Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-02
ISSUES CHALLENGE
TO FIGHT A DUEL
Continued from page one.

pin from my buttonhole and dropped 1t
into my pocket
:" Now will you fight? 1 challenged
him.
All wish to say is good night
said FleXner.
with that he left and since then I
have not seen him. have tried to find
him and have been in the hotel corridor
more than usual looking for him.
TT is clearly evidence that he is not
anxious to meet me.
"Since the incident last Monday
night l have learned in round about
way of other remarks that are said to
have originated with Flexner.
Will Renew Challenge
when meet him I shall renew my
challenge and ask him whether or not
he is the author of the statements 1
have withheld from you. If he admits
them there are going to be some pyro-
technics"
When Mr. Flexner was>seen at the
Hotel Angelus he laughed off the in
cident of Monday night, and followed
them up by making a serious general
denial of the whole affair. Finally he
admitted that he had been challenged
to a duel by General Lea, but said that
there was absolutely nothing to it.
"Yes, General Lea did challenge me
to duel. But there was nothing at all
to it. His challenge, made to me over
the table in the grill room, was in
tended as joke, and took it as such"
When asked If General Lea had been
drinking and possibly made the chal-
lenge under the influence of liquor Mr.
Flexner replied:
''Yes, General Lea had been drinking
a little and l think that accounts for
the challenge"
Denies All Charges
Several questions were put to Mr.
FleXner regarding the details of the
incident in the Los Angeles grill last
Monday night. Flexner made positive
denial of all of them.
mo, you may report that there is
absolutely nothing to the affair."" con-
tinued Flexner but / have a news
item that will be of interest to Los An
geles and which 1 will gladly permit
you oluse."
Flexner stated that the Old Jordan
Distilling company of Harrodsburg,
KY, for which he travels, is about to
install a large warehouse in Los An
geles in place of the establishment
which Flexner said was destroyed by
the fire in San Francisco.
II wish that nothing would be said
In the newspapers ABOUT Ine cnallenge
incident. There is nothing to license
the publication of the story"
Miss Dunn, when seen yesterday
afternoon, corroborated the statements
of General Lea and said that she and
Miss Brooks were old acquaintances of
Flexner.
Tells Her Version
''Miss Brooks and had been down.
town during the day, and after shop
ping had been detained by visiting sew
eral friends Both of us are we'll ac-
quainted with General Lea and called
to see him last Monday evening on a
matter
1--WE sent our cards to him by the
beflboy, and while he was gone Mr..
FleXner came up and stood talking to
us when General Lea came from the
dining room. We introduced Mr.. Flex-
ner to General Lea, and upon learning
that we had not dined General Lea in
vited us to join him in the grill
1--WE accepted the invitation, includ-
ing Mr.. Flexner. While seated at the
table Mr.. Flexper Aleft 1t and went
toward the cigar counter. Suddenly he
called out:
Jeanette. are you coming or are
you notT
Miss Brooks told him that she did not
wish to accompany Mr.. Flexner Mr..
Flexner has known both of us for some
time and merely thought that 1t was a
late hour for us to be out. although 1t