The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25
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Ri1H1tl ts'a'7nnl
Az Ii III now 4, iitilrSi,Df ,i,an sixty yearn#
fsince the due 3.betwe Ohm 1iampdctlt
S1'leasarts AND otr,ns ltchie Jro oc;- S
cured sS,rfisre l,lve beer diiels outside
!ofE Virginia, and many lnslde Its borders.$
But none which was moro TALKED about
and written about 9y'fiel1 It's sad ending
Sberattlo know to tho ~ ord. Tho Burr-S
Hamilton affair." the Clay Randolph affair,
may and dottbtless iav W. ~ tatt1ed y more
general celebrit da Y NJ i1loournng, fol-
lowed tile announcement the Death ol is
tIiumilton. and tl,eiig ghost Of public exc.
Grafton lni,nted Ills nurtlcier{to the dny5
iofii,s death. Burrs was said never to /,
have slept after tina tr---a sens eess tra al \
X ton When a. prisoner In 18O7 and lodge
sinftroo1ns over atbrics building that once
STOOD Z on the northwest corner Of Broad
and Ninth streets, this city, that tra q
gton, with little 8alteratlo was repeaIIe ei
by our town Eosslps. much 70 the % ave
Of the old and the ouilg OF that day
~ I ,yas said tlint Il 4 deputy rnarshal, the
late Mr.. Thomas II. Drew, had given "
d general currency that he never en-&
tered Burr: i chamber, when q out " a re-
gdllrcd \. day or night. and found the pris--P
Roncr5 az leep. Thereto bro the wise acoi,ellul1
Sion was that tho consc n mar
never slept at u oil. III /. I'd 4
asked u rev one day i 6he nae 81
crr,. "a IA Ill lly, no. 8 llo re-
oiled |. III have said. that, wheneversI hid
Bocca sion to- ei,terS Mr.. Burr slod ging ~!
found him slwa vs. a a wa # Tho Clay
Randolph duel, wllioh ended happily for or
ali tho gentlemen eli ga ged In It us prlln-i
$cipals and second owes Its celebrlt VI to-
the world wide reputation OF tho TWO
eminent statesmen who had yielded 98tt q
the inexorableA mandate OF public opinion Y, II
8 3entonSSl,as spoken o tas az high
toned & affair, and so twas HOW else else
could ~ It III be otherwise, when Nlrg man
confronted virglnlan on ~ field of hono II!
After Randolph d had tired In the air.
Whilst taking Clay's shot as n matter
OF course, she advanced I'll, open hand
and open heart to one whom he did no Z
Intend 81 to kll--lie was 4 q deaf sh ot---a1'd
said, according to popular report ~ NJ y.
sCiay. you owe { mo a coat ~ pointing Z
the same time to n rent !l that gar
men /. !''sir,'fSreplied that great man i
am glad t ho debt lis no great CT. y n !s
III Randolph got the better Of Il Clay IN
that, quarrel. Many sli pc rficihl thinkers e!
have entertained motions that Randolph
was tcartless 8i because OF his won t53t q
3erusl, an opponent with q biting rcpartee. y
They knew nothing sof I'd tho great heart
atabeat In the bosonlEy Q q that 10 ~
minded yirginianF and final "a re MN I'M
out. 8yl.
Duel or Combat.
s rho duel or combat t 9betWecr, r tch CHI
and pleasant s-,tha laWye rs ever g greed
rs to whether twas "a no sor. he olhcr7E--s
was much talk ed OF IN "a y ileii
8it became known hat the latte r lld 81
ceiycd his death wound YEP Tho WI t -,e s.
4, s were set nnoat e yna said by
certnir,i friends Of Al hos SIT ttsrer thu the
had not i roposed akea 1T ipe n n, q
RItcl1ie " that he%migtit east have done aE
"a = 4 Ia was q good 81 hot; hat he. Wen
~ the8 field IL o Hinl ca te his hon pr s 81
assure the world that lie wa s not = CO W
ard as charged hya@R itchic. lis 4a 'ast:I
yy;ls I'd eclared o3be heroic. &,
twas believed by many that nc Yo sl T.
ava killed his adversary but for af Goa T
4 n nm il (which the latter / wore under
Ills Shirt The most yolubo denouncee s, rs
Fof Richie werc those whom the courts 1l
would have dismissed from the Wit ness !sI
stand: was present when my attn CT
asked DR.. Brown who had stripped ana
sexaInined Ritchic after the fght.s&$8''f NV he
Sther% the story OF theS Goa @of mail had
atly foundation, in fact--y ~ arc sala 70
have knowledge of t. 4 repiAieu
The irate surgeon, / any one g should dare r
8to#repeat this calumny lnSmy5&prese,nce,
aI8would Instantly knock NM ~ ~
surgeon then added !: II sat In O. carriage
near lie field, awaiting the issue. Ate
tho firing ceased, I saw Richie running
4 towards me-he thought he had been
wo,lnde d-rnuch agitated rs "a got out OF
Fl he ca rriage, when he asked me to e;SS -,
anime "A him i did so. Il stripped N him
cloan. and found only a slight scr CT = I
sovi1nntly made by Pleasan ts' sword cane.
This 4 circumstance may have 81 n Il rise
to the silly rumor. Richie was 1tl1 lear ca !,
I sighted, , wore glnsscs.3 nnd, because 81 q
being I, afflicted with hernia, wa 3 easisy-
ffatlgucd. "A 81 II FIJI TX Il Il 81
55sS Ritchfes two seconds, Scot tEand Green
how, both llothcads, came ~ Tor q sflaloS
or the general indignation. Scott was IN
noroifullys cri ticizcd because no stood be.$
Mind a tree and prompted his principal
~ word 4 OF mouth. Grecnhow was Y exc
Graf al because Of his refusal to dlscl Ss
snI,,y3t ern1. wha toYor looking TT, an adj
5r,ent rfgthe difrcrenecas exist ting between
5tho5T hostile editors. Tom 4 . Anes Ike n
noble folow--he was one OF the game e y
men YOU will find In ten Sthousanld- .. %
all he could, even while the d!elllsts
Wcre on tho ground, to Stop tlle .elt
~ blood 4. Tho Report OF the sTrlal OF
SRitchio ts my authority for saying cireen--,5
nov : r,,elly repeled every proposal made
81 SDeane for an anlicable and honorable
settlement Of the affair. Il,
When peasants lay dying IN 2 house
still standing on tho ,southeaLs !, corner
Of Broad and Twelfth streets-,tlsS oppo-
s,ta mort h wardly to Ford S Hotel-he2 sa ID \
to- Dr.. Palmer: "Rltchie Is g brave ~ fel fell
low III UT ~
An Amiable Man.
irhnmas Ritchle, Jr. died q bachelor
5eirht 1year, after the barbarous rencontre
With ,h, the WING editor. He died eompara !.
aminble men, his friends said that ever !, :,
lived. 1 incllneyto think ne was towards
sSSThere was 80 much In Peasants to,
love, 50 much sound thought, 50 much
ny in his manner OF expressing
thought lie had none Of those robust
strokes that Angelo used on ne ma rb 'l7
fAI,ot upou naOtlR maturing OF