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

SHARE MARKETS.—This Day.

The Late Fatal Sparring Match

The Yor.

ADJOURNED INQUEST—(THIS DAY.)
The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death
of Edmund Wilmot, which occurred during a sparring
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.
William Wodmau said ho lived in Little Earl-street, and
on the evening of the 9th inst. lie was at the Queen's
Head. Ile gave Cd. 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 Yonng in the ring, and in about
ten minutes after he arrived they tied on the gloves
and commenced sparring. 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 them 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 tl• blow
given by Young that caused the deceased to fall. He was
quite sure he had 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-
dence.
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 friend of either party, and
had no interest beyond stating the
,whole truth. The
men were laughing and joking every
,timis 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. He 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 seen 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 were 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 bad
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. Ile 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 front a blow.
Mr. W. Bennett said since ho 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, he 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 are the same persons as were iden-
tified by the last witness as the seconds in the match,
He knew 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. He had known them to kill
cocks and rats in the room. He had seen sparring matches
at St. James'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 boon 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 same 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. He had had boxing
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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 one 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 largo would be in custody before that time.
It was ultimately arranged to adjourn the inquiry until
Monday week.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS•

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, IBG3.

Tumuli.

For two weeks past a party of arciunologists have ac-
companied the' Rev. IV illiam Greenwell, of Durham, in a
scientific examination of the sepulchral mounds of the
Wolds, attributed to the pre-historic peoples who inhabited
Northumbria. The rev. gentleman has had openings made
in presence of Sir John Lubbock, the late President of the
Ethnological Society ; Mr. Fairless Barber, of Castle-hill ;
Mr. Rastrick, President of the Huddersfield Arclueological
Society ; Mr. J. W. Barnes, of Durham ; Mr. J. Burgess,
of Brighouse ; the Rev. Frederick Porter, of Yedingham ;
the Rev. J. Mason, of Sherburn ; the Rev. Mr. Heslop, of
Weaverthorpe ; Mr. George Pycock, of Malton ; and Mr.
Southwell, of Winchester, Illinois, United States, the last
named gentleman giving valuable information respecting
the burial customs of the Indian tribes, and pointing out
the analogy between them and those shown by the exhu-
mation of British burials. Much interest has been aroused
in the work, and the "diggings" have been daily visited
1 by the gentry of the district and several ladies.
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