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Show TWO WOMEN Desperate Fight lim M Bridger. Revolver and Shotgun Were the Weapons Used in Affair. Both Participants Aro Wives of Ranchers; Only Ono Wounded in tho Contest.. I EVANSTON. Wyo., Nov. 8. Mrs. Leon Demnrs, shot in a duel by her neighbor. Mrs. Nancy Richards, Is dead. Several times the women had come to blows, and each had warned the other the next encounter would be with guns. Open Fire on Each Othor. Mrs. Domnrs went to Mrs. Rlchards'q ranch, near Fort Bridger, and, upon being ordered away, displayed a big revolver. Mrs. Richards had been car- j rylng a weapon In expectation of meet- i lng Mrs. Demar8. Mrs. Richards says j Mrs. Demars fired first, but there were no other witnesses. Bullet in Hor Breast. At the second shot Mrs. Demars fell, with a bullet ln her breast, but kept on firing, emptying the revolver. Mrs. Richards also fired six shots. Both are wives of ranchers. They are thirty years old. Mrs. Richards was arrested. |