George Fulljames was killed in a fight on September 22, 1888. When Fulljames and his opponent met at the center of the ring, his opponent grabbed Fulljames' hand and struck him with three solid blows to the temple. Coroners jury ruled he was killed by an unknown spectator with a sling shot. An attempt to steal the body was made after the ruling by a group of unknown men. The coroners jury members all left town to avoid being questioned.

SGC has only ever graded 6 total examples of this 1887 N269 Lorillard's Prizefighters, with only ONE  receiving a higher grade than the VG 3 offered here of George Fulljames.