BATTLING SIKI
SHOT DEAD IN NEW YORK ASSASSIN UNKNOWN. Press A»mocution —By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YO.UK', December 13. (Received December 16, at 9.5 a.m.) Battling Siki was shot dead by an unknown assassin. His body was lound in a street near the theatrical district towards dawn by a policeman, to whom be had said four hours earlier: “Good night; I’m going homo _ I'he doctor pronounced that Siki died from haemorrhage, caused by unwound from a bullet entering Die back and passing through the breast. Since Siki defeated Carpeutier he was continually mentioned in the Tress as a result of his escapades. In July last he was stabbed in the same vicinity, after which deportation proceedings were instituted against him.
The police believe that Siki’s loudness for women caused his murder by a rival.
Siki had several managers, none of whom could manage him, and bus white wife was no more successful. One police official expressed the opinion that the shooting was clue to an unpremeditated street brawl, saying that “ Ninth avenue,” where the murder occurred, “is the gateway to the socalled Hell's Kitchen, and no place for a man to push another off the sidewalk, which was one of Siki’s favorite tricks.”—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19124, 16 December 1925, Page 5
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204BATTLING SIKI Evening Star, Issue 19124, 16 December 1925, Page 5
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