Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1859 — Senator Broderick Killed in a Duel. [ARTICLE]
Senator Broderick Killed in a Duel.
[We are indebted to Mr. T. F. Stokes, the accommodtrt ng Freight Agent at Francisville, for the following dispatch.] St L uis, Oct. 8. 7'he Overlmd mail with dates to the itith ult., has reached Jefferson Cit*< A duel between Senator Broderick and Chief Justice Perry, took place n*ar San Francisco on ihe m u nino of the 13th nit. Broderick fell at the first fire, pierced through the lungs. He lingered till half past 9 o’cl >ck on the morning of the 16th, then died. The ' omimmity is profoundly agitated at the melranchoiy event. Terry was unhurt
