Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
CROWD OF PEOPLE LOOK ON
Pistols Used Without Damage and
Swords Come Into Play.
SMALLER BOY WINS THE FIGHT
Humble Boatman Turns Out to Be of
Noble Birth.
WAS DESERTED WHEN A BABY
Detective Inspector OF Paris Police IL
AsSassinnted and Expires In the
Act of Telling Name of
His slayer.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.


PARIS April 15.-(Special to The Bee y
For originality in this land Of frequent
change and novelty a duel between school
boys is entitled TO the record The young
sters, who had trouble IN their class room
went out to the field of honor" ana
fought Il out with swords in the presence
of a crowd OF people. young and old.
The cause of the quarrel was a foolish
ono. The elder of the two was standing up
in class reciting lesson, and the Younger
boy shot little iavelins of paper into the
back of his coat collar. The elder bov
knew that he was being made ridiculous,
but he could not resent in in class. I'm
mediately after the class was released he
rushed at his tormentor and knocked him
down. The other, who was much the
smaller called his assailant a coward and
challenged him to a duel The challenge
was accepted. 4 medical student a friend
of one of the boys, was found, and he
consented TO act as doctor. AS for the Sec
onds so many of the lads were anxious
for this post of honor that there were
several fights before the matter was de-
cided
on Friday afternoon the bows went out
to the park. Practically the whole school
went with them and numbers of the towns
were also present Pistols came first, but
as no damage resulted swords were re-
sorted to. The fight was not long one,
and almost at the start OF the engagement
the elder boy was wounded in the forearm
He was wounded seriously, too. and lost a
good deal of blood. The doctor tied up
the wound, and the crowd cheered Justify
and congratulated the two boys on their
daring. The duellists shook hands and
went home arm in arm.
BOatmnn Becomes VicOmte.
An interesting romance has come to light
in st. Grazennec. a fishing village of Brit
tany, and the central figure in il is the
boat carpenter, Yves lie Goennec, who
everybody thought until quite recently was
the son of Yves lie Goennec, a captain of
the lifeboat Now the villagers know bet
ter They know that the carpenter is
really NJ. lie Vicomte man OF noble birth,
and he has left for this city in the style
that BELTS his newly discovered station.
Old residents of St Grazannec remem-
Der the night OF Yves lie Goennec's arrival
in their midst. They call 1t 1.-The night Of
the big storm" and It happened twenty
eight years ago. The storm brought four
wrecked ships to st Grazannec. The life
boat put out to sea seven times that night
n,
when Anne Marie lie Goennec. Yves lie
Goennec's wife. picked up a bundle. AS old
Anne Marie lifted 1t in her arms a cry
came out of IT, The bundle was quite dry.
Therefore it had not come to shore from
the sea. either in the lifeboat or by any
other means.
A fortnight afterwards one of the VII
layers went into st. Brieuc. While gossip
ing with friends he was told of a stranger
who had hired a cart on the night of the
storm and hod gone for drive in II him
self Yves was adopted by Anne Marie.
who had no children of her own. Old lie
Goennec had money and sent the boy. whom
he loved, into st. Brieuc, where he was
educated better than the other lads of the
village.
When the old people died Yves found
he had inherited old lie Goennec's savings
He did not go to sea, as all the others in
the village did but made himself village
carpenter. Then one day the marvel hap
.pened, of which all ST. Grazannec is talk
ing now and will be talking as long az
the village lasts. A gentleman arrived at
st, Grazannec \ beautifully dressed man
OF about 10 drove into the village in a
motor car and asked for Yves lie Goennec.
He was at work and looked up at the visi-
Tor. The VISITOR smiled and RrasDed his
hand. II am your brother. Yves" said he
The name of Yves father and mother
has not escaped so far
Police Inspector Murdered.
detective inspector OF police was shot
dead by a ruffian Tuesday night last at a
time when there were hundreds Of people
in the streets, and the murderer escaped
One bullet had perforated the mans lungs,
and other wounds were mortal too. He
lived until little after O. At Q O'Clock NJ
Lepine, the project of the police, went to
Beaujon hospital He arrived Just I'm time
and with tears streaming down his face
and into his gray beard. NJ Lepine pinned
TO the shirt of Moulis the gold medal. with
Its red, white and blue ribbon, which Is
the highest reward for BRAY cry in the DO,
lice service. Moulis made one last effort to
tell who his murderer was
81 think his name is -" he began. but
his voice failed him. He shook his head
looked up into NJ. Lepine's face clutched
the medal and died. Durond Is not onIv
a deserter, but a man of notorious life
who is wanted for a dozen crimes.