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May 5, 1878
An exchange of gunshots in the streets of Little Rock (Pulaski County) took place between James Newton (J. N.) Smithee and John D. Adams. The Smithee-Adams Duel has been described as “the last duel fought in Arkansas.” This event was also an early episode in the long newspaper war conducted between the Arkansas Gazette (then the Daily Arkansas Gazette) and the Arkansas Democrat.