Show L Naval Nav l A adem Tragedies g dies 1 of Times When Pistols Settled Affairs of Honor New ew York Herald There Thre rests resta in n a New York cemetery cre to the ha hta ol of trade the dust v a young oun man tun ODe on ot of whose who e acts n ode d his name tai in the navy TJ nt o dIed an abject ot of charity 1 u h not ot of charity grudgingly bee be beb e b t J d The oun man cast oft off by Ills his coun country country try teas as Midshipman jd Charles G Hun Huner Hunter ter er t the United Stat Staten navy who teh nn in the sobriquet ot of Alvarado Hun It be use h he dared capture an ene ener r J y v c ton n and fortress Without orders ri r the dlab nor the government ba baY ad adr Y r t 1 unon an er whose brave act ac acl r l id l dignity could d not acknowledge ot the Neme is that followed the th q through an event eventt t f 1 it tt it unhappy life Ufa i t Nemesis emeal ot of the mi 1011 or of a fateful Sunday many year yearA 1 c 31 21 Passes Passed 3 il l Midshipman charles G Hunter Hunte t And killed William Miller jr in e drIon t 1 on the bank of creek o ware jarp He went through haunted t f days laya the victim ot of an bY false faIN code of honor that pre pret t i 1 then In the United d States and an ani i survived in part to l I VIctims of the Code Tl TI pistol shora hota that ran rang out that tha 1 fay day threw the two principal cluer clue r tte PH York and Phila Philar l r il it into a ferment of excitement arr ITC c d naval circles became R a irni 1 nt and resulted Iu In executive ac acet Yet et strangely enough th the two arg lr men who wb faced each other on of blink bank of the little stream tream just t tl A Delaware circle that March Fun FunG un t G to settle An affair ot of honor war wart t I t th the original parties to the thA li h resulted so tragically I but wert wern t n T It in an endeavor to etre efee t I Ir r nt ot of the P was a 8 young lawyer or of much z In the Quaker City anil anilI am amI I t ter r then only n 21 years of age hai o FP commendation from his ru u ur 1 r r officers In the navY and seemed ir t ned for tor a notable career The duel grew out ot of a trivial Inui 1 1 dt t henry Wharton Griffith and R R nn I Drake rak two society men of Phil PhilI r I r I phia In with some f r n s sauntered into It a billard park t r Third and Chestnut streets on th or of Friday Feb 17 1890 1830 an and ri ke angered by an Implied nm on iron n hi his skill with the cu cue I in the fAce Before friend r i i Interfere Drake had llad sever li lit t his hiM companion That ug C c r L Was sent ent to N New aw York to toJ t J 3 c ed d Midshipman Charles II H Durve t I th t United States State navy asking him hin himme hint t tame me to Philadelphia I me arrived on the Tues Tuest t v and the next day carried a eha cha ehat t from to Drake who re Ie 1 to entertain any message will have no affair or ourse I IP A person or of his reputation WiH iks contemptuous retort Tel 1 1 he is 18 beneath the notice of a Ken gen Kent gent t T r au 1 that your answer d demander 2 n tf eP It Is 14 replied 4 Tk Take your yourI youre I e fOr er back to him Forcing a Fight r frog with indignation nation Duryea Durce r J rj 1 out and at once onee sought BOught Com Cont ComI t I rider Philip P F VO Voorhees ot of the navY h ho Faro him back baek to Drake with In l e that satisfaction be given ghen to tc flint ilith for tor the Insult T J refuse to accord a meeting to a ar a aI r I il who has placed himself t I Yule TalE of retorted Drake I 1 II t you ou were the nJ a aI I f c I i 1 U the e with some acme warmth Vary ry true but I hit him n not t bt be bet t r or of the billiard game but I 1 i 1 otA ote a letter to my brother Dr 1 that was as derogatory to hl ll T r If e and that on the very ery day of l 1 r e Pumas left In hot anger aner dEclaring U ti tt le he would post pt st Drake as a a coward r 1 titi t brou brought ht the young yount lawyer Ula into the quarrel The rhe t the attorney carried a challenge n li Drake to Duryee but Lieutenant 1 tou of yes es est t F to permit the midshipman l t until Drake Drak had bad given satis i to 10 Griffith I never put myself on a level tint that dena degraded ed Individual until he heks h hs s ks k s apology for tor the wrong done my myr h r 1 the doctor and his bride was t X te II of the controversy bad d spread the naval officers at New York Yorki i Philadelphia and there was sharp sharr t i inns of Durrtte e he be had nut nutt t 6 i ted Drakes challenge despite the thel l plitting ruling ot of Lieutenant Westcott So to clear DUI DUIr rc r the tte Imputation of If friends In New Brunswick N J Jr r t to Miller the attorney asking th whole hole matter be referred to a whose decision should Le be LeJ J 3 T 1 10 o this Miller responded that thata I a I had not accepted the chat lH itc and aud Drake looked upon the i f as al closed A 1 would woold have end had It not been for the en ent t fi P f ot of Midshipman Hunter Into luto the thet t ilI L e On n March 10 he visited Mil Mill l 1 ti the letter written front from fronti i and went vent away ill in hot bot hota l a r of the refusal ot of the theer 1 ft er to hand It over overt t f iv days a later W Brunswick 1 tt ft ra printed and aud Hunter demand deman demant demandt t immediate satisfaction timer Miller dis disc c ned md any responsibility for tor the pub 1 u PH u of the letter but the Willi as not accepted and on March arch LII Westcott Ve bore R a cartel to tor toler ler r The attorney acain insisted he had no connection with the theu thel l u li of private correspondence 11 a i declined to accept the challenge r Ta t days das later Hunter posted Mii 11 3 aS s a coward concluding hi his declara U s with nth tb the gratuitous assertion that t philadelphia lawyer was fil a liar jar as 11 a poltroon roon This Thia rapid fire Lineal bombast stirred Duryee to toa a ti u and he be 8 sent ut an acceptance of J challenge but that scion or of ort oft t i ty retorted that an adversary who j waited aUed to screw crew bit age to the wt cirR point would not Dot be accorded t of meeting with a gentleman Tiler r quickly took up Hunters chef chal 11 and sent MIlt his acceptance by Lieu t 1 nut Edward Byrne B r an Intimate nd and was deputized to 6 f with Byrne Brne the time and place t l It was reed agreed that th thI the thee I e should take place to n Delaware Delavare a aF L Ln F rt n dl distance below the boundary OIl ou p jOo or of the next day and that ls the seconds each duellist tit Le be represented by one friend i ome season the combatants dl lid until nearly n 1 j 1 ave Philadelphia A carriage contain r I on n Ir 5 T Tiller Byrne Craig and a surgeon it 1 dwelling on oft Chestnut street that t I 1 un in the present site it of the Ger Gerr r 1 W eu Democrat while another ril in which were seated Hunter t ott Duryee n a friend drove draw I nt jH u a hoteL that stood opposite the cass house A rApid drive was wasse r she se to Chester fourteen miles mUe south D r where the suspicions th the were united by the h ot of mm men in the party and their theira a silence as to their destine Ion hIn and r reasons ons for tor tr The Thc Tr Tragedy I arrest the party hastily left lefts s Lt tl r Mud and drovet drove t n gait Bait on ont t 5 JU lost t rood road through Marcus Hook tc rl d halted Qt at the bridge over creek Th Tho meeting place a short dis from the road lOad but screened by a aalee aWes Wes alee and clump of wu was soon so se The rhe paces pace were marked oft off and the p positions tlona ot of the duellists marked with stones then the tn sa as asto sato to Use the method of 11 were given Not a word had passed between tile the principals Gentlemen are you ready came the question Ea Each h duellist assented wo The lh last latt w word ni of f the count was lost I In fn the repOrt ot of tle pistols which Ich wore waro fired so y together that the sep reports could scarcely f be dIstin dIstinguished distinguished Miller turned toward his seconds his 1118 face was deadly pals bl his pistol from Ills his hand to lie placed one hand over his 1118 breast broast then fell heavily to the ground Hunter toward the fallen I mini and In a loud voIce volee that was fill filled with emotion cried Gentlemen I assure you ou that I hud bud no enmity toward that man Ills Ilia blood must res rest upon the hands or of others thera who have dragged hIm Into their quarrels quarrel Is he badly wounded doctor he be asked with evident trepidation I He will not II live five ve s was 1 the reply You put the square ly Into his breast Kneeling about the dying man the little group filled with varying emotions watched the life of the young lawyer laWer quickly flow outI out outI I Would give ghe my m life lite It if I could re r restore store that man to life Hunter as he saw the dying gasp ot of his vic victim victim tim timA A consultation was wae held and It was decided that Hunter Westcott and Duryee should leave the state before the result of the duel was known and n few minutes later n a carriage e carry carrying Ing the naval omeera rolled down the therond road rond toward a then his seconds boarded a 8 vessel bound for New Kew York The duet duel sent a thrill or of excitement x throughout the country and so o great was nits th the indignation that on Saturday March 27 7 Mr Ir Moore of Beaver Seaver county count 1 offered a resolution In the house ot of rep representatives representatives or of the Penns Pennsylvania legis legislature I lature requesting President Andrew Jackson to strike the home hamo of Passed II Midshipman Charles Charl s G Hunter from frem the tho roll 1011 of the tho nav navy This was for forwarded warded by th the governor of the tho state and on the day after its reception John Johi Branch of the na navy wrote to to pr president recommending that not only Hunter but Byrne Westcott and Duryee be John ot of Virginia was the ancestor of Midshipman Branch whose death In a duel is now the sUbject or of in inqui inquiry qui The father of Miller personally wrote to President JaCl Jackson son In the Interest of I Hunter saying saIng that he did riot regard regarda 1 hint as H guilty of his suns SOIlS heath but j i that Ids his life lIro had beon to the absurd code odo ot of honor which was as maintained in the naval Hunt Hunter er remained in the service but the death ot of the tho young lawyer always ahas haunted him and It was alleged that I some of his reckless acts of bravery I IThe were era for the purpose courting of death The Capture of Alvarado During the UIO Mexican war Hunter was plaCed in command of some somo shore forces from the squadron and without with without out instructions stormed the town or of Alvarado and the Mexican n forts capturing cap capturing turing allot all of the positions ot of the tho on en emY For this act brilliant as it was wason on the grounds that It dIsarranged the plan of the commander lie Ill was subsequently and In 1533 h he waS dismissed from the service f ri H his u els stripped ot of his iB naval Insignia lie he found his u to New ew York and finn finally was taken to St Josephs hospital poor and ko bro koken broken ken In health through dissipation lie he died Ho He Is retorted to have Ilae saul s to toone toone one of the attendants AMY My life Uto has boon embittered qU all my happiness has been wr wrecked by the sight ot of that man lying dead dt d on the bank ot of that little c creek k iu in D Delaware killed b by m my pistol a men man I had met on only twice before bool wo we stood facing each outer othor that Sunday morning Had HaI I missed him or had lie he sided killed me much sorrow would have hae been saved saed But the fatal error of this young nung om could not altogether eclipse the Ule fart fact that he bo was brave and honorable and anda a 1 roan man who had watched his reer and whose heart beart trim un to 10 Pin cod n a tombstone over fits its T grate ve tc t attest this truth |