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London, England, 1866-10-18 00:00:00

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The Late Fatal Sparring Match.

ADJOURNED INQUEST—(THIS DAY.)
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death
of Edmund Wilmot, which occurred during a sppyring
match held at Shaw's, the Queen's Head, in Great Wind-
mill-street, yesterday week, was resumed this day at
Charing-Cross Hospital. The match was for £4 a-side.
The deceased expired in Charing-Cross Hospital three

hours after his admission.
Wedman said he lived in Little Earl-street, and
on the evening of the 9th inst. he was at the Queen's
Head. • He gave 6d. for a ticket of admission to see the
sparring. He had previously been to "Jemmy Shaw's," in
Broad-court, but the room not being large enough they
adjourned to the Queen's Head. The ticket he bought for
Jemmy Shaw's, in. Broad-court, admitted him to the house
in Windmill-street. When he entered the room he saw
the deceased (Wilmot) and Young in the ring, and in about
ten minutes after ho arrived they tied on the gloves

and commenced ;Tarring. The gloves he was quite sure
did not come off during the whole of the time they were
sparring. He did not think there were 100 persons pre- '
sent, but he could not say how many were there. The
two men were sparring for about an hour and a quarter,
but they did not seem to hurt one another. There were
some other men in the ring picking the men up when they
fell, and a man not in the ring called out "Time." He
did not know that he was entitled to refreshment for his
card. He saw deceased fall down two or three times. The
falls were not occasioned by the blows dealt by Young,
but they occurred during the wrestling. In the last round
the head of the deceased was struck against a post. De-
ceased was going to hit Young, when he slipped and fell
against the post. He had never said that it was a blow
given by Young that caused the deceased to fall. He was
quite sure he bad never said so to.any person. The police-
sergeant had, however, asked him this morning about the
fight, and he said he did not wish to say anything about

the knock-down blow.
Mr. Lewis, • who appeared for Shaw, objected to the
reception of conversation between third parties as evi-

donee.
The Coroner said he was desirous to test the reliability
of the witness's evidence.
Witness continued—ln his conversation with Sergeant
Hamblin he did not mean to convey more than that the
deceased fell.
By a Juror—The match was not called a glove fight.
By Mr. Lewis —He was not a frierid of either party, and
had no interest beyond stating the whole truth. The
men were laughing and joking every time they came
up to spar. There was no unfairness in the sparring, so
far as he was able to judge, but he had never been at a
match before. Ho was not a friend of Young's; he, however,
went home in the cab with him after the match. Ho had
known Young for about two years, but he did not call him•a
friend. He had meen him that morning, but said nothing to
him beyond telling him he was coming to the inquest.
John Carroll said he resided at 4, Tower-street, St.
Martin's-lane, and was a brush-maker. He was pre-
sent at the sparring, and obtained admission to the
room by purchasing a refreshment ticket for sixpence
Donally seemed to be acting as one of the seconds ; the
other one he believed was a man named Dawes. Young
Flynn he believed was acting as referee. Shaw was in
and out the room during the match supplying orders, but
not taking part or watching the progress of the contest.
There wore numerous falls during the sparring, but deceased
was not always under. Towards the end of the match de-
ceased was bad on hislegs, and as he came up for the last round
he slipped and fell, striking his head against the corner of
a wooden partition. He was picked up and carried to his
corner, and, as he could not come up after water had been
given, the match was stopped and Mr. Shaw put out the
gas. He knew nothing further about the matter. He had
seen sparring matches before, but the only difference be-
tween the one they were inquiring into and others was
that they had the seconds in the ring. He had not seen the
sparring matches either at the Crystal Palace or St. James's
Hall. He thought the deceased fell through weakness,
and not from a blow.
Mr. W. Bennett said since he had given his former evi-
dence he had seen the men, who acted as seconds during
the match, at the police-court. Their names were Donally,
Dawes, and Evans. Flynn, ho believed, was the name of
the time-keeper. He also saw Shaw and Young at Marl-
borough Police-court. They were then in custody.
By a Juror—Young- was flushed and ,red during the con-
test, and his physical power seemed almost exhausted. He
could not have stood such violent exercise much longer.
There were no marks of violence apparent on the person
of either men. The last part of the affair was merely a
scramble.
Inspector Silverton, of the C division, said the men in
the ring with the combatants were Edward Donally, a
professed pugilist, Thos. Dawes, coke merchant, and James
Evans, hammerman. They were now in custody for
aiding and abetting in causing the deatk of Wilmot
on the 9th inst. They aro the same persons as were iden-
tified by the last witness as the seconds in the match.
He know Shaw's house well. There was a room fitted up
with a rope ring. He could not say it was arranged espe-
cially for sparring matches. Ho had known thorn to kill
cocks and rats in the room. He had seen sparring matches
at St. Jaines's Hall, but not at the Crystal Palace. He
did not know that the house was kept expressly for spar-
ring matches.- He did' not know that the, room was fitted
with galleries until:the last few days• He would swear that
he had never heard that the house was kept for sparring
matches prior to the death of Wilmot.
Mr. George Avery, house surgeon, said Wilmott was
alive when he was brought to the hospital, although he
was sinking fast, and eventually he died at half-past 5 the
following morning, the 10th inst. He had examined the
body. The right arm was externally bruised from the
elbow to the wrist. The chest and upper part of the body
was also bruised, but not so much as the arm. The face was
covered with bruises. The upper lip was cut inside from
- going against the teeth. On taking off the scalp he dis-
covered a number of bruises on both sides of the head, but
just over the right ear there was one large bruise, and on re-
moving a portion of the skull a large clot of blood was found
which proceeded from a rupture of one of the arteries of
the brain. A large quantity of blood was effused which
would cause death, and all the symptoms that were wit-
nessed while he breathed. The brain was uninjured. Death
was caused by force being applied to the spot above the ear.
The blow or fall must have been one of great violence.
There must have been much violence used, and if the man
had lived long enough more injuries would have appeared,
as there was not time for them to show before he expired.
The boxing-gloves were here produced, and the witness
said that blows struck with them would cause concussion
of the brain. The came effect would be produced if the
blows were struck on the forehead or face. The effect of con-
cussion produced by such injuries would cause the person to
stagger. Death arose from apoplexy. Ile had had boxing
gloves on himself in the school, but he should imagine the
practice he had had was very different from that at
Shaw's. Hehad never attended a sparring exhibition. He
could take it upon himself to say that the bruises on the
arm of the deceased were produced the night before the
deceased died. He did not say that there was concussion
of the brain. If there had been a fall the bruises might
have been the result. He had heard that the gloves were
used for healthful exercise, but he should not recommend
any person to use them to the extent that deceased had
The blood in the mouth of the deceased might have pro-
ceeded from the cut. Neither the bruises on the arm nor
the chest would produce death.
This being the whole of the evidence,
The Coroner said the case was still incomplete, as ono of
the persons who acted as seconds was still at large, and it
was necessary to ascertain what part each person took in
the matter, and also to have each person clearly identified.
Inspector Silverton thought he should be able to pro-
ceed with the inquiry in a week, as he thought the person
now at large would be in custody before that time.
It was ultimately arranged to adjourn the inquiry until
Monday week.

was taken possession of by the late Mr. Alexander, and Mr.
Fairless Barber has traced it to the Halifax Museum, where

it now is, and that gentleman is searching for notes on the
tumulus among Mr. Alexander's papers. The two re-
maining barrows have been opened by Mr. Greenwell
and his friends. They wore composed of a Oculiarly
unctuous black earth, altogether different from any wold

soil. What this is must be determined by analysis and
microscopic examination. Both tumuli contained several
burials, both by inhumation and cremation. The former

were in all cases in the now well understood doubled up

British fashion, and in both houses parts of bodies were
found, but it was satisfactorily made out by the section that

a cut had been made near the centre of each, either to seek
treasure or place in a later interment. The skulls obtained

were so much crushed that Mr. Greenwell will be some

time before he can get them rebuilt so as to show the type
of cranium. So far as could be judged, however, they were
all of the biachy-cephalous, or later type, and of asingu-

larly poor people, only a few flint instruments—and these,
with one exception, of little value—being found. Both
kinds of pottery, plain and thong marked, were found, and

also the cinerary urn of the cremation period, the burnt
burials being secondary.

The first tumulus opened on Gunton Wold was 16 yards

in diameter, and had an altituda of three feet, though much

ploughed down. The opening WAS made from the south-east
side, in ths hope of finding the expected deposit of broken
up bodies. The only object found, however, was part of a
red deer's horn. In the centre of the houe, lift. below the

present surface, a deposit of burnt bones was fo'und. These
were of two bodies at least, and had been enclosed originally
in a cinerary urn, of which fragments were found, showing

t to have been enriched by alternate horizontal and vertical
,hong-markings, both inside and outside the lip. Among
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the burnt bones were some unburnt parts of a third body,
and in the.mass a very beautiful flint knife, which had been
taken from the matrix at one slice, and finely worked over

the upper edges. This was made of a very transparent,
warm-tintedlint, not at all usual. It was quite clear that
this interment had been disturbed and subsequently re-
placed. Immediately below this cremated secondary de-
posit, on the plane of the barrow, an unburnt body was
found (one of the primary interments, if not the primary
one), lying on its right side, with the head to the east, the
body contracted, and with it a piece of skull of another
body. This interment was of a male, the left hand being
on the knees, and the right arm by the side. Nothing was
found with this interment. Due east of this body and
about 3ft. distant one of those perplexing holes in the
-rock was found, which, as usual, contained nothing but
dark earth. Signs of a similar
.hoh3 on the west were
visible, but as these curious excavations have been so
frequently fruitlessly explored, it was passed over: It has
been suggested that where pottery is not found these
holes in the rock have been formed for the deposit of food
for the deceased. These holes have been also found in the
Wiltshire barrows, and are always barren. Immediately
over this hole, however, Bin. below the surface, parts of a
plain urn were found, evidently not-in the original position.
On the other side of the primary interment, i.e., 4ft. due
west of it and 2ft. above the natural surface, the body of a
woman was found on its right side, the hands touching the
teeth, and the legs drawn up to the elbows. This was an
inserted burial, and there was much charcoal about the
pelvis and the femur. Some fragments of a highly deco-
rated ura were near the head, and from before the chest a
beautifully wrought and polished button of jet was taken.
Originally this house contained two primary interments,
one of which seems to have been destroyed by digging
from the top. The interments forM a line, east and west.
The second tumulus lay about 30 yards to the north.
This was 25 yards in diameter and about 3 feet high, and
now considerably reduced in altitude. This opening was
again from the south-east. One foot above the natural
surface and 18ft. south (just a. turn of east) of centre, a
body was met with, laid on its right side, but so decayed
that the position was not traceable. Behind the pelvis a
rude thumb flint was found, and close to the body parts of
a "drinking cup"—perhaps destroyed by the plough.
Seven feet S.S.W. of centre, and 2ft. above the natural
ground, a deposit of burnt human bones was found placed
in a circular heap. About 6 .yards W.S.W. of centre
another burnt body was found, placed in a cinerary urn ;
but being only some Bin. deep, was much ploughed away.
These were all secondary interments, and of a later date
than the curious mass of bodies to be now described. On
the plane of the barrow, and to the south side of the pre-
sent centre, but, doubtless, at the original centre when the
house was raised, were several unburnt burials, all in the
contracted form, and huddled together in the most singular
manner. These were the original interments, but a cut
from the top had disturbed some, the portions of bodies so
disturbed being met with thrown in casually among the
upper earth. The first interment exposed was lying on
its right side, about 7ft. S.W. by S. of centre. The legs
wore curiously crossed, right to left and vice versa, the
feet being bent back under the pelvic bones. The head
was to the east, but the arms were so decayed their posi-
tion could not be made out. The skull was much broken
and almost gone by decay. A second body was found laid
on the east of the last, the drawa-up knees being close to
the head of No. 1. The femurs of this body had been
broken, and had curiously united by neerosis of the bone,
giving the appearance of oblique. fractures. This formed
an interesting study for the medical men present. The
body was on the right side, with the head to the west, and
hands up to the face. A third body had the head laying
on the feet of No. 2, the head being to the N.W. 'The hands
were in front of the chest, the bones of the right hand
clasping the doubled-up bones of the left. The whole of
this skull was obtained, and will be rebuilt. The legs of
this body had gone removed, doubtless, during the dis-
turbance from the top. To the east of the last skeleton a
great number of broken up human bones and skulls were
found, evidently disturbed by digging for treasure, or for
introduction of later interment. Among the bodies dis-
turbed had been that of a child. Among the bones were
fragments of a highly ornate drinking cup and a bone pin
sin. long. A sandstone pounder and a mass of foreign
flint from which flakes had been struck, were also found ;
and close by—S.S.E. of centre—a body broken up and
strangely mixed with the skull upside down was found, and
with it one flint flake, one flint flake serrated (a saw), and
one finely pointed flake were found, all deposited near the
chest. The head was to the east, and the body was on the
right side ; some degree of order remaining to show this,
and proving that only partial disturbance had occurred.
This burial was the richest in accompaniments of any in the
two Ganton barrows. A fourth undisturbed body was found
on the west of the others, the knees drawn up and touching
the head of the cross-legged body (No. 1). This was on its
right side with head to N.W. The skull was in good condi-
tion and showed the round or brachy-cephalous type. The
left hand was under the head, and the right hand in front
of the chest. Behind the head was an urn, quite plain, very
red and rotten—the pieces, indeed, were simply plastic clay.
Just south of this urn a fifth body was found, on the right
side, the shoulder blade touching the urn. The head was
to the N.E., the right hand up to the face, and the left
under the head. The knees were drawn up. It was diffi-
cult to determine whether the urn had been deposited with
this body or with No. 4. Eight feet west of the centre an
oral hole, 4ft. by 2ft. 6in., dug into the chalk was found,
containing nothing. Just north of the centre a red deer's
horn was found, but without reference to any interment.
Contrary to the usual custom, this barrow had been built in
a natural hollow, thus appearing less than it actually was.
With the exception of one core of black flint, there was no
implement cast into the mound, nor were there many
traces of burning.
Openings of a far more interesting nature, as regards
weapons, are being carried on in Sir Tatton Sykes' Weayer-
thorpe estates, of which details may be ready in a few days.

AMERICA.

QUEENSTOWN, OCt. 18

The extra Cunard steamer Tripoli arrived here
at 1 p.m. to-day. She brings 140 passengers, of
which she landed 43, latest despatches, &c., and
proceeded at 1.20 p.m. All well.
She experienced very tempestuous weather.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, OCt. 18

The Bank of France return for the week ending
to-day shows the following changes as compared
with the previous account :

INCREASE.

Bills
Advances -3 „
Notes
Treasury -3 ~

DECREASE.