Year: 1876

The fight ended at few minutes past
noon, with Allen the victim OF a foul,
struck, OF course, in moment of excite
ment. The rule being imperative, how
ever, there was no appeal from the deci-
sion OF the referee, but not man in that
crowd but what was well satisfied that
Allen was the best man, and that in a
few more rounds the victory would have
been on his side. Goss was a terribly
punished man, his face looking at the
close of the battle like mule had kicked
him dozen times.


His eyes, deep sunken naturally, were
now completely embedded behind his
high cheek bones, and the flesh sur
rounding them was highly discolored.
Blood was issuing from a half dozen
facial wounds and head cuts, and
the plucky fellow presented a
most pitiRble sight; but he
was plucky to the last, and
would have courageously stood up
there to receive more and severer pun
ishment had it been necessary. On the
other hand, every one remarked the
cool and unexcited bearing Of Allen,
and the absence of any bad scratches
on him, and in the very last
round, when he issued from his corne I
and from the hands OF his seconds and
spongers, he was apparently as fresh as
when, in his peculiar graceful manner,
he tossed his castor gaily in the ring al
the first battle ground.


Too much praise can not be accorded
Col. Holland for his conduct as referee,
as he seemed determined to see a fair
and square fight, and the decision at
last, although q disappointment to the
many friends of Aliens, yet all were
convinced that it was a falr decision.


When the decision was rendered, how.
ever, all was settled, and the ring wa:
Immediately filed by the hackers and
personal friends Of Goss, who shook him
| warmly by the hand, and congratulated
him upon the fact that the fight was
his-and with it the stake money.


Soon after the trains, two in number,
were under way, and arrived safely as
far as West CoVington, at the junction
of the Louisville Short-line and Ken
lucky Central Railroad, where Governor
McCreary had posted a portion OF the
Covington Light Guard, the same val
liant heroes that put in an appearance at
the first ground and stopped the fight,
not by any courage displayed on their
part, for they are mere beardless boys,
but because the managers Of the mill d id
not wish to oppose legally constituted
authority, who captured few of the
men on the first train, together with Tom
Allen, and put them under arrest, the
balance escaped by taking leg bail.


The second train, but few hundred
yards behind, came putting up slowly to
the same spot, and when within a hun
dred yards of the depot where the ar
rest was made, some friendly "spy"
came running to the train with the word
that the troops were after the boys, and
they had better light out. Such scam
pering from that train as there was,
you never can imagine.


The ones who were warned of their
danger at once struck out across fields
for the pike, and by dint of pretty lively
walking got out OF reach of the military,
and footed 1t to the street car line, when
they rode on into Cincinnati. Joe
Goss being aboard the last
train escaped with the rest, and
was kindly furnished a seat on
behind a passing buggy. Joe pulled his
slouch hat down over his disfgured face,
and made good his escape. While on
the way to the city it was learned that
the "bum gang" which took possession
of train at O'Clock this morning, were
taken as far down as Elston Station,
thirty-fve miles from Covington,
where they were dumped out and COM
PEELED to stay. They gutted every house
in the ne1ghborhood for food and cut up
high. One man was killed there by
the train.


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