The San Francisco call., 1898-04-29
Principals in the Fatal Boxing Mill at Sacramento

ramento. The fight was a fair one and in no sense brutal. Young Griffo was exceedingly merciful in his treatment of McCarty in the ring. He delivered very few of those body blows which are considered the most dangerous, and paid attention chiefly to pounding Mo- Carty on the head and face. Early in the fight he had McCarty weak and bleeding, but McCarty was game to the last.
 It was the continued rain of blows on the head that injured McCarty, no one blow being sufficiently hard to have produced death. When McCarty went down in the twentieth round it was from a blow so light that had he been In any kind of condition it would scarcely have s~~ggered him. He fell on his hands and knees and managed to struggle to his feet before counted out. Another weak blow sent him to the floor again, but neither time did his head come in contact with the boards.
 The injured man was helped to his corner by his seconds, who worked over him with water, fans and towel for nearly an hour without being able to render him conscious. Medical aid was summoned, but it seemed that Me Carty was even beyond the skill of physicians. At a very early hour this morning McCarty was still unconscious, and was removed to the Sisters Hos pital, where he was attended by pr. Charles D. McGettigan, medical super 1ntendent of the hospital, and Dr. A. M. Henderson. An examination showed that the injured man was suffering from concussion of the brain Both eyes were dilated-one considerably more than Fhe other and the heart was beating very\slowly. A further exam ination showed that the right lung was congested and the indications all point ed to concuSSion of the brain and par. alysis.
 Dr. McGettigan said at noon to-day that the case of McCarty\was most ser ious and that there was every proba> bility that his death would ensue. The doctor expressed the opinion that Nc Cartys condition was brought about, not by the fall, but by succession of blows in one place on the head, no one of which was in itself sufficient to pro- duce the injury, but which, in the ag- gregate, might easily account for the brain concussion from which McCarty appears to have suffered.
 Dr. T. w. Huntington was also called into the case, and it was stated that he shared in the belief that McCarty would die.
 R. E. Callahan, chairman of the en- tertatnment committee of the Sacra- mento Athletic Club, was interviewed this afternoon in regard to the Griffo- McCarty fight, and asked how he ac- counted for the collapse of McCarty.
 "McCarty was in f1rst-class condi- tion when he went into the fight last night" Callahan said. Professor John Shenk pronounced him perfectly sound and declared that he was fully able to do battle. After the ninth or tenth round I was of the opinion that the fight was an even proposition, and there would be no further punishment delivered on either side I was so sure of this that I left the ringside to att tend to other duties of the club. I re- asked McCarty's attendants what con- class. He did not care for any at to have his legs rubbed, or, in fact, have any of those things done which are necessary when there is a hard fight There was nothing to indicate that the man was injured at any time. and when the audience yelled to Griffo to knock McCarty out I did not think Griffo had the strength to do it.'' 1 Chief of Police Dwyer has wired Chief Lees to arrest Griffo. and will also take 1 into custody all the principals on either l side. on charge of mansiaughter. 1 About midnight Young Griffo was To- 1 cated by the searching officers taken to the City Prison and placed in the l stanlxc