PUGILIST’S FATE.
“KNOCK-OUT BILL” SHOT DEAD. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK. June 15. Bill Brennan, known as “Knock-out Bill,” a heavy-weight- boxer, was shot and killed in a Trajuana cabaret, of which he was proprietor. Homes Cullen, a Stato trooper, was shot, in the neck, running to Brennan’s assistance., James .Hughes and Frank Rossi, believed to be two of a band of five murderers, are. under'arresl. Brennan was chatting, when Hughes asked him to step outside for a moment. Shots were heard just afterwards. Brennan’s sister, an actress known as Shirley Sherman, said she ran outside and saw five men running away. The band, according to the police, are members or “Hell’s Kitchen,” who have bonne a grudge against Brennan for some time.
Brennan knocked out sixty-five opponents, and was only knocked out by Dempsey and Miske.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16458, 17 June 1924, Page 5
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