Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1901 — SOUTHERNERS WHO FOUGHT FATAL DUEL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOUTHERNERS WHO FOUGHT FATAL DUEL.

Lawrence A. Bailey and Walter Selph, two hotblooded young Southerners, both loved the same girl. After several wordy quarrels in one of which one young man called the other a toward, the two met by appointment In Audubon Park, New Orleans, to settle the matter with their bare firsts. The battle was a short one, but it ended in the death of young Selph. Bailey gave himself up to the police and was released on SI,OOO bail on a charge of manslaughter. He is nearly insane with

grief and it is feared he may lose his mind. The young men had been warm friends up to the time they fell in love with the same girl. The families of both are well known and highly respected in New Orleans.

LAWRENCE L BAILEY

WALTER SELPH