The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-26
[BY EXPRESy.l
Trial of Sullivan, McClcester, aud Kensett.


Attorney General Barker and VIM. Nelson, Esq,
District Attorney, on the part of the people
Mvlelter closed last evening at o'clock, at which
| time the
| Examination Of GEORGE LANSING was continued
| as follows;-The last set-to that | saw between
| Mccoy and kensett was seven or eight DAYS before
the fight; Mccoy was six weeks in training before
the night; hensett lived part of the time al Benia-
MINIS, in Park Row; he said to Sanford that he had
nothing 10 do, when Sanford told him he had better
| go over TO Hoboken. and stay with Mccoy to keen
| him company; paid his board while there; Mccoy
stayed with man named McShane a private
house, and kenseu stayed at public house near by;
they set TO with gloves on, but il lasted but little
| while. as kensett was lame; Mccoy was going to
| fight Lilly, and the object of this was to train him
| for that purpose.
| Cross-eranined By DUTcHER-I knew Thomas
| Mccoy about seven weeks before this fight; Lilly
| and Mccoy had squabble about week before the
| match was made, which was the first time | knew
| hun; heard that Mccoy and Cheshire Bob had
| fight the same season.; Mccoy was considered
smart fellow, and at previous boxing match Lilly
struck Mccoy, winch was the origin of this fight
do not know where II was; believe it was in some
| large room IN the Bowery; all know about il is
that heard squabble at the end of the room, and
understood that Lilly had struck Mccoy while he
| was sitting down.
Q-Who was McCoy's baokerl Al do not
| know that that is a fair question.
The CoURT decided that the witness need not
answer unless he pleased.
| Q.-How do you make your livingl Al live on
| my money, and make II as other people do bet on
most anything, and play at cards dice if please
| or bet on faro bank stood at McCoys corner
| while the fight went on
Q-Were you not pecuniarily interested in his
being the vctorl A That is one of those questions
| again. Uaughter)
Q-How much did you lose that day. All
Q.-How much had you' A-Perhaps none.
| Uaushter)
Q.-How many times did you see Kenset bring
water at the fight! Al saw Santord's negro man,
| named Alb, bring water; McCoy's brother.in-iaw was
| the most active botte-holder; Kensett had two
| bottles by him, and when he was asked for be
gave it TO OF the seconds; | do not know posi-
| lively that Kensett held the bottle containing the
clar.t; sat down, all the others did, during the
fight
! by DISTRICT ATTORNEY --Were there any per-
| sons in the centre ring except the principals and
| seconds. A.-No There were none inside except
the principals aud seconds, and McCoy's brother-in.
| law, who would not have went in had he not been
toddied; know Shantroid; he was one of the
| seconds.
| BY GEN. WARp.-I do not know who was the
| bottle holder OF Mccoy.
| WILLIAM HARRINGTON, worn-I was at the fight
| on the 18th of September between Mccoy and
| Lilly, and saw Sullivan on the ground he made
use of great many expressions; heard him say it
was shame, they had better take him Mccoy
out of the ring | think this was about the Tooth
| round; there were great many halloong, and
| think Sullivan said 10 Lilly, ."you forget what |
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meant by il ; | never heard it before he also said
Lilly the old spot is getting dry" | do not know
| that heard him say this more than once Sullivan
was near Lillys corner think ! saw Sullivan
blow water out of his mouth on Lilly once; saw
| others nursing him besides Sullivan.
| BY PRIcE-Was there from the beginning TO the
| end of the fight knock down or heavy blow
A.-No sir not that could see
By ATTORNEY GENERAL do not understand ex-
| actly what youmean; do you say that they did not
| strike each other with force! Al mean by
| knock down blow, that there was not real knock
| down; real knock down straightens a man out,
! and makes him little wild it is considered fair
tina; the man on top should fall on his opponent;
heard some one say, Now, Criss, lay on him; y
to take him away Sullivan also asked them to
! take him away, and they both cried " shame,
shame as also did Ford
| BY DUrCHER.-Kensett sat near me during the
| fight. l. saw him take pail of water and pass it
along there were some clothes in the baske ct and
some one requested him to pass them along, which
| he did / did not hear Kensett say do anything
| to promote that fight | should have handed the
clothes myselfifI had been asked
BY DISTRICT ArroRyEY.-I saw come ono open
the eye of Mccoy with lancet | did not think
that his eyes closed so much that he could not
| see Mccoy sked the man to lance it it was done
| Ibeleve at the last round but one.
| WIN Mccoy was called and sworn. / live at the
corner of Water and Dover streets in New York,
| and was at the fight. | brother to Thomas
Mccoy, deceased, that fought had never seen
Sullivan before saw him in the ring that day that
was the first appearance that had of him. Sulli-
/ van was bottle holder for Lilly on that side of the
| ring he was tending on him with water and spon.
ges. | heard hiru whisper to Lilly several times and
| tell him how to take advantage OF my brother IN
\ the fight. do not recoect Of any Of his expires
| sions, but he was making great noise in the ring
| and clustering there. My brother was thrown fire.
| quently by heave cross butting. Lilly would
| lay on top of him when he fell, and most generally
| place his elbow in his neck to strain him all he
! could i cannot say how many times, | did not
1 thop, / haur1 n,u hr0th arcap nj lv on hi
back and tell him 6 to keep his heart up" at the
same time that Lilly had his elbow in his neck
| McCleester was a second for Lilly, but | never
heard him say anything out of the way during the
| whole fight ] went up in the Saratoga ! be-
| lieve Kensett went up and back in the same
boat. Kenseu was acting bottle holder for
| my hrother with the assistance of brother
in law of mine named Richard Pagan. Du-
ring the fight the sponges were put in a buck
ct and Kensett passed them to the seconds
sometimes Kensett, and sometimes my bro
| ther-ln-law spirited water over Mccoy; there
was some ground rosn also at both corners OF the
ring; at one time there was some rosln on the out
| side Of my brothers. fingers, and Sullivan said
that's foul, Sanford, and if you rosln your man that
way, I'll rosiu my man up to the elbows !; my bro
Their died before he taken out Of the ring; when
| heard he was whipped jumped IN, took his head
between my knees, and ask ed him how lie was, but
he made no answer; several persons felt his pulse
I the other fighting men went away, and McCleester
took his own drawers of and put them on my bro
| Their; he then went naked HIMSELF after the fight
closed. Ly's friends shouted that be had won 1t
my brother did speak after raised up his head
he was taken out of the ring and laid by the bushes;
| Henry Shanfroid and a sailor man, with myself,
washed my brother in a room on board of the steam
i boat we also put clean shirt on him his body
was very much bruised; his eyes closed and swell
ed,and the bridge of his nose broken in accordance
with Ford's directions; his body was taken to my
mothers house, corner OF Water and Dover Streets
and opened there on the following forenoon they
wanted to take h m to the dead house, but to pacfv
my mother they let his body remain until the next
day the doctors opened him and cut his breast
plate out and then took his heart and liver out
above his testiccs there piece of clotted blood
about as long as my hand
Cross-eramined by PRIoE Il heard Sullivan say
several times " hit him in the sore place y stood
about the middle of the ring and was sometimes fiji
teen feet from Sullivan, and sometimes thirty feet;
/ did not say that Sullivan whispered to Lilly the