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Show ELECTlOS FIGHT. A Toter Cballensett and Three Jlen YounUel. Lexinotun, Ky.,Nov. 1 A t-r- rible eleitlou day duel In Xntlll couuty.of whltn only meager men-tiuu men-tiuu is male in the dispatches Wednesday, Wed-nesday, turnsoutto have be. nonec. the mutt dtierato encounters ever witnessed tn Kentucky. The men engaged In the allalr were Dr. Lilly, a prominent young physician, aud John Wilson, commisjioner of common com-mon schools in Estill county. Lilly is a republican and Wilsdn a demacrat. Lilly brou jilt up a negro to the tells to vote, wheu Wilson challenged him. The Judges coincided coin-cided with Wilson, and the Dtgro was rejected. This fired up Lilly aud hut words ensued, fesufting In the drawl?:: of metals by both men. Lilly got his weapon out reaully, while Wilson's hung in ills pocket and was accidentally dl-charged. In the meantime, ho received two baits: lrom his antagonist, both lodging nedr the lieait. Tho wounds werb, however, not immediately fatal, aud the dreadful combat continued. Wilson got his weapon free and fired two shots, one of which struck Lilly near the heart. About this time Wilson's brother Interfered and succeeded In wrest Ing Lilly's neipou from his hinds. Nothing dauuteJ, however, and almost al-most In the throes of death, lie drew his knifo and made several fatal sttbsiii his enemy's body. Both fell to tho ground, but the terrible duel was not over. With fatt ebbing strength, Wilson raled upand flreU the last load In his pistol at Grant Lilly, brother of Dr. Lilly, who had appeared on the scene, Indicting Indict-ing a fatal wound. Not satisfied with this, Wil-on crawled over where hla antagonist hadTalirn and hurried the hammer of his phtoi in his head. Lilly died in a few mlnutes,while Wlton lingered until the next noon. In addition to the men already al-ready named as having been shot three outside iwrsous received balfc but were not seriously hurt. Altogether Alto-gether the affair was the most desperate des-perate that ever occurred lu Estellc County. |
