The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-04
ELawlor z Verdict.
 B ]! ar s Vis.cusi. |sIn, Connecticut

In the, hearing before me four salient facts appeared, which were undisputed and incontrovertibie These were acts on the part of Viscusi,s which taken together and weighed, lead one to lend credi- btlity to the. story of the Coco Kid. They are:
 l.. The action of Viscusi in visiting the Coco. Kid at his home'sat night. (This is admitted by all parties concerned in the hearing). E. ft
 2. The sending away by Wis., cusi of Mann and the other indi- vidual who accompanied ,Viscusi to the Coco Kids home. Mann tes- tifted2 that Viscusii told him to go away. 'Viscusi admitted that he told Mann to go and get a. beer. tr
 3. The fact that the first men, tion of any sum of money, to wit, the sum of $100 was brought up by Viscusi himself in the converse tion he had with the Coco Kid. (This fact was admitted by Wis., cusi in relating his story).
 4. The fact that viscusi tried to intimidate the Coco Kid by such statements as If you make one hundred and forty pounds Leto will do the same thing Battaiino did, you know that, don't your,
 The conduct of Viscusi in com hitting, the alleged acts, and the conversation above mentioned were reprehensible at least, even in the absence of direct and positive proof, other than the statement of the Coco Kid himself, of an out. right attempt to bribe the Coco Kid to throw the fight. and the acts and conversations above noted give an unsavory air to the entire episode.
 Analyzing the above acts and conversation 1t is to be noted:
 Firstly. That ViscuH acted irn- | properly in seeking out the Coco Kid himself at night, rather than approaching the Coco Kid through his manager. a | Secondly. That the question of weights is not such a secret matter as to warrant the sending away of 8 witness when this question Is discussed, especially in view of the fact that weights and the ability to make weights are such public
 matters and are discussed in all newspapers.
 | Thirdly. The mention on the part of Viscusi of fsthe sum. of $10o was unpardonable. If he had read the contract that was signed he would have known that the forfeit of $100 was, payable Ito the party of the first part, to wit, the Arena, rather than to one of the fighters when the other fighter failed to
 make the weights. Consequently, there was no need of bringing into conversation any mention of the sum of .$100 and Viscusis explan- ation of the statement on his part fails to satisfy me as%commission CT that the conversation and tine mention of $100 was exactly as was reported byfhim at the hear ing before this commission. " | Fourthly. Even though the three above mentioned acts and conversations were laeking.l never theless. Viscusi acted in g repre- hensible manner in trying to irtim- idate the Coco Kid, by telling him that he would take a sheilacking if he made a certain weight. 4 | ' In summation. With the evi- dence presented at the hearing and the conduct of viscusi as brought out, by the above mentioned acts | and conversations I find that Yis- cusi should be suspended inde- tinitely by this commission, and 1t is so ordered. | VI Signed,
 {, $. State Athletic Commission,
 l,;, By JOSEPH H.I4AWLOR, { l asf : $C0mmissioner.