Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-30
BOXING FATALITY.
PRELIMINARY HEARING MONDAY.
Coroneis Jury Returns verdict VI
Accid nal ncalh-"Kid smith,
tarl,r's Socont, s,ill Missing.

Iuosday nights accidental boxing
fatality b. a,ill a topic OF much d,tcus-
sion among all clasi,s Of the com.
muulty. he ou come will DO awaited
with Interest. IL has been duci Cd by
the brother q the dead pugllist to bury
his bOjy Ia this city in'teaI " sonding
o. 10 Indiana, whoro tnpir parents 10.
side. The funeral will be held on Sun.
dayi aui II Is said the colofeu popula.
ton will attend Ell massr.
Attorney sttsup, Of the nrm Of Pow.
er', siraup aud Llppman, held a con.
auliatIou with Bob Thompson at
tue county lail today. Bob he very
pcniient aud feels much worse over
tho tragic late o. his opponent than no
does over bis own prcdicameni, as hs
enteflaius strong hopes OF securing an
acquiitah His hopes nro based ON the
ground tia, II was not the blow that
Siiled, tut the fall; the fnding l. 10 that
eii,c. by the oUfouet's jury aud the
same ASSURANCE il given by his c.uusel.
The proliminary hearing viii occur
oe'otu Police Justice weuger ou
Monday at 10 q. IN. unless there should
uo change MT now contemplate.
lhe case against Thompson ON the
charge Of murder will bu called first,
though MA attempt may dis. DO
made to establish that tho contest
was prize nght. II II believed .nst
this will he extremely difficult tor the
reason that tbs principals in thoss NJ.
fairs nave always worn eight ounce
gloves aud the management has al.
vertiseI the exhibitions ~ contests
Tue contention II that bouts with
gloves abOve iOur ounces are not prize
nghts.
There Is one feature 10 connection
with the lamentable occurrence that 10
very amusing, even ludicrous. IL IN
the sudden manifest dsslTs VI many
prominent citizens who were present
40 SPECTATOR, to 40 oil on hunting OF
hsbing expeditions or "busiutHs"
TINS for u fsw dayH-untii after
the preliminary hearing Mt least. A
gg0dy uumber have gone aud Other,
atc going tonight and tomorrow. Tue
| pufposo 10, o. course, to avoid the pub
/ huity that wOuli necessarily follow "
they should be called M Witnesses.
i Men who seldom ~ ever take a vaca.
] Ion nave been oJnVbftod 10 tue Idea
that an outing 10 the mountains aud u
| tufcease from business cares would do
/ them n vast amount Of good. Perhaps
| II will-uObOdy doubts II. IL In claimed
that uut OF the three hundred or more
/ spectators Ia Atteu dance only six
arc willing 10 admit their presence.
/ OF these four are newspaper men whg
were there TO geI Ihe news.
"KiD SMITH" STILL MISSING.
"KiI smith," one Of CrIot's ste
Ouue, for whose arrest warrant was
issuoI yesterday, Is still missing.
! Deputy shrTitis anu police Officers
mndu uiligent search for him last even
lng but were unable TO locate him.
To-Day they continued their work ia
that direction but without any salts.
factory results. The "liid" 10 u
stranger IN these parts anu II believed
10 have departed TOT gfeener and sAiet
pastures or gone under cover until al
Opportunity Of escape affords Itself
VERDICT OF accidental" DEATH.
Coroner Onenbach held Rn inquest
last evening with n Jury composed Vt
John n, DAILY, Leo HOllAnder anu O.
! T.. Hudson. Assistant County Attorney
Waite assisted Ia conducting tho In.
yestigatloB. Tue witnesses exam lned
were George Carter, brother OF the de.
ceased, DR.. Daley, Dr.. Bower, Deputy
5nenti Manau, DR.. Harrison, Dr.
Macl,au aud DR.. Ctitehlow. No al
diIlOnAi Information 10 th.t Airealy
published In the NEWS was elioltoJ.
rhe jury returned tue following vef-
dlcli
That the said James Carter came TO his
death on she 2J.h day OF July, 1870. On
he evening Of July IS. 1890, ia glove
contest In Salt Lake City, Utah, with one
Bob Thompson, said James Carter re-
celyed blow upon the chin by the hand
| " tho sald Bob Thompson. In falling,
| tho rull Carter struck the floor, causing
conclusion OF tho brain, which caused hl.
death, the said death being accidental
aud not ielOniOus.