The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-30
CuNvERTED PRIZE FIGHTERS.


From the New York Herald,
fighter. delivered lecture last evening
in Blsecker lelildiD2, taking tor his sub
isct "The Lis and Conversion of Orville
and Howell Gardner" the proce. ls
being lor' tne Dwyer S-ss,-a.on. Ine
speaker commenced by singing in good
style $685." and said he had been one
of those sheep once. He referred to
the early history Of the Gardners. stated
that they lived near Newberg. and that
their parents were pious people. There
we're ten boys and three girls in the
family. At an carly age the boys began
to show restless and daredevil spirit
One of their early sports was to get
gang of boys together, go in the willows
and make whips. with which they lashed
each other on the bare back, just to see
how much whipping they could stand.
They got up cock fights and were up to
ali sorts Of Juvenile deviltry. They went
to Newark and became interested in
wrestling matches. and as they grew up
their names grew up with them. Yankee
Sullivan came to Newark just after Nc
Coy had been killed by Lilly in prize
fight, and it was the heighth Of their
ambition to be noticed by the distin-
gulshed bruiser. They thought the
manly art was a noble one. He and his
brother procured boxing gloves and
practiced with each other until they be-
came we'll up in the work H. said that
his brother OrviJle fought with Jim
Morrisy. and the man died five days
81 ha
They came to New York and were trained
under Yankee Sullivan. Soon they
we're both matched in priz- fights.
Their names were put up in big letters
on posters, his brother being announced
as awful" Gardner. Men in the
society OF thiev-s," remarked the speak
er, "wll become thieves; rien in the
society OF rum drinkers will become rum
drinkers, and men iu the society Of
prize fighters will become prize fighters, Z"
and so they grew up. They We're en-
ployed by men IN the emigrant business
rs bullies
SOME BARE EXPERIENCES.
He exposed some OF the tricks of the
emigrsDt sharks, and recounted terrible
conflict his brother had with Long
Island hotel keeper who had tried to
overcharge him. The man made some
insulting remark to him in the hearing
OF bis wife, when the latter said, "If l
were man I'd whip that fellow or he
should whip me-" SO you see there was
fight in oil branches of our family
daughter He stood with revolver
to shoot down any of the landlords
friends who should interfere, and the
man was carried out for dead. They es.
capped to New York to hear it reported
that the Gardners had killed half dozer
people ON Long Island. He described q
scene on Broadway, at three O'Clock il
the afternoon, between his brother Or
vile and a man by the name OF O'Brien
in which 0 O'Brien's jaw was broken al
to pieces, and he lay on the sidewalk al
If dead. An uncle Of the Gardners
came along, and saying "I'll see if he
can't be brought to life, and running
lath nail under the mans thumb nail
the blood spurted from his mouth. II
anything will bring dead man to life,
said the Gardner uncle, that's tn
thing will do it," And he lived contin
tinued the Gardner nephew, for thre
months a!terward. The longshoremel
threatened to avenge the death of thei
comrade. o. Brien, by killing both Orvill
and himself. On one occasion gan
attacked Orville in Williamsburg, whe,
he took refuge in the American Hous
and the longshoremen piled in on him
Orville drew his revolver and shot thre
OF them. From the fight of Sulliva
and Hyer up to the fight of Morrisey an
Sullivan he had been interested in priz
fights. The latter battle was the mos
desperate and bloody one he had eve
witnessed, and he never wanted to see al
other. He firmly believed had the tigt
lasted there would have been anoths
Lilly and Mccoy affair. He extolle
the prowess, lnanliness and courage {
John Mofrisey-"the hon. John Mo-
risey," he remarked. He knew him
be noble hearted man, o man OF big
principle. who could not be induced
swerve from what be believed to be rigl
under any party's whip. "If we do NJ
like his present business. he said "a
we can do is 10 pray for him."
Mr.. Gardner regarded sparring as OF
OF the best Of exercises. Tt exercises
man from his big toe to the top Of b
head. 1t makes his eye brighter.
teaches men the use of their hands al
their feet, too. II enabled men to tai
care of themselves when attacked
rowdies, and he believed it would be
good thing for men to be able to tai
care Of themselves.
HIS CONVERSION.
On Sunday he was PLAYING bluff in
,kn