Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1879 — How a Duel Was Prevented. [ARTICLE]

How a Duel Was Prevented.

A spirited woman put an end to a duel near Berlin three weeks ago. Principals, seconds and an army sturgeon were on the ground, and tne pistols were loading, when the lady suddenly drove up in a swift droschky to the

place of meeting, stepped up to her husband’s second, snatched a pistol from his hand, and, directing its muzzle toward her bosom, declared that she would kill herself unless the projected duel were at once given up. The whole party returned peaceably to Berlin.