Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-20
THE ACME OF BRUTALITY.
One Dead and One Dying. the Result Of a
Butte Prize Fight.

One Dead and One Dying. the Result Of a
Butte Prize Fight.
A prize fight which for brutal details
has not its equal in the recent history
of the prize ring, came of at Butte on
Sunday last. As IL was 10 be for blood"
and promised to b. sn unusually exclt-
ing affair, 1t was kept very quiet, and
attended by only chosen few. who
in the light Of recent event. are in
ciined TO be as non-committsl rs pOssi-
BILE. The PRINCIPALS were George ii.
Ward and John Gallagher, the former
building contractor and the latter q
miber. During the past summer Gal"
lagher employed Ward to build him u
house snd IN the final settlement for
the work dispute arose over claim
of 500 for extras, which led TO the
fight. Threats to slick" one or the
otL.r being frequently made, led to
bets being made backing each and IL
was not long before tue men were
matched, neither being 10th TO avail
himself Of, the opportunity to settle
tie grudgs between them. London
prize ring rules governed the fight,
which was 10 be to a tiuish. AS only
few lou the inside saw the fight,
full details of the horrible spectacle
cannot be gwen, those who did see IL
refusing absolutely to say a word TO a
reporter about 1t. 0ne or two, how.
ever, proved leaky To the extent OF
giving enough informstlon to several
parties, who in turn told the reporters,
to warrant the statement that IL was
the VI It brutal affair which ever oc-
ours. That it was the most serious Of
the kind the sequel shows. Golden, a
professional fighter, is said 10 have
been the referee, but who the seconds
were has not been learned. Tie bull
Jog tenaciS of the principles can
readily be understood, ss they fought
l0j rounds. IL is claimed that Ward
knocked Gallagher down ninety-elght
times, while others say only once fair
| Iy. In the thirty.tilth round Galla-
CHER broke HE left arp' aud continued
the fight alter that with one hand. In
the nlnety-eigblh Gallagher managed
to get ia terrific blow ON Wards jaw
and knocked him down. The blow
made Ward almost unconscious, but
he staggered 10 h feet and renewed
the ngntiug. Seven more rounds
were fought, IN the last of which Gal
lagher Knocked Ward down again
aud this Time he staid down, rs be
never regainId CONSCIOUSNESS. Gala
CHER also fell 10 the floor senseless, for
in falling Ward slipped, the floor be-
ing covered with blood, and the Toe OF
one of his Shoes struck Gallagher uD'
der the chin and laid him out. Gala
4 CHER remained insensible for more
than an hour, and when finally he did
revive he was declared the winner
Ward continued TO remain uncon'
scious, aud as the crowd saw that II
was impos ssible to revive HIM, he was
placed IN a hack aud brought 10 town
and taken to his room IN the Napton
block, on Granite street. DR.. johnson
was summoned and did all he could e
restore the human wreck oreason but
failed. Ward continued IN grow worse
aud between and last night he ex'
pired.
Gallagher lies In dangerous cOndi-
ton, his ann broken, his face battered
into a sickening aud disgusting mss:
of flesh and his body cut aud bruised
beyond description. His wife Is al
most franllc with grief, as she opposed
the igut and with streaming eyes
begged and pleaded with her husband
not TO fight.
Both men were about 80 years old
and evenly matched as to size. weight
and strength, weighing about l6O
pounds each.
LATER.
BUTTE, Dec. l7.-Public indignation
over the outcome OF yesterdays prize
fight is undated, Wards remains al
the morgue were viewed to-day by .
large crowd. He VAS a nstive Of Vir
ginia City, Nevada, and seems to hav'
borne a creditable reputation whll'
there engaged 10 mining. He was mo-
a professional fighter but entered sh'