Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-01-25 | Page 1 | Dies as Result of Prize Fight

IDlES DIES AS I OF PRIZE FIGHT Officers Court Holds That C Bout Bo t Was Wa Fre tr tt Boise Ida Jan 24 Private Mickey Wilson died at Boise barracks today as the result of a prize fight tight at the bar barracks barracks barracks racks gymnasium last night He fras frasIn vat vas vatIn In a preliminary with Private Teddy both members of l troop L I Four Fourteenth Fourteenth cavalry The men pummelled each other viciously for three rounds retiring at nt the end of ol the third with blood streaming from ther faces In the fourth Wilson took the count of four early and anti went vent down again for six in a few seconds As ts s he ho rose but before straightening himself Fik FI k landed an upper cut ut on tho thi th Jaw ia Ko no went vent down as w though dead and was carried to his corner comer Not regaining consciousness the sol soldiers soldiers diers diem became alarmed and he was taken to the tho hospital where he died The opinion was as that his neck had been broken but an officers court hold ns an nn inquiry today brought in a verdict that he came to his death as the tile result of fracture at the base ol of the brain caused by a n fall during a friendly boxing match This action forestalls the civil officers