Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-31
The REVENGE
Of A FATHER
A Professional DuelIst Who
Met His Match.

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old family papers that had not been
overhauled in half a century. have
reconstructed it from its original letter
form, preserving the frat person in
which it was written:
/ came to New Orleans in 1S45 from
France. l was sitting one evening,
soon after my arrival, In a cafe when
an elderly man, about ffty-fre, 1
think, stepped up to M and with q
broad southern accent said, You are
NJ. Desniounes of Paris, l believe,
suhT'
Il am and at your service. monsieur"
~ am a stranger in the city, sub. I
am a planter from the Interior Of the
state. l desire the services of some
have been told that you have ofaciated
on several occasions at meetings among
gentlemen. II 1t would not be too
much to ask, sub, l would like you to
act TO me In an affair of hons', sub"
He was a typical Louisiana planter
Of the period.
II shall be happy to serve you. mon
sieur. But j should like to know
something about the case"
Certainly, sub. My opponent de-
clared publicly that General Jackson
at the battle of New O'leans used cot
ton bales fo' breastwo'ks. | told him
that he was mistaken. He persisted.
/ gave him the lie. He challenged me-"
I was surprised. had not then
learned of the various methods among
gentlemen in vogue in the city of pick
ing a quarrel which was based on an
other cause
Were you rightT l asked.
Certainly, sub! 1 was present at
the battle, sub"
And who is your opponent"
Camille Trudeau, sub"
Camille Trudeaul Is he here? Why.
my dear air, he has been out twenty
times and always killed or winged his
man."
so I have heard, sub"
After q failure to induce Captain st.
Leger--the name be gave me-to find
a way out Of the difficulty / consented
to act for him. His opponents second
informed me that his principal. who
was twenty-five years younger than
st. Leger, would not kill the captain
If he could possibly help It. st. Leger.
ns the challenged party, selected pis-
tolls and u ground under the levee a
few miles north of the city, We pro
ceeded thither at daybreak the next
morning. l noticed that the captain
stepped from his carriage ~gingerly and
walked on to the ground with a slight
limp. There also seemed to be some
thing the matter with, his left arm.
We placed the contestants thirty
| PAGES apart. The captain told me that
he v ms n poor shot and named the dis
lance himself. They fred at the drop
Of n hat. Trudeau was unframed. st.
Leger received a bah in the leg that
nearly knocked him over. But he main.
tanned his balance and awaited the sig
nal for another round. Trudeau looked
surprised. He had aimed at the cap
tain's leg Just below the knee and
knew that he had placed his bullet
there. Such a stroke should be suff-
tititL W put IL bluH IA VI tbt bSnI
We endeavored to induce the old man
to withdraw, but without avail.
Just before the next signal ! saw
Trudeau looking at his opponents right
arm. as II he intended to shntter 1t. l
was not surprised that he changed his
intention, for he could not carry 1t out
without killing bis man. When the
shots rang out Trudeau was still IN
harmed. st. Leger's left arm swayed
and then hung limp. He stood as
steady as ever.
Trudeau turned pale. Was he to
continue to put holes In his adver-
sary's members without any percepti-
BILE in1uryf I confess l was puzzled.
Trudeau appeared to be ratified. The
captains shots had been drawing
closer to him. and this doubtless had
an effect upon his nerve.
st. Leger insisted on another round.
When their bands were raised for
the next shot I thought I noticed a
slight tremor at the muxzle of Tru-
desu's pistol. The captains face was
a study. 1t showed plainly that this
time he was determined to kill his Op-
ponent and showed. further, great con-
hdence In his ability 10 do 80. I be-
lievo TrudeAu considered that his own
life depended on taking his opponents.
But his nerve had gone, and he looked
anxious. The captain stood straight
az a ramrod on his wounded leg.
which hs had not permitted the sur
geon to examine and on which no
blood was visible. I looked to see It
ooxing from under his pantaloons
where they were strapped ~ his
boot, but looked IN vain.
At the next Ere Trudeau's bullet
knocked St LsEsr's pistol out Of hts
hand. glanced and buried itself In a
tree. Trudeau fell with a hole In the
centsr OF his forehead. The others
present, except myself, rau to Tru-
deau. started for St Leger. but was
surprised 10 see him walk to the car
riage with no more impeachment than
his usual limp. He told me to get IN.
and we drove away.
"Your leg. captain, and your armi" I
exclaimed.
"What about themT"
1.-THE wounds"
II lost my right leg and my left arm
at the battle Of New O'leans. sub"
Trudeau had been firing into wood.