The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-11
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sAN FRANCISCO. Dec, ioS-in Che
vtrLmmons-sharkcy conspiracy trial
,,.d,y, George Allen, assistant trainer
M Shnrkey. testified that In tho
| ,,h.h round FitEslmmons 6knockcd
ENarkcy out completely. F~!tds!mmons
Iulc no foul and as ono Of Sllarkey's
u,vnds, he claimed none, B4t after
| Aarkcy was knocked out,% witness
mnrcd into the ring and waved a
nur, "a n token OF surrender, Witness
mid he md Billy Smith carried shar-
bsr into tho dressing room !Sharkey
MAS limp and groaning, but the only
marks Of tho nsht were on his face. lie
sid nothing about n foul blow. and
whom witness examined him. there was
yo mark OH his groin, which looked
mat the sac,e IN usual. SharlScy was
,ssu dressed BY witness and Billy
smith and taken 10 his hotel. Witness
.IIJ that no marks on his groin We're
visible iintil after the doctQtiIn clos
led with Sharkey. Aftcr the Doctor left
wItnrss again saw ~Sharlkcy, whose
rroia was then covered with blood
stained cloth
Aliens evidence corrohoratedl In the
main tho testimony given by 'fAuStra.
Ian Billy Smith. On croAsAstamina.
ilon Allen admitted that Sh0rkey after
,he fSht gave no external evidences
Of ~,niuries In the groin and he asked
for Watcr when taken 10 hts, dressing
nom, and when the water was brought
directed Allen to battle his groin. Al
len considered that Sharkcy had been
fairly knocked out BY FitZsimmons
and he declares TINT no foul4 blow was
struck by FitZslnmons.
Allen says he helped SharSey into
The dressing room. from which all but
Sharkey. Lynch and the trainers were
excluded. In the dressing room Shar-
key was carefully examined and Wit
ness was positive he was at that time
unlrlured In the groin. After Sharkey
was taken 10 his hotel and the train
ers wera excluded from. Sharkey's
nom, Lynch, Danny Needhnm and Or.
Lee we're alone with Sharkey. Shortly
afterwards from his position outside
The room witness snid he heard Shar-
KEY cry out as II in pain. When he next
saw Sharkey on the following day his
groin was bandnged and thGe were
stains OF blood on the groin. He ap-
Piled lamentations to the groin which
was then swollen md discolored. No
doctor wa permitted to examine Shar-
key in the dressing room Immediately
after the fight, although several, IN
clu1iag the physician OF the National
Athletic Club. applied for admittance
and rendered their services. According
20 the witness. Lynch said: SNe wan
70 doctor here" ~
WItaess. on croSs-eSamination. reit-
Grated his positive statement that nc
foul blow was struck and tina. the on
~ injuries Sha-key received during
The fight were OF his head and face.
william Abbott, a salcon-keeper. teS-
tiled that during the fight he had sat
close TO the -inE and that when Shar-
key vas knocked out, Ire had assisted
Smith and Allen 10 carry Sharkey 10
the dressing room. He corroborated
the statements OF Smith and Allen that
ShaTkey had not been foulcd. end said
that Sharkey gave no cadence OF
having been fouled. His testimony re-
gardIng the absence OF foul. or OF any
marks on S~harkey's groin when ar
lied from the ring was corroborative
with that OF the previous witness.
\. recess was then taken until Mon
day.
In the police court to-day Referee
Wyatt: carp was fined $50 ho- having
carried n p!sto! to the rims on the night
{! :he.fght.