Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
QUEER CONDUCT OF CARROLL
Awkward Facts Regarding officials
Connection with Fight
FATAL RING CONTEST BEING INVESTIGATED
Chief Of Police said to lave Taken
Price for His Consent ana
to Have Acted as Ser.
geant-at-Arms.

The hearing of John c.. Carroll, chief OF
police Of South Omaha, who is charged with
having aided In pulling off the Dupont
Walker prize fight in that city on the even
ing of October %, was begun before Judge
Baxter yesterday morning. Only three
witnesses were examined and these
contributed little in addition to
evidence that has been previously
made public. The Testimony indi-
Gated that Carroll was conspicuously pres
ent during the entire fight and Sam Walker,
brother Of the pugilist who died from in
juries during the twelfth round Of the fight,
repeated his declaration that Carroll had
appeared at the ticket window and demanded
$25 as a consideration for allowing the
fight to go on.
The first witness was DR.. J. f.. Summers,
who performed the post mortem m
ton that disclosed the cause Of Walkers
death. He testified that the dead man was
badly bruised about the eyes. forehead and
lips and had a severe confusion
over the right ear. There were
no other external injuries, but when
the skull was opened a large blood
clot was found which pressed on the left
lobe of the brain and which was the appar-
ent cause Of death. The witness said that
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this clot could be caused by a blow on the
face, but it would not occur once in a thou
sand times. In reply to questioning he
stated that the life of the man might have
been saved by an operation for the removal
of the clot and that in his opinion there
was no reason why it could not have been
located and removed.
o. B. Piper, the carpenter who put up the
ring, testified in a general way to the cir
cumstances of the fight and said that In
his judgment Walker remained unconscious
after 1t was over.
Sam Walker was then put on the stand
He said that he and Tom Mcclure had sold
tickets at the hall and they took in $3.50
of which SIS was to go for hall rent ant
printing. He said that about 10 O'Clock
Carroll appeared at the ticket window ant
said, by Cd, there is not going to bt
any fight until l get s25 out of it," He ant
MCGUIRE then counted out a ten-dollar bill
and SIS in silver and Mcclure took thu
money outside to give 1t to Carroll. He die
not see what Mcclure did with the money
The witness stated that Carroll was pres
ent during the entire time the fight was il
progress and that he had once stood up OF
a chair and called on the crowd to keep or
der. as it was getting its moneys worth.
Walker also gave a vivid description O
the fight and particularly of the Twelfth
round, in which his brother received tn,
blows from which he never recovered con
seriousness.
Several additional witnesses were called b!
the state at the afternoon session, but theil
evidence merely related to the general fea'
lures Of the fight, which had been covered
during the morning. The last witness wa'
Andy Dupont, but as a question was raiset
in regard to his liability to incriminate him
self he was excused.
The principal witness for the defense wa.
Tom Mcclure, who had been referred to II
the morning as the man who was present il
the box office when Carroll made his al
legged demand for $25 and who had takeI
the money to turn over to him for polio,
protection. McGuire's testimony was, in tn,
main, a fiat contradiction of Sam Walker
story. He denied that Carroll had aske,
for money and testified that he had takei
$25, as described by Walker, and handed i
through a window into William Walker
dressing room. He did not know the maj
who took it, but he swore positively tina
1t was not Carroll.
Officer Allie of the South Omaha polio
force said that it was himself and not Car
roll who had ordered the crowd to be NOR
orderly or the fight would be stopped. Bot
Allie and officer Morrissey testified that Car
roll was present, but denied that he ha
taken any part in the proceedings. Carol
did not testify in his own behalf and tn
case was continued for argument until Mon