Iola (KS) Register, August 8, 1879, p. 1. Henry and Alexander Covert, brothers, sons of Lucas Covert, a well-to-do farmer residing ten miles west of Columbus, Ind., had a quarrel on the 30th regarding Henry's wife, who had been some time separated from her husband and had just come back to live with him at his brother's house. Alexander made some remarks at the breakfast table reflecting quite severely on his brother's wife. The husband resented it as an insult. A fight ensued during which both drew their revolvers and fired at each other. Alexander was shot in the abdomen and probably mortally wounded; Henry was shot through the heart causing instant death.