Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-12
HOW II ENDED.
A Prize Fight in which There Mas
no Prize.
One Of the Principals Gets Awaytoo Soon to
Be Tried, and the Other, With
Two Friends, are Dis
charged.

The last act in the alleged prize fight be-
tween Leon Van Walt and John Hughes,
occurred Yesterday, and Van Waits lucky
genius is still seen following in his wake.
Their trial came of yesterday afternoon be.
fore Justice Ankle, that is to say, Hughes
was to come of, but he got of little be-
fore the time. 1t seems that Constable
Lauchlin and Officer Duffy were sent to the
lookup, where the two great prize fighters
have been resting their weary frames for the
past week on the swan down cots, to get
the prisoners and bring them before dis
Honor. Lauchlin and Van Walt got to
the
sANcTuN OF JUSTICE.
without accident or incident. A large
crowd of curious spectators had assembled
in and around the Justices Office, who were
made impatient by the non-arrival of Duffy
and his man, but after wait of about ht.
teen minutes the officer appeared and stated
that Hughes had eluded him, and was no
where to be found. The announcement
caused q sensation, and inquiries as to how
Hughes had succeeded in getting away
flowed in thick and fast. After the excite
ment had subsidized, and quiet reigned again
the officer said that Hughes had requested
him to 60 the Arlington, as he wanted to
geta drink to
TONE UP HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM.
The request was complied with, and
afie Hughes had dampened the
coating Of his stomach with
good sized swig he asked to be al
lowed to 90 to the water closet, which re
quest was also granted. After waiting
some time the officer became suspicion:
and made an investigation, when he found
that the bird had flown out Of another door o.
which he was unaware. So after vain
search he returned. to the office empty
handed.
However, as it was useless to weep Owe
spilled milk, the trial was proceeded with
John o. Pendleton appearing for the de
Tense and ]. W. Cowden for the State. Tit
evidence given merely showed that Hughe!
had come to town with $75 in bills anc
some silver money in his poke
AND MEETING SOME GIRLS
in saloon he spent the afternoon with them
very pleasantly, so saith the deponent, il
drinking beer, wine and whisky. This con
tinued all afternoon and at night Hughes
found himself in very inebriated state anc
HE'D himself to the Stsmm House, where he
burg out for the night. The next day
thinking that the charges down there were
little too rich for his blood, he went Il
Otto's restaurant on Market street, previous
10 which move he had taken several eye
oreners. Here he met the boys, who, find
ing him genial, whole-souled fellow appar
emily IN the possession Of plenty of money
which he spent freely, Joined issues and
81 emit the day most sgreeably. in which firt
water PLAYED prominent part.
in the evening, thinking
WHEELING WAS TOO SMALL
to hold them, the four-Hughes, Van Walt
Linn and List-hired hack and took g
sail out the pike, striking Fulton whacl
before reaching their destination. At las
Stockyard Hollow was reached and the boy
got out, presumably to roll around on thu
grass and inhale some fresh country ali
and battle their fevered brows in the limp;C
stream that flows through the Hollow
However this may be. Hughes and Var
Walt clasped each other in loving embrace
and rolled over the grass, MASKING it down
so close to the ground that some cows com
ing along shortly afterwards could not gel
their teeth onto it, and we're compelled tc
to hunt pastures new to get a bite the
BEAUTIFUL GREEN, sUCcULEYT FODDER.
Well, to continue, the crowd came bach
to Fulton, and while taking some refresh
ments of an inward and enthusing nature
hughes banged his fist down on the bal
and said that if he was sober he would bel
the enormous sum of $500 that the could dc
Van Walt up in one round. The challenge
was passed by UNDECIDED, and the party re
turned to the city. By this time
Hughes began to get o little sober
and found that about all his money had
disappeared, not thinking for an instant, nc
doubt, that it was all used in viewing
THE ELEPHANT FOR DAY
and half in large city.
Therefore his first thought was that some
one had done him up and he applied a,
police headquarters, for the pur
pose Of having an attempt made
to draw in his floating capital, which
resulted in the arrest of &c. Filsn and Plug
ger Condry. These men, it will be remem
bered had trial before Justice Ankle and
were honorsbly discharged In the mean
time, however, and before this trial came off
Hughes heard that the penalty for prize
fighting was from two to ten
years imprisonment in the penitentiary
and thinking that probably in his inebre
ated state, he had broken the laws in this
respect without knowing it,
SKIPPED bowN TO BELLAIRE.
He was captured, however, and brough,
back by Constable Lauchlin and Officer
Duffy, and in default of 81 900 bail for bis
appearance before Justice Ankle, on the
charge of prize fighting, was placed with
Van Walt in the county jail. The end o.
the story is in the beginning of this article
and it is not probable that Hughes will
come to Wheeling again when he gets $7j
ahead, to have a good time. 1t is only
necessary to add that all the cases were dis.
charged by the Justice, and the matter il
therefore settled.