Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-27
The Sayers and Hecnap FIGHT.

IHE fE"SF"Ys HcAX on THE PUBLIC-rHE Ex-
ClTENENT IN THE CITY.
Last evening the metropolis wa, thrown into ,
lever Of excitement in consequence of the an
nouncement that the steamer Vanderbilt which
was 10 have sailed from Southampton on the 10Th
INST, with news Of the Savers and Heen,n a..
had been intercepted OF Cane Race nv tbs So,
yacht Of the Associated Press, and the inteIIi.
sence telegraphed to this city. all of which of
put tne metropolis on the qui rire to learn
me news The whole affair turned ont To he :,
bold and barefaced hoax "
IL appears some wide awake sharper had nre.
Pdteo 10 order a bogus account Of the .sinter-
nauohdI mill, with view to Till his pocket at
tne expense of credulous public and he man
sged his scheme so adroitly that it turned ont ia
De perfect success. ~
Ii appears that the swindle WAS nern.,,.,d G.,
thls wdy:-About six o'clock last evening. inst a
our business men, merchants and mechanics I,ere
returning home from business, printed notices
newspaper bulletins down town annonncin,, III
arrival Of the Vanderbilt, and stating that 7sths
1uii particulars of the great fight between savers
and iIeenan would be found ir an eytr. ,ybiob
would Dc Issued at seven o'clock"
Cf course this document created intense excite
nent and the alleged result of the milI, apnes,.d
~ go gen iI satlsfactlon, and especially to those
AS soon as the trick was d discovered by the ne,us
paper proprletOrs, the bills ma king the announcs
nent Were forthwith removed but too late to n,e-
circulation " e"olL'ouS
PROMPT at the hour of o'clock the ..extra :, or
asnee' Cf paper li12O, with the following flaming
caption and sub-heads, and three columns of read
ing mater, appeared:
Extra
A5Ttrdi Of The Vanderbilt az Cane Rare
Special Report Of the Great FIgbt
Urea! ELcIishIsHf ia the Ring and 0bout u
1"s Dshtetd Boy victorious after a hard fought
batfEs lasting one hour and ten Dtiynf.s
Ihrts ChstTS for the Stars amt SfyiUss
HsehaH challenges MorTiSSsy on the Spof fo ETo5t
IN str WeskS for f2UO or s5UU q SIDE
1heLsrss accepted and Money posted ON m, Spot
rtsht tsttreeH ChGS. Lynch and Yonug Sbo,r noSt
Pohsd through iHterftrsHcs Of Fcfics
lhe extra went OH TO state that the tirbt came
came on on the 10th of pril as specially agreed
ana then went on pretending to give all the do
tallS OF the rounds from the first 10 the twenty
'alId, the latter finishing the fight
. lhlS c"ous extra was so mastery written using
we NEST POLISHED Il. phraseologv. that it was
CalC ui"ted 10, and did, deceive MANY who are sY
rtrts IN pugilistic matters
~ eight O'Clock hundreds of newsbovs ,rs,e
sIhs tnsse extras all over the CITY; hotels. bar
loons ana other public places Were visited hy the
heVSnoys the papers readily sold at six cents cab
Chui, IL Is supposed, upwards Of thirtv tbons,n2
copies had been disposed of
Inc fellow who perpetrated this outrage ia In
feir way, and certainly deserves, TO do the state
some service At Sing Sing.
lie vanderbilt saiied from Ilavrs m tbo ru,b
ms ms. ana would tou at Southampton on the
Io'h ana will be fully due at this port on sunday
morning ". Y Herald.