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Show DUEL TO THE DEATH- One Man Killed and. the Other Seriously Wounded. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 11. Special. Spec-ial. A duel to the death was fouiht in a saloon here yesterday afternoon between Thomas II. Bennett, warden of the city prison, a local politieiatt of some note, and William Hardomau, a locomotive engineer. Bennett was shot four times and killed, and Hardeman Harde-man received a bad wound in the arm. The trouble was about a woman. Eye witnesses say Bennett drew his pistol in the saloon and challenged Hardeman Har-deman to fight it out then and there. Hardeman replied that he was not armed, but Bennett silenced him by producing another pistol, which he hauded to his opponent. The shooting then began and eight or ten shots were fired. Bennett sank to t he floor and died in a few minutes. Hardeman was arrested. |