The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
SEES TWO FORMER
 HUSBANDS SLAIN
Wife Witnesses DoubIy Fatal Duel Be- tween Hustaud She Divorced and Remarked and Another
 Divorced Husband.

tie Rock Fire Department, and E. V, Barger, brewer, whose home is in Memphis, fought duel to death with pistols last night shortly before midnight, in the presence of the wo- man who had been divorced from both of them and who at the time of the doubIy fatal affray was the wife of Gavnon. A son of MT. and Mrs. Gaynon also witnessed the tragedy, which took place at the home of the Gaynon's, 405 Commerce street. Barger was with Mrs. Gaynon's step- brother.
 Incidents leading up to the double killing were tragic and melodramatic in every respect. The shooting be- gan while the first husband, who had remarried his wife after divorce and 15 years separation, was seated in the front room of his cottage home with his wife and son, and the second husband, who was divorced two years ago, was climbing through the screen window of the room.
 T Have Come to Kill or Get Killed"
 The second husband, Barger, who, according to Mrs. Gaynon, was crack pistol shot, deserter from the United States army, an ex-con- vict, the murderer of an officer of the United States army and brutal and desperate man, came to Little Rock yesterday morning and went to the home of Gaynon. There he saw Mrs. Gaynon and told her that he had come to Little Rock to settle the matter. ''I have come here to kill or get killed" were his words to her.
 A dozen times during the day he visited the Gaynon home and talked to Mrs. Gaynon. A woman of strong nerves, she retained her self control and endeavored to persuade him to go back to Memphis. Butto all her entreaties he grimly repeated his declaration that he had "come to Little Rock to kill or get killed"
 Gaynon Warned by His Wife.
 
 Mrs. Gaynon called her husband and told him of Bargers visits. She ad- vised him to have Barger arrested, and Gaynon, according to reports, endeavored to do so. He went to a justice of the peace and had warrants sworn out for Barger's arrest. A con- stable went to the Gaynon home last night and stayed there for some time, but Barger did not return and the officer left. Gaynon, in the mean time, had eotton permission to leave his work, which kept him at the fire station all the time, and told Mrs. Gaynon that he would stay at home and meet Barger if he returned.
 Eleven o'clock passed and the Gay non household breathed sigh of re- lief. It was believed that Barger had cooled down and returned to Memphis. Gaynon, Mrs. Gaynon and their son, Stanley Gaynon, youth of about IS years, were seated in the front room of the cottage. They had decided to retire, when a noise was heard upon the porch. Almost on the instant man removed the screen at the front window and started to enter He was recognized as Barger.
 The Shooting Begins.
 Gaynon jumped up and his hand went to his hip pocket, where he had a revolver. Bargar, with one knee on the window sill and his body half through the window, whipped his right had to his hip. Two pistols flashed as the two hands were raised and the shooting began.
 How many shots were fired no one could tell. Each man was handling a .38-calibre revolver, and the shots sounded together. Apparently, though, each man emptied his revolver. That the first bullets fired took effect was the belief of those who were first upon the scene and who carfeully examined the men and the scene of the duel.
 Barger fell back upon the porch and expired almost instantly. Gaynon fell upon the floor. unconscious, and lived for half an hour.
 Mrs. Gaynon, after the first shock of the shooting had passed, retained her composure sufficiently to answer questions of the officers, but soon broke completely down and was on the verge of hysteria at the time of Gavnon's s death. which occurred about