New-York tribune., 1910-06-23
BIC CROWD SEES DUEL
on BATTERY PARK LAWN
ewians Settle Their Affair with
Strict Regard to the Code
of Honor.
oNE GETS BULLET IN HIP
poI;ce Catch Victor After Chase
Through Pearl Street, While
Surgeon Attends His Foe
An Old Feud.

..least five hundred persons who We're
pe+,erv Park last night seeking relief
-, the oppressive heat witnessed a
sns1 in which real blood was shed Then
-. snectators were thrilled by a man
- which extended over half a mile
- ended with the capture of one par
.s.;-snt gun in hand The other went
. hospital
The grass sward. to the north of the
..,sriur3. was the scene of the duel.
,,s, and women and children who were
ling on The benches surrounding this
Ass nlot. were surprised to see a num-
ber NJ SyriaTls climb over the wire fenc-
.,r by which it is inclosed. The men
,,rfarre6 for q few minutes, end then
II hut two climbed hack to the roadway.
,ssvjng the principals standing in the
Two Gentlemen of Syria.
They were Peter Habbe. thirty-four
,,esrs old. Of No. 2S8 State street, Brook
,vn and Nehong Nelhon. thirty-tv-o
,,ss-s cid. OF No A. Washington street
Manhattan.
As the shots rang out Mellon fell
ushhe stood stock still for a moment,
sr6 when the people who had been
watching. spellbound, recovered their
senses and started toward him he fed.
lightly as > deer he vaulted over the
v+-e fence and ran eastward, across the
nsrk and through Pearl street. with at
least three hundred people at his heels.
yelling for some one to stop him Into
pssrl street he darted, and sought TO es-
cs74 IN the gloom beneath the elevated
railroad struCt Cture.
TIE sounds OF the chase attracted the
attention Of Policemen O'Meara and
Saver. of the John street station, who
caught him. pistol in hand, at Bridge
street
Meanwhile an ambulance had been
summoned from the Hudson Street Hos
rital. ard Or Brown removed Mellon
there, suffering from an ugly wound in
the right hip. An effort to find his re-
volrer proved unavailing. The police
are certain that two shots We're fired.
When the revolver which was found in
Eabbes hand when he was captured
vas examined at the John street station
II was found 70 be OF 81 calibre, from
which only one shot had been fired
The Principals Won't Talk.
Neither Of the men would tell what the
shooting was about. taking refuge in
their ina bility TO understand their Ques-
uoners OF 10 answer in English.
Il was Ie-rned later by the police that
these men have long standing quar-
rel They met several nights ago in a
Washington street restaurant, and the
teud was renewed. # the proprietor of
TIE restaurant had not come between
them al the time. 1t was said last night,
one or the other would have been seri-
ously injured then, if net killed.
Friends Of the men who came to the
restaurateur's assistance prevailed
upon the men to do nothing that night
but when some one made the suggestion
that they have recourse TO the "code
dlello' both were agreeable. It is said
though this cannot be verified, that the
fcrmalitIes which are an integral part
q the code We're carried out with minute
punctiliousness: seconds were named
formal visits exchanged between sec
onds. weapons selected and the site oi
the duel chosen.