Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26

"A 1TfooucT AuStedu OF complainant.
Fysh looked like a man in a garrote then.
Inez smiled wickedly, and you found your
self breathlessiy waiting for her to strike
match on the sole of her French shoe and
light a cigarette. like all adventuresses at
such stages of the proceedings. But she
didn't. She just looked wicked
.Ah!' said the magistrate. Then he"
pointing an accusing finger at the cha
grined and crushed Fysh took the dia-
monds from you madam
He did, replied Mrs. Fish, rather
honeiy and bourgeois-lookine woman.
And you will prefer charge OF grand
larceny against him, eh?" suggested the
magistrate
IT WILL" replied the unbeautiful Mrs
Fysh
Fysh. therefore. found himself a prisoner
Instead of complainant, and Ines's
charming countenance was wreathed In
smiles of Joy that seemed almost too in
tense and acute for endurance.
Thus 1t stands Both Fysh and Inez are
now in cells unable to get bond. The
charge of larceny against Inez has been
changed to that of receiving stolen goods
and Fysh is charged with being the thief
with his wife, who projected herself Into
the case at the inopportune moment. the
victim.
There are holiday novelties even in the
police courts OF New York.
Prize Fighter in a New Role.
Let 1t not be supposed that alfof tho in
genuity of this town is exercised by the
young and sappy. very old gentleman
Of New York recently brought singularly
ingenious frame up''-that is the most ade-
quate and expressive word for ito a sue
cessful conclusion.
Several times. in crossing a certain street
near his home. the old gentleman had been
nearly run over by furious driver of
grocery wagon. The driver. a huge rufflan,
would direct his charging horse at the old
gentleman at full tilt. out of sheer malice,
apparently, and shout at him at the top
of his lungs: Git out o de way, y old
dufferi'
The old and somewhat infrm gentleman
at length ceased to extract amusement
from this sort of thing. In fact. he became
quite annoyed. He did not enjoy having
his life imperiled every time he went
abroad for a mornings stroll In the air.
He felt that 1t would be frivolous to COM
plain TO the police, aud he was equally
scepticaI as to the sense of complaining to
the ruffians employer. So he did neither
Instead he hunted up burly prize fghter
who wasn't working at anything else anu
needed the money. The Old gentleman
struck a bargain WI the prize fighter
Fixed His Man in Short Order.
The pug made himself up into an exact
counterpart of the old man ard infirm gem
tleman, his temporary employer. and stood
at the crossing. waiting for the malicious
and ruffianly driver of the grocery wagon
to come along The ruffianly driver came
along In due time, at a gallop, all right,
bawling at the made-up pugiiist to git out
o. de way.
But the pugilist didn't git out o. de way.
He grabbed the horses off rein ana threw
the surprised animal back on his Launches.
Then he hoped onto the or smart, cata-
pulled himself into the wagon, tossed the
amazed driver off the seat and back INTO
the covered wagon. and for about ten min
utes he occupied himself in punching the
driver into the merest semblance or hu-
man being, while the genuine aged gentle.
man who had arranged for all this stood
in a doorway holding his sides in very glee
Nothing could be more absurd than TO
suppose that the young and vealy know 1t
ALL in New York or anywhere else.
Opinion Favors Public Boxing.
There is a strong likelihood that the box
ing BILL allowing six-round bouts in New
York which is soon to be introduced, will
be passed and approved by the governor
One of the main reasons why the bill Will
probably go through without a hitch is that
the private bouts that is to say, bare
knuckle fights of the ghastliest character,
are becoming more and more frequent in
the barns in and around New York, and
reputable folk are in favor of killing OH
this sort of thing If possible. by allowing
public boxing exhibitions OF limited num-
Der of rounds
1t is recalled by the who are in favor
of allowing public boxing, not because they
care for that sort OF thing themselves. but
out of motives of decency, that when the
Horton law was in existence few years
ago, and public boxing contests were given
at Madison Square Garden. the brutal and
often deadly private bouts ceased alto
gether on account of lack of patronage.
There is certain class of New Workers.
bookmakers and dead games Of other va
rieties-who will have a view of some sort
of a punching affair, whether the law per-
mits 1t or not, and since the boxing game
has been under the ban over here these
people have been the mainstay Of the
baboonish contests between brawny ana
unskillful louis, held in out-of-the-way
sheds.
Several of the principals in these grue-
some fights have died as a result Of their
cause of their deaths is generally hidden by
their friends and caretakers.
The people who are bound to have a GER
tain amount of punching to look at. law or
no law, are not, matter of fact, OF
such bloodt hirsty character that they
really enjoy seeing brutes knock each other
to the DO der line of kingdom come, and it
has been proven that they entirely with
draw their patronage from such affairs
when scientific boxing is legitimatized, as
it was under the Horton law, which re-
ceived the signature of Mr.. Roosevelt when
he was governor of New York.
Boxing Bouts With Regulations.
In view Of this and some other reason
able enough facts that could be mentioned,
1t would appear that a law providing for
boxing bouts, with the number of rounds
limited, and with proper police supervision,
is not likely to be bad thing for the COM
munity.
Mr.. Roosevelt strongly believed In the
of permitting public boxing in
New York, and there is no reason to sup
pose that Governor Odell is opposed to
squarely conducted boxing contests, Theirs
was little brutality connected with
the contests that took place at Madison
Square Garden when the Horton law was in
operation.
The men who opposed each other in those
scraps" were, as q matter of fact, OF al
together too much science. They were SO
scientific that they pulled
off a long series of braZen fakes, and there
by succeeded in killing the interest in box
ing in New York for number of years,
Limited-round contests allowed in
such conservative communities Boston
and Philadelphia, and this fact Is so irri-
tating to the element over here who take
an interest in that sort of thing that they
fix up the brutal prize fights to say moth
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