The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-06
KILLED IN TIE RING.
Billy Brennan Never Recovered
From His Knock-DOWn.
HOW THE AFFAIR HAPPENED.
1t Was an Aceident-Dempsey Thinks Jackson
is no Match for Sullivan Slayin
and McAulifTe TO Fight.

tSpccial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.
CHICAGO, July 5.-As result of Thurs
day nights glove contest at Battery D.
Billy Brennan lies dead at the morgue and
five of the men who fixed and abetted the
fatal fight are locked up at Harrison street
station awaiting the action of the coroner's
jury. The officers arrested Frank Gerard,
Brennan's antagonist; Patsy Carroll, mas
ter of ceremonies; Patrick Gallagher,
the referee; John McInerney, one
OF Brennan's seconds, Harry Gil
more, Gerrard's second and hacker;
Sailor Brown, who, with McInerney
seconded Brennan, has not yet been placed
under arrest, although the police have been
looking for him ever since the fatal contest.
Parson Dawes, who was manager of the
exhibition, was not arrested, although he
was given to understand by the police that
he might be wanted and they would ex-
pect him to be within call. After Brennan
fell IN the ring he was never conscious.
He was carried to the Office in the building,
where he died yesterday morning. Doctors
Sherwood and Fenger made every effort
to rouse the dying man, but failed to do
more than prolong his life for few mo-
ments. They had no hopes Tor the poor
iad from the beginning as an examination
showed there was conclusion of the brain
Shortly after noon the county physician
made an autopsy The post norton showed
shat death resulted from hemorrhage of the
brain, superinduced by conclusion. The
disposition of the body will be decided upon.
The friends of the unfortunate young man
are anxious to send the body to Brooklyn,
n. Y, where he resided.
All who were III any way connected with
the unfortunate affair feel very badly over
the way in which the fight terminated.
Captain LAWS. who had charge of the
police arrangements at the Battery said !:
Brennan had received good deal of pun
ishment, but did not regard it as serious,
OF would have stopped the fight. In my
opinion Brennan was not as badly punished
as Smith was in his recent contest with
Jackson
what effect will this have on boxing ex-
hibitions here?n
II have no authority to say, but I would
guess that we will have no more smuggling
Matches
Lieutenant Ross, who was present at the
battle with Captain Lewis, expressed about
the same opinion as his captain.
Gerard was seen at the Harrison street
station and said he was shocked at the re-
suit AT the beginning of the fifth round, -
he continued, II thought | had much the
best of the fight, and l tried to knock Bren-
nan out, and Brennan lodged and clinched
to keep from getting hit He was not badly
punished, but he acted queer-seeme6 TO be
groggy. When he clinched he grabbed me
around the waist and fell backward. pulling
me with him. When he started to fall |
could not help myself any way. and before
[ could realize it we were both on the floor"
Harry Gilmore, Gerrard's second, said:
81 am more than sorry this thing hap
pened, but it was an accident. Just before
the fatal fall the two boxers were talking
to each other, and it looked to me as if
Brennan would stay the round out He
was not hurt much, although he acted
queer"
John McInerney one OF Brennan's sec
onds, was asked if his principal showed
any peculiar distress when he went up to
the fifth. NO. he replied" he seemed to
be all right except that ne was little dizzy.
| have heard since the fight that he had
been drinking during the early evening,
and that accounts for his queer conduct in
the ring after the second round"
Brennan is the second man who has been
killed in a glove contest in Chicago A
colored boxer was killed by a fall In the
ring at the West Side Turner hall about
three years ago. He had hardly got his
hands UP when his opponent hit him,
knocking him down. When he fell the
back of his head struck the floor with ter
rible force and he never regained conscious
ness.