The Billiard Duel
Disagreements in drinking establishments are nothing new but two French guys named Melfant and Lenfant took an argument to an unusually extreme level one night in the autumn of 1843. After getting into a tiff over a game of pool in a Paris bar, they decided to duel with billiard balls. The stood 12 paces apart and drew straws to determine who got to throw first. Melfant won and proclaimed, “I am going to kill you on the first throw.” Indeed—his first throw hit Lenfant on the head and he died instantly. Melfant was later tried for murder and convicted for manslaughter.
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Disagreements in drinking establishments are nothing new but two French guys named Melfant and Lenfant took an argument to an unusually extreme level one night in the autumn of 1843. After getting into a tiff over a game of pool in a Paris bar, they decided to duel with billiard balls. The stood 12 paces apart and drew straws to determine who got to throw first. Melfant won and proclaimed, “I am going to kill you on the first throw.” Indeed—his first throw hit Lenfant on the head and he died instantly. Melfant was later tried for murder and convicted for manslaughter.
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