Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1891 — FOUGHT FOR LOVE! [ARTICLE]

FOUGHT FOR LOVE!

A Genuine Duel in a Park at Chicago.’*’ * A Nobleman and a Southerner Engage in * Combat with Rapiers—Both Wounded. Chicago was the scene Sunday of a genuine duel. Baron Kalnoky de Korospatek of Vienna, arrived in Chicago a month, ago. Kalnoky, according to his own confession, was at one time the staunch defender and passionate admirer of the erratic Natalie o.f Sorvia, during her sometimes embarrassing visits to the Austrian capital. He had also been a chosen companion in the revels of the gay young prince whose suicide shocked all Europe, That event only drove Kalnoky to wilder dissipations. Seeking a change in America, he accidentally met Miss Mittie Atherton, a member of the Duff company, dur- , ing the last Chicago engagemant. She was the possessor of a voice of unusuaj power and melody, a faultless form and charming face. She led the baron a doleful light, both in Chicago and in other cites to which he followed her. She constantly kept before him the fact that she could never become his wife, as her heart .was already gi von to one for whose sake She would shortly end her stage life. Kalnoky finally became convinced of this and remained behind when the company left Chicago.

Ten days ago ho again weakened and made a flying trip to Louisville iu one last effort to conquer the pretty actress. While there he seems to have met one of his numerous rivals, though not the successful one. Last Friday morning he returned to the Richelieu, havinggiven up his original idea of following Miss Atherton from Louisville to Pittsburg. The same night the man whom encountered in the South dined with him at the Richelieu restaurant, and the two seemed to take a morbid interest in together drowning their mutual sorrow. A too free indulgence in wine, however, quickly ended tlie friendly character of the meeting. In the parlor a few minutes after dinner a cry of rage was heard and a heavy fall? Kalnoky had knocked his companion down for speaking disrespectfully of the woman he loved. An hour afterward a friend of the Southerner appeared with a respectful note demanding a meeting. Kalnoky at once accepted in a note which he sent to a friend then stopping at the Richelieu, to whom the Southerner’s second was referred. With the exception of the rash act which gave the excuse for a challenge, the affair was carried out with regard to every nice distinctions of the code. All the arrangements were made and the duelists went to Jackson Park Sunday morning. At ten minutes past 6 the adversaries were facing each other sword in hand and bared to their shirts. A moment later the word was given and like a flash the southerner commenced the attack. After some sharp fighting the southerner succeeded in inflicting a slight wound in the right leg of the Baron, A little later the Baron made a clever lunge which pricked the skin on the right shoulder of his adversary. The latter* however, parried admirably, and at that moment, to the horror of the seconds, the Baron appeared to slip and literally fall on the point of his adversary’s sword, which entered his neck. A stream of blood gushed from the wound. The seconds at once stopped the combat. Baron Kalnosky was assisted to an adjoining knoll and his wound hastily dressed. After ascertaining that the result would not necessarily be fatal the Southerner and his friend left the field. Every effort to identify this man has failed. With the exception of Kalnosky, he appears to have been unknown to all concerned. His appearance, however, leads to the belief that he is the son of a prominent citizen of Atlanta, Ga., famous in the South as an authority on the code duello, and who, though quite young, has taken an active part in several affairs of honor. He is known to have boarded the Cincinnati train on the Big Four, which left the Hyde Park station at 9:45, two hours after the termination of the combat.