New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
BOLD PRIzE-FIGHT MANAGERS
WHY ARE THEY NOT MOI4ESTED ?
THE POLICE HAVE NO TROUBLE In STOPPING
ILLEGAL MEETINGS OF THE UNEMPLOYED.
BUT DO NOT SEE SOME OTHER VIC.

BUT DO NOT SEE SOME When Wv
LAr1oNs OF THE LAW.
IN. daring Of the managers Of the prize fights
at the Madison Square Garden on TUESDAY night
IN presuming TO violate the law 40 openly was EVIL
IDENTIFY IN sed on the experience Of the men who
conducted similar affairs in the Industrial faiace,
Forty-third-st and Lexington ave-, last winter anu
ypring These not advertised. but they were az
tended by large crowds and police were always pres
emit That the contests were prize fights pure anu
.,..a,. IN xh,ch men were Knocked senseless, can
h. shown by the evidence Of eye-witnesses' whc'
A. In the hands Of the Society for the suppression
Of Crime. ~,
The fact that these violations OF the law went on
with the tacit approval OF the ponce leu MI
.,v. an exhibition on a larger scale at the Mao's'
Sor.r. Garden Again the police were there' anu
.-.,r thew witnessed actual "knock-outs without
r..kt,g arrests or even stopping the iliegai pio
ceedings ,,,r,o,
The account of the prize fights in the inous,r,ai
Palace IL given in the following iet'er' es"' o.
Tribune BY Frank Moss, counsei Oh '"e ''
the Prevention of Crime Al,
1--WE notice with interest your article anu e
torial of this date the prize hght al "a
SQUARE Garden. and commend the att'uue '""''
by The Tribune. az c,rh
For some weeks prior 10 the late PRESS C'uv
rair fights were held regularly at the inou'"'a
palace Mt I,exington-ave. and Forty-thiro-s'' "
which all the blood and brutality OF the prize re
were exhibited before crowds sometimes ,,.
ing thousands and in the presence OF ''e -,
The matter was brought to our Afternoon am
,erestins statements were made concerning 'ne ~
sons why the police permitted the eHnpi' 49,
hod special reports OF the proceedings anu 80"
obtaining undoubted evidence OF Vioiauoi -
In tie presence of the police we iee -, - ,roe
nation that certain police officials wouu oe 20
ent at the fight then about TO occur we ~
e". .. -. nth a certain detective agency OF
.h,. dav N cover the case. with view oi ~
inr home responsibility of the matter 70 eve came
@ Although these fights had S not Sst os n question
tsed day or two prior 10 ~ oFe the papers to the
s eSV that the match which was to nave Dee"
fought the Palace was for on of disorder which is
not tolerated conniyedi at Gy easy enough to
S"o no money from holding meetings sga put
%ens which large s pa iesS Code
Violating the plain Provis.3hns n}viiece of deciding
,s sfe laws they will enforce and What tney which
NOT enforce there is no telling the limit -
'ne Neo yesterday re'qrn G read
h: Pl n The at TT6une Of in
Which the section of the Penal ee satd re'a's
agree cs entirely n m WIN paas
views e M IN De Ths Tribune ThS This fd ONCE
on the police for Information about such no,c Rere
lions at which the law is broken Saye Instructed Mr.
Davis to write TO the Police Department, SAYING
The sIGsso of Of hi the ax
Garden on Tuesday night and asknS w Rithn
any Of the contests were really prize hghts "i'"in
The meaning of the Penal Code 49,.
expectediy returned from his vacation nrae
Teht,ns at the Madison Square Garden on IuesdaE
evening. when pugilists were knocked a,d o'a
sccor1ns to Oueensberry rules. and he sara: -
40 not know much about that affair: ana tneretUte
do not want say anything about IL az pres.Ih.
an informed however that there is to be announcer
socaed exhibition of sparring at the GARDEN mex
week and may take an interest IN the p;ii taWe
ance The public may rest assured that VIII uanee
measures 10 prevent or punish any knocking out
exhibition