The morning call., 1893-02-26

Don't You see Miller has no chance? It's
a shame TO send him up again. What do you
fellers want? Do you want the man beat TO
death ?"
But still Sergeant Cole and his squad re-
fused TO interfere. a hundred men. COM
menting on the affair Yesterday, compared
the reluctance of the officer in charge Of the
squad with the prOmDtness with which Cap
tain Short has always ended contests when
he believed a man whipped.
OF course there were hundreds yelling
''G0 on, go on. Finish It. Knock him out"
etc. These we're men who had money
wagered on the result and they did not care
whether man was beaten TO death or not
so long as they won their bets.
The thirteenth round was a repetition of
the two previous ones and " hen at the close
Of the last round Hawkins himself ap-
pealed 10 the timekeepeT to count Miller
out and end the fight he received no salts
faction He went on fighting, and in the if
teenih round Miller went down under a
swinging left on his head and lay uncUn-
scious on the floor.
zone. two, three, four. five, six, seven.
eight, nine, ten. out" counted the time
keeper. and Miller was whipped, beaten In
TO jelly by man who for two rounds had
begged him to give up the fight. But the
poor beaten Dugllist was not only cut OF the
fEhi, but out Of the battle Of life as we'll
Insensible, he was carried to his corner, and
the Ollce concluded it was time to do some
thing, and they at once proceeded to arrest
HAWKINS, his seconds, Kelly, McGrath and
Hicks; Miler's seconds, Soto and Living
stOn, and looked around for Dan CreedOn
who was the referee, but tailed 10 find him
The arrested men were sent TO the old
City Hall and placed under detention"
no charge being made against them, and
Miller was sent TO the Receiving Hospital
for treatment.
As soon as Miller reached the Receiving
Hospital the physicians in charge pro
nOuneed his case exceedingly dangerous
The man had already been examined at the
ciubrooms where he fought by Dr. c. G.
ODOnnell. his regular physician, who By
the way, pronounced his injuries as slight
and predicted lis speedy recovery, and by
DTs. Stone and Kenyan, who were called in
later, and who said that they believed the
man TO be In q dyiag condition. Al the
Receiving Hospital everything possible for
Miller was done. but he fingered on without
Tegaining consciousness until o'clo, k yes
terday morning, when he died, and his
body was taken to the M1rgue for an au-
t0Dsy and inquest
When the newslwas broken 10 Hawkins In
his cell in the City Prison that Miller was
dead, the pugist not only showed keen
SORROW at the news. but expressed himself
in manly way saying that Miller had too
much pluck for his strength and science,
and crediting him with being as game"
man as ever stood in the prize ring. Haw-
kDs didn't want to say much, but com
planned bitterly Of the police IN refusing TO
stop the fight, and also Of the timekeeDer,
Gibbs, and the referee, whom he minated
made Miller fight even when they knew he
could not possibly win.
But / want TO say this" said Hawkins,
Il don't think any bi0w j hit Miller in the
last rounds killed him, because my hands
were in such condition that | couldn't hit
him n very hard blow And / also want to
say that throughout the fight, even up to
the last round, Miller Kept saying to me,
why YOU can't hit hard enough to hurt
me- For this reason kept on fghting, al
though ] knew l had the man whipped and
was anxious to quit without Furnishing him
any more. but they made me go on. and,
well-thats all | want to say"
Soto. one of Miller's seconds, also eaid
that Miller kept insisting he vas ali right
at the end Of each round and when they
realized that he was whipped, although they
didn't tell him so for fear Of discouraging
him, he insisted upon going back again ana
again for more beating. MiIier's seconds
say that any time after the eleventh round
they would have gladly welcomed the inter
terence Of the police. realizing the fight was
lost to Their man, and that when spider"
Kelly appealed to Sergeant Cole to
stop the fight they made no objee-
ton. Il want to say this. however" said
Soto. " One day last week when
Miller was punching the bag over at his
training quarters, he missed a blow and
slipped, striking his head against brick
chimney IN the room. Apparently 1t did
not hurt hin, but on Friday morning he
complained 10 me that he was a little
deal IN bis right ear and he went own to
see DR.. ODonnell about il. lie afterwald
told me be was all right. During all the fight
even alter we knew he was whipped, MIL
IN Il aF.fa ra..r. =.
hurting him any lie bed considerably
from the mouth and nose, but it didn't seem
to distress him any. | don't see why we
are arrested. We let the fight go on against