The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1896, Page 1

e VOLUME LXXXL—NO. 6. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1896—T" LONE GREEN ANDY LAWRENCE A HIS ERMED BODY GUARD Eérp Is Denounced by the Community for the D Reputable Element of the ecision That Robbed Fitzsimmons. A Chain of Suspicious Circum-] stances That Make Assur- ance Doubly Sure, [ WHAT MFDICAL MEN FCU_’\!D.f J ke Rauer’s Livély Chase After th C rtificate cf Deposit for Tean Thousand Dollars. Excitement about the raw decision of | Wyatt Earp. the bodyguard of *‘Long | Green’” Lawrence of the Examiner, is in- ¢reasing rather than diminishing among | Tovers of honest sport as the facts of the | transparent conspiracy are being dragged to the surfacs. 1tis now said that Earp had been se- lected &s “‘the dark horse” for referee long before the fight, and long before the peo- ple had any idea that there was the re- | motest chance that San Franciscans of un- blemished reputations, who had been con- | ed with boxing and other athletics for | years, would be turned down, aler and gunfighter from or anywhere else would be se- 1 their stead. the developments which have been made during the past twenty-four | icance attacnes to | rp went into the & navy revolver a foot long | ut of his hip pocket. no fool. He knew that he d community; that the contest had the sanction of the an- that the spectators—the major- the spectators—were respectable and ial business men of this City and | e, and that they had assembled for | rpose of witnessing a contest of | agility, endurance and bravery be- | n twomen who claimed to be rivals for | ’s championship in the art of | self-defense. | _He knew that the betting was a sec- | ondary consideration, as it is and should | be in all matters of sport, and a device to | #ive more zest to the occasion, and he knew | ‘that, no matter what decision he might { RIve 50 long as it bore- the coler of hon- esty and fairness, would be acquiesced in | * -and that his person wonid be as safe from violence and his personality as sacred |~ | from insult as that of the Mayor of the | City. Then why did he go into the ring with | the frontier revolver under his coat tails? That is a question which many people areasking and answering in‘a manner not complimentary to the referee and the gang which secured him that position. They argue that the referee armed him- - self as though he were in an uncivilized community, and that the reason why he did so must have been, or appeared to be, because he feared that his decision would * evoke such a storm of indignation that he would subject himself to be assauited by the persons whom that decision woula rob. The whole affair reeks with suspicion against Earp and his friends. One of his most intimate friends, the *.man who recommended Earp for the po- -sition and who did &s much as, if not more, | than any other person to secure his being selected as referee, is Andy M. Lawrence, Y familiarly known as “Lonz Green Law-! rence,” managing editor of the Examiner. _Why was Long Green so anxious to have Earp referee the tight? Manager Jutian s that from the very | start the Sharkey people, and particularly | Mr. Lyneh, objected to any person named as referee by the Fitzsimmons people or by disinterested individuals, and insisted that the club should name the referee. Mr. Julian mentioned such well-known gentiemen as Hiram Cook of the Olympic | “Club and Mr. Fulda of the Athletic Club, both of whom have acted as referees in scores of glove contests. Lynch refused to | entertain their names for a moment and | - finally =aid that he would not accept any man named by Julian; that he desired the .club to appoint the referee. Finally he | named three or four hcrsemen and race- track frequenters whose names were un- familiar to Julian and in boxing circles. Then he cut the interview short with the déclaration repeated that the relerce | sirould be a man selected by the club. | Lynch’s persistence on this point is re- | garded as another suspicious circum- sfance taken in connection with the others. | He trusted implicitly to the club. Such childlike—nay, lamblike — confilence is selom found to rule the breasts of mana- gers of pugilists. Lynch was evidently willing to accept any man whom the club might seleet, and this extraordinary and -unusual willingness, this eagerness al- | niost,.to purchase a pig in a poke, shades | Lynch’s conduct in a suspicion so deep | that it-is very doubtful whether he will | “ever beable to swim out of it. Fven the Examiner, managed by “Long Green” Lawrence, did not say that Suarkey was fouled, but published the | report in a hali-hearted way. -Mr. Humilton and Mr. Nauzhton, who *“wrofe special accounts of the fight, do not <ay that Sharkey was struck a foul blow. Mr: Naughton begins his report with the statement that if Fitzsimmons fouled Siarkey he (Nuuzhton) did not see it. My. Hamilton not see it either, and ‘conlents himself with facetiously calling ntion to the dexterity with which Long. ters and discharges the swivel gun ( anging at his belt, and suggests that ad- ¢ e criticism would be ill-advised in the wce of that formidable piece of portable artillery. The big odds of 3 to 1 offered by sport- ing ‘men who were well scqnainted with the capacity of both pugilists was the great temptation added to the purse of $10,007 swhich actuated the conspirators. In the face of those unusual odds against his | game was Green’s body-guard limbers, un- | man Danny Needbam telegraphed to friends in different parts of this State and of the United States to bet all they could | on Sharkey; that he was a sure winner. Of course he was. That matter had been arranged beforehand, and Sharkey | ; ¢ With a purse of | eXamination was called in Justice Groez- ,000 bet in the pool- | inger’s court vesterday Lynch, who ap- e- | peared under protest, was placed on the | side thousands of dollars in private bets in | stand by George Perry, who represents J. | the hands of private stakeholders the | J. Rauer, to whom Jimmy Carroli’s claim | couldn’t have lost $10,000 for a starter, rooms at the ave » odds of 3toi, too large and too rich to be e, allowed to esca | saw Fitz cross Sharkey with his right. when a little manipu- | of Mr. Geary I'send you a few lines describin, the finish of the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey flghl.“ ° then changed his position, bringing his left foot to the rear and his left shoulder well back, and uppercut with the left hand, at the same time guarding his face with the right. This blow, as far as I could see, landed in the stomach, and the blow brought Sharkey’s head forward. Fitz used the same uppercut again and landed on the chin. . WALTER WATSON. 8 ETIEg I WHERE 1S THE CHECK? A Difference of Opinion as to the Fruits of the Fight. One of the most interesting phases of the squabble over the fight that devel- oped yesterday was the fact that there seems to be a serious doubt as to the whereabouts of the famous $10,000 certifi- cate of deposit which represents the re- muneration of Sharkey. Every one, including Sharkey, supposed of course that Danny Lynch-bad it, but it now appears that he hasnot, or at least he says so. When Fitzsimmons' case on order of has been assigned. He was asked particularly atout the lation, & little whispering in the dark and | check, in which he denied bhaving the a little well-groomed judgment on the | slightest interest, and when pressed to | part of the referee, with a newspaper to stand b was necessary to capture the prize. Men foremost in the community, of undoubted integrity and veracily—not a few of such men, but hundreds of them— hind the decision, were all that | tell where 1t now is, said that a man named Dowdelle, whom he described as being from Montana, had it. “How did he get 1t?” asked Perry. “Mr. Sharkey told me to give it to him,"” said Lynch. “Do vou know what Mr. Dowdelle did have denounced and continue to denounce | with it?” asked Perry. the decision as one of the most bare-faced robveries that has ever been perpetrated 1n this State under the guise of sport. . SHARKEY’3 INJURY. It Is a Common Complaint Among Athletes, Causad by Overex- ertlon or Exhaustion. Added to the preponderance of evidence that Fitzsimmons did not foul Sharkey 1s | the fact, vouched for by medical men, acrobats, bicyclists, wrestlers and other “I do not,”" was the answer. “Do you mean to say that yon gave up so valuable a piece of paper without tind- ing out what was done with it?"" queried | Perry. “That's right,” saia Lynch. “I sup- pose he purt 1t in some sale deposit.” “But you do not know what one?'’ **No, sir, 1 do not.” Lynch further said that the check was entirely Sharkey’s proverty, and that as far as he knew the “‘Sailor” was not in- debted to the Montana man. After J. J. Groom had been placed on the stand to testify that the club had no THOUSANDS ORLLLED, Sixth Street Had a” Great Time With Its New Illumination, ARC LIGHTS RIVALED THE DAYLIGHT. Dense Crowds Frequented the Thoreughfare All Last Evening. MYRIADS OF LANTERNS HUNG ALOFT. D:corations Were Pleasing and the Comments of Spectators Were Favorable. The electric illumination of Sixth street last evening was duly celebrated. = The lights, which are suspended over tbe middle pf the street for a distance of three biocks, between Market and Folsom streets, were turned on soou after dark, and at once the thoroughfare was as bright as day. Soon after, the crowd which swarmed Sixth .street, and a.crowd.gathered on Market street and added to the previously ¢reat number who helped:to make the occasion all that the . projectors had wished. Boys were in their glory from Folsom to Market streets, enjoying a regular Fourth of July celebration, in which giant rire- crackers and redheads figured. In addi- tion.to the combined effort of the mer- chants to send up pyrotechnics individual business houses did something in the same Jine. Stores were well patronized and the dealers in various kinds of goods did a “land-office business” and were cor- respondingly happy. Ko 4 The glare of the eleetric lights brought into strong relief the cobbled pavement which extended over a part of the iilu- minated area. It also caused the antique “bob’’ cars, drawn by one horse, to be seen of all men and to be unmercifully joshed as they slowly plodded along between the dense crowd which lined either side of the streetf. All the corners were crowdel by specta- tors for a long period, the general appear- ance thereby being suggested of Market- street corners upon the day of a great parade, Oh all sides exclamations of av- proval were heard. It became known that the Sixth-street Improvement Club bad already arranged to meet at once to advocate a better pavement, and also to | bring pressure to bear to have the back- number +'bob’” car line succeeded by some- thing more modern and in better aceord- ance with tbe progressive spirit of the time and locality. With these improve- ments added to the fine lighting already provided, Sixth street will have taken a very long stap forward. The illumination and the demonstration accompanying it being a joint enterprise and pad for by all the merchants, all who were cencerned are entitied to an equal and large share of credit. The Sixth- street Improvement Ciub took the lead, and has brought about the lighting of the thoroughfare, and will lead the other en- terprises to be put on foot. The commit. tees who bad charge of the illumination were as follows: Finance—L! G. Jacobs, G. B. Starr, J. M. Sweeney, M., Giauetone, I. 8. Cohen, Gus Jacobs, W. Marks, J. Moore, A. Neumann, D. J. Mead, G. A. Root, H. Erlich, D. Davidson, I. Flatow, Music and decorations—G. B. Starr, L. V. Merle, L. Rosenthal, W. S, Hobson, H. V. Merle. A. Devoto, S, Firewor] Wreck of Narta Fe Train. FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 5—The southbound- Santa Fe train was wrecked View on Sixth Street Last Evening, Showing the Crowds That Saw and Enjoyed the Electric Illum‘nations and the Many Decorations Which Gave the Thoroughfare®a Gay and Attractive Appearance. athletes, that Sharkey’s present physical condition is very common among ath- letes following overexertion. Itis more irequent among persons subjget to vari- cose véins than those who are not afflicted with this tendency, and it is now known that Sharkey is suffering with varicose veins in his legs, caused by the exertion of the fight. Dr. P. J. H. Farrell, a reputable physi- cian, who was present at the fight, gives strong testimony in favor of Fitzsimmons. Dr. Farrell is a Jover of honest sports and has seen many contests of skill and en- durance between men, and his rpinion is worth more than that of ascore of men who bave not had his experience. The doctor said toa reporter that he went to the fizht with all bis sympathies on the side of Sharkey, but that he became dis- gusted with his foul tactics before the end of the second round. He believed Sharkey to be the worst kind of a coward. Every time that Shar- key was Lit he lost his temper and seemed to desire his revenge in any way he couid getit. Heseemed to be indifferent as to the kind of revenge he took, added the doctor. He fouled Fitzsimmons in a low, brutal way more than a dozen times. Then the speaker added : “I am reliably informed that Sharkey has'been suffering irom varicose veins, a condition that would make him Vvery sus- ceptible to any strain or overexertion. Never have I seen a man struck below the belt fall in the manner in which Sharkey fell. Hed ¥F.tzsimmons struck him in the region where tne sw ng is now Sharkey would have been biack and biue for weeks | afterward, but the discoloration is very slizht.” It 1s a fact which will be vouched for by medical men that a swelling such as Shar- key exhibits could be caused by a hypo- | dermic injection of iodide of potassium | or other poisonous substance.: But it would not be neeessary to resort to this operation in the case of a man suffering from varicose yeins. —_— WALTER WATSON’S Tha Knockout as Graphically De- scribed by the Boxing Instructor for the Olympics. Walter Watson, boxing instructor for the | Olympic Club, in a letter to THE CaLn gives the following account of the termi- nation of the fight as he saw it: To the Editor of the Call—SIR:"At the request IDEA. further interest in the check, the hearing was adjourned to next Tuesday. Then the Justice, the attorneys and the reporters adjourned to Sharkey’s room at the Windsor. The sailor had been sub- penaed, but had remained in bea on the plea that his injuries would not permit of his going out. Lynch had evidently not anticipated such a8 move, for he had failed to post Sharkey, and the sailor was all at sea when questione. Asked about Dowdelle he said thatthe thought he had heard of him. “Did vou authorize Mr. Lynch to give’ him the $10,000 certificate of -deposit?”’ asked Perry. “L did not,” was the answer. has the certificate now.” He also stated that he had not seen it during the day, which was a flat contra- diction of Lynch’s statement that Sharkey had held the check earlier in the day. So it seems that Sharkey says Lynch has the check and Lynch says Dawdelle has the check locked up somewhére and no one seems to be able to get track of it. Unless Wyatt Earp appears in court on Tuesday next when his name is called he will be arrested for contempt of court. Justice Groezinger was angry yesterday “Lynch Continued on Tenth Page. on the sidewalks and even invaded the street, in the general desire to see what was going on, numbered thousands. There were probably 20,000 persons at least who, during the evening, went over the illuminated portions of Sixth street. The general opinion was that Sixth street had the biggest gathering in its history. The general spectacle was fully as bril- liant as had been anticipated. The illu- mination supplied by the arclights was supplemented by two strings of Japanese lanterns, which were suspended on either siae of the street from Market to Folsom, and also by thousands of other lanterns, which were hung from the curbs in strings and festoons over the sidewalks, being attached to the store ironts. The display of bunting was quite gen- eral. There was quite an array of flags hung over the middle of the street. Many merchants decorated their stores, and there were very few stores at which there were no decorations, To call attention to the demonstration a decorated cart was drawn to and fro over the adjoining parts of the City, a band playing, this being accompaniea by another wagon on which . red fire was buroed. Throughout the eniire evening rockets were aischarged from various places on twenty-five miles north of here last night. Fireman Walter Holman was instantly killed. A brakeman received injuries from which he died soon after, and En- gineer Hadly was badly scalded. The wrecking was intentional, 8s obstructions were placed on the track. Robbery is be- lieved to have been the object. Biood- hounds have been sent to the scene. s Big Receipts of a Play. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 5.—Charles Frohman cabled Pierre de Courcelle, author of “Two Little Vagrants,” a few days ago that the receip s for the play at the Academy of Music last week had reacted the extraordinary sum of $14,000, M. de Courcelle replied asfollows: ‘‘Heart- iest congratulations. Largest receipts the play has ever taken in one week.” The Ambign, Paris, still holds the record though on 'length of run. The play ran there for two years. Stole ¥rom vdd Fellows, RICHMOND, Ixp., Dec. 5.—J. W. Hen- derson, a prominent attorney of this city and late chairman of the Demccratic State - Central Committee, was found guilty this merning by the Grand Jury of embezzling $1800 from Woodward Lodge, AR A The Sacramesto: Coowdy Gyt the Wandertul Callfoiala: Atribip, [Keproduced from the-New Xork * Morming Jowrnal? of November 29.] HEARST'S AIRY CHAMELEON, In the New York Journal - It Is a Bona Fide Fly- ing Machine, IN THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER A FAKE. [llustrations of the Sacramento Street Scene Were Sent From This City. AN OSTRICH-LIKE ATTEMPT TO DELUDE THE PEOPLE. Conflicting Stories Printed by the Siamese-Twin Faker Show the Unreliability of the Two Shameless Papers. A further study of the New York Morn- ing Journal’s page indorsement of the San Francisco airship story confirms the opinion that it was written in the Ex- aminer office of this City. The illustrations of the street scene here during the passage of the aerial visitant appear to have been drawn in the Ex- aminer office here. ° THE CALr to-day reproduces in a dimin- utive form the pictyre that the Journal vrinted across an entire page, being a street, scene in. Sacramento during the night when some .bright object passed over the Uity, attracting the attention of ali who had eyes. ; 5 . The incident illustrates as plainly 4s did the two views Mr. Hearst beld on the gotd question how the youag millinnhz' toys with the truth and fakes here and there to cater to the strange mob that reads his papers. Another illustration of the absolute un- reliability of the Examiinet—and like in- stances appears In the Journal—is seen in‘vesterday’s issue. Great space is given to the account of a supposed airship that was discovered in a gully near Twin Peaks afew nights ago. The Examiner’s mis- leading description and great illustration might jead the reader to believe a bona- fide airship had been found, whereas the most cursory examination shows that the tin rattle-trap discovered was a clumsy fake, probably projected by some adver- tising man who will seek to exhibitit later. A little more detailed study of the arti- cle that appeared in the Journal of No- vember 28 shows how fully the paper gave credence to the story which the Examiner here ridiculed because Tue CALL had the news first. Among other things, after quoting a number of people, the Journal said: “Hundreds of similar interviews could be obtrined. Many practical electrigians saw the strange sight. = All of them main- tain that the searchlight was electrical in character. They say, too, that to nroduce a light of such power and brilhancy would require at least one horsepower, and that would mean a vessel capable of sustaining half a ton weight for the light alone. One thing all the witnesses of the phenomenon are positive of;” that is that the search- light was white, like that shed by an arc lamp. “The inventor of the successful airship is Dr. E. H, Benjamin of San Francisco. It is, however, suspected that this is an assumed name to conceal the iuventor's real identity. His attorney is C. W. Col- lins, a prominent lawyer with offices at rooms 21 and 22 Crocker building, San Francisco.” : Deacribing the appearance of the phe- nomenon seen in Sacramento, the Journal said: On the evening of Tuesday, November 17. many citizens ' of Sacramento, Cali- fornia, were surprised by the sudden ap- pearance, directly over the city, of a startling aerial craft. The peculiar night visitant made its appearance about 7 o’clock. People standing on the side- walks saw coming through the sky, over the bousetops, a huge and brilhant light, propelled swiftly by some mysterious force., So brilliant was the light that as it flashed past suburban residences the inmates went to their doors expecting to find a neighboring house in flames. l ship, ex Instead they saw a wonderful craft of the sky.” Throughout the Journal article the atfirmation is made that what wae seen was some craft in the sky, while every line that “appeared in the Examiner pooh- voohed the idea. The articles side by side show' how unreliable the Examiner is in its handling of local news. Its real views appear in the Journal’s account of the air- ship, while every line in the Examiner was written from the spirit of envy be- cause it was originally beaten in the news. As later evidence of the puerile, fan- tastic double-dealing of the Examiner of this City n‘::’yho adduced the contradic- tory attitude of its local and editorial treatment of the ‘‘fake showmen’s” air- in THE CaLL. In the local columns this is treated as a solemn, in- controverlgible fact, to be viewed by visitors to Twin Peaks. Turning over the page, an editorial says: Twomen in this City, apparently trying to turn the craze to financial account in the dime museum line, have just taken the trouble to bngfl a_forty-foor galvanized-iron “airship,” and roll it down & hill, with the chance of flat- tening themselves under it. Again, in the face of the straight news- giving of THE CALL, and the warm cham- ionship of the airship by his New York ournal, Mr. Hearst in the Examiner of yesterday says, editorially: “Fake journalism’’ has a good deal to answer for, but we do not recall a more discreditable exploit in that line than the persistent at- tempt to make tne public believe that the air in this viecinity is populated with airships. It has been manifest for weeks that the whole sirship story is a pure myth. Shears and paste are cheap, and the Examiner, in its disgruntied envy caused by being outclassed in giving the news, might try to redeem itself by extracting some airship news from the columns of its Eastern supplement, the New York Journal. 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