The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-15

grievance against General Johnston, but
he said he had been insulted py the
president and congress. and demanded
that his successor meet him in a uuel-
General Johnston accepted the. chai-
lenge, the duel was fought. ana Jonn-
ston received a severe wound in the
right hip.
General John s. Marmaduke and
General L. NJ. Walker. both confeder-
ate brisadier generals under Price in
the Arkansas campaign in the civil
war, fought a fatal duel because Cen
eral Marmaduke was reported 10 have
said that General Walker had shown
cowardice in battle In the duel Gen
eral Walker was killed.
In $50 Senator Benton of Missouri and
Senator Foote OF Mississippi engaged III
perhaps the most dramatic OF the many
nights IN congress-. Senator Foote: IN an
incorporate speech. had assalled the mo
yves OF northern senators in their pO1cy
toward the south. Benton rose 70 reply.
ana toote interrupted with personal re-
marks about Benton
The Missourian started for Foote. The
SaIlant M1ssisSippian awaited the eneInv
interplay until only one or two seats IN
tervened. Then he forgot southern bra
very and senatorial dignity and fled. Ben
ton followed with streaming coattails- he
stopped when he heard the filters of other
senator's
The duel between Alexander Hamilton
ana Aaron Burr is always given first
place in the stories of American duels.
This fight was in 1894 and Burr. then vice
president, killed Hamilton, the leader of
the opposition political party. In 1S26
Henry Clay and John Randolph fought
and a bullet from Clay's pistol pierced the
skirt of Randolph's long coat Andrew
jackson had many fights. He killed a
oil in n
Benton of Missouri killed Charles II.
Lucas OF ST. Louis in q duel They had
fought once and Lucas was wounded
When he recovered they fought again and
Lucas was killed.
A spectacular duel was that at the ma
uonal capital Feb. "a. 1888. between JON
athan Cilley, member of congress from
Maine. and William ]. Graves member
of congress from Kentucky. They used
rifles at eighty wards. Three shots were
ly killed at the third fire. Several repre-
sentatiVes in congress-, among them Crit
tenden and Menefee OF Ohio and Bynum
OF North Carolina. were present at the
duel.
Spencer Pettus. representative in con-
gress from Missouri, and Major Thomas
Biddle, a paymaster OF the army in St.
Louis, fought the most famous Missouri
duel, Aug. 81, 1881. The affair was the
result OF political quarrel. Pettus was
an ardent supporter of Andrew jackson,
who was at that time making bitter at
tacks upon the Bank Of the United States.
of which Nicholas Biddle. a brother of
Major Biddle, was president The duel
was fought on Bloody island On ac-
count of the extreme near-sightedness of
Major Biddle. the distance was made five
feet. Each principal stood erect, coolly
facing his antagonist and death. At the
word both raised their weapons. which
overlopped. fired and fell. Mr.. Pettus
died the d9N and Major Riddle the
day following.
David C. Broderick. United States SEN
ator from California, was shot and killed
justice OF California, in a duel near San
Francisco, Sept. u, 1859. Senator Broder-
lex was an anti-slavery advocate and
Judge Terry was pro-slavery man. The
two quarreled over politics and the duel
resulted.
The Swope-Goodloe fight which oc-
Cured in the 7Os, when two of the lead
ing Republican politicians Of Kentucky on
a bright Sunday morning met on the
poStoffice steps in Lexington and fought
TO the death
Cassius Goodloe and A. NJ. Swope We're
not only leaders in politics, but both were
members of leading families of the state
fractional differences in the party led to
personal trouble between the men and be-
fore the killing il AS generally known
that they would q on sight. The fight
took place as h.. reds of their fellow
townsmen, just from church, went to the
postoffice for their Sunday mail. One was
going in and the other was coming out
when they met face to face in the en-
trance to the federal building. Swope
drew long knife and Goodloe re-
volver. The knife did the quicker exc
cution, and GOodloe was dead when the
fight ceased, while Swope fingered for
several weeks with bullet wounds in his
abdomen.