The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19
AFTERMATH OF
THE KILLING OF
JAMES FRANEY
Physicians Differ and
Say Sharp Things.
CORONER'S JURY SUMMONED
DEFENDANTS APPEAR BEFORE
JUDGE CONLAN TO ANSWER.
Subscription List Started to Defray
Funeral Expenses Of Deceased.
National Club Would Not
Subscribe Money.

The untimely and violent end Of Prize
fighter James Franey has been the source
of much speculation on the part OF the
! spectators of the fistic encounter ana
| scientific set-to on the part of Drs. Lusug
and Zabala.
After his autopsy DR.. Zabala expressed
opinions which, if true, bespeak the unnt
physical condition of the fighter when ne
| entered the ring He found no praln
lesion; simply a hemorrhage, as he termed
it, and one not sufficient to produce death.
The cause of Franey's death, according
to the autopsy was d 'shock In the
medical sense of the word. Dr. Laoaia
says the mans vitality was not or the or
der to withstand the fierce and gctlllnS
work of ring battle.
DR.. d. D. Lustig, the medical examiner
cf the National Athletic Club, has some
uncomplimentary things to say about Dr.
Zabala's autopsy and the findings in the
case He wants to know by what means
it is possible to reach any defined knoWl-
edge whether it was the blow on the jaw
or the fall that produced the so-cailed
! "shock" The general verdict of the men
! who saw the fight and the trainers is that
Franey was in fine fettle. DR.. Lusug
pronounced the pugIlist sound and strong
before the fight.
| Yesterday afternoon DR.. Zabala modi-
fed his original statements by allowing
that It was impossible for any physician
! to detect any such organic affections as
were afterward found in Franey by a med
! ical examination of the pugillst prior to
| the fight. He said that he simply told
what the autopsy showed and nothing
more The following statement from DR..
Lustig displays his feeling on the qles-
| ton:
! Dr. Zabala's statement that FTaney
was not physically fit to enter the ring
IS absolutely absurd and would not be
| made by any other physician or even
layman. In my professional capacity
as medical examiner of the National
| Athletic Club | made thorough ex-
animation of James Franey and found
him physically sound and in condition
to make a struggle requiring strength
and endurance. Aside from that his
actions, his appearance, his ability to
take such a drubbng for fourteen
rounds and the post-mortem eXamina-
! tion all show this.
His fine condition was commented on
! by experienced men. Only two rea-
sons can be assigned for such a Stato-
ment coming from DR.. Zabala-One,
| his experience. he having practiced
! medicine a little over one year. and the
| other righteousness, the writer and the
! Coroners office not being on friendly
| terms. D. D. LUSTIG. MD.
| Coroner Hill will hold an inquest this
morning at 10 o'clock upon the body Of
/ the pugilist.
The following have been summoned as
! talesmen and nine will be selected as a
! jury:
B. ]. Smith, Is Market street; Judah
EagIe-street Metal Works; George B.
Clark, II Spear street; Rolla V. Watt,
Californian Bank: Daniel Meyer. 2l2
Pine street; Leon Blum of Roth, Blum
Co; j. j. Cook 121 Post street; Jo-
seph Wertheimer Of Uri & Co.; w s.
Van Wrinkle, AIS Market street; D. B.
Hinckley, Is First street; Albert Pissis,
| 3O SanSome street.
When the cases of Frank Mcconnell
| and others, charged with mansaughter
in causing Franeys death, were called
yesterday morning Judge Conan's vourt
was congested with people. All the de-
fendants GdHi: were present P,SI except Hiram
who represents the National Club, stated
that Gibbs was in bed suffering from a
| paralytic stroke. but Judge Conlan was
| not satisfied with this, ordering Gibbs to
! offered vouching for his illness. A con-
! tinuance of the cases was granted until
the Coroners jury is heard from. Next
/ Thursday is the day set for the eXamina-
ton.
Tim McGrath. assisted by other friends,
is raising a subscription to bury Franey
/ Frank Mcconnell heads the list with S25
tions tave been added When J. J. Groom
of the National Athletic Club. was ap-
preached he put his name down for $40,
/ but when some one criticized the small
ness of the sum he sponged his name off
the list entirely. Enough money will be
collected to send the body to Portland
and defray the funeral expenses.
The Health and Police Committee of the
| Board of Supervisors met yesterday Su-
pervisor Collins in the chair. Supervisor
! Phelps moved that all boxing permits be
rescinded. but Chairman Collins called the
resolution out of order, saying the COM
mittee had adjourned.
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