| Show TWO FEMALE DUELISTS swords are the weapons and jealousy the noflie rower power F french rent h lab job s an are sorry lie the celil vai mas prevented as a it would establish a STANDARD ax S chronicle service london sept 5 two ladies in a dael swords the weapons jealousy the cause these sensational bead lines appeared in a leading daily over a paris aParis dispatch this morning the etory story as told is is unique A french lady accused an american lady of attempting to alienate the affections of her husband the ladles met at the cafe americana Amen cane a i a scene As goon soon as the brench t tench american w woman man bad had made her charges e a the american became i indignant a an and d told her she must be dreaming aa as she bad never spoken even in in private with the ranchman frenchman madame waxed wroth slapped her traus atlantic cousin cousin with her gloved band hand and told her she could prove the intimacy with her husband she referred to her meeting with tho the husband on the boulevard des callous the tile whole story the american laly lady said was an art outrageous falsehood and she gave the french woman twenty four hours in which to retract her words at ane end of this period no notice having been taken of the insult tha lh american lady challenged hor her antagonist to a duel the latter accepted and said she would fight light with swords everything being arranged they the with their friends repaired to mendon merdon woods on thursday morning all ready when three gendarmes gen darmes stepped up and arrested the doctor and tho lite principals and took them to the rub pub prefecture some lady flenda of the french madame it is alleged all aged giro gave the in formation to toe trie police polica in advance and they were in biding to prevent bloodshed the lieu lieutenant at of police was bent sent for and sal after listening liet ening to the report of bis his men said it was perhaps as rational for women as for men to fight duals but I 1 it t happened to bo be an off rica nc against the french laws and it HAS As the tile duty of the police to arrest all 11 p persons a an engaging in it A certain cen etain discretion was permitted permitted lioe liow evi vr r where w here the offence offense as in a th this a case I 1 had d not be been a actually committed if the ladles would gie give him their parole ahon neur not to attempt any further breach of the peace and deliver io 0 him their weapons which would be confiscated ha he would relea release them both ladies then made a I plea ilea lea for the doctor who had bean been prevailed upon to accompany them and rid be too was reli released ased the namai names of the persona esona were refused by the police who h 0 merely de dared they were well known in social circles and ai they were ere not likely to meet again abee was no necessity tor for publishing their identity at the cluba clubs tho the affair was discussed and regret was felt that the fight bad had been stopped as a little blood 1 letting ein would woul d have been tho the worst that coull could happen and it would have dished a precedent |
