The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-15
DEvERY A WITNESS
Examined as to The jsfffiss- -fitzsim.
mons Fight.
Didn't Know That Tickets Were Sold.
Knew Of No Purse for Fighters.

New York. June 15.--George McClus-
key chief of the detective bureau, was
the first witness before the Mazet In.
vestlgating committee today He said
he had no money i'm his possession that
had been set aside for the prosecution
| of keepers OF bucket shops. When he
| first took command of the detective Of
| fice there was n fund of sfa5- for the In.
| vestigation of bucket shops and IL was
spent i'm procuring evidence.
McCluskey said he did not know that
the Stock exchange had furnished this
money for the prosecution of the buck
ct shops
Chief OF Police Devery was the next
witness. He said he had taken an in
terest i'm the performances given by
clubs. He had attended a number of
boxing exhibitions himself to see the
law was not violated. Devery said that
under the Horton law the contestants
number of rounds with four-ounce
gloves so long as there was no brutal
ity.
Mr.. Moss asked IL the law did not
require five ounce gloves. The chief
sa' d no. What do you call brutality?"
asked Mr.. Moss.
well, where there are any ounces in
clinches or where men do not comply
with the referees request or in any
way where IL terminates in slugging OF
any description"
What do you mean by slugging,
punching. hard punches?"
Punching in clinches or punching in
breakaways."
How many OF these events have YOU
attended since you have been chief?"
Perhaps half Dozen"
Have you interfered In any one OF
them?"
II don't know as | had occasion to-"
do You know that an admission
price was charged for the recent affair
bttween Jeffries and Fitzsimmons in
Brooklyn"
There may have been. don't know
anything about it,"
Don't you know that tickets were
selling all the way from s. to SIS for a
seat there?"
II don't know of any monetary con-
siderat on whatsoever. 4 didn't SEQ any
money pass didn't know of any tickets
being sold, don't know anybody who
bought them"
DO you know whether there was
money at stake between the ighters?"
"Rumor had IL that there was. 1
don't know anything about IT,"
Did you know that very much bet
ting was going ON in connection with |
the recent hght OF Jeffries and Fitz- |
simmons?'
u did not know of any"
rs Police Commissioner Sexton i'm /
terestcd I'm any of the athletic ciubs?"
Not that know of."
The witness said he had heard no \
that Fitzsimmons and Jef- /
fries had violated the law.
what ls the difference between N I
boxing contest and n hghtP"
There h no brutality I'm the one /
There are different rulcs-Marquis of
2ueensbury and London rules"
Would YOU stop a contest under
Marquis of Qucensbury ruics2"
~ would not"
Under London rules?"
e would"
The chief said he did not think ne saw,
he igM 80 the LenoN Athlete Club b.
Ween Dave sullivan and Oscar Gard 1
ler. the Omaha kid ON January 10Th
ast. Al that fight sullivan was knocked
'uI To Mr. Mszet the chlef explained
hat 20 dii NO, necessarily take a heavy
Now to knock y man out
referring again 90 the Fitzsimmons-
l"uriot contest the chief said. Il
yanted 20 prevent that. " was tho
'Fst rhanp 'Onship contest held In this
ity but the public wanted a."
hos ohJeeted 90 u; 90 you object 10
NO " was a fair contest. and the
aw was not violated Personally am
opposed 20 such contests"
DID anyone prevent you stopping
NO. 10 ono sp1kc 20 me aboui H !
'he public and tho press seemed 10
Iant ~ and 7 was present 70 see that
he law WAS nof ylolafed \