Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1892 — Fatal Duel in Kansas. [ARTICLE]

Fatal Duel in Kansas.

At Marlon, Kansas, J. E. McCarty shot and killed E. A. Gross. A bad feeling had existed between the parties for some time, and they met and quarreled. Gross told McCarty to arm himself and meet him at an appointed place. McCarty prooured a shotgun and met Gross with the above fatal result. McCarty is a respected citizen and an auctioneer of more than local reputation, while Gross was a butcher.