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Show He (.ot liven. New Ycuik, hept. ii- fSpec.ial.l August Miller, who was billed as "the only man who successfully stood up before be-fore Wm. Muldoon," has been giving exhibitions in a concert hall in Jersey City. Last night he invited any man in the audience to wrestle with him. "I'll give $15 to any man who will stand before be-fore me fifteen minutes without being thrown," bo announced A man w.10 said hi name was William Henry of New York, jumped on the stage and mnonncert that he would try to earn the bi. It took Miller just ten minutes J to throw Henry but he could not press his shoulders' to the tloor. Samuel McCarthy a local pngili.'.t who was the referee gave n decision in favor of sutler sut-ler The audience howled at the decision decis-ion and Ilenrv demanded another trial. This time he threw Miller and squarely prcs-ed his shoulders to the floor. Referee Ref-eree McCarthy, however, declared it was no fall. Henry did not get the $1-i. but he got even with the referee, lie pounded him all over the statje and then threw him into the audience ! When he was picked up it was found I that McCarthy's leg was broken. Henry 1 I made his escape before the arrival of a j ! policeman. |