The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-18
FATAL PRIZE-FIGHT.
Two Young Men in st. Louis Have
q Deadly Set-tO.
MRS. LOGAN FOR TANNERS PLACE.
The Logan Invincibles of Maryland Recon-
mend Her-To Rescue the Nicelys-
EX-Secretary Webb Arrested.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. IA brutal prize
fight occurred last night, which resulted in
the death of one of the participants.
Thomas E. Jackson, IS years old, is the
victim. He fought Edward O'Hearn, the
local lightweight champion, eleven san
culinary rounds. At the opening of the
twelfth he fell fainting 10 the seconds
arms. The fight was one of the most des-
perate ever witnessed in the ring, science
being lost sight Of and ''give and take"
smuggling marking the fight throughout
BY the time half dozen rounds had been
fought the men and their seconds were GOV
cred with blood, as was the sawdust
on the floor of the ring, while the
water with which the fighters were sponged
was as red as blood itself When jackson
fell unconscious he was carried to room
above the saloon. Three physicians were
called in and worked vigorously, but with
out avail. At II O'Clock this morning Jack
son died. He was the son of George NJ.
Jackson, the well known greenbacker. The
affair has created intense excitement, as
prominent people are likely to become in
volved. The spectators were principally
pool-alley sports, who made a purse of $50
which the men-or rather boys contested
Two ounce hard gloves We're used. Chief
of Police Huber has ordered the arrest of
all the parties concerned in the affair.
An eyewitness of the battle says it was
one of the bloodiest contests ever wit
messed. After the first round science was
entirely disregarded. The bodies of the
men were striped and blotched with blood
their tights stained and gloves slippery,
both having bled freely from the nose and
face. The crowd, which contributed the
$50 for which the men were fighting,
cheered them on while the floor
was getting slippery with blood. In
the eleventh and last round, both men were
so weak that they could hardly stand up
O'Hearn with an effort struck Jackson a
swinging blow which fioored him, O'Hearn
falling on top of him from the impetus of
his own blow. When time was called for
the twelfth round, Jackson was put on his
feet and showed forward by his seconds,
but he almost Immediately fell back uncon-
sciouS.
His body, as seen at the morgue. presents
a horrible appearance His lips hang in
shreds; his face is one iyid mass of bat
tered human flesh, black and blue and ter
ribly swollen. His chest does not show
marks or bruises to any great extent, so
the man must have received all the blows
on the face and head.
O'Hearn, the surviving principal, was ar
rested this afternoon. He seems to be
proud of the fight he made and says
jackson must have had heart
disease. The proprietors of the saloon
where the fight occurred, one of the sec
onds and the two time keepers have been
arrested and several more viii possibly be
behind the bars before morning, so there
are many uneasy sports to- night
Young jackson left home about a month
ago on account of quarrel with his
father, who, it appears, had objected to his
taking part in pugilistic encounters in the
gymnasium.