Show fatal duel iu ila mobile mr vick shot dead zm in his tracks causs of the difficulty co 0 of the picayune BATTLE BATTIE HOUSE MOBILE MOBIL E may alay 17 1859 aph As announced to you already ready il by t telegram I 1 ph two young gentlemen mr stith ai a d mr air vick came over to this city today to day from new orleans to settle aw an affair of honor the result of winch which was as the death of the latter their original destination was nas pass christian but circumstances brought them here rhey were attended by two seconds anti and a S surgeon each the meeting meet ng took place at 11 a in at the old race course bascombe hie file weapons were common mississippi rifles distance forty paces they fought on the inside of the course some eighty yards from the er closure slid and under the open sun coolness and calmness marked each antagonist as he walked to his position and indeed until the denouement me air vick won the choice of position mr air stith won the word all the preliminaries being arranged and the weapons placed in the hands of the belligerents lige Ii rents the usual command was given each gentleman answered audibly ready at the word vi ord fire mr air vick brought his weapon down and discharged it at one 0 mr stith fired and his antagonist fell instantaneously dead the ball took effect ct iro m mediately under the left cheek and ranging u upward ard passed into the brain where it I 1 lodged ow ged the victim fell stiffened out and was dead before beare his seconds reached him biml what a change chang mel A robust man manly ly form vigorous and healthy a second and it lies a bleeding corpiel theres honor tor for you 12 |