Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1883 — A DANCE OF DEATH. [ARTICLE]

A DANCE OF DEATH.

A North Carolina Marriage Festival Ends in a Double Murder. [Dispatch from Nijwberne, N. C.l At a wedding at Curritubk, Hyde county. W. C., a fatal fight occurred. Charles Credle, a young cotton-planter, was being married to Miss Ella Creble, a lovely belle of that section. The house was richly decorated in honor of the occasion, and crowds of guests were present. The ceremony took place at 8 o’clock, after which the company sat down to a superb banquet. Champagne flowed like water, and some of the young men partook too liberally, and a quarrel arose as to whether the german or ‘cotillion should be danced after supper. Hot language ensued and a general fight followed, the infuriated young men paying no heed to the shrieks of the young ladies. Revolvers were drawn and shots fired, and for a short time the sceae was a terrible'one. Charles Ballanoo, the groom's best man, was killed, and Thomas 8. Edanj another of the groomsmen, was mortally wounded. The sight of the dead man brought the revelers to their senses. The fighting closed and every effort was made to save the life of the wounded young man. No physician was nearer than twenty-five miles, and several of the participants in the affray at once started for him. The newly-married couple sat up up all night by the wounded man’s bedside. The dead body of Ballanoo was laid out In the parlor until the Coroner could Investigate the matter.