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Show WOMEN FIGHT A I DUETTO DEATH I SISTERS-IN-LAW CHALLENGE AND FOLLOW ETHIC8 OF CODE FOR BLOODY BATTLE. ONE OF PARTICIPANTS KILLED ' H Lonely Spot Chosen for the Encounter 'H Females Struggle To and Fro Until Both Are Covered with Cuts. Gainesville, Mo. Stripped to the waist, each armed with a hugo bowle knife, Mrs. James Crnbtrco and Mrs. Frank Grnlinni, sisters-in-law, the oth-cr oth-cr day rought n duel to tho death In n lonoly spot In tho Ozark mountains eight miles southwest of hero. Mrs. Graham's throat was cut, the woman dying Instantly, after tho duel had lasted an hour. fl Tho desperate fight was thn result of a family quarrel and was carried out In strict nccordnnco with tho for-mnlitlcs for-mnlitlcs of tho code. As far as Is known here, it Is the first tlmo In tho history of the conn-try conn-try thnt women hnvo participated in a regular duel to tho death. For somo tlmo thoro lias been hard feeling between .tho two women. It culminated n few days ago In u meet-Ing meet-Ing on tho strcots of Gainesville, whero Mrs. Graham slopped the fare of her slstor-ln-lnw. Relatives of the women Interposed and prevented a continuation of tho fight on tho street. A short tlmo afterward Mrs. Crab-treo Crab-treo sent n woman friend to the home of her Blstcr-ln-lnw with a challenge. It wns accepted quickly and knives wcro chosen as tho weapons. The time nnd plnco wcro agreed upon, nud tho women went to tho appointed Far up on tho sldo ot tho Ozark, safe from any Interference from the Gainesville authorities, tho women met. Kvory possible formality ot the code duello wns followed out. Two bowle knives shnrpcucd to tho edge were produced nnd each woman made her choice. Just before the two met ono or the women seconds, becom- s I jl Like Two Frontier Fighters, The) Swayed Back and Forth. lug nervous, asked tho combatant s how long thoy desired to fight. "Until ono of us is dead," replied Mrs. Crabtrce, bitterly. "That Is what I want," replied her sister-in-law, and at u signal tho two women clinched. Kach woman had stripped herself to the waist. Kach had fastened the fl knife to her wrist with thongs. Mke fl two frontier lighters they swayed this way and that, ono now gaining tho ad-vantage, ad-vantage, then another. Mrs. Graham was the first to draw blood. With n vicious cut she drove her knlfo into the shoulder or Mrs. Crnbtrco. Tho sight ot blood unnerved ono of tho seconds, who promptly fainted away. Neither ot tho duelists minded the 1 Interruption, nnd while tho other sec- ond endeavored to revive tho fulntlug ! woman, tho women struggled about H under tho trees, their panting breath H or a brief imprecation lieintf tho only JM sound to be heard. WM Hoth women were covered with ml- H5 nor cuts when Mrs. Graham apparently tffls gnlned nn advantage ovor hor slstor-ln- wj law, who was of slighter build. MS Catching hold of her waist sho be- '.fJK gan to press her backward, endeavor- JjSj Ing to break tho hold tho other y! had upon her knife hand. Just as Tfp Mrs. Crabtreo had apparently reached ,CT' tho end of her endurance she squirmed from her 'slstor-ln-law's grasp, and with a hnphazurd swing of Tiy'y her kniro struck Mrs. Graham across tho throat. J r" With a sharp gurgle Mrs. Graham roll to the ground, tho blood spurting Ifj, from nn car to car cut. No sooner had Mrs. Graham fallen than Mrs. Crabtreo fainted and fell across tho "Jltfjr body of her dead slstor-ln-lnw. JgTK Tho affair caused tho greatest ex- tU cltement hero. Hoth families aro well $T1 known, and although the III fcclinir Hint existed has beeu noticed for x some time it was nol thought that It would result in n death, and rear Is M expressed that a family feud may ro- , S suit. |