The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-20
CHARLES r. WILLIAMS.
A Well Known Fighting Man Takes the
Count from the "White Terror" r.

posted IN the vault at Oakland GENE
Terry. The funeral services were held
at Lyles .Mortuary Chapel, the funeral
being private family affair, Rev. A.
H: Lealtad of St: Philips Episcopal
Church officiating. =: : - .-r<
The pail bearers were Messrs. j. B.
Johnson, j. w Walton, R. D. Moss
and G. D. Charleston
H. Mr.. Williams was a sufferer from
tuberculosis and died at the SAM:
tarium at Walker, Mimi, December
II, aged AZ years.
The deceased was a man who de-
serves more than passing notice.
lie was a son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
b. Williams, who came to St. Paul be-
fore the Civil war and had their home
at 100 w. ninth street, on the site
where the Woodmen's Hall now
stands, where he was born and also
MIS- sisters, Mrs. w. J. Gardner and
Miss Ella Williams and Mr.. William
F.. Williams, who for many years has
held the position of executive mes
senger at the State Capitol, all of
whom survive him.
THE APPEAL man called at the
Capitol this week to see Mr.. VIM. F.
Williams and was shown large photo
graph taken of the City of st. Paul
in 1857 in which appears the "Old
Williams house" Mr.. Williams prizes
the. picture very highly and, has it in
the Governors private vault for safe
keeping. Mr.. Williams visited his
brother during his illness and was
called there the day before his death
and remained until the end Prior to
his last visit his brother was delirious,
but after his arrival he Gained down
and was in his right mind, talked
over many things and passed away as
peacefully as a baby sleeps
Mr.. Williams wife, Mrs. Lola Will
llams, who is at Princeton, B. c.,
was too sick to attend the funeral.
The following appeared in the Min
neapolis Daily News from the pen of
the sporting editor, George A. Barton,
a few days ago, retells an interesting
story of the deceased and gives evil
dence Of his standing in the athletic
world: )
Charley Williams, former light
weight boxer of st. Paul, is dying of
tuberculosis at the state sanitarium
at Walker, MINI.
he is making game fight for his
life, but it is a losing one The end
is near, and it is only a matter Of
hours before Williams will pass away
according to a letter received today
by the sporting editor of The Daily
News, from Billy Williams, brother
of the former boxer Billy Williams,
by the way, is we'll known to semi
nF0focCi0no1
throughout the northwest, having been
, a great first baseman and slugger in
his day. Only his color kept him out
OF the major leagues He has been a
member of the governors clerical force
for years: He was first appointed by
the late Governor Johnson and has
been connected with the office ever
since.
"The passing of Charley Williams
undoubtedly will recall memories of
former great boxers of the Twin Cities
Tor he began his ring career back in
the days when Patsy Cardiff, Charley
Kemmick, Prof. John Donaldson, o.
car Gardner, Tommy Dixon, Maurice
. Seize, Johnny Van Huest, Dick Moore
and Pat G<illen were the local fistic
celebrities.
boxing managers as Billy Nolan, Will
liam Brady, Billy Delaney, Parson
Davies or Billy Madden, Williams un-
doubleday would have become light
weight champion Of the world. He
had all of the necessary qualifications
but lacked manager with the shrewd-
ness and bank roll to bring him to the
front.
~
OF fighter and boxer of the Joe Cans
type. In fact, Williams in his every
move in the ring reminded the writer
of the late Joe Cans.
williams last appearance in a Twin
City ring was against Otto Sieloff of
Chicago, who had piled up a long list
of knockouts and was regarded as a
real contender for the lightweight
championship. The fight was held in
st. Paul and Williams knocked Sieloff
cold in the third round of a scheduled
lO-round contest. A clique of white
gamblers of st. Paul had wagered
thousands of dollars with their COL
ored brethren on the outcome of the
battle and the former were deter
mined to put over Sieloff a winner at
any cost. saw the Williams-Sieloff
fight. In fact, I boxed in the semi
windup to the contest I was sitting
next to the timekeeper while Williams
and Sieloff were in the ring. The men
had only been fighting one minute 81
seconds in the third round when viii.
liams floored Sieloff.. Some one sit
ting near the timekeeper pulled the
gong as the referee counted nine. Sie-
loft was dead to the world at the time
and the referee could have counted
700 or 800. OF course, when the bell
rang, Sieloff's seconds jumped into
the ring and carried him to his cor
ner.
"A near riot followed at the ring
side. Williams followers claiming,
and rightly so, that their favorite had
won. After wrangling for fully IS
minutes, the promoters ordered the
fight resumed. Williams, seeing that
the cards were stacked against him,
became disguised and "took' one on
the chin 1:the fifth round and went
down for the count. The raw deal he
received in this fight broke Williams
heart and he quit boxing shortly after
ward"
MEMORIAL MENTIoNlNGS.