The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-05
THEY DIED AFTER THE FIGHT.
A List of English and American PuRil-
lists Killed by Their Opponents.
Prom he Nelo YORK TYorid.

From the Nel0 York World.
While the great aim Of the professors Of
the manly art is to settle all difficulties with
natures weapons only aud TO do away with
the deadly strife, there have been many
. pugilists who have met their death in the
J prize-rlng or shortly after the fight.
I Malice, however. was not the cause
Of these unfortunate fatal examinations,
as the surviving principal hos gen
/ orally been acquitted on trial or received a
| nominal Impris lnmelt, and there is not
/ single case on record of the offender having
been hanged. In most cases terminating
/ fatally the hackers Of the men have been to
/ blame for permitting brave fellows to be
pounded into insensi ility after nature has
! all but deserted them, in order, if possible,
/ to win their wagers. The following list of
fatal prize fights is the first that has been
printed:
! A determined mill took place in England
between Turner and Curtis in October,
| 1916. ending in the defeat of Curtis The
odds were 2 to l on Curtis, who had re-
Gently been in the hospital and who en-
tered against the wishes of his friends,
saying he would win or die. Turner was
sentenced to two months Imprisonment at
! Newgate.
War and Weston had turn up" on their
way to the second fight between Dan Men
| dOza and Dick Humphreys at Oldham
| England, January, l7SS. Watson was killed
| by blow in his stomach.
| Jem Bates and Clayton fought in
England April 2S, 1917. Clayton was get
ting the best Of it when a terrific blow on
| the lugular Vein rendered him senSeless
and he died in about two hours. There was
| no animosity between the two men and
nothing unfair in the contest Although
| found guilty of manslaughter Bates was
fined one shilling and imprisoned for six
months.
A desperate battle came off in England
| April 4 1928 between Watts and Smith,
| IN which, at the end of one hour and ten
minutes, Smith received a blow on the
| carotid artery which rendered him sense
less and he died the next day
Scott and Brown met in England Nov. 9,
| 1924, for a purse, but when time was called
for the twentieth round, Brown was sense
| less He died in about twenty hours. On
| trial the jury gave their opinion that the
man died of over-exertion and exonerated
| Scott.
Owen Swift the Little Wonder, as he was
| called, from having won fifteen battles out
| of seventeen, when only 20 years of age,
met and defeated Anthony Noon for the
second time June "A, 1884, in Andover
! England, for $50 a side. After fighting
seventy-three rounds in two hours and six
| minutes Noon received blow which proved
fatal Swift surrendered, and was i'm
| prisoned for six months in Winchester
castle
Swift and Bill Phelps. better known as
Brgh on Bin, fought at Roylston, England,
for ESQ side, March Is, 1888. The battle
lasted hour and So minutes, eighty-iive
closely contested rounds being fought. The
| Little Wonder was declared the victor
although both were taken from the ground
insensible. Phelps died March IS from
| etfuson of blood to the brain, a result of
the punishment received. Swift. upon
hearing OF Phelps death, fed to France,
| where, after defeating Jack Adams twice,
he returned to England and was tried at
the Herttord assizes and acquitted
Simon Byrne, champion Of Ireland and
| Alexander, alias "Sandy" Mckay, cham
pion of Scotland. fought the second battle
at Selcey Forrest, England, June 2, 1880
The men had previously fought in Sc IT.
land. The second match was for e20O a
side, and after fearful fight OF forty seven
rou DIS in tifty-three minutes Sandy was
knocked senseless and died on the following
| Thursday. Byrne was tried for man
slaughter at the Buckingham aSSizes and
acquitted.
james, alias deaf" Burke, champion of
England, met Simon Byrne at No Mans
Land, England, May 80, 1858, for 800 a
side and the championship In the ninety
ninth round Byrne fell senseless. The fight
had lasted three hours and six minutes
| Byrne died three days afterward Burke
was tried for manslaughter in the first de-
gree at the Hartford assizes, July IL of the
same year, and acquitted.
Mike Mad len beat Jack Jones at Long
Reach England Dec. II, 1855, in twenty
three rounds in sixty-seyen minutes. Jones
died of injuries received At Maidstone
Madden was tried for manslaughter and
acquitted.
Chris Lilly and Tom Mccoy engaged in a
desperate battle near Hastings, n. Y. Sept.
IL, 1872, for $500. 1t resulted in the death
| OF Mccoy after 100 rounds had been fought
Lilly was shot Feb. Is, 1857 on board the
Guatemalian brig Santiago for waging war
against Nicaragua under Gen. William
| Walker.
Charles Lynch right name Logue) beat
Andy Kelly at Huyler's Landing, N. j.
Sept. II, 1856. The battle lasted los min
utes, eighty-five rounds in all. Kelly was
beaten into insensibility and died shortly
after. Lynch fed to England and became
teatherweighU champion, but after some
years returned to the the United States and
died in this city.
Billy Walker and Jimmy Weldon had a
terrific enc unter near Pennsville, n. j.
Aug 81, 1876, and in the seventy -sixth
round Walker was thrown on his head a id
| rendered senseless Time, one hour and
fifty-eight minutes He never recovered
consciousness, expiring at $40 D IN the
same day on board the boat Upon arriv-
ing at Camden the authorities took charge
of Walkers body and transferred it to the
residence of his parents, South Second
street. Philadelphia. Weldon. Johnny
Clarke, Sam Colyer Fiddler Nearv and
Dick Goodwin were arrested and SEN
fenced for term of imprisonment at Tren-
ton, n. j., where Weldon died Nov. 6.
| 1877.
The latest fatality in the prize-ring was
the killing of George Fuljames at Grand
| Forks, Oak, Sept. %, 1888, but no one as
yet has been held accountable for his death
and so far as the authorities are concerned
the antagonist of FuljAmes on that occasion
remains unknown.