Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-20


 which the present club is a successor. and recounted the history of the old athletic club as a social order for the .edifcation of the mmbers themselves, who often donned the mits for the ex. ercise and run there was 10 be had out, of the pastime.
 Bolan then took the stand in his own behalf He was put through . rigid examination by the prosecuting attorney on the point of whether or not he had received. or expected to receive, any prize or money from his contest with Bain. Bo.an strongly denied ever having received a cent oi money either from Bain or any one else connected with the Queen City Athletic club. He went over all the details of the arrangement between himself and Bain which resulted in their meeting al the Opera House last Monday night. and stated that he had been a party to the encounter for the sole purpose of assisting Bain to pro cure a little money for himself. The weight of the gloves used, he said. was eight ounces. Attorney Camp bell delved into Bolans past life and occupation, and brought out the fact that he had engaged in similar en- counters before, but the witness de- nied ever having signed articls of agreement for prize light
 At the conclusion of the defendant's testimony, the attorney asked the commissioner to hold Bolan in the sum of $3.O0O. BoIan said that it would be out of the question for him to try to procure bail in that amount, so the bond was fixed at $500.
 The case against Strinker was then .aken up and the same witnesses who testified in the Bolan case were put on the stand. The testimony in this case was practically the same as that given in the case against Bolan. with the exception that the encounter be- twn Strinkr and Munnoe was described as being a much tanner affair than that between Bain and Bolan. The sub ject of the membership tickets did not use up so much time as in the previous hearing of BolRr.
 Strinker took the stand in his case and told of how he happened to be boxing with Munroe as Q preliminary to the Bolan- Bain bout. He stated that he had purchased a ticket for the purpose Of seeing these two do their turn, and that when he reached the hall he was asked to don the mits with Munroe just to kill time and for whst i fun there would be in it for the spec. i tators. At first he refused, but the | joshing and urging of Munroa and 6 few others soon caused him to recon. sider and he went on with Munroe. 1 He denied that he passed the hat or ! received any money for his part in the 1 entertainment, or that he had repaired to the Opera House with that inten- tion. At the close of Strinkers testi- mony. Attorney Campbell suggested that the defendant be held to answer but that tn amount Of bond be fixed at a much lower figure than in the case against Bolan
 [ At this juncture Attorney N. F. Mic. Neil. who happened into the court room. took up Strinker's case and presented 8 short but forcible argu. ment in defense of Strinker, on the ground that he had been an innocent party to the encounter. and that there | had been no intent on his part to trans
 gross the law; that he had not re. ceived a cent from admission or from
 any other source for what he did [ toward the success of the entertain.
 ment. but that he had purchased his
 own ticket of admission to the club i Commissioner Pirtle could not see
 it that way, however, and Strinkel was bound over to appear before the
 grand jury at Tombstone on July 9th The amount of his bond was fixed al
 $500. which was ready secured. Sid
 Coburn and Jimmie Nichols going
 good for Strinker.
 All the witnesses were required to furnish personal bond of S2O0 to
 guarantee their appearance at Tomb,
 stone on July 9th to testify before the 1, grand jury.
 ! Attorney Campbell returned to
 Tombstone last eyenin. On the train
 coming up from Douglas he stated tha;
 he would do all in his power to obtain
 a conviction in the case of RoIan and
 Strinker, as it was his intention to pu,
 a stop to the game of fsticuTs in this
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