Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1874 — A Duel in a Dark Room. [ARTICLE]

A Duel in a Dark Room.

A rather mysterious affair occurred a few nights ago in the Louisville Medical College buydirrg, comer of Fifth and Green streets. Two of the students have been paying attention to the same young lady, who lives b«t a stone’s throw from the Medieal College, and they got into a quarrel with each other about her. It was at last proposed that each take a pistol and fight a duel in a dark room in the college building. So the pistols were selected, seconds chosen, and the party, when no one Was in the house at night, entered a room and, locking the door behind them, prepared for the encounter. The light was extinguished, and, at a proper distance from each other, at the word, each fired. The gas was lit, and an investigation only proved that the powder and balls had been Wasted. The light was again extinguished, and again at'the word the pistols were again discharged . This time one of the duelists was found slightly wounded in the left arm. The honor of the medieal gentlemen having been thus satisfied, "the two became friendly again and shook hands with each other. The affair Nras kept very

quiet, and only leaked out yesterday morning. The students won’t let the two duelists alone now, and their lives are a burden to them from the worry.— Louisville Courier-Journal.