The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-01
DEATH In THE PRIZE RING.
THE TERRIFIC BATTLE BETWEEN
WALKER AND WEEDEN.

WALKER AND WEEDEN.
Walker Knocked scnscless and bleeding In
the seventy-sixth Round-Iiis Body Len
with his secopd-A Fight with the sheriff.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 31.-One Of tho
most shocking prize fights on record was that
this morning between two young Philadel-
pbians, weoden and Walker. at PsnDsvilie, N.
J. For many weeks the men have been prepar-
ing for the naht, wecden boing trained by Clark
Of Filbert street, who has challenged Edwards,
and walkers trainer being the notorious Sam
Coyer Five tugs left this city at II o'clock last
| evening. loaded to the waters edge with six
| hundred New York and Philadelphia rouahs.
The Philadelphia police were aware Of the oom-
| ing aeht. but they did nothing except to tele-
graph to the New jersey authorities.
At 4S0 this morning the party were safely
| landed at the Penpsvile wharf, aud made abalf
hours walk to place near the Salem highway.
| In one corner OF the enclosure, beneath the
| ehade Of hemlock tree, the stakes were driven
and the ring was prepared. Colyer was the fret
| to appear, and as he stepped over the ropes he
| was loudly cheered. He was soon followed by
Walker. weedon, and Clark. when tho men
| stripped their rare muscular development ex-
cited prolonged applause. Walker, especially
was In nne condition. and he sat down on the
| grass to wait, confident OF victory.
Gormley, a Philadelphia sport, was seected as
referee, and weeden, who won the toss for
choice Of position, turned his back toward the
| east and waited for the word. Before the sig-
nal was given, however, Walker Approached
Weeden and offered to bet $50 on the result.
| Weeden quickly accepted the proposition and
in a lew seconds they were squared Tor the asht,
| both having declared before entering the ring
that they intended to win or die,
| At the signal for the fight to begin the mon
| approached each other and receded so often
| ande made so many feints before a blow was
provinces OF the other. When this had con-
tinued for about fifteen minutes, Walker let fy
cheek. but ia seeking to follow up his luck he
was repaid on the left eve; The nesh 10 the
bly,, and notwithstandine that Walker suo-
| oeeded subsequently in fighting Weeden down
against the ropes, shis was the worse share OF
In the next round he drew arst blood from
weeden. and threw him heavily. The aeht from
| this point was desperate and bloody one. In
| round after round the heavy blows from W al
ker's ponderous fists fell with terrible effect
| upon the head and body OF his opponent, aod
| weedens frame quivered more than once. He
stood up, however, under the fearful punish
sns ,be SosISs u of walSers % eyes With nnepyins
atm he now and then succeeded In planting
blows Of great force upon the latter's forehead
and cheeks. and soon the head OF the wretched
pugiiist began 20 resemble anything but hu-
man beings, Gradually his eyes were closed.
and his desperate blows went harmless into the
afr.
ishment which Weeder heaped upon him,
Walker was at length, in the seventy-sixth h
round, knocked senseless and bleeding into his
own corner. Every effort to arouse him from
his stupor failed. and Collyer was at length COM
PEELED TO throw up the sponge. The cry Of 4" To
Tine bruised ana bioated body Of Walker was
left to the sole protection OF his second. Coll
yer employed wagon. however and took the
senseless body aboard one Of the boats that lay
| In waiting.
where was fastened the Creedmore cutter, upon
which majority Of the roughs had found pas
10 sn ss: Fl ns hsa
position on the gapsway and was backed ana
,Ss sush ss,n n'i TsS: asSs. fo1
write IL, both hs and his posse were dragged
from tbs cutter and hustled ;rop tho wharf T..
| dulged In . free hight among themselves, viii q
efforts were being made to disengase the craft
| from the chains and hawsers with whtcn tbs
authorities had bound 1t to the Jersey shore. A,
the prospect OF the entire party eating each
other up, the portly Sheriff returned to the
wharf and INDUCED IN immoderate laughter. A
melon thrown from the boat struck him, and
exasperated, he drew bis revolver and fred into
the boat.
HIS assistants came to his rescue and nroc
too, and soon the air was cleaning with pisto
barrels. The nrlnR was returned from the boat
and from the number OF JerseSmen who limped
, away tine marksmanship of the latter must have
been deadly. The boat, however, was toweC
out Of range OF the shore, and then the rough
I fought like bulldogs ali the way up the river.
That many we're dangerously Injured, the ar
, ray of broken heads that arrived at Arch street
wharf In the afternoon bore sufficient evidence
3 The sheriff telegrayhed to Chief OF Polio,
, Jones to arrest tue principals In the nght Ac
directed to be ON the lookout for them, anC
officers were stationed along the river front tC
boat containing tue roughs wno had Witnessed
the nght. ann the officers searched the same
It W seems that after the gang had left Penn,
Grove they had seized seized twS small boats ana M pu
see and Sspsd Es .n
evening the dead body Of Walker was found a
the salt wharf at Greenwich Polpt. lh'
aud an Investigation disclosed the fac
that batteau containing three mel
was seen about the wharf, aud II Is supposed
that the parties In 1t placed the body ashore
weeden. wherever he Is, is said to be badly Gu
, his fathers residence on South Second street
1t presented horrid sight. The face and nsci
being battered and swollen out Of all proper
Walker died of his injuties, the severest o
/ which were sustained In the last round.
: The greatest excitement prevails through ou
the city, and especially In sporting circles, no
only on account OF the immedia result Of th'
besn Issued TO the police directing thu
arrest of ell persons connected with the affair
spectators. Among the latter we're severa
, prominent POLITICIANS and PHILADELPHIA. law
: yers. Coroner Goddard, who was privatel
informed Of the catastrophe, and from
} whom, for some unexplained reason, reason, th
VISIT visit TO tho house Of walkers paients, in th'
southeastern section OF the city. he foun'
the corpse In the second story, encaseS
> ia an ice box, and, after examination
| of the wounds upon the head hnt
| face came TO the conclusion that death wa
caused by congestion of the brain, the result o
a blow or fall. The boys father says that hi
| son would never nave entered the prize l, ng bu
for Arthur Chambers who was urging him con
F; tinuay TO nght.
+ 1t ia said that before tho fight, Walker, who's
real name 10 Kosta, predicted that II he lost h'
) would be killed, and expressed his determine
| tion to die in the ring rather than surrender
the night sam Coilyer, his second, TO
| whom warrant has been Issued,
believed to have left the city. weeden was las
seen In Race street and betrayed but little suf
| ferinn for the terrible punishment he had re
ceiued. Walker was 10 years of age and Wesdei
80. IL Is said Of the latter that he boasted tha
. he would Kill Walker IN the ring.
, | Spring Dick, Arthur Chambers, Frank CORN
> | lev, Fiddler Neery, and John Clark wer
| arrested by the police at II o'clock this even
| ing, and, with the exception OF Cham bers, ar
J | now In the Buttonwood street police station
) Chambers Is out OF bail, and the others are hell
on the charge OF being accessory to murder Il
| the frat degree. .
| covered Of Weeden, and IL is believed that b.
has escaped from the city. All the detective
l are looking for him, and general alarm ha
been sent over the police wires