Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-18

noon.
ST. LOUIS, Septembes ia brutal prize
fight occurred at the saloon Of DAILY Bros,
local bruisers of considerable note, last night,
which has resulted in the death of one OF
the participants Thomas E. jackson, aged
IS wears, Is the victim.
He fought Ed Ahearn. local lightweight
champion, IL bloody rounds, and at the
opening of the twelfth, fell fainting in his
seconds arms. The fight throughout was
One of the most desperate battles ever wit
messed in a ring. science being lost sight c.
and give and take slugging marking the fight
throughout The first blood was brougt: in
the first round, more of it in the second, and
by the time half dozen rounds had been
fought the men and their seconds were
COVERED WITH BLOOD,
as was the sawdust on the floor of the ring.
while the water with which the fighters were
spoLged was as red as blood itself.
When jackson fell unconscious in his seconds
arms he was carried to a room above the DAYS.
saloon. and three physicians called in. They
worked vigorously, but without avail. and at IL
o'clock this morning jackson died
At o'clock his mother, Mrs. George NJ
jackson. wife of the well-known local Green
hacker, was notified and sat at her sons bed
side completely overcome, while the spark of
life slowly faded out. The affair has created
intense excitement, as prominent people will
likely become involved. The referee was the
sporting editor of leading morning lper.
The spectators were principally pool alley
sports, who made up purse of $50, for which
the men, or rather boys, contested. Two-ounce
hard gloves were used Bob Farrell and Char
n A aud Rr1rn
and Mike Mooney looked after jackson
THERE WAS NO SCIENCE.
The fight started at midnight, and the II
bloody rounds can be described as wholly with
out science. The crowd of sports sneaked out
and left the battered fighter on Charley Daly's
hands DAILY, who has fought some well-known
sluggers, among them Meyers. the Streator.n
pugilist, who made draw with Lightweight
Champion McAuliffe, did all he could for the
dying boy, but without avail
The dead gladiator's body now lies in a room
over the saloon where he fought, his face un-
recognizable, aad his mother and two brothers
are alone with their dead. Chief of Police
Huebler has ordered the arrest of all parties
concerned in the affair. Jackson was well
known in fighting circles as Jack King and ms
parents were ignorant of his pugilistic ambi-
tion. Ahearn is gas filter by occupation and
fighter by inclination.
Tonight the fatal prize fight at Days is the
talk of the town, and the feeling is so strong
that so-called boxing resorts will fare badly
in the future.
SOME BLOODY DETAILS.
An eyewitness of the battle says it was one
of the gamest and bloodiest contests in the
annals of the ring About ll:3O o'clock Jack
son came forward stripped TO the waist with
pair of light tights on. A moment later Ed
Ahearn appeared similarly attired. Referee
and timekeepers having been chosen. two
ounce hard gloves were procured and the fight
proceeded.
In the first round the two came together with
a rush. and for few seconds close and hard
fighting prevailed. No apparent advantage
gained either side but when the men
got apart il was found that Jackson's nose was
bleeding Freely. First blood was given Ahearn
and the round called before time was up, be-
cause OF the Bursting of Jackson's glove.
In round two science" as it is called by
lighters was disregarded entirely. jackson
was already sickening sight, being bedaubed
with his own blood, which was still flowing
from his nose. Ahearn was an ugly sight, haY-
ing been spotted here and there with blood
from Jackson's gloves, which were well
smeared with it, The two went at each other,
pounding and striking at random and with the
full force and brutality aroused by their now
excited vicious instincts. No one could
KEEP ANY COUNT
of the blows exchanged and the spectators
shouted and cheered with pleasure at the way
in which the men were fighting When time
was called it was hardly possible to distinguish
one man from another. Their bodies were
stripped and blotched with blood. their tights
stained and their gloves slippery and Shiny.
Hasty efforts we're made with water and
sponges to remove some of the blood from their
bodies but with little success. Both men were
bleeding at the nose, as there was no time to
attend to small matters like that. and the third
round was called and the men were pushed
forward, bleeding and staggering, bv their
hackers. much to the qualification of the
crowd, which had contributed the $50 for which
one man was being beaten to death.
The third, fourth and fifth rounds were
repetitions of the first two. The floor was be-
ginning TO get slippery from the blood of the
fighters and the blows would glance and slip
owing TO the soGgy condition of the gloves
When fair, straight blow would be struck by
one or the other of the fighters it was accom-
panied by squashing sound and left round
red spot darker than the bloody stain around
it, The men slipped and slid on the bloody
floor and wiped the blood from their ewes with
their bloody gloves. So it went until the end |
of the fifth round. when both were beaten |
black and blue. their faces swollen and their |
lips SO thick they could scarcely talk. They |
mad both been fighting at each others faces |
and sorry sights they presented at the end of
the round.
In the sixth there was sparring for wind but
the savage battle was renewed in the seventh
ending in the men falling in Jackson's corner
overturninG the bucket of crimson-colored |
water in which JacksOn's seconds had been |
washing him. In rounds S, and 10 there was
more slugging and sawdust was thrown on the |
bloody fiOOr to give the fighters better hold |
Round II showed the men so weak they could |
scarcely come up jackson was pitiful sight; |
one eye was already closed. His nose was |
swollen twice the ordinary size and his mouth |
was simply sickening. Ahearn WAS much in
the same condition, although not quite so bad. !
THE LAST EFFORT.
Both pluckcd up and made an attempt to
fight. and did for q few seconds, when Ahearn, |
with an effort, struck johnson a swinging blow |
which fioored him. Ahearn, thrown by his own |
effort, fell on top of his antagonist. When the |
called for the twelfth round Jack |
son was put on his feet by his seconds and |
started forward reward the center of the ring |
He had hardly taken step when he fell back |
into the arms of his seconds unconscious. That |
is the story of the fatal fight by rounds. The |
remainder is told above.
ALP NJ Jackson's dead body was taken to /
the morgue for the Coroner. Its appearance is |
most horrible. The lips hang in shreds, as |
though cut by the mans teeth at every blow he /
received, and form bloody fringe through |
which the Redeemed teeth show ghastly. His /
face is one livid mass of battered human flesh,
black and blue and terribly swollen. His chest |
does not show the marks of bruises to any /
great extent 50 thar the man must have re-
ceived all the blows in the face and head.
Detectives were at once detailed to arrest |
principals, seconds and spectators. Ed Ahearn,
the surviving principal, was found late this
and lodged in Jail. He seems TO be
proud OF the game fight he made, but says
jackson must have had heart disease, as he did
not hit him hard enough to kill him. Later in
the day Dan and Jack DAILY, proprietors of the
saloon where the fight occurred. Mike Mooney,
one OF the seconds, Abe Quincy and Stephen
A. Molloy the timekeepers. were captured, |
and several more will likely be behind the bars
BY morning.