Evening star., 1909-05-05
RIVALS IN FATAL DUEL
Wounded Victor Escapes After
Killing Another Frenchman.
LETTER OF CODE OBSERVED
Woman Innkeeper Smiled on Both,
But Preferred Neither.
GIRL WITNESSED ENCOUNTER
Followed Beaus and Their Seconds,
Saw Them Walk From Each
Other, Turn and Fire.

NEW YORK, May 5.-With punctillious
observance OF the code. duel to the
death was fought yesterday between two
Frenchmen in the hamlet known as
French Hill. eight miles west of Paterson,
N. J., in the foothills OF the Rampapo
mountains.
One of the duelists, Armand Fauchan.
died last night in the Paterson General
Hospital.
The other. known in the little COM
munity as IN. David whose last name
Is believed to be Broussard. Is fugitive.
He has a severe scalp wound.
Both men were in love with Nine. Marie
Parent, whose smiling face has welcomed
many an automobilist to the inn she
keeps.
For long time there had been bad
blood between the rivals although neither
appears to have had reason to believe
Nine. Parent returned his love. For
days they had been telling friends what
threats were not taken seriously until
yesterday morning, when with their sec
onds they stole away to sheltered val
ley on the outskirts of the hamlet.
Little Girl Witnessed Duel.
A little girl is the only witness who is
willing to tell what happened. She was
SO terrified that she told her story be-
tween hysterical sobs.
She saw the two men, with two other
men whom she did not know, walk silent
ly past her house. Prompted by curiosity.
she followed. and from behind tree saw
them walk about twenty feet from each
other, turn and fire.
The sound of the shots so frightened
hor oh Che CRYING Tn her
home. For hours she did not dare tell
what she had seen.
Nobody else in the hamlet could be
found who would admit knowing anything
shrugs. and even the man who carried
Fauchan in his buggy to the Office of DR..
Warren H. Young, at Little Falls, five
miles distant. said all he knew was that
he had found Fauchan lying by the road.
Fauchan was hurried to the Paterson
Hospital. He died without regaining con-
sciousness. bullet had penetrated his
right lung.
Prosecutors Detective Shane found two
revolvers on the ground in the valley,
to which he was directed by the little
girl. He could find no trace Of M Da-
vid." and the other Frenchmen in the
community seemed more eager to hinder
than aid him.
Wounded Man Carried to Paterson.
The only clue to IN. David's" where
abouts is the statement of a conductor
of trolley car on the Totoway line,
running from Paterson to Laurel Hill
cemetery, that he picked up a man with
bandaged head early in the afternoon
and carried him to Paterson.
A man answering the description of
this man was seen sitting on the steps
of the city hall. I'M. David" Is believed
to have friends or relatives In West 54th
street. Manhattan, and the New York
police have been asked to look out for
him.
Both Of the duelists have been mysteri-
GUS characters. They appeared to have
no regular employment, but were al
ways we'll dressed and had plenty of
money to spend in Nine. Parents little
inn. They were the beaus OF the hamlet.
Nobody In the countryside knows much
about French Hill. The hamlet was set
tied a score of years ago by a few French
families, who set out vineyards and
have since developed a considerable wine
industry.
There are about 800 French persons
settled there. They keep to themselves
and are better known to automobilists
than to their neighbors. The hamlet is