Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-17

nnu Deen urlnklnK naru hll uhls anu tnhE he was intoxicated when he camo on the stage for the set-to.
 Immediately after tho Riordan incident Joseph Dunfec, n local sparrer, put on the gloves for a two round set to with FitZsimmonS In the second round Dun- fee landed n right hand blow on FitZ's jaw. resulting in a clean knockdown, the first, Fitzsimmons declares. he ever was given. Ho was so dazcd when he TO- gained his feet that he could not sec Dun- fee's hand when 1t was extended at the call of time.
 Fitzsimmons was arrested shortly after midnight. A corps of phy ysicians attend ing Rior(lan says there are grave doubts of his recovery.
 Rior,ian Had Been Drinking.
 At 2:l5 RIorIlan was still in the same unconscious condition. \ consultation of physicians was called nt l o'clock, and they declared that unless the man return ed to consciousness in a short time there could Do slight hopes of his recovery. Dr. D. M. Totman. the physician who ! attended Donovan. the pugilist who was killed in 0 fight with Dunfee, the same man who floored Fitzsimmons here. was one of the council. and he expressed the | opinion that tho man would die. Fitzsimmons was arrested and taken ! to police headquarters at o'clock. He seemed in low spirits at the outcome of the accident and implored tho officers that he be not required to go to the bedside of 1 the dying man.
 When explaining the fight to the police. ! he said that Riordan was only taking 1 his evening nap and that ho thought l that he would come out all right. He said that Riordan had been drinking q | good deal during the day, as he had been for a long time. The company was abI ut to discharge him. as ne was not lively enough when he came upon tho stage with Fitzsimmons, and Inc could not make the bouts interesting for the audiences.
 II did not hit him hard. " said he. Il only tapped him like that striking an | officer lightly on tho check. When he fell to his knees, ho said. Call time. l did not think that had hurt him and supposed he only wanted to escape pun ishment
 We had only been at it few minutes whom I made a pass at him. I hit him on the right cheek with the back of my right hand. It was merely smart tap and could not have moro than stung him. 1 Ho made one or two feints at me. Then I was surprisej to see him put up his hands and saS Call time was dis gustod at first because thought he was just trying to get out of it. It was quite Q time before l realized how bad he was.
 Il am so sorry that he is so bad. don t see how it can be. It must be a sort of fit. but l don't like tho look of his eyes I hope 1t will result all right. He drank n good deal of Bass ale yesterday, and before going on the stage downod a big drink of whisky. I suppose 1t all went to his head"
 Manager GIorTs statement.
 Charles Glori manager of the Fitzsim mons company, was seen by a reporter while Dr. Totman was busy examining
 Riordan. Glori was slightly nervous, but showed no other signs of being disconcert ed. He said;
 Con has played Us like this severa
 times before. l don't think that 1t is any
 thing but a drunken stupor. Hes been
 drinking ever since I engaged him three weeks ago in New York. When he ap
 piled to me, I said. Con. If you can keeI
 straight. you can join the company. H'
 promised to be sober, but did not keeI
 his promise.
 Asked to tell his version of the blow
 which knocked Riordan out he said: ''I
 have held the watch right along for Fit;
 and Con. l generally let the first rounC | run about a minute and n half and tn,
 second about 10 seconds, because Con il apt to become weak. Last night l haS
 let them go for about B seconds when
 saw Con look at me and say something | l COulu nOk ltll what nb salus buN CoulA not believe that he wanted me to cal
 time Then I saw him sink to the groun' r after Fitz had hit him an easy blow , thought that he was taking this mean | to escape further punishment It's all t.. result of his drinking
 s Dr. Totman came from the room at , o'clock. whenlasked as to tho mans con f dition. he said: The man Is evidentl l | suffering from brain hemorrhag D | broupht o0 Inv somethinp mora serfou r than drinking. His condition Is very SC
 rious. and while death may not come i'm s mediately 1t is liable to result fatally" r On the advice O. Dr. Totman. Fitzsin a mons was held in custody by the police r The test which Dr. Totman applied { |. ascertain Riordan's condition is one c , the last resorts of medical science II s opened Riordan's eye and held liam . from . lighted candle to the pupil. Thers "A was absolutely no response
 Riordon died nt the Condee House ni
 3:30 o'clock this morning. About
 o'clock he was in the same state of m
 consciousness in which ho had been al O the night when his laborious breathing n snd the nervous twitching of the muscles
 of face and body warned the doctors tha t death was near
 r At 3:I5 his breathing had almost stop
 ped, and at 8: 30 Dr. D. M. Totman pro n nounced him dead. At his bedside wer' e three doctors and about 20 members O
 Inc local sporting fraternity when h. l. lied
 "a Fitzsimmons. when notified of Rior "a dan's death was much affected and burs j into sobs The coroner was notified IT. Fitxsimmons is locked up awaiting ac . ton j. General Wei. one of the Chinese con