The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01
MANSLAUGHIER
IS THE Charge
AGAINST MORAN
District Attorney Fickert Says
That He VIII Prosecute
English PugiIist
Governor GiIIett Refuses to In
terfere With the Jeffries-
johnson Contest

Gore the finish, Moran said yesterday,
because I believed that i could tire
Mccarthy and beat him at the end.
was aghting all the time; though. as
III who saw the fight know.
i tried the right to the jaw. which
knocked Mccarthy. out. at least five
times before II. landed in the sixteenth
round with such fatal result Any one
that says ] declared that / let the hight
20 IS rounds because Of bets that Nc
Carthy would stay that long is not tell
ing the. truth.a -:
Though there. was $4,000 bet on the
.nght. not. one. dollar .of it, according to
men who. examined. the. betting books
.Nesterday.aw placed on: round wager
ms with the: odds 10 to s and 1O, to 3.
40 one wished .:to take. up bet on
rounds. only when il is practically
certain that one man viii win is there
Betting that the weaker man. VIII stay,
Tor certain length. OF tinle>
Moran Meeps Bitterly
Moran lrept as il his heart. would
break h while he was confined in the city
prison over ig3t.. and John Mccarthy
n
Tire dead pusilist, also confined in the
prison, cried eli Might JEFF Perry, the
Oakland fighter, Moran's training part.
ller, and Janies- Carroll. one Of his sec
onds with Bernard Tainter. his trainer,
also spent the night in jail.
Harry Foley; referee of the fight;
James j. Griffen, manaS ger of the con-
test. Tiv Kreling. Moran:s chief sec
ond5 spider Kelly and Charles Har-
Yey Moran's mana ger, surrendered
themselves during the day and were
released also on sI00 cash bail
Though a hundred elements are or
Eanizing now TO protest the holding of
the heavy weight championship battle
al Emeryville next JRly, it can not be:
said att his tii% how much influence
this viii have on the contest
Viii Not End the Game ;.
Jack Gleason. promoter of the JEFF
fries-J JOhnsOn bout, stated empha tically
yesterday that the ira gedy of @McCar-.
thy's death could mean 10 more the
end Of the lighting game than a death
on the football field could mean. the
end Of football
In every sport there are chances of
accidents Gleason said, but if rea,-
sonable care is taken there can be
no more likelihood Of death in a
boxing match than in a baseball
or football game in the contest at
Emeryville, as in all contests have ar
ranged. the ring will be examined care
fully. the lighters examined by physi-
clans, each put in the best of condition
and sent into the battle prepared to
give and take There is a chance that
one OF the men will be killed-but
more remote chance by far than there
is in a football game"
The state law governs prize fights.
giving counties the right, however, TO
hold boxing contests or not. and this
until after the next session, Of the
state legislature in January.
Funeral of Mccarthy
.. AT st. Mary's hospital Mccarthy was
attended until his death by DR.. Reuben
Hi. Dr. J. Wilson Shiels, DR.. A. G.
Never and Doctor Rethers.; His body
Tas removed TO the morgue and, after
-hc autopsy had been performed by
Or. Charles Glover. to the family home
AL Jersey street. The funeral will be
held from the residence tomorrow
morning at $50 O'Clock. The body will
De conveyed to ST. Paul's church, where
II 10 o'clock a requiem high mass will
be sung Interment will be at Holy
Cross cemetery
The cOroner's inquest will be Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock, where all
those interested ia the fight will be ex-
amined- Moran and all except the two
Mccarthy boys Will appear for hear
ing before the police court tomorrow
morning. John and William Mccarthy
were cited TO appear
The Police Regulations
Speaking Of McCarthy's death, Chief.