Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-04
Boxing in Hudson County
Is Given Hard
Blow.
FOUR MEN ARE HELD 7
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
Charged With Being Responsible
for Death of Angelo Vene-
zianO at Harrison.

With the death OF Angelo Venezianok
Young Foster" the boy pugilist. who
succumbed In the City Hospital to in-
jurtes sustained at Paddy Mo-
Guigan's club, In Harrison, the night
he fought his first bout, the boxing
game in Hudson county has been adj
ministered knockout blow and tho
sport In Essex has been forced to
cover up" and fight for time.
William Kennedy Packy Honey, oE
8 South Sixth street, Harrison. tha
young man with whom Veneziano
fought his first bout, night before last,
when he received his fatal injuriess
Joseph Victorello, of 80 Garside street.
and Rocco Cicchetti, of 103 Garside
street, friends of the victim, and
Paddy NcGuigan. proprietor Of tho
fight club, we're arraigned in the Har-
rison Police Court before Judge Bran-
nigan today. charged with manslaught-
er and were held for the prosecutor.
AcGuigan was released under 500
bail
When Judge Branegan asked Ken-
nedy who were his seconds on the
night Of the bout with Young Foster
McGuigan objected, declaring that
Kennedy should have counsel before
he was asked any questions which
might injure his case. Prosecutors
4 Detective Charlock took the young men
TO the prosecutors Office, where ar
rangements were made to admit them
to bail.
Prosecutor Mott declared today thAh
he would take no action against the
boxing clubs In Essex as the result
of the death of the young pugilist IN
Hudson. He declared that 1t was nof
his real province to interfere In the
matter before complaints had been
made to him, as the police officers weru
the peace officers who had authority
to regulate such things In the first in
stance. He quoted the law against
pugiItsm In this State to show that
nothing was said about boxing con-
tests such as are carried on In thu
city at the present time.
No Complaint In Essex.
"I have ten men on my STAFF" cons
tinued the prosecutor, 'and we have
plenty OF legitimate work TO do. l have
received no complaint about boxing IN
Essex for q long time
The prosecutor intimated also thoe
any reasonable man. when he heard of
the unfortunate occurrence in McGut-
gan's, would be moved to say "AcciS
dents will happen"
McGuigan, proprietor of the boxino
club, where Veneziano was fatally in
tured, has been notified by Chief Of
Police Rogers who preferred the COM
plant against the three young men to-
day. that boxing in his place must
cease. He gave the STAR a detailed
account OF his side of the controversy
today
McGuigan said that he did not care
TO keep anything back and that he was
certain investigation would prove that
Young Foster could not possibly have
J received his injuries during the four
, round bout. He said it was the first
bout Of the evening and was rathex.
more a burlesque than anything elsa
Neither man was knocked down dur
ing the four rounds It was shortly,
after o'clock, ne said, when the men
left the ring.
few minutes before II o'clock Mo-
, Guigan said, as Veneziano was sittinu
. on the railing which fenced off a dress
ing room from the auditorium with hi
feet on the bench In front of him, h
fell backward to the floor, the impact
being loud enough to be heard through
: the room. McGuigan personally looked
! after the injured youth, who was ur-
scious, and decided the injury was serb
GUS A physician in the audience ex~
amined Veneziano and advised that ha
be sent home -McGuigan summoned q
taxi cab and after being assured by
Victorello and Cicehetti that he wa1
, not needed, sent the young man home
with them. He says the young men
have assured him that their companies
was not abandoned on the sidewalk
Z but that they personally carried him
l into his house at SO Garside street.
t The police were informed of the acci-
dent. investigated, called an ambulance
and sent the injured youth to the CITY
Hospital There it was found that
veneziano had sustained a fracture OF
the skull at the base of the brain. Ha
died yesterday.