A DUEL AND ITS SEQUEL.
Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright.
BERLIN, July 20
Von Richtofen. son of a former Minister, bps just been court-martialled on account of his participation in a fatal duel, fought in May last, and in which, after an exchange of three shots, he killed his opponent, a sportsman named Gaffron. The quarrel arose over monetary matters. Richtofen was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in a fortress. The Court hold that Gaffron’s conduct was not unimpeachable, as ho had not acted as a gentleman in connection with a loan transaction.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13433, 21 July 1911, Page 5
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90A DUEL AND ITS SEQUEL. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13433, 21 July 1911, Page 5
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