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White. It was understood that they were wait- ing for a chance to come together. The oppor- tunity came. The two men met in front of Peterson’s store at the same time, White firing the first shot. About ten shots were fired. White received a ball in the abdomen and another in the right shoulder, while Slough was wounded in the hand. Both men were removed to the hospital. On the person of White was found a villainous-looking dagger, and the police had a hard time disarming and taking him to the hospital. Only one or two persons were present at the shooting, for as soon as the fusillade began the crowd scattered. The witnesses say that White fired first and that he followed Slough into the store for the purpose of killing him. The story that Mr. Slough gives of the affair is that his father-in-law induced his wife to leave him, and he was not permitted to see her. The doctors at the hospital say that the chances for the recovery of White are very slight, while the injury to the other duelist is not of a serious character.