A DUEL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12497, 25 March 1909, Page 4

A DUEL.

A duel which may be atended with fatal consequences was fought at Neuilly by two Roumanians,- Prince .Gregory Sturdza and M. Catargi, son of the Roumanian Minister in London, in consequence of an altercation in a Paris, theatre. Shots were exchanged at 30 yards. M. .Catargi was struck by a bullet, which entered his. right side and caused a very serious wound on the other side. He was taken to a. private surgery, where he lies in a critical condition. Tho d.uel arose out of a recent incident at the: Theatre des Nouveaute's. The Prince was seated in a stage box, and a second stage box separated him from a party, of Roumanians who i were in another compartment. During the entr'acte the Prince alleges that M. Catargi approached his compatriots and made some disparaging remarks concerning the Sturdza family. Overhearing him -the Prince went out and met him in the corridor, and an altercation followed, as the result of which' a duel was, decided upon. It took place on the lie de Grand Jatte., . Prince Sturdza is greatly affected by the sonors injury to his rival and I refuses to be interviewed;