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Show KrnliHkj'a Lampion Duelist, Joseph llowraan, who recently died In Jessamine county, Kentucky, at the ripe old age of 81 years, was the fighter fight-er of four desperate duels In each of which he succeeded In killing bla antagonist. an-tagonist. In 1818, while living la Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, he quarreled with a man named Snelllng, and by agreement Ibey were tied together, armed with bawle knives and put Into a dark room. Although frightfully cut himself. How-man How-man came out victor. Ills next ilu.l was In lri, wheu he bad a dispute I with a Spaniard named Domingo, Armed wllh knives, they msdo for each I other, nnd llowman severed the Span-I lard's head from hla body. Wben the war broke out, llowman enlisted on the confederate side. After the war he fought a duel with a coutln, named Williams, Tha combat waa with pl.toli at ten puces, and llowman wounded lilt antagonist so badly that he died. How-man's last encounter waa only few years ago, when In a hand to hand conflict with "Joe" Miller, who waa known a the "Had Man from Itaclne." he came out victorious, killing kill-ing iUller without receiving as much as scratch. |