a member of the royal family, Sir Zacharias Cromfield, was challenged to a duel on behalf of Jerimiah Smitt for reportedly, "relinquishing my good name and courting my spouse." on september 20th 1908, the two men went up in the air to solve this debate the ref on the ground counted from ten BUT.... on eight,(BEFORE THEY COUNTED TO TEN BTW) cromfield fired about five shots towards smitts hot air balloon. mortally wounding him (died like 2 days later) and sinking the balloon and then outrage i guess
