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The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1864., [Electronic resource], Flag of truce. (search)
ps and William Warthen, repaired to an old field in the northern portion of the city for the purpose of settling a difficulty which had originated between them. Contrary to the usual mode of proceedings in such cases, pistols were not the arbiter of their troubles, but nature's own weapons were brought into use. Arriving on the ground, they commenced to prepare for the combat, but had barely time to strip to the waist and place themselves in the usual knock-down attitude when officers Seal, Kelly, Griffin, and Moore hove in sight, whereupon the belligerents fell back a short distance where they would be in the county of Henrico, and therefore out of the jurisdiction of the city authorities. Here they "pitched in, " and after a desperate encounter of thirty-five minutes Krebbs lost the battle. Both of them were badly bruised about the face and eyes, but nothing serious is likely to result from their injuries. They were attended by seconds, and the engagement was witnessed by near t