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The Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau, Alaska
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In Los Angeles, house painter Owen Bartlett won a $250 judgment against Teddy Hayes, trainer for boxer Jack Dempsey, for blacking his eye. Bartlett had sued for $25,000, also implicating Dempsey and his brother Joe, but the court cleared them.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.—Judgment for $250 in favor of Owen Bartlett, a house painter, against Teddy Hayes, trainer for Jack Dempsey, champion fighter, has been handed down. Bartlett sued for $25,000 damages. He alleged that Hayes blacked his eye; that Joseph Hiram Dempsey, the champion's brother, stood by and permitted it, and that Jack himself was financially responsible because he employed Joe and Teddy.
The court absolved Jack because he wasn't there and Joe because he acted as peacemaker.
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Los Angeles
Event Date
Feb. 9.
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judgment for $250 in favor of owen bartlett against teddy hayes; jack dempsey and joseph hiram dempsey absolved.
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Owen Bartlett, a house painter, sued Teddy Hayes, trainer for Jack Dempsey, for $25,000 damages after Hayes allegedly blacked his eye. Bartlett claimed Joseph Hiram Dempsey permitted it and Jack Dempsey was responsible as employer. The court ruled in favor of Bartlett for $250 against Hayes but cleared Jack and Joe.