The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-12
REPoRTIN0 4 PRIzE-E I0uT.
Rough Handling bv the Bruiscr- and seven
Mile Chnsc nv the Mtiitnty.


The reporters Mt the Goss-Allcn prize
fight riss,d through q sc son OF trihulation nd
imnin. nj peril that sinI retains n strong hold
upon their rememhrances accompanied bv a
vivid conftiorsncsa that they are not even yet
secure from further trouble from the author
ties OF Kentucky. They Lad spent most OF the
night previous to the neht In the evil atmos-
phere Of Eph hollands place, waiting for the
moment, rly expected signal for start to be
given by tic proprietor 81 the place, who was
the master Of ceremonies. Ii was not until af-
ter 2 O'Clock In the morning that he signal was
given, and then many OF the lawiess crowd by
whom the reporters were surrounded were fight
ing. AT the y iami rsiroad station a long train
was quickly filed by about four ffths OF the
mob. who had 10 tickets, and ~ Eph Hot
iAud's directions the engineer OF this train ran
It out nfty miles beyond the place Sc
lected for the neht. Tue reporters and
about three hundred persons who had tickets
had. however. been priVdtt " instructed to wait
for second tuin. winch went cut two hours
later. one car had been set quart for the repre-.
/ seutatVes q the prtls. At It's dour stood I'D
Henderson 81 the Cincinnati Commercial n
tern In hand. to identity the reputtets. aud vi h
him were n Irotec'ing BODY guard consisting Of
/ jim Glass OF BrOoklyn, Barney Aaron, and
RED" Leary. Goss vasi III the reporters car.
1t was nj the second ring that the reporters
miserirs were begun III earnest. Therein a. In
the FIRST ring that was pitched. they were squat
ted under the ropes, but tho crowd more
Aggressive by THIS time. Tho mob not only
trdmpled upOn them tut snatched their note
books from them and finally tossed them over
the roues into the ring. Meanwhile, the lighters
in the ring were continuing tneir uterattUns
upon each other with blithe Indifference to
everything else, mping. lodging and pr nc.
Ing hither aud thtthcr and aside from devotion
to duty the reporters mad TO kseU sharp look
out to ESCAPE the long sharp spikes In the sUles
OF the nugiliSts shoes.
After tue ignt the train was divided into two
paris In tue foremost was Allen, weering, and
friends In the other train, over II mile IN the
rear, were Guss aud his frenus and
the reporters. About seven miles from
Covington man on TOE track tagged
the train ma saiI
THEY'VE took in ever, body but me on that
flrst tr IN, aud tue hest tning YOU felcrs Gu 10
l. Ia get % ana skin through the Moods, II you
uont want To- get ne grand bounce"
then eNerVuoCy IN the tram made a mad rush
for he friendly shelter 81 the woods. Joe
Guss's ewes were swollen tnat he could
sc.fcelv see. he wst- IN ana sore that he could
hurdN " IL. aud his liis were so swollen tnat
h. could not swear. HIS friends seized him ~
Tue u.ms and fusned hm Hluuk vain TIE re-
trow OF a htilo hil'. down inc a little vale, q,
aud thence they saw AT ai.t nee OF prubauly
"ic and nalf the military marching - u
crowd OF cauiivcs 90 PRISON. Across the Wiley
and az anOtutr MI the reporters Il. AZ tho
, top they paused, fur pefurc tuem. adv ncing at
q double quick, they deserted another uody 81
Infantry. In.reat the repOrt trs recon- LED their
speed toward CoNington ana the Suspension
/ Bridge. Mile after mile 81 ded from beneath
theif ninbIe feet. A. length they entered the
town.
Don't 60 to the bridge. The police and
sojefs are there waltiu to gnbble We" W the
waruins from friend ~ Covugton. Then tue
rep fters scattered INTO stores, private houses,
saloons, tobacco snops-eyeGywher . In short. to
hide tueir heads. For an hour or two they Law
quiet. takin- breath, anu learning, 10 their in
crrasing .eri or. that the laws Of Kentucky were
! even more severe upon the reporters Of urize
hght than upun the Fighters themselves. Mean
time johnny Dwyer got ska in tue Licking
river ana rowed Goss over to Cincinnati Id
Henderson went TO Newport, hoping to get
across tue riyer from there unsuspecteu. hut Was
seized and put In jail. At length some f.rmers'
wagons were procured. ! he reporters took Oh
their coats, vests, aud neCkties, tucked the ir
pantaIoons IN their DVots, scattered some hay
seed IN thar mar. auI. looking hs bucolic AS
Possible. rode down TO the bridge, one or tw O at
q time IN the gulse Of farmers hired men. he
bridge Was "a rued, but the disguised reporters
passed without exciting suspicion, aud la a lew
minutes more were clamofing for The wires In
the Cincinnati telegraph orices.