The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-10-06
PRIZE FIGHTING.

The barbarous practice of Prize r isht
ING. which has long amused The people
of England. has been introduced INTO this
country. and several exhibitions Of this
kind have recently been got up in he
neighhorhood nf New York; one or ahich,
Of more than usual brutality. has aroused
The attention ofihc public authorities. and
IL is hnpea that effective measures win
be adopted to pu. an end 10. them. We
have room only Tor the following:
RESULT OF THE PRIZE-FIGHT.
The chief topic ofremark in the Norih.
srn papers. il the cruel and brutal murder
Of Mccoy. The endurance and courage
with which he unshrinkingly stood up to
he beaten 10 dealh, is without parallel.
The difficulty he laborcd under was
lack Of skill FIle possessed unconquers
bic endurance. that combined with pro.
lessional skill, would have made him. in.
sincible. The jury upon the case brought
in verdict Of wilful murder. againstssll
concerned. We select from the New
York Aurora, the following eilscting facts.
that present the whole scene in siill
more cold-bloodedI and revolving light
The rcpor, is male BY Walsh: ..
"0n entering the house previous 10
the arrival Of The Coroner. saw the
mother Of the dead boy walking up anil
down the room, supplied with grief, utter
ing the most wild, wofnl and incoheren.
s,niences. The dreadful shock she had
received ~ the awful death OF her I" ,lar-
H. z boy" as she expressed il, had thrown
reason from lis seat.
"She reverted back 10 his childhood
TO his virtnes-io The tenderness with
which she reared him, and To his dread
iul and ulimrly end. in q mannsr, wild
aud incoherent as it was, that would
melt even the hearts uf the unleeling
wrctches who stood by and saw her
beautiful, darling hoy butchercd."
4" MAY the curse oI d,nelt the gold We
made by killing my own hearts boy"
May God forgive YOU for cant"
il" Glory be to the Lord. twas his holy
will to sillict Us" and q hundredsoiher
similar explanations burst in rapid success
sion from her. Ills sister, too. went on
for hours venting heI sorrows in short.
pithy sentences.
~ never read nr heard such natural
strains Of eloquence as heard from this
Young woman. Alter talking some ume,
she pulled out al old porketbook. and
took suspendsr buckle from il. She
looked at il, kissed il, and Ihen burst into
a flood OF sobs and tears that seemed 10
melt her very soul. 9TH Thomas,
Thomas! may the curse Of God rest on.
and wither the internal villains that
thought your life and soul WASH, worth
more than a hundred dollars." Never
did zee, AMI hope never will again,
such cold cherries misrry--such heart
wiIhering agony and despair.
The post-muriem examination was
conducted by Dr. llusack. assisted by
Mtomh, Archer, &c The whole head.
neck. and part Of the breast. was 81 dark
lived culnr-in Ear;. pommellcd 10 jelly.
The nose mashed completely in, and Il''
eyes entirely cl1scd with heating. The
!eIt sale Of the neck was first opened,
and hen .hc whole breast and a denim.
For want Of rooml must he hrifi. Tie
windpipc was swollen aud iaflamcd. so
as to cause death alone. The lungs werr
i, fiiIei with clotied blond. whirh came
fnm the inside Of the head through the
wlnlPipe-;his would have produced
death in a few days. The stomach was
! empty, with the exception of blood, and
: IN short. every thing went 10 show that
the deceased. who was only % years Of
az the both uf last June. bore more than
any man on record ever lived under, and
'ha. he was gradually and actually Ieatcn
a d battered To death.