Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-18

The skull was cut so that the top was
taken completely off and the brain taken
out.
He testified that Walker was a man OF
good constitution. On cross examination,
he doubted If the clot of blood had resulted
from a slight blow, though surgeons, he
explained, could only reason alphabetically.
1t was true that in very rare instances
such physical arrangement might occur in
some individuals without any blow or other
violence. He could not tell whether it was
a blow on the chin or one on the head which
had caused the rupture.
After this the state rested
For the defense, Mrs. Dupont, wife of the
defendant, was the first witness called. She
and her husband, she stated, had been mar
ried sixteen years, and they lived in Kansas
City up to the time her husband left to come
to Omaha. He was a packing house en-
ploye,
The Prisoner is Called.
Dupont was next placed the stand.
He said he had worked i'm the Cudahy estab-
lshment. He came here from Kansas City
in October shortly before the fight. When
he first met Walker the latter was en-
ployed in an Omaha bath house. They then
talked about having boxing contest but
one was not arranged at that time. Thomas
MCGUIRE was present. Another meeting fol-
lowed in South Omaha, with Mcclure again
on hand. Dupont said he did not then want
to go into any contest. There was no quarrel
whatever. Eventually Walker induced him
to agree to a match with gloves by promis-
ing to look after all the arrangements. 1t
was to be a twenty-round contest,
There was no stated reward fought for,
Dupont swore, and he never received a
nII hp chs ~
the floor on which the twelve rounds were
fought. 1t was understood between him,
| Walker and the referee, Monaghan, that 1t
was to be simply a twenty round boxing
contest the decision TO go to the more
scientific man, and 1t was the distinct un-
derstanding that there was not TO be any
! fight to a finish.
! Replying to his attorneys interrogatories
Dupont described the fight in detail and how
! 1t progressed up to the last round, telling
| as nearly as he could remember, the kind
| of blows which were given and taken.
| There had never been any quarrel or the
| least feeling between the contestants, he
! said.
! The most important point OF Dupont's tes-
timony was positive statement that Walk
er's head struck the floor on its left side in
! the eighth round and that when he got uI
| he was weak and dazed. There was nc
sawdust on the floor. No part of the pad
ding OF the goves had been removed from
| his knuckles at any time, he said.
| Walker he continued, grew weaker and
weaker after his fall TO the floor in the
| eighth round. Witness denied that he
struck him the third time just as Walker
was falling in the twelfth round The first
blow was with the back Of his left hand.
He started to hit him again. but ierked his
hand back in time to avoid it. Walker fell
toward him. Walker seemed sick aud acted
as though dazed. One admission made by
Dupont was that It was understood that
what money was left over after the expenses
had been paid was to be divided between the
two men equally, but he declared that he
did not say in the box office that he would
not fight for so small a sum. His direct ex-
animation was about finished by noon.
Through with the Testimony.
1t came out that Walkers fall in tht
eighth round. when he struck the floor al
Dupont testified, had been caused by DupOn
dropping down on all fours and Walker be
ing tripped over him.
Chief Of Police John c. Carroll OF SOutl
Omaha also testified for the defense. HI
stated that he was not present at the hgh
after the fifth round, leaving the AFFAIR a
that time in the hands OF Captain Allie
He positively denied that he advised th'
audience, Keep sstill, gentlemen, you ar'