New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-09-19
The Haorriblc Desah of ucCoy.


homicide; we did not dress up hash-FcPort of
that dreadful affair gloss over its horrors and
excite for its heroes the admiration OF the multi
tude: we briefly stated the facts of The fight and
| the slaughter, gaye summary Of the testimony
at the Coroncls Inquest, and had thought there
to leave the deed of horror to calmcr season.
/ We did not even rea1-for we loathed 1.-THE
fancy bulletin of the fight which appeared IN the
. Great Napoleon's' corrector Of the morals OF
New-York, nor the parodies OF it in lis number
irnitators. But an account OF the Whole tragedy
appeared in the Spi,l Of he Times OF Saturday,
which we were induced to read, upon assurance
that it cyinced a proper appreciation OF the dread
full deed it chroniced-an assurance winch was
| justified BY It's perusal. From this account, we
shall now present the prominent features OF the
bu,ctcry, sparing our readers the three or four
columns Of awiuIiy revolving details. We do this
only that they nay better understand the comments
which viii follow.
Christopher Lilly by whose hands Mccoy met
his DEATH is young man Of English parcntase
and sporting habits, about % years old. he
lately fought pugilis,c battle with one Murphy,
and came OF victor. He has since been engaged
in sparring exhibitions in the Bowery, where he
met Thomas Mccoy, Whitehall boaman, only
20 years old, of Irish parentose, and it seems
young man Of fair character, marred by q tondness
for p,IgiIistc display and fer the company and the
scenes to which this taste introduced him. These
two young men had been old acquaintances,
and there was an unsettled grudse between them.
Of. bo 10 ybcro
pugilism is the staple of excitement after
Lilly's victory Murphy, which was the theme
of general applause, in which Mccoy refused to
Join. Being challenged for his opinion, lie gave it
against LilIy's achievement. This netted the
champion, who asked him to put on the gloves and
try round with him; Mccoy refused, and in
stantly Lilly struck him blow which laid him
on the floor. He rose and rushed at the assailant,
but they were separated and regular fight in-
stanty agreed on by their respective friends; $500
being the original stakes, but thousands were af-
forwards bet upon the result The day
6xed and the parties went directly into training.
On Tuesday morning last, being the day agreed
on the pitcd boxers, their seconds doctors, friends,
Judges, Sc, and some thousands eager to be
spectators left in two steamboats, for the selected
battle-ground, near the little village Of Hastings,
in Weschester Co , 90 miles from this City. Nc
Coy had been in training at llobokcn and was
taken on board there. He lay down during most
of the passage.
And here we approach the horrors Of this bloody
business. In ,Ae FIRST place, Mccoy had been SICK,
and was evidently in an inferior condition for sach
an a!l:ay. Then he was an inch the shorter, four
or FIVE pounds the lighter and three years the
younger OF the two, rendering him plainly no
match for his antagonist. He was also TOO high
in flesh, showing that he had not been carefully
trained for such brutality, II any lad OF twenty Is
hardy enough to be 50 pitted. lie was brave 10
rashness, Chow awful peyerslon @ courage >
and his hackers and those "h' by itie't presence
and silence encouraged tie 'S'' aie n 'i'' . "
justice ms ue91'oyeFs'
Let none say that his death was ac''"eNial' re
openly avowGa, on starting 10 ine Duties 'o.Nu'
that ne went to . 'e'" or de- lie ueu d o'f'"
20 eviace The same determination No' one o. ''io
fifteen hundred who quietly looked on could have
been ignorant that his life was the fearful stake
OF the contest
We shall not Of course enter upon tie details OF
this horrid conflict It's result was never doubtful,
excep, through some accident. Lilly was cool,
cautious and husbandcd his strength; Mccoy rash,
eager probably smarting under sense of wrong,
exposing himself constantly. and wasting his ener.
gies in furious, ineffective lunges. His seconds
and hackers mad not even sense enough 10 caution
him agans, his errors until he was virtually beat