The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-15
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lyerdict save that of accidental death.
AFTER the evidence was all in, Coroner
Rogers, Attorney Day Of the arm of
Day & Zimmerman, OF Canton. and As
sistant Prosecutor Manry held q short
conference at the end of which Mr:
l;Maury stated to the court that while
he wished To see Justice done both 10
thc accused and to the dead player,
lie was Of the opinion that convic-
ltion could not be obtained by the
state. The verdict Of. the Jury was
REACHED 4 after deliberations lasting
faboht fifteen minutes The scoroner,s
warrant Will now be Withdrawn and
l;while there Is nothing to prevent the
state from renewing criminal proceed.
llngs. It is extremei y improbable that
ltiiis will ever be done. y. * r. (
When the court was called to order
by Coroner Rogers at l7:20 O'clock the
rooms were crowded with witnesses,
attorneys and newspaper representa-,
tfpes ~ " !! 60 =
Phyaieiah Testifies.
Dr.. e.. B. Plant was the first wit
Iuess and in reply 10 the questions OF
Prosecutor Maury, described the-blood
clot which caused death. and the dis.
covery OF another clot on the opposite
side OF the head, but. in the same sys
\ fem OF blood vessels, that had been
caused at some previous time, but had
been dissolved without serious re,
suits. g
DR.. G. w. Ulfert, who assisted In the
.postmortem, gave similar Testimony
Dr. o. NJ. Stats; who was at the
game and first attended Munk, told OF
the removal Of Mnnk to. the hospital
followed by his death.
4 The dispositions OF Charles N. Lue
der. H. D. Pocock, E, r. Bell and T.
lib. Foulk were read by the coroner
and contained the statement that
Munk had been preyious hurt.
The additional affidavit of Umpire
Young was then read and caused q
mild sensation. Ff'i'''
N, No Blows Struck.
Following this, Arthur Mcfarland
OF st. Clairsville, the former football
star, was called. Mr.. Mcfarland wit
messed the game and was about Ave
yards from Munk when he received
the injury. He stated:that at the time
OF the accident. Munk was ahead Of
the man carrying the ball. forming In
terferences and that, the man carrying
the ball cut In toward the goal. That
a man on the Bethany team came
across and hit Munk in the manner
usually employed by players in break
4 ing up Interference and that MunB
fell to the ground.e Mr. Mcfarland
\ rushed over 10 his side and saw thai
! his .headgear had been lbnrsted of b,
the force Of the,fall. After securing 9
doctor he gave his headgear to Foulk
OF the West Virginia team The wit
ness stated that 5Ihe5 did4not see any
blows struck BY the fists Of either
4 Munk. or Mccoy, but both had their
arms up In thelusual manner. AZ as
4 Prosecuting Attorney n! u. Ramsey
OF Brooke county, stated that he wal
standingrp on thes sldei linesiat the, time
of the iaGcideut and gheard q player
say Yasjl no came soffi;the field: '.They
have IDENTIFYING It'd get.jme all. day
but;Ii gothim at LAST This player, he
said, was the one whose tpicture was
ciYen in a local paper as that OF Nc
| Coy.si ~ ~ y.
]. N. Townsend. coach, OF the Beth
any team, was the next witness He
was watching the ball and did not sec
the actual collision liG
Captain B. W Henley, OF the Beth
any team. was next called. He did moi
see the meeting Of Munk and Mccoy
Fullback Carl Backman, of the
West Virginia University team. stated
that he did not see the accident, but
heard some one say that Munk was
nurt. He told Of the injury OF Munk
In the 1909 Thanksgiving game and q
habit he had since then Of talking
very loud. .g,'
h. Fl. Rudy. Of Miflersburg, left-hall
on the Bethany team, stated that Nc,
Coy bumped Munk with his body In
the usual way to break the interior
ence and that Munk fell, striking his
head, on the ground In response to q
question of one OF the, Jurors about q
big man attacking a little man in a
football game, the witness tersely re
piled: "You are supposed to take
WHAT you get.
CIV? Conner and PR. Ruble, spec
tators, did not see, the accident clear
| ". f Sg.;fi
w. H. 'Shultz saw the accident from
the opposite end Of the field. and II
looked to him like Mccoy deliberately
struck Munk. Nv
The conference mentioned above
was then held with the result de
seribed: The receipt; or the verdlc
was not followed BY demonstration
of any kind. PFC
Messrs. Day and Zimmerman stated
after the trial that. while the result
was very gratifying TO them, II wa.
what they had expected from the first
Mr.. Emerman stated that Mccoy
was known at his home in Canton a!
an admirable voting man and clear
football player who would not wan
tonly injure an opponent. s"' o. g
The faculty and students Of Bethan,
college met yesterday afternoon ant
adopted the following resolutions per
tanning to the death of Mihk: .
Whereas. Rudolph Munk. captain 'o
the football team of the University o
West Virginia. lost his life Novembe
18th, at Wheeling, W. Va. In a football
game between the University OF Wesl
Virginia and Bethany" College. and :