Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-30

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lb~ traubiss b~tweea Prof Duff sad
IPmG. Dsekey, the Lives u h0Sh men
we're sorth Ioo much 70 themselves.
10 their families. and u ihe oomnna-
~ ~ ~ uihiessly sacrificed. The
ism~ns2bie affair 10 another evidence
thai cur people and onr courts cannot
frpsn 100 severely apoa the practice
III carrying deadly u<spons.
Tho writer does mot know Prof
Dick~y. but reputation deals generous.
In with him He II said ID ~ IN aba.
Intelligent and sffAhle man. sot one
of ths SORT that would s~~k M
enem,'s hfe. Ths cause a the quar-.
ri Of long standins between the men
IL not known. hut n n believed here
10 have been the ouigfowth 81 rival
~ Cor the position q superintendent
OF the Deming schools
The writer has known Prof.. Duff
wen for i doxen years or more. He n
one of the last men IN the territory
who could have been suspected %
engaging III ! quarrel 81 such I II.
ture II this which has cost him his
fife. He Was highly educated and pos
sessed 10 IN unusual degree thai quail
ity which men call culture He was
n model husband and father. = skiifui
educator. sinkularly xinninK personal
ity, courteous and appuachable 20
: Ill. Hundreds u people ~ho have
studied under him III ssn MarciaL.
III Socorro and In Dcming will testify
10 his kindness Of heart, and 20 his
deep Interest tn their welfare.
His friends cannot help feel that
the proyocation which. according 20
the dispatches, caused him % BE- the
a-gEressor In the unhappy affair. must
have been very deep. but. when I'll
IL said, Il is difficult 10 sce how be
could have been justified in attempt.
ing to sIay his enemy. Il must have
been the III 81 sudden q 3 that over.
came him when he saw his enemy,
and the opportunity that p~resens
itself when. with . pistol on hlr
son. he met his enemy In the
Prof.. Duff was slightly cripple -
perhaps carried the weapon nnr -
fense. but his friends viii relI(L13V
deeply that he carried Il 1t gAf
To his note - sn educ ~
DUFF had added largely 3stfief
He vas q versatile and graceful wiz
Il and his short stories had appeared
Ia many magazines. An an archaeo
losist he was a o. the most notable
figures OF the southwest. That he Ii
dead many will sincerely regret. but
that he died III such 1 manner gives
cause for ten fold deeper sorrow.
A most estimabie young wife and
small children will TO the day Of theil
death carry with them 1 sorrow thai
cannot be outiived. II men would bul
consider the terrible grief Of thoss
Who cling 70 them with enduring Il
lection. before they engage IN acts b
deadly violence. there would be fswel
tragedies such ~ this. No more r.
Krettable occurrence OF the kind ha,
ever taken place In the territory. AMI
some OF the stigma comes 70 III,
name OF New Mexico. where despit,
the kood work Of the courts. Their
u yet too much q m inclination L
. justify the practice OF carrying dan
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