Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-12-26 | Page 2 | Noted "Slugger" Dead at Chicago

; NOTED "SLUGGER" DEAD AT CHICAGO- "Black Jack" Gallagher I Passes Away; Worry 1: : and Stomach Trouble, I f CHICAGO. ' Dec. 26. John Thomas J I Gallagher, ; known in 'police and labor circles am ."Black, Jack, . the Slugger," lit' and accused of more acts of violence ' in strikes than any other one man in ' Chicago's labor history, died at his home yesterday. Stomach trouble, su- ,Z.i ' perinduced by the strain and worry re--.1 suiting from ceaseless prosecution, was ' 1, ' the cause of his death, "i; Gallagher was 22 years old and in ap- ! ' ' pearance was as different from the f i popular concoction of the professional ( 'A ' "slugger" as could be imagined.' He i took great pride In his appearance and ' was seldom, if ever, seen under the In- ' I fluence of liquor. While he weighed 'J ' only ninety pounds at the time of his i death, three years ago Gallagher weighed 180 and he was aDie to strike a blow that would render his victim un-conscious un-conscious instantly. 1 I When arrested by the police in con- nection with some crime, no amount of j - "sweating" could make him talk. On I4 ' more than one occasion, his friends say. 1 ,' he was submitted to rough treatment ' ; by the police, but he always maintained f I a dogged silence. 1 Although frequently arrested by the ' , police and .on at least one occasion kept in Jail, for several weeks, he was never convicted of a crime. i