The sun., 1894-11-18

would noe scospt until Riordan's condition was
moro certain. Fitzsimmons stated TO Q rcporterI
DO you suppose I would strike my sparrfng
partner with any forcef Yesterday knew he
had been drinking hard, but did not know he
was In such . condition. Invariably when I
spared with him he turned blue arc--H tho
mouth. and II was . sign for m- - let
sp. mover struck him hard. Last night no
ticed after the nrst exchange of blows that he
was not right The blow delivered that caused
the trouble was - light a. ! could make II,
merely slapping him with the back OF the hand.
He fell down and then rose and staggered
around. put my arm around him 20 assist him
on the stage. when he fell headlonz. thought he
was taking and was thoroughly disgusted be-
cause somebody In the house. thinking It was .
fake, hissed me.
~ was never hissed before. began 70 COM
prehend . few minutes later that something
korrihed % discover him still unconscious.
attributed this 70 his drunken condition. and
thought he would revive from the stupor in .
few minutes. have known this man for eight
years, and he was always . hard drinker. Being
In poor condition. I presume he had some
heart difficulty that brought on the dis
sstsr.. ! am not fearful Of my position
tEss s!' 9HS the blows ' which I Struck Riordan
wero as light as could possibly make them;
S.spr.y Z m.tss my blood ,1uD, run cold whsn
tS.s man: death Laid 4 my d., door have .ssn
% Asfsa TO- 70 tel eli his his version s q the blow which
sssf sd s.Ss h.s &. assh aSas %
for Ft.z and Con- l generally let the nrst
S't and the % second about forty seconds. because
Con is ap. TO become weak. Last night
hif ms in ha afOmach in the Fihs' Rob
aimed all his blows at Cons head. Tho boxing
was the tsmsst ever saw. and made me dis
look I'd at my watch aud found that just 35 sec
vas time TOR the commencement OF the round.
The blow was 80 light that it would not have In
Yank" sullivan said that he had seen the
blow and that i would not have injured z child;
IA he. just Sefors e. the round. Rierd1n
g he had ben dsinlns al day long in Dun
Or. Fred Z. Fey Was the hIst physieiMan an On the
Ssd seasd tSst SsS dead msn Ssd Been drinking
for some time; and ne certainly showed IT, Al
who saw the blow" said Dr. Fay SAY that II
David N. Totman. one Of the most prominent
kiosSan died. lie He s2prssssd himself as alarmed
"a the mans condition. and thought that all the
20 o. the The sas
.aid that' while hs would make no posi-
tive statement he would nevertheless say
that Ihe mans condition was most crit,
icaI One thing which deeply impressed
him was that Riordan's pupils would
not contract even under . strong light
and this fact proved brain disturb OF very
serious character One encouraging feature Was
the absence OF paralysis. for all the muscles o,
RiOrdAn's body seemed 10 contract In normal
manner. An intoxicated man can usually %
revived within four hours. but this man four
hours after he was struck was still In . state OF
coma, from which nothing would arouse him.
The test which Dr. TOtmAn applied 20 Ascer-
tain Riordan's condition - one OF the last re-
sorts OF mediral science. He opened one OF
RiOrdAn's eyes and held = nADle from lighted
candle 10 the pupil There MAS absolutely no
response. The following Il the OfneiAl statement
= Cause OF death OF Con RiordAn. blood clots
COMPRISING brain One clot removed weighed
four and One-third ounces" This COMPRESSED
the brain In the right temporal region and was
directly beneath the dura- Other clOts were
ArOund entire base OF brain"
FitzsiInnlons was taken before County Judge
NOrthrup ~ noon to-day, and his bail Was hxed
- SlO.OO0 70 answer 10 the charge OF man
slaughter In the nrst degree, In the court roo "a
Fttzsiinmnns said he would not have killed
klOrdan for 100000, and then broke down In
tsaT-.
krIFALO Nov. IL Billy Madden. the we'll
ku1wH EaanAger and baker of Dlgilists, said to
dAy rat In his opinion Riordan died from the
sn =, L 1f dissipation. ROrdAu has been lush
lng :',- y,.l.s :" said Madden. and his cOnsti-
tution had Le,'pu.e - uEdermined that nc was
liable tO fall dead AZ any time Between spar
nng pArtneTB 4 hlO = is rarely struck hard enough
= pat InAR out much less XII him. and Il =