Uinta County WY Archives Obituaries.....Demars, Mrs.Leon November 8, 1904
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Morning Oregonian Novemebr 9,1904
Woman Kille dIn Duel
opponent Is Of her Own Sex, And Revolvers Are The Weapon
Chicago,Nov.8-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Evanston,Wyo., says: 
Mrs.Leon Demars, shot in a duel by her neighbor,Mrs.Nancy Richards, is dead. 
Several times the women had come to blows, and eah had warned the other the 
next encounter would be with guns.
Mrs.Demars went to Mrs. Richards ranch, near Fort Bridger, and upon being 
ordered away,displayed a big revolver. Mrs.Richards had been carrying a weapon 
in expectation of meeting Mrs. Demars. Mrs.Richards says Mrs.Demars fired 
first, but there was no witnesses.
Mrs.Richards was arrested

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