Show NO PRIZE FIGHT CYCLONE RELEASED Judge Murphy Hands Another Victory to Sycamore in Trial at Ogden Republican Special Service I Ogden I Feb eb It- It Johnny Thomp Thompson on who has been styled tho the hero i ro u of no IjO conte contests was l given another another an an- other this hula afternoon time over tho tim dc The rime Ministerial referee fl association of d- d go I was u Jom D. D Murphy of oC the Municipal court who the bill without an any complaint on thi n an any side The case co was a sequel uel to the recent Johnny Thompson I boxing contest which was pulled hulled off ocr I at tho the Grand opera house and after aft r which the tho two principals principal were arrested at the Instance of the tho Ministerial as association as- as on a charge of oC participating In n a light Johnny Thompson who came all time the wa way from Crom roni Chicago to stand trial rial trial appeared in iii court A. A represented b by V. V G. G Horn Maurice r Thompson did not n 0 appear The case wa was called before beCore Judge Murphy Mur Mur- phy at 10 o'clock this lila morning and ad was vas a out long affair in which many expert witnesses wore were exam exam- ned hued and antI there told toll what the they knew of oC Prize boxing contests Im Tin- mediately after Attorney Horn haul hall re- re himself of oC a n large armful of oC books he lie wiped his brow and antI an- an that ho he was ready to proceed to be ln Call can Sheriff Sebring said salt Count County Attorney Harris After Aller the thc usual preliminary questions Harris plunged Into 1110 time the case by ask asIc- ing lug to describe c what he lie saw at the tiie fight light I I object said Judge Horn to the worthy count county attorney designating sl the lie event of Jan S a light fight Ho lIo has not yet ct proved pro it a n fight TIme The objection Is sustained ruled Judge Murphy I 1 will vIll ask you to lo toll tell what kind of or an audience attended ell tho the contest said Harris Some of oC tho Ito city's best citizens were In sight answered the Ito sheriff Was there not a L tough clement from Salt Lal Lake in attendance There Thele were quite a few ow sports Well but were they not boisterous rind and inclined to be lowdy I I l think not Anti And you ou saw sa ninny of or them lucia In the house from Crom Salt Lal Lake c Yes I saw them scattered through through- nut the lie opera house with some ome members mem niem- bers of the lie city council of or Salt SaIl Lal Lake e. e declared Seining Sebring Time Tho direct examina examina- Ion tion was abruptly ended b by a a. g general laugh that convulsed tI the e court and spectators alike c Under examination cross Sheriff Sebring Sebring Seb Seb- ring asserted that lint ho lie hall had seen many ninny contests In Y V. M. M r. r C C. A A. gymnasiums In private clubs anti and between friends that lot equaled the Thompson Thompson-Thompson contest contest contest con con- test as us regards r punishment nt and after aCter effects Ho lIo admitted i that thit In iii his estimation esti esti- mation tho the was a ii boxing contest for or points not a prize light as generally considered and anti as UK such was as carried on to lo determine thu tIme superior physical training g oC ot tho ho contestants contestant n Jor wat n next called tc to the HU 1 J T ho J witnessed boxing sis conic lights fights unit anti nth nth- l events In nearly every part the of U United States Stales ant and anil that lint in lily his estima t tion ioui the contest In question was as lathera rather lather a tame affair After Arter a noon recess hn been taken alcoa Colonel C C. M M. Jackson editor of or the State Slate Journal was sas called upon the thC stand and for the Lie defense gave C testimony testimony teN tes tes- tes that w wa taken as expert testimony tes tes- on what does anti and does not constitute constitute con con- a D. prize fight He lie stated that In his experience he had hint seen perhaps fifty contests and of or these but hut one could be declared a n prize fight a bare hare fisted affair that went vent Jl 11 rounds before It had hacI been completed After ACter the time completion of the lie taking of ot testimony the attorneys for both sides delivered them themselves of oC their ments Judge Murphy then summed up the whole testimony and with a a. few statements tended to show that the plaintiff had hall proved nothing to indicate that the con contest lest in iii question could coul l be construed construe as a prize fight and discharged tile dis charged the defendant |