Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-25
VENING STAR,
The Late Prize Fight-The Murder

Inc new iork Times, Of Tuesday, con.
tains graphic and minute account of The lats
Pnae h8ht between Kelly and Lynch The
match was considered a pretty even ono for
whatever advantage Lynch had in weight
was balanced by Kelly in science " Lynch
was native of the United States, and Kelly
an Englishman. The following extract will
give some idea Of the revolving ard c,osinq
scene of the fierce encounter:
| The contest was one Of the severest eve,
witnessed In the American ring Kelly, by
the aid OF his superior science was enabled
to strike his antagonist with almost perfect
freedom, and from the commencement of the
contest there appeared not doubt but tha
he would win the fight easily Indeed. it il
asserted that by the strict rules of the ring
he did actually win the fight twice, but tn a,
his friends were so confident thas they did no,
press points which would have led to dis
pute.
Lynch, though one of his eyes was closed
ON the sixth round, and he was otherwise
badly punished, maintained his ground with
the utmost stubbornness. Knowing his supe
rior strength, and failing in his effort TO re-
turn the blows which he received he lost no
opportunity of closing in with Kelly and fall
peated, began at length to tell with consider
able effect, and caused Kelly to show evident
signs OF fatigue. But still his friends were
sanguine AS yet he had scarcely received a
mark, while Lynch's face was badly dIsfig-
ured Kelly, however, towards the end of
the hight, was observed to gasp and breathe
heavily, as though injured internally
The eighty fifth round terminated by KeI-
| ly's being again thrown down, Lynch falling
| heavily upon his breast with his knees
| When, after the lapse of two hours and fif-
| teen minutes from the commencement Of the
| fight, time was called for the eighty. sixth
round, Kelly sprang from his seconds lap to
meet Lynch, but had scarcely advanced a foot,
| when, turning deadly pale and tottering a
moment, he fell heavily backwards ana never
spoke again,
| The fight was ended! Lynch had gained
| the victory, and he with his hackers left the
| dying pugiiiSt to the care of his friends
| The rest of the story is already known
how kelly's friends threw a coat over his
bruised body, conveyed him to the steamboat
| In which they came; how he was transferred
| to w-boat, and landed at Thirty Fourth
street, from which place he was taken in a
butchers cart (fit vehicle) to the pOrter-house
| of one Capet, in Tenth Avenue, and how,
| when it wee found that be could not be saved,
| he was placed, under a false name, in Belle
| vue Hospital, where he died in few hours
afterwards, at o'clock in the afternoon Of
| the day on which he fought.
coroner's inquest, according to the latest
accounts, was being held over the deceased
A post mortem examination was made, and
much clOtted blood was found on the brain:
there was a very large clOt of blood upon the
convex surface of the right hemisphere of the
head there was also blood effused in the
| convolusiOns of the brain. The deceased came
| to his death through the sefects of violence;
| lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen were
| found in healthy condition; there was no
| fracture Of the skull. 0'Brien and Rooney
| are also held TO bail in $500 to appear as Wit
| nessos, and warrants have been issued for the
6 I 4 c. tIoa L. .! Al
most prominent in the truly brutal affair
Should they be arrested they will be trans
| fcrred 70 the authorities of New Jersey, where
they will have but little chance of esca ping
through the meshes of the law
The New York Times also reprcduces soma
facts connected with the prize fight between
Lilly and Mccoy, in 1912, which lasted
through one hundred and twenty rounds. The
following is the closing scene Of that horrible
tragedy:
mccoy was lifted up heavily from his
seconds knee and stood On his feet for the
last time. He was led slowly to the mark
and took his position-a dying man-but as
erect, as dignihed, as game as ever Lilly
was also much fatigued and enduring consid-
erable suffering from the heavy body blows
he had received. They both spared eau
tiOusly, Mccoy lending off as ever and making
two or three good efforts to get in, without
success. Lilly then rushed in, closed and
threw him very hard, fell with his whole
weight upon him, and remained upon the dy-
ing man until lifted off On approaching the
latter ho was found to be perfectly inanim ate,
and he sank lifeless into his seconds arms
Time was called but Lilly alone responded.
The latter, on being declared the victor,
jumped up, slapped his hands with an oath
and exclamation of joy, and then, amid the
cheers Of his " crewd," sprsng over the ropes
of the ring "
McCoy's death ia thus described by the
| writer whom we have before quoted:
81 forced my way through the crowd anj
| took a look ST the dying man God grant
| that may never see such another sight lie
Law upon his back, his face and meek one
| truised, unseemly, bioated mass of incipient
| corruption-gssping for breath, and sucking,
| by the violence Of his respiration, his blOated
| lips far back into his mouth. In the next
| moment he ceased to breathe, and the word
went in hoarse whisper around that he Scas
dead! Never shall l forget the talismsnic
horror of that expression. The cheeks OF old
| and young, the fedgling villain, and the ruff
fan stepped in crime, all blanched 10 ashes,
and assuming "a look " vague and underlined
| fear, separated silently, and sOnght thelC 10
spective boats saw but one man unmoved
lie knew, with the rest, that another fight
had been promised in the same ring, end un-
willing TO lose the sport exclaimed, as poor
Mccoy was borne to the river side: "COme
carry off your dead, and produce your next
| man" [ should say that rutfian Is doomed
L to arrive at great emlncGce In hell
Prize lighting throughout the United States
was brought TO a stand still by this horrible
catastrophe, and the fighters scattered in all
| directions, mostly to the South. Ford, Lilly's
second fought again. during the next year at
| New Orleans, and Lilly himself was victor
| over an English fighter near Matches, in 1916.
| lie subsequently became first lieutenant in
i Iat 10 Of toI Nnf
unteers in the war with Mexico, ard was 1--WE
| quote Gardner's Dictionary of the Army,'D
= distinguished under Gen. Lano ct Paso Owe
| las, and in battle near AtiizcO " Like many
other lighting men, he afterwards went to
| California, and was one Of those whom the
| Vigilance Committee recently expelled.
[t}@ a Yankee boasting an inveterate hatred
1 Of everything British, is living in neishbor-
i ino, itu with n cnlnnist,s family. lie takes