BLIND MEN'S DUEL.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 25, 29 January 1921, Page 15

BLIND MEN'S DUEL.

.Locked in a room, tyro blind men fought a desperate duel with chairs at Atlanta ' Georgta. At! tier whirled round, a blind woman, the cans* of the trouble sat in a corner and shrieked for help. ' W"i«n the police made an entrance ther' found the room a wreck. Everything was smashed, aad both men were bleeding from j blows and falls. Neiroer was dangerously hurt. I It was a strange case of love at first j ei-ght. and there was the usual triangle. ' Tie woman was the wife or one of the men. Martin Stone, who. having -been made jealoue by gossip*, trad returne-d unexpectedly, to and his frieod, Samuel Stewart, a too welcome visitor in his house. ; Stone and h-ie wife tad courted before they lost tireir eight. bt>t Mrs. Stone and Stewart had never seen ea-ch otler, and tiie j man had been blind from birth. | iStevrart wae sentenced: to 2i hours' . inxprtooimient. j