The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-11
ANACONDA NEWS.
KING IS FOUND GUILTY
The Prize Fighter Will Serve a
Term in the Penitentiary.
COURT TO FIX SENTENCE
A Jury in the District Court Convicts
the Pugilist of Felony-The
Trial of Santry Will Come
Up To-Day.

Andy King was found guilty yester-
day by jury of his peers in the dis
trict court on the charge of prize fight
ing, or ring fighting. The jury left the
fixing of the punishment to the court.
The crime of which King stands con-
victed was committed at Deer Lodge on
Nov. II last. 1t is felony and the
punishment therefor may be fixed at
from one day to two years in the peni-
tentiary. The case of Ed Santry. the
man with whom King fought, will be
tried on the same charge to-day.
The drawing of jury occupied the
attention of the court for some time at
the morning session and it was nearly
IL O'Clock when the case was taken up.
Thirty of the men whose names were
on the venire answered to the call when
the clerk began to call the names Phil
Harrington and l.. /. Blood gave press
of business as their excuses and they
were let off by the court. The attor-
neys in the case of the state against
King then started in to select a jury
and the following were found to be sat
isfactory to both sides: John Kaiser,
August Cook, William Forman, Clayton
Ramsdell j. p. Jenkins. Hiram Jones,
Steve Hovarth, G. A. Barker. Matt Pa
Zoga, John Barkovich, j. M. Shoup and
Charles Hilbert.
Those excused by the state were Heck
Mclean and Sam Scott. The third chal-
1enge of the state was waived. The de-
tense excused j. A. Johnson, George
Gordon, Steve Henault. S. ID. Burton
and c. M. Davis. The defense waived
it's sixth challenge The court sug-
gested that the jurors be examined as
to whether they thought the penalty at
fached to the crime of prize fighting
was excessive. Willis Parrot was the
only one who did, and he said, IF I'm
allowed to express an opinion, / do.
John Barkovich did not think that the
punishment was at all too much for
the kind of small fights we have around
here
The jury was then sworn and County
Attorney Trippet asked the court to
have the witnesses separated. The
court said that there was no room in
which to put the witnesses, and that if
they were separated they would be
compelled to remain in the hall.
Therefore he would require some very
good reasons before granting such
request Mr.. Trippep then made his
opening statement to the jury and said
that he expected to prove that on the
18th day of November last the defend
ant had gone to Deer Lodge and en-
gagged in prize fight.
OBJ. O'Bannon of Deer Lodge was
then called by the state. In answer to
questions he stated that he had attend
ed the alleged prize fight at about $50
or 8 o'clock on the evening of Nov. II,
in Cottonwood hall, which hall was d
sort of theater.
rs this the first performance of this
kind that you have ever witnessed?"
asked the county attorney.
'Oh, no. said O'Bannon.
He paid $1.50 for the privilege of en-
tering the hall. When he got in he saw
a few spectators on the stage. The
square or ring was described minutely
as to ropes, posts, the condition of the
floor, etc. He counted the number of
persons who We're in the hall and found
there were So, although he heard later
that there We're about so; he thought go
would be about the correct number
The affair began between 8 and $50
o'clock. A man named Fred Wildman
came out and announced that there
would be a contest between Andy King
and Eddie Santry for points only. Wild
man then introduced the principals.
Alex Brown acted as referee. Mr.. Trip
pet then requested him to describe the
first round. Mr.. O'Bannon said that
he was no expert in such matters, but
that 1t was a nice, spirited round" !"
King occupied the southwest corner
and Santry the northeast corner of the
ring. The men fought exclusively with
their hands, which We're .encased in
padded gloves. Mr.. O'Bannon was not
sure, but he thought that Santry
hnDched hIls uoNI lIe llTSl IDuflu,
and that the honors We're reversed in
the second round. Mr. o'Bannon said
that the third round did not last as
long as the two previous ones, but he
could not see the blow struck that
settled the matter as there We're some
people between himself and the ring
who obstructed his view.
What do you presume the result of
the blow to have been?"
Well / presume that King knocked
Santry out; at least, so | heard, but
really didn't see it,
There We're no weapons used by either
party
Cross-examined by Mr. Oles, Mr.
0'Bannon said that now he came to
think of 1t, he believed that Wildman
in making his announcement had said
that the affair would be boxing ex-
hibition' and not contest. Mr.. Oles
asked him If he saw anything inhuman
or brutal about the exhibition. The
question was objected to. and the OBJ
lection was sustained. The objection
to the question whether the affair had
corrupted Mr.. O'Bannons morals was
also sustained, the court adding that
0'Bannon wouldn't admit IT. even if it
had. O'Bannon was then excused
A. w. Wiles was the next witness He
is also a resident of Deer Lodge. and
he attended the alleged prize fight on
Nov. II. upon instructions from the
Anaconda Standard. which newspaper
requested him by telegraph to write
up the contest. He was the Stand
ards correspondent at Deer Lodge. He
saw Andy King in his dressing-room
prior to the event. and asked King
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