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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1703, 19 January 1874, Page 2

A UESpErMffE} TffIQHT, The Virginia Enterprise, of Sepfember7, says:— "-At^Truckee City, on 'the 'Central Pacific. Railroad, there .occurred, about 9 o'clock night before last, a most terrible impromptu six-shooter duel between Andy Fuget, a carpenter,, and Jack White, a miner, resulting in the? almost instant killing of Fuget and/the mortal wounding of White. It is" said that ihere^xu^d between the men an. old; grudge.; also, that there had been some recent trouble growing outiofai door 'having been kicked in by, Wb^ite. The.'m,e.n, c^mlg jjqgpthef aji the gprner of Main Street , and ; 'a ''j|ttfg alley rimning lip intqt^eQhinese quarter of tb,g town, just in front of Burkhalter's store, when th6 -battle "opened. There were several persons in tfae neighborhood, but no one whb^ saw'thV shooting could tell which man fired the first shot. 1 Fu|et is said to have come' down the alley leld- • ing from ChinatownV 'wheu he was met by White, who was passing along the sidewalk. Instantly the shofoting ; began^»* Fuget placing himself behind an awningpost ; at the : corner ■of the street ' ahd alleyi ; and White standiue: 'on the'sidewalfc.' : The firing is «aid to hav^ beea very rapid ; so rapid, ■ ' irideed'i 1 that ra^ny who heard ij; were of the opiniqn th^it more, .than two, me,u in the' abqoting. ' '$he 'majority of those who were luthe^yiciuity when the shooting began ran away aa fast as their legs would carry them, bu^.t^por^three men,, who sought shelter . in jrondpor ways of. BurkHalter's store, stood, their ground and . , witneased t^e whole ',battle;',"| White fell first, arid striking upob.,the edge of the sidewalk; rolled .info 'a 1 gutter -about 18in iii' depth. • Alin^st the instant Fuget fell, seemingly from"'tne'eH of Wlijte's las^ shot, rolling into the samp gutter in which' White was lying, '. and-ftt no great distance frpm him. Between the two men lay a bundle of gunny .sacks, owing to tbe presence of whiqh.they^wfire unable to see each other. Fuget now began crawling fori White, wtioUay in the gutter unable'to rise, iHe dragged himself along the gutter until hereache'd the gunny sacks; ( He climbed ; up l on these till he could; see his,' mbrfai, eneiuft'wh'en . he fired at him his' : two r'iremunl'ng "stifils. White ; arouse^' himMf, arid by T greai efiort raised his;, pistol ( and;,,fired^his, last, shot, which rolled Fiiget' from i.hMyppsrtionion the sacks ;,and ended; .thojdesperjkte; and bloody fight. .When.thejfiringiceasedand only groans; were to be lieard, ;the citizens rapidly collected, and soon a > great croWd was on the,blo^4y battlefield, ing and groaning men %ere^ ! ( tQ where they could bp^ cs^red fpy;^ Euget, howevep, needed but little qareiaß fie W in. a dying o.ondition ; '.when..taken( r up*,Shd lived less than ten minutes. TheJkhot which proved fa^al struck him in the groin, severing a large artery. He bled frightfuUy, :; a^d>i.a3>,wjejhaM said, lived but a few minutes. The wounds of White were three in number, and of such a nature that theyimusiftietießßarily pifove fatal."