Negro Pugilist Placed on Trial

NEGRO PUGILIST PLACED ON TRIAL Kentucky Rosebud Appears in Camden Court in Now Familiar Role HAS DONE TIME BEFORE Walter Edgerton, a negro known in pugilistic and sporting circles as "Kentucky Rosebud" was tried to-day for running a disorderly-house [illegible] Locust street, this city. Downtown policemen and persons living in the neighborhood told of the goings on in the Edgerton home but the ex-prize fighter denied all wrongdoing. He was convicted and sentede from one to three years in State Prison. Edgerton has been in jail for some months past and this was given as a reason for his not having witnesses to prove his defense. A white woman living at the Edgerton home disappeared during the negro's imprisonment. Years ago Edgerton is claimed to have knocked out George Dixon at an exhibition bout held in the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. This feat marked the zenith of his career in the ring. Later on he was convicted of keeping a disorderly house in Philadelphia and charges of a similar nature were brought against him in Atlantic City. He has made his home in Camden for the past year and a half.