The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
Participants in Fatal Bout Ar
rested and Later Allowed
Their Liberty
MCCARTHY'S DEATH DUE
TO FRACTURE OF SKULL
Moran Denies That the Battle
Was Frameup for Round
Betting
AGITATION TO SUPPRESS
JEFFRIES- JOHNSON MILL

according 10 the statement OF
District Attorney Charles M. Fickert,
stand trial for manslaughter as re-
suit of the death of Tommy McCar-
thy, the 20 year old San Francisco
lad, who died at St. Mary's hospital
early yesterday morning following his
knockout in the sixteenth round of his
bout with Moran in Dreamland rink
Friday night.
Governor James N Gillett, who has
been besieged with requests to take
action in this tragedy and to prohibit
the Johnson-J Jeffries fight on the
fourth of July, has placed all the re-
sponsibility in both matters up to the
officials of the city and county in
which the contests are held Fickert
declares he will push the prosecution
OF Moran here, and District Attorney
Donohue Of Alameda county stated
yesterday that he would stop the big
fight at Emeryville if it were shown
him that he could do so under the
law.
Released on Bail
Moran and his seconds and trainers,
with the men who looked after Nc
Carthy, were admitted to bail in the
sum of $l00 cash yesterday, after the
fighter and FIVE of the followers of the
bout had spent the night in Jail A
charge of manslaughter was placed
against the feather weights name. and
the other men were held as acces-
sories to the alleged crime.
Ministers in many San Francisco
churches viii denouneea prizefghting
in general today and demand in par
tieular that the scheduled heavy
weight contest across the bay be for
hidden. Captain of Detectives Peter
sen of Oakland will address a mass
meeting of protest in Berkeley; an
other meeting called by clergymen will
take place in Santa Cruz within a few
miles of Jeffries' training camp. There
will also be meetings in Sacramento
and many other inland cities.
The Physical Examination
Both Moran and Mccarthy were ex-
amined by DR.. Reuben Hill the day be-
fore the contest and again few min
utes previous to the bout and the re-
port filed with the police. so in that
important particular the men were
well within the law. Further. at no
time in the fight. except up to the
very moment of the knockout that
resulted so tragically did Mccarthy
show signs of weakening or give any
evidences of distress that would jus
tify the referee or the police in stop
ping the mill.
District Attorney Fickert stated yes
terday that he based his right to be-
gin the trial for manslaughter on the
ground that Mccarthy was dazed at
one time during the bout and that
neither man had been examined by
physician before the fight Charles
Harvey, Moran's manager. will pro-
test to the district attorney today that
in both his contentious the official is
wrong
John Mccarthy. the dead pugilist's
father: Mrs. Mary Mccarthy. his
mother, and the lighters three brothers
unite in declaring the fatality was
purely an accident. and that theys at
tach no blame to Moran. They declare
that the san Francisco boy simply en-
tered an athletic tournament in which.
unfortunately. he met his death through
no intent on the part of the man whose
blow sent him crashing backward to