Daily Republican., 1886-09-22
FIFTH EDITION
q his MoininE'a Court

tnelf aioors and abettors was r.sn ane
William Whitoraft was svorm
testified that he resides In tbis o,,. snd
keeps the National Hotel nm ny and
street. He 10 acquainted with iron
, the accused, and vent with th.r "i o.
boat on the morning OF July ~, on
Wilmington b Northern Rsil;o.,w .h'
There we're about sixty 10 NO. pitr
five people on tho boat. And
Fourth street wharf ct frst .h ~ iei
O'Clock, but returned for sometbins =
did not get started until 4 O'CLOCK IT, Tno
witness had . ticket which was ii. y y
TO him BY another man, but he a. s ny
know where this man got It. Ha oa so
the ticket TO Q man o. he went NJ, ss :,
boat, but did not zee anyone Ala s .u|
In any tickets. When the boat lot .. ~
wharf the second time to 20 h th va, ;, ny Y
1t Was just breaking day. pig
He was Cross examined by iMr %.
degrift, and said that be did no, 60.
money given TO any person. srce,.
one man, to buy some cakes And ~
John Briefly testified tina, bs ras,s,
on Front street In this city. He kpov
all OF the accused, but could not ,s
how long he had known them, Hs N
came acquainted with them In Phil
delphia, where Ryan keeps a ,aIo"
and was on the street with him VIII.
he WAS arrested. He did not kno1
here the Goldens or Grady lives h
thought their home 10 in Pniladelnb;1
The witness was on the boat that vsJ
to the pier but did not have a ticks
neither did be ever see one. He he
hea I'd that some on board had ticksJ
but did not know 1t Of his own knovI
go. When affairs of this kind n
gotten up In o hall the money realize
from the sale OF tickets Is USED to n
fray the expenses, and II there Ia anil
left II 10 generally divided between n
boxers.
On cross -examination, the v,tnel
said that he did not see any mops
| change hands, neither did he see su|
| money on the boat. He saw Code
| and Grady on the boat and they seem
to be friendly. The witness had atten|
| ed An affair Of this kind at the skstiu
rink, and the set-to was about the sad
At both places, except that held at n,
rink was little shorter than the one
th9 pier.
The State closed with this witne
and Mr.. Vandegritt opened for the
tense by moving that the Court instru
The jury TO render verdict Of
guilty, on the ground that the State hi
utterly failed to show that there
any money or prize OF any kind put
or bet, or wagered on the result
He made an exhaustive argument
support of his motion. and said sno
reason was, that the State had failed
prove IL was q prize fight or AnythA
more than boxing match, such u
frequently held in this city and
tenUed by some of the best people.
| Deputy Attorney. General Biggs
posed the motion, and said that ID
men were shrewd enough to prev
any one seeing the money which
! fought for. He @. Intended that be
shown that tickets we're sold end
had also shown that II was custom
III affairs of this kind 10 Fay the
pentes out Of what was realized ID
the sale OF tickets and the balance
vided between the participants
therefore claimed that 1t had
proved there was something for WI
the men fought
In reply, Mr.. Vandegrift denied
the State had shown by q single
ness that any money had been paid
or realized from the sale of tickets
a sic gle dollar bet on the result
When he concluded, the Chief Jus
stated that 1t was the opinion Of
| Court that the case was OF such
ture that 1t should be decided by
Jury, and he therefore overIuled
motion.
Mr.. Vandegrift then made bis
ing to the jury, and commenced
examination of Illnesses Tor IN
fence.
Il Alfred Collins was affirmed,
| stated that he is an employe Of
Every Evening Publishing Comp
! | He WAS ON the boat which went y
pier, and witnessed the alleged C0i
bstween Golden and Grady. de
Witnessed number Of sparring eI
| lions, and considered this q very
one.
The witness went there at the rs
of the I'd itor OF the Every Evehlpa
would not have gone had he known
wilkins Was going. When the
. | told him to 20 neither he or the WI
!. knew that Mr.. Wilkins was going
!, witness also attended the benths
!. Citizens Rink, and he though
! blows struck on that occasion
; harder than those ON the pier.
a contestants at the pier, and also
!, rink, used gloves, but tie witness
! not identify the gloves shown sS
a used or ell her occasion.
On cross- CT animation BY Depn
a torney-General B!Rgs the Wine
that he did net know there Na
a tickets, bat that he had given
. three dollars, and about An hour
wards this man gave him ticKsH
| did not buy the ticket to SEQ the
:, but for the purpose OF going on
h cursiOn.
Huston K. Lannan was s"olu
7 testiiied that be was on the W iin
q Northern Railroad pier on .no
= ing of July 1, and saw the contts
had seen several similar confess
"a SchuetZen Park and otner piaoso
20 city. 1hs witness did no.
money at the pier, neither gu
ANYTHING for which the men ieus
r. e. Bach testified that he W"
te fight, but did not zee any mone!
N hands. neither did he know
II money being bet Oh wsgered Oh
% suit.
i, Sergeant McVey was sworn,
t. he was not present ct the W.
a. testimony was objected TO by w.
N I aud the objection sustained
10 Court. AZ
81 Michael Lafferty was sworn,
n titled that James Grady worker
Q. in Philadelphia last summer, q
8. the last day OF June he qui.
TT dinner hour to 60 away soT
or and did not return until apous
on the morning Of July l. h 90
. notice anything the matter '"
IL when he returned. ..;. 9
The defense rested with Inis
On and the State recalled f. Elen
be rebuttal. He stated that ne T an
al sparring match at the rink, ,o%
Is. sidered 1t mere pay ID c mi.