The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-06

,-,-,-s- .skarn returned yesterday az
1900 @-o-, Auburn. where ne had oeea
investigating the Death o George Funk.
wbo felI dead while engaged Il spA<rsEs
rnassn MonSay n4s1< Fsia I[soznas SS-Ep'
young nssa OF that place
a. rasaft OK his visit and examination
n AExau, found that Funk had been box
ing in Goosrsea's ssl1oon Io1.1aF evening
zrfra two yoIng men named MAI Crazy
and Thomas Carp Funk was a giant n
~-ar5tra. stanz1ng feet Sc inches IN
nessht. and weighing 20 ponnts. He was
On IDS way hone from rs Work. Nlis1
consists OF assisting AvsryHzn named
T-scax- ara aroop1i into m saloon for a
few minutes
There i boxing going on IN this resort
y,azr1zr every ...gat. and when Funk en-
ts-,a sorue one suggested that ne put on
the gloves with Crazy. he sat1 he did noS
krsS~ much about the game. bat would I'D
ene best he eouia- Crazy was very mnch
smaller and could not land On the big EEL
low.
ca-p was among the spectators. and
when Grady and Funk stopped. some one
in ire crowd thought a 60 between Carp
ana Punk would bs good one Carp Is
f1fv s feet tail. well D1lit. and can handle
himself fairly vel Funk 1isn't take 70
the proposition VITA any amount OF a4ae-
r,fv. b&k on being eaateFed consented 70
spar with Carp
T~hA gloves. xhish oaly weighed four
ogl,,ses were adjusted. and tire fun began
From versions OF oystanaeTs. Carp ~as
ne -leverest OF the two, and after n few
minutes fast WORK Funk staggered to
war5 the bar. pulled OF glove and fell
forward On AiS face. dead TIE crowd
rushed 10 his assistance and some one got
a physician. but Funk was beyond al
earthly hope. nothing remaining but a
massive pgece % lifeless clay. The coro-
ner asked Carp Il he had struck his sn<ag-
onist = hard blow, and was answered In the
neg i've, Carp alleging that he only struck
Funk lignt blow On the nose.
Coroner Askzm, assisted by DR.. Haye,
made an autopsy on the remains and foand
that death had resulted from a henor-
rhaEe Of the brain The heart. lungs, kid
news liver ana stomach OF she dead man
we're found TO De IN perfect health, ia fact
the physical Development Eas znS gniiicenE.
The base OF me brain contained eonssdera-
BILE clottei blood. which gave the appear
ancs Of having been caused from blow
producing a concusSion. There was an
abrasion on the left temple and bruise
on the left sidasof the nose. These may
have been made when deceased fell 20 the
floor.
The coroner examined all the witnesses
and ordered the constable 20 place Carp
under arrest Upon arriving in this city
lie AiA4LcAl14lc-y l&A1SA the 4l4AtST DGASEG
Prosecuting Attorney HASTE, who stated
that In al probability he would accompany
the S-oroner to Auburn today and hold an
inquest.
While Carp states that he did not hit
Funk very hard. Il is well known that
when two big mea mix It up vita four
ounce gloves, one or the other IS liable TO
get a hard punch- More especially Is this
so when neither man knows much about
sDs-ring.
Carp Is q well-appearing young fellow
and seems 70 take FNank's death deeply 10
heart Funk had been working for Lacey,
a hveryrgglaa, during the winter for his
board. as Lacey had promised 70 take him
% the British Columbian mines In the
spring and stake him. He was 81 years
old and comes from a wealthy family in
Portsmouth, 0. Carp IS q years old.