Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1892 — FOUGHT OVER A WIDOW. [ARTICLE]

FOUGHT OVER A WIDOW.

Both Will Die Md She Ie Badly Dl*. Ogarad. George Barber and Henry Paxton fonght a duel with knives fifteen miles froth Gold 11111, Idaho, on the 28th. Both wilt dieand Maggie Brandt, over whom the men quarreled, will be disfigured for life. Both men are stock raisers iu comfortable circumstances, and Mrs. Brandt, who [S a prepossessing widow, was employed as housekeeper by a man named Mescrye. Sue betrothed herself to both of her lovers, and fur nearly two mouths neither of them Suspected that anything was wrong. Last Saturday the two men met at Me' serve's house. Lo.li drew largo knives. They were In a room about fifteen feet square. As the half-cra/ed men circled about the mom they upset and broke arti" das of furniture, and at every blow blood flew. Mrs. Brandt stood just outside the door } S if. r