Show FAMOUS FAMOS flIES IN flED CAPTAIN PAGE SUC suo SUCCUMBS CUMES TO A A LONG ILLNESS Killed John robn B Mordecai Mordecal in Virginia in an Affair Mairo of Honor onor Over a n Poem Ri l TR Va V r May M Ma as Captain Page Pa e McCarthy one of the principals In Inthe Inthe Inthe the famous duel Is dead the tIle result of a long illness The duel due which took place plaue in the spring of 1871 1872 was wag one of the most celebrated since the civil war McCar lIcCar McCarthy thy and John B Mordecal were both young men of good goad position They had a personal encounter over oter a poem written by McCarthy about a young woman at which Mr Mordecai had taken offense After an unsuccessful attempt to set tle tie the matter by friends of the two tw principals the duel was fought The weapons were revolvers and the dis I tance ten paces Four shots were fired after the last of which both McCarthy and Mordecai fell fed McCarthy was dan danI wounded W while Mordecai was I at once seen to be fatally hurt He died tIled within 1 hours while McCarthy recovered after months of suffering S McCarthy was the son of William I McCarthy of ot Fairfax who was a mem triem I I ber of congress for several terms |