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Show DUEL TO THE DEATH. Two Californians Settle Quarrel With Pistols. Two men, Lee Barnes and George Silverthorn, fought a duel to the death In a small cabin near Redding, Cal. Silverthorn Sil-verthorn is dead and Barnes cannot live.- The men were gambling for small stakes and quarreled, both resorting re-sorting to their knives, weapons with nine-inch blades. They fought desperately, desper-ately, ' both receiving numerous wounds. Silverthorn finally fell to the floor of the cabin, mortally wounded. There was only one witness, and he saw but the ending of the affray. |