Show THIAL OF A UUELIST Mexicans Duty to Defend His Friends Honor City of Mexico Aug 21lhe Veras tlguiRomero duel case caina to trial yesterday 1 tie indictment charges uomcio with being tile cause of Veras ngul death and being guilty of violating vio-lating that section or tne penal coda forbidding dueling Romero alleged as uutenso tilt duty of Ueicndlng the honor hon-or as a man and soldier of His friend and denied being the challenging party Ueneral Rocha indicted for complicity denied all guilt Tfte seconds also denied de-nied guilt and alleged good character Romeru went on the stand denying that Jealousy was the cause of tile duel averring that Verastlgul had ca lumniated his mend General Gonzales Gon-zales Governor of Ouxaca and that ho had felt Impelled to resent such In jurious utterances The courtroom was again crowded to day Col Prldo editor of Universal testified at great length He was not an intimate friend of Verastegul and became one of his seconds because tho latter had few friends In the city Hu tried to prevent the duel In all possible ways and finally finding It Inevitable endeavored to make the conditions hard with a view to Inspiring the Intending In-tending combatants with the Idea thut It would bo well to bring the matter to a head Verustegul had desired pistols pis-tols us It was said ho was a good shot and did not like sabers Verastegul told the witness the case was really about a woman |