SHOTS AFTER FIGHT
REFEREE AND PROMOTER KILLED (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received December 2, 1 p.m.) CHICAGO, December 1. Duffy Griffiths emerged - from the second-rate class into a contender for the highest heavy weight honours, when he defeated Uzcundun in a savage reven,rounds’ bout. Charles Barron, assistant referee of the fight, was killed an hour afterwards, but before he died he fatally wounded James the fight promoter. ' Barron fell foul of Walsh for awarding the sixth round to Griffiths, and. after the fight Walsh attacked Barron, breaking his nose. Barron and a friend secured a gun, and found Walsh with three members of his gang in a restaurant. A revolver duel ensued, in which both fell.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1929, Page 7
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