The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-22

leaving the hospital and going out with
friend, who preceded him. he turned round
70 speak and dropped dead. On
q post-mortesn IL was discovered
that this process Of the brain, which is
known as the medulla oblongata or second
vertebrum. which had besn broken, but
which had been kept in place BY its hga-
ments, had its proper relationship destroyed
by the sudden hosting OF the head or
course this case would not happen again
probably In q good many years, but think
that IL explains the total issue in this pres
emit case. that there was a blow sufficient to
| dissrrange tho process at the basis Of the
brain, producing this pressure. This
pressure is In the most important part
Of the nervous system. A man can stand a
sudden pressure on the back Of his brain,
where he cannot stand 1t &C the tase OF his
brain Men have lost a good proportion
| OF their brain and lived, but any injury to
the basis Of the brain, known as the medulla,
| will in all probability end in death, and
sometimes instantaneously.
"Mr. Wilhnk's pulse kept good a long
time When / saw him it was sixty, IL
passed up afterward to seventy-two and
staid there some time Then it got up into
eighty and went very rapidly"
THE JUDGES STORY.
George S. McAlpin, one Of the judges Of
the match, after detailing the manner in
be selected, testified as follows:
THE match started, and we were to de-
eide on the points, and not on the merits, Of
the fighters, as in the match before. At
the end of the first round we came together
to see howHwe stood. We both agreed that
on the first round Willink had decidedly the
best Of it. The next round we agreed it
was draw. The third was a draw, and in
the fourth Murphy had decidedly the best
Of Willink
"Under these circumstances there was no
other decision for us TO make than 10 de-
clare the match draw. / understood that
the match was to be four rounds, of three
minutes each, with one minute for rest. If
1t could not be settled in four rounds IL was
to continue 50 at the end of the fourth
round, when we agreed that the match was
draw. it was lett for the referee to decide.
The two judges and the referee came to-
gether, and then it was settled that another
round would be fought.
"In the fifth round Murphy struck
Willink what Is termed usually among
sparrers 'right-handed swing and hit
him on the left side Of the neck. He was
standing on the left Of the stage, and
Willink at this time was facing me.
Murphy was a little up the stage, so that
could look at him, and when he struck
Willink on the side Of his neck he imme-
diately fell"
DIDN'T SHOW WEAKNESS.
"Wes Mr.. Willink at all backward about
going on with the fifth roundp a juror
asked.
az don't know, I didn't hear anything
about it. The referee announced to the
audience that there would be another
round.
when called time for the next round
the two men stepped very nimbly into the
ring and started at it. My opinion was
that the hanors were decidedly even up to
the time of this blow, even in the fifth
round, where there were some very hard
blows struck. Willink could have avoided
the fifth round If he desired, but there was
nothing said"
Justice Naughtin asked: "Was it adver-
tised that the match was to be four roundsg'
~ did not even read the advertisement
or see anything about the match, or in re-
were sparring for the champion
ship medal, as understood it.
The best man, Of course, would
be the champion. In all the fights that
have seen among amateurs and among pro-
| tessionals, | have never seen a fight where
both men showed such good nature as these
men did. Both we're smiling not a minute
before the fatal blow was struck,
| aud Willink even spoke to his op-
/
whether it was in this particular round or
not that ! heard Willink distinctly tell
| Murphy: Don't go so near the footlight;
come over on the stage The two men
smiled dozens Of times aE one another when
one would hit the other a good lick. There
was a decided determination, Of course,
but both were good-naturei."
DR.. Brandt testified that he found Willink
suffering from conclusion of the brain,
but whether it was caused by the fall or a
blow he was not able to say, although from
| the manner in which he understood Willink
| fell against the floor, he leaned to the opin-
| ion that it was the cause of the conclusion
and subsequent DEATH
PERSUADED TO FIGHT.
| Charles o. Byrne, one of Willink's back
| ers, gave some interesting testimony. He
said that Willink had told him that he was
sorry that be couldn't enter the contest, on
account of his parents objections He said
| he had promised his mother not to go
| into it.
advised him not to enter
under the circumstances, said
MIR. O'Byrne, ''but Prof Myers
was very anxious that the match should
| take place. Willink was a big-hearted
fellow, who was easily pursuaded, aud the
1 professor psesuaded him to go into the
combat At the end of the third round
| Wnen ne came up TO MS corner,
| WillInk said that he couldn't see
| his man; that he was dazed.
While he could not see his man, he could
tell his position from his brea hing. We
(his seconds) did not want the fifth round,
but the referee decided that it would have
TO take place, and IL Willink did not go into
10 be would lose the championship. Prof
| Myers was very anxious all along to get
Willink into the fight, for without him
there would be no show"
Charles Levan, the referee, told how he
and the judges agreed to have the fifth
round for the purpose of deciding the con-
test. He said that the fight was under the
Police Gazette rules, which calls for fifth
round wherever the question of superiority
issnot decided by four rounds. Leyan said
that under the rules by which he was
| guided he was compelled to order the extra
1 round.
The testimony of Charles westcott, one
of the judges, and Of Bryant Williams, one
| of Willink's seconds, was also taken.
Several other witnesses were examined,
and the jury retired at 5 o'clock Fifteen
minutes later the following verdict was re-
turned:
| THE JURY'S VERDICT.
1--WE, the jury, find that Robert K. Will
link came to his death from injuries received
at the hands of "Byrnie" Murphy, and we
consider il accidental"
As soon as the verdict was rendered
Justice Nsughtin told Prof Myers that he
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