sc
ection of position, and Mr.. Stuart Crock
EFT gave the word. Tho latter stepped
off the distance. ten PAGES IL was cool,
bracing July morning, so common In TINS
mountainous section, and MS the sun
M IL, ,1e.tH, .r1Cf !,
phanics the principals took their posi-
lions and ut 20" both fired Simultaneous
~ and missed MI. Crockett shooting low
ana Mr. Wise high.
The pistols were reloaded and MIR.
Crockett in taking his accIdcntly fired It,
The ball going across the line or fire.
high in the air." The pistol was again
reloaded and at the word, Mr.. Crockett
fired, missing again, but Capt. Wisc's
pistol failed to dscharge--why 1t has
never been explained
Two reasons have been assigned, ono
that 'the ball was not driven home,
did not reach the powder; the other TINT
Judge Ward Capt. Wise's second, failed
to cap 1t. After Crockett had offered
to give Capt Wise "another chance" Mr..
Crockett said that they were satisfied and
all parties left the field.
TO ESCAPE ARREST.
Mr. Crockett and his friends to escape
arrest, boarded freight train at Bangs,
went TO Salem, spent the day, returning
TO Wythcvilc that night. Capt. Wise
filled an appointment to speak ut Chris
tiansburg that day. After his speech, the
grand jury which was in session. indicted
him, but nothing ever came Of the indict-
ment for the want of evidence. In re-
ferring to the Indictment afterwards,
Capt Wise said II hope tho speech did
not produce that result"
Capt. Wise In a recent letter to the
writer, written at his request in speak
ing of the duel said:
after that, without n cloud of con-
troversy on the whole horizon, and real
izing the anguish I had caused my wife,
and the irreparable wrong ! would have
done my children If I had left them poor
and fatherless, | publicly announced that
1 would fight no more ducls.
| know that did right Leaving the
moral view out altogether | did the
sensible thing. the just thing in view of
my domestic responsibilities. But 1t was
a hard thing to do, and a harder thing
to keep my resolves There have been
times when ] would have given much
TO be free from the pledge given In pri-
vatc with even more solemnity than In
public. Say what we will there are
times when fighting is mighty sntisfac-
tory; and there have been times since
when certain towards, who were never