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Tales from the Morgue: A duel over a woman
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Tales from the Morgue: A duel over a woman

  • Mar 1, 2018
  • Mar 1, 2018 Updated Mar 24, 2018

What would motivate two men to duel it out with pistols? One must assume the motivation is much the same as that for murder. Love or greed, or in the case of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, intense political differences.

(5) updates to this series since Updated Mar 24, 2018

A duel

Two men fought a duel because one had an affair with the other man's wife. When was this? Perhaps the 1800s, you might think.

A hearing for the 'duelist'

The man who "won" the duel was now in legal trouble for dueling. The loser was in the hospital in critical condition, so one might assume his …

Dueling charge dropped

The lesser charge of dueling was dropped, but Hugh Moose would still likely face the attempted murder charge.

A plea and, later, a verdict

Hugh Moose pleaded innocent to attempted murder and his trial was set for later that year.

The rest of the story

Fifteen years after he was acquitted of attempted murder, Hugh Moose again found himself in trouble of his own making. And, again, the trouble…

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In memoriam: Funeral notice photos, February, 2018

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Tales from the Morgue: Wife gets the last word

Tales from the Morgue is concentrating on events that were covered in the Arizona Daily Star in 1968 — 50 years ago.

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