The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-18 00:00:00

THE FATAL FIGHT IV TVESTMenit.
INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
At 11 o'clock this forenoon Me,
manna far Westminster, rouseng at bb.14344
decrotiatspital, the inquiry relative to the death
Willmott, a pmilist. /d'art
On last Tuesday week the deceased was
Charing-cross Hospitalthree men, who --•••
Mao not
their names. He was so bruited pre
wife could only eubsemaently secogaUs moo by worm him)
He died in two hours after admission. It wee an
ascertained that there had been ' at Jemmy
public-house near the Haymarket, and Est is ft
earnest Shaw made all the parties leave. Ifolat—"'"..,_a•
quently happened could not be dirtinetly alaerobibed",""al,_,
in the result, deceased was carried to the hespood ob.
condition dated. Several men have been arrested by the titton the charge of bein 1ece16667 to the drceseogb
Superintendent !Riverton attended to watch the
on the part of the oommiesioners of police ; sadly?, oct.ia
solicitor, ol Ely-plaoeo erred oa behalf of
public-houses'Stis"'lloo
landlord of the n.'s cad, the hen h; I
fatal injuries were said to have been iankbxhiyol
deceased pugiliet.
Witham Wedman, 15, Little Earl-street. Tuangeid
labourer, said that he was in the gum), ' 6
tavern, in Windmill-street, on Tuesday week,
had been admitted by • ticket which he had brought NT,
a strange man in St. Giles's for sixpenas It was s nu'
ticket. Witness could not read what was cel the
he went along with several " chaps" to a ryas se
Bun
street. After waiting an hour there
all went
to the Queen's Head. They remained in the Dor,
lour twenty minutes, and then went Vitali% It
was, then half-past 9 o'clock. A man at obe
door took ?the tickets. Witness and his memos.
entered • gallery which overlooked • sort if pit.
Witness saw two men, deceased was one of them, no ob
gloves. Those loves remained on during the while
of the p • Witness mild not sty how
many persona were present. The men then
to spar, and they kept at it for as houL, yr
new saw two seconds in the ring. He could not ti+
tify any person who was in the ring. The two ma 40
were boxing fell two or three times. The declassed fog
after the men had closed and wrestled. He did not
to have had a very great fall. He always came up laiz
Once when he was going to bit Young, his foot
and he knocked his head against a Poet Helen he
slipped against the post he appeared to be tune* NA
not able to stand. He was quite exhausted. wham ins( I
never in a place like the boxing ring before. %se% J
deceased fell, a nun put up his Inind, and Mr. Shaw rens,
and the gas was put out and all the pupil than bgb
Witness did not know that the contest was fora pars" cd
sovereigns. Witness had never made a statement that a
blow given by Young in the last round had mused the
deceased to bilL He never told a lice.oominb
that that wasthe ease. He never po
had said
I the sergeant, " I don't want to tell shout the keeckdown
' blow. nal I have to tell about it!" Witness had--
Mr. Lewis objected to the conversations and statements
and counterundernents between constables and wawa*
being given is evidence against a person who might be
to be an accused person. His client, Ito
bow, was out on bail on a charge COmes*
with this inquiry. The inquiry bad
to do with conversations between the polio,
others, it was merely an inquiry into the ea*
of death. He would suggest that the whose sod
not answer any questions, for the affair was illepl, and sp
who were present at it were liable to be charged.
The Coroner said that be had nothing to do with elect
bad taken place at other courts. He was here to suer*
the truth, and the witness was sworn to tell it.
The witness said that he had been questioned by
police-sergeant as to the knock down blow, and he led
asked him whether the knock down blow would have to he
told about.
By Mr. Lewis—Witness knew some of the parties
rated in the affair. He wished to tell the truth.
By • Juror—The affeirl was not called • " love fight"
It was • marring match.
By the Coroner—Witness was arrested by the police re
the night of the match, and kept at the polies lattice fa
two hours.
Superintendent Silverton—He was not arrested.
Mr. Lewis—l object to the police making statements ad
on oath, and in the presence of the jury, I must sak thrt 1
they be ordered out of court.
The Coroner said that he should not do that. The polo
were merely enlisting the inquiry. r 1
John Correll, • brushmaker, said that be was punk
at the sparring match. There were about 100 pap. as. ;
sent. A man named Flynn acted as referee. Mr. ties
MIA in and out of the room during the fight. He we
tending to the refreshments. The men fell several bust --
At the finish of the fight the deserted we Mite)
bad in his eyes. He was weak. He thee nor
towards his opponent and he fell end line -
against the corner of the wooden partition. In ham
his head came in contact with a past The deceased res
then taken to his side of the sing and sore wear MO
given to him. When they found that the deceased eat
not fight any longer the fi7hting was stopped. The ps
was then put out and the man was taken to the he ado
Young did not fall with the deceased.
By Mr. Lee is—Winds had seen sparring madam In
fore. The only thing out of the ordinary that he noticed he
the present one was the other men in the ring. Wilmer
had beard of sparring matches taking place at the Craig
Palace and St. James's Hall. Whiletle Shaw we. preent
there was nothing going on but so ordinary • gni
The deceased fell accidentally and from weakness
Mr. Bennett said that he was present at the filht He
had, since the hat sitting of the court, identified three
men, Donnelly, Evans, and Dawes, as having acted." the
seconds upon the occasion. He could not say pone,*
that a man named Flynn acted as time-keeper yowl'ss
the name of the man who was fighting with the deems&
After the fight, which was an hour of fearful enemas,
be was heated, Bushed, and his powers of endurance sp
have reached their climax. He was ready to eft.
frtrheed to
fight had lasted longer he world have fain*
His face was not bruised. His opponent fell flea
weakness. The whole affair, though it lasted an hoer,
appeared to be so quick that a verbal description mid
not be given of it. it appeared to be a series of sensible&
Inspector Chard proved that he arrested Edward Die
mlly, a pugilist, of No. 5, Smart's-buildings, Wertminern
road • Thomas Dawes, a street coke-seller, and June
Evans, for aiding and abetting and causing the death d
Edward Wilmott. Evans was a hammerman and a pio .
list. Witness also arrested George Flynn and
Shaw on the same charge.
By Mr. Lewis—The room was fitted up with reps.
Witness had never heard that the room was kept rp far
sparring matches. He did not know that it was. He knew
thatws. therethat
bwirhadecentvefiehtizga
thatand t
it waskilling. He wealdroom
bHeehadhei.ord • great deal in his travels but he had sal
beard that ot
Mr. George Avery, house surgeon, said that when tit
deceased was admitted into the hospital he was in aen
mates. state. He died the next morning. lie
had several bruises on his arms. They Weald
to fade into each other. The chest was slot
bruised, but not so much as the arms. Ilk
face was dreadfully bruised all over. The er
per lip was cut inside from a blow against the
teeth. Upon removing the scalp be found marks or
Inaba. on several parts of it. Just over the right
ear, there was the sign of an extensive bruise.
There was a large clot of blood on the brain caused by the
rupture of one of the membranes of the brain. The in.
jury to the brain was the cause of death, and that Minty
might have been caused by a blow or fall, and it must have
been one of great violence. A great deal of violence had
been used to the deceased.
Inspector Shard produced the boxing gloves 9 sad at the
fight. They were the ordinary description of boxingele7a
Mr. Avery said that if many blows were snack with
the gloves produced upon the head and face of a man, ta•
jury to the brain would be caused and the man ao streak
appear to be drunk. He would get concussion of the
brain.
By the Coroner—The deceased had died from concussion
of the brain or apoplexy.
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mißnes yutMra.t a timeLe in Lewis
—Wpiritaraste,ha2nAld not at at athspae
He had not been bruised. He had never gone into trsining.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Lewis—Some people use the gloves for health, led
to expand the chest.
Witness—Do they •. I think the gloves ere hada,
thing, but I should not recommend people to impress
their health in getting bruised the way the demised Iran.tilovngee mach.
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Ido not know whether an hour's boxing would kill!
healthy man. The bruises did not cause the Mandl
death.
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titeeshwoularred adijtore
ftourthhe inquiry
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who was present on the occasion of the fatal fight, ands"
that they might be in a position to produce furtherer"'
denoe.
The court was then adjourned.

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13INGULAB DEBTS THROUGH OM-EXERTION

AI SINGING.

At an inquest held by Mr. Richards, devil-
coroner, at the Horn of Plenty Tavern, Globe-rosd,
end, upon the body of Mary Phillips, aged 28 year% •
viler fatality was disclosed.
Phusbe Corps, 2, Fremby•street, Mile end, said that •b•
deceased was the wife of a dock labourer, and lived is bar
house. She had a very good voice, and was fond of sat
ing out with vest strength to amuse herself. 0.
Thursday ir orn she was singing, as usual. and she •
be beard all over the house. Suddenly witneem kW '
heavy fall and upon running upstairs found the dosser •
lying on her fain on the floor, and apparently dead. Wm' IL.
nese called assistance, and a surgeon was called in.
Mr. T. Snell, maid that he found the deers
quite dead. She had ruptured the puhnonaly wig
through the exertion of singing. The deceased's head
the arterial vessels were weak, and the exertion of Eli*
as the deemed wed to do, so as to be heard ia the IVA,
proved too much fer them, and her death was the watt.
The jury resumed the following verdict :—" TWA
deceased was found dead, from the accidental ru••••
the pulmonary artery, occasioned by over-a:edge' m'd
excitement while singing for her amusement."