SOCIETY MEN FIGHT A DUEL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 229, 24 September 1904, Page 13

SOCIETY MEN FIGHT A DUEL.

A New York correspondent says,:— Twe well-known society men fought a duel with three-ounce gloves to a finish at Philadelphia on Saturday-. They were Mr Charles Willing, a relative of Mr J. J. Astor, and Mr F. Cadwalader .Dede. They had a difference about their respective social standing, and when Mr Willing declined to accept Mr D»de T » estimate of himself Mr Dado made some caustic remarks Mi brought affairs to a climax by slapping Mr WUUng's face in the street. A duel was promptly decided upon, and a large room in Chestnut street was secured for the encounter. The combatants are both small men, and there were some furious encountprs. Mr' Dade was counted out in the twentieth round, but his opponent was not in mucli better trim, and had some difficulty in holding up. The "New York Sun" describes Mr Dade's face at the end of the light as beiug "like a badly-rubbed impressionist picture with complications." After leaving the hands of the doctor he disappeared in a motor car with his wife, who was Miss Frances Pemberton, the actress. Mr Willing has gone into retirement i too, and the doctor is attending him for. ' internal Injuries.