Show KILLED LED IN FIGHT OVER DANCING v Cartoon artoon Used in Leads to a Fatal Street Stroet Duel Between lawyer tawyer and Preacher The Parson Passes the tile Lie Fires First and Seriously Wounds His Opponent Who Shoots From Prom Ground WIlliamson on W Yo Va Deco As S a re ef retail re tail suit t of a quarrel over ove a cartoon con condemnatory condemnatory condemnatory of f dancing So g David Stokes shot and killed Rev Ber In m a street duel here this tt afternoon aften WD Mr Stokes being also ahto injured elY sen Mr Stokes is aa an exp of the University of ot Virginia arid add one of the most moat prominent lawyers la in Mingo county He left his omee oles e tills thIs after atter afternoon ter noon immediately after dinner inDer and pleasantly greeting his hia friends on OD the way walked In the tile direction of the house hou e occupied by the th Rev Dr and his hi housekeeper Mr Mrs Levine Mr family faintly being in Kentucky tuCkY Mr r Stokes stopped stop At the gate ate to talk taik with wf Mrs LevIne who stood in l the door doorway doorway doorway way Within a few minutes the minister min lter came caine out of lof f the house hoUR He seemed to tobe toDe tobe be De greatly excited about something and said Mid to Mrs Levine as he passed her ber at the door You would be much better at present in the house bouse She ly replied that the day was far too pretty to be spent entire entirely ly y within doors find Ind Mr Stokes inter Intel interrupted Interrupted by remarking Yes Ye dont think of leaving us as for forthe forthe the house Quick a ItS as a flash Mr Wot Wo I turned tu and addressing Mr Stokes sold said Leave the premises Preacher Fires Pires First An altercation followed Both oth b men ran to the sidewalk directly in front of the house Something was said almost indistinguishable that drew from the sharp retort Ted Yo area are a liar and andin andin andin in an ar instant ins the report reP ll of a revolver revolverS was a heard 5 Stokes stumbled tried to ain his has footing but fell in the street Wounded Wound as be he was he lie drew deew his bia re revolver revolver revolver volver and covered the minister now within ten feet of his fallen foe Again fired tired and simultaneous simultaneously I ly Iv came ame the shot ahot from a pistol in iD the theba hands bands of When the smoke moke cleared away the two twe men were lying in their own blood upon the sidewalk A crowd ran up to the scene I Dr was deaL dead Chance had bad ear sor ried the tile bullet ballet from Stokes M 1 through the head bead of the minister Us fl tog Inc him ae so tie lie fell feD The preachers e bet bul let had entered Stokes S side Wow Mow the heart t and azul passed entirely eJ through High his body In the ball haIl of the ministers hone home fallen across the doorway was warn found Mra XI Levine It was first Ant st thought aha she had been IMen shot dead feat but an so investigation tion showed that she me had bed only oDb fainted from fright f ht Up to a late hour this evening Mr Stokes has baa refused to say nay anything concerning the f tragedy Duel the of a The tragedy was Watt the outgrowth of strained relations the two t men for a week past pa t Mr Stokes St who te is faone isone one of tile leaders leaden of the social net act here saw a cartoon illustrating a german an I given ven toy lay the Cotillier club dub which Mr I had used u in a sermon The TIe oar OM OMi i toon pictured a ball room scene with various paths path leading downward to I ruin the places shown as asa asI asa I a result of the dance was wan a famous resort ort ortIn In some so way the cartoon came caine Into litto S I the possession of Mr Kr Stokes who Mr c TOoM told Mm hint if it were not for tr his hIB cloth clo he be i would thrash hint him retorted Stokes need not hesitate on em that tb t point and he be was ready to be meet him Im at any anytime sa T time S SLate Late tonight Mrs M Levine who ao d d been prostrated waa was prevailed ed upon to talk Her version of the story Isas fol follows lows los The conversation had been seeming seemingly ly Jy amicable and Mr Kr Stokes as aa out S Sto to return the caricature In lit tale his posses possession aba sion when Mr remarked Its Irs a pity that cartoon is true Stokes asked Mr whether or S Snot not some of the most en in town had protested against the pie pic pictures tures turea aa as being personal and false f Then TIleR it was that Mr Wahl hurled the fie e into Mr Stokes Stok face tace Rev Mr was waa recognized as all one ODe of the most forceful and aDd eloquent of Presbyterian ministers in this state Mr Stokes comes from one of the best beat t families of the old dominion |