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Show A FATAL DUEL. lull I'artlfulari r the I nronnlfr lie- tnn HeMorriand Jlarrr. the Kiiico orriccn W3 A HCBRCIV Mgiilll'anl Mitrmrnt of the Marquli Ii au Aowlalrd l'rcii llrporicr. r?r Teleiraeh to the 111.1 ill 1 1.11 in a ri, A I tench an.ir Olllree lalelly II.uimIM Inallahl I'akis, Jiinri'l -Mrji DeMorea la deeply grieve I al the fatal outcome of the duel wild Captain Mayer. He raya tuenmbat wat fought under cun illlliiuitlialouelit to have 1 revelited tbe fatal termination. Mayer belonged be-longed to anengliieer wrti, and waa rcgarJedby fnenlia I lllllal.l olll rer. Mater wai a Hebrew and the duel aruee from the riuiark of De Mom that no Jew ought to I e a lueiiK ber of the army. The duel waa fought with awordn. Tho term were that the uuellila were not to uitui to clot fjuartlll and ceaee when one receive 1 a weund 1 lacing him In a :i-elllon Inferior In-ferior to the auvenary. IV hen Ihe duellita had liken their lulll)he the uiual algnal "Allea" wai given. The Maniule male a direct tnruit which wia parried by C'ataln Mayer. The MiHii;i agalu made a rapid luue, tho eword 1 anlng through Captain Majer'e guard piercing lil body below tiinarniiil. The niattjula Immediately dlieniagcd hie weiKn and lraed laik on hliown erouud. Caitaln Mayer dropped hla word, eiclalmlng, "I am badly lilt," and fell te the ground. TlienuMpili advanced to thu roklrate antagiuht, bendlhguver him, auil Mked,"C'aptaln Mayer, will you allow me II euaks hanJa wllhyouT" Uaplaln Mayer bild out hla hand. The nurgnotu nt ouce atlendtil the wounded nun, who loou wae made DI comfortable al the clr-rtiniilahcte clr-rtiniilahcte itrulltted. he walaril Inatarrlagu and removed to the hoi-pllal, hoi-pllal, where be ill id at 5 o'clock In tbo afiernooo. Captain Mayir lud carefully concealed con-cealed from hli relatives all knowledge of the fart that he waa about tl rlghta duel. When the newt of hla eon's deitb was broken te the lather.hla gllef wavixtreme. lie went to the hoe Ital and the body ol hli son wai given Mm. He conveyed the relualnlhome,wbre the dead nian'l mother wai UlitracleJ, When the body wai taken Into tho Itoute, Mruo Mayer threw her arms atout It and covered thu face with klists. rimaUalr Ii deeply regrettnl nt l.toe 1'oljtetlililpie, wheru Can-UluMayerheld Can-UluMayerheld a trufeiaorihlp. lie was greatly riteemed by his fellow-olllcere. fellow-olllcere. He waa a splendid fencer and lis 1 appeared In numerous anaultfal arm. A reprrientatlve ol the Also ilatal Trees bad an Interview wllh Mores today. He expreteed much sorrow for thedeatblof Captain Mayer and added. "I am aware that the authorities au-thorities will Iiue a warrant for my nrreit I ut what does It ruettar? The msglitiates will not reveut the prose-tutton prose-tutton of thu work we have uuder taken. 1'enonal iiutstlous are uolh I dk; the prlodi lea are all In all. We are but al the beginning of a civil war." |