The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-26
PUGIL|ST PElKEY
MUST UNDERGO
TRIAL TODAY
Charged With Manslaughter In
Mccarthy Case
INQUEST RESULT NOT TOLD
McCarty Died Eight Minutes After
Blow From Pelkey in
Prize Ring.
INQUEST RESULT NOT TOLD

Calgary, Alberta, May 26.-Arthur
Pelkey of Chicopee. Mass, from
whose stiff ring hook near the heart
Luther McCarty fell dead in the ring
at the Burns arena Saturday after
ternoon, will face a charge of man
slaughter in police court at Cal
gary. The royal northwest mounted
police yesterday completed the neces
sary papers in the charge placed
against him. Just before the death
of McCarty was announced, it devel-
oped yesterday, Pelkey had slipped
into his street clothes at the request
of his trainers and was taken to his
hotel in an automobile. 1t was not
until he had washed and dressed
that he learned of McCarty's death
He had started from the hotel when
officers arrived and took him into
custody.
An autopsy was held over the dead
fighters body late Saturday night
and an inquest will be held this after
noon. The result of the postmortem
is withheld pending an inquest. Mum
erous doubts were expressed yester-
day as to the actual cause of death.
1t did not seem as though there was
sufficient force behind the blow to
the heart to cause death, several
have declared. Pelkey said he did
not believe that his punch had actu-
ally landed near the heart. 1t was
certainly rumored at Calgary yester-
day that McCarty had suffered from
a slight weakness of the heart the
last few days and this in conjunction
with the excitement of the bout and
the landing of the unexpected punch
are generally blamed for his death.
McCarty's body will be sent to his
birthplace at Hastings, Neo., tonight.
Luther McCarty, claimant of the
white heavyweight championship of
the world Saturday took the count of
10 from Referee Edward Smith of
Chicago which marked him the loser
in the 10.round fight with Arthur Pei
key and eight minutes later was
dead. Death was caused by chance
blow delivered somewhere in the
region of the solar plexus after ex-
actly one minute and As seconds OF
fighing time had elapsed. Pelkey
was arrested on the charge of man.
slaughter by the northwestern mount
ed police and released a short time
afterward on bail. There had been
one or two mixups of an incense
quential nature. Then came a clinch
Referee Smith separated the men.
Both squared off in pugilistic attitude
neither seeming to be the worse for
the clinch.
McCarty was seen to double up in
crouching attitude. To the specta-
tors it looked as though his position
simply was a fighting pose. He drop
ped lower, and lower, however, his
eyes rolling. Then he collapsed and
fell full length on the floor of the
ring. The referee, assuming that
McCarty had been knocked out,
stood over him to count off the sec
onds. 1t was the final count for the
young fighter.
Pelkey, winner of yesterdays bat
tie at such heavy cost, stood at one
side of his fallen adversary. He
scarcely could realize what had hap
pened. BY this time the referee had
become alarmed. He called for al
doctor and several responded. The
mounted police were called in to
clear the ring of the crowd, which
had swarmed over the ropes. The
physicians worked over the stricken
man for eight minutes. Then they
pronounced him dead, but continued
efforts to resuscitate him by artifc-
ial respiration for more than an
hour.