Deseret Evening News | 1906-10-20 | Page 10 | Local News

C The third moat noted duel tue In tM the United States was that whir took place near tho capital on eb ll 24 1838 between Jonathan I tr f 1 ber ot of Congress from Maine and Wll 11 hiatus J member of Congress trail Kentucky They used titles rilles nt at eighty yards YArd Three shots shot were Vero ex exchanged changed amid 1 1 was almost instantly In Instantly killed It at the third lire re Sev oral representatives In them and Menefee of Ohio and ot of North Carolina a roll lIa w were ro present at the duel The Tho cause ot of this duel was a I most mORt one rho New York Cotner and Enquirer had band charged II a member ot of Congress with corruption A resolution ot of Inquiry In Inquiry was WUI under lI by the tho hou house nod and Mr Cilley opposed the reso rather mild mildly aspersed thin tho editor of oC the Courier lUll amid Webb ebb Webb sent fent n a Unto note to Cilley hy by Graves which lIle declined to receive whereupon Graves Chal longed him I to fight