Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-22
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DOC ~OiiSlutTdUl0 COm-
fnent in relation to our connection
with the late billiard match between
Tony Kraker and Jacob Schaefer. be-
cause Of our refusal to permit the
stakes to be paid over, we have con-
cluded to give a full statement of the
affair, and then leave the public to de-
termine who occupies the most eouivo-
cal position in the matter:
A few days after the match between
L.. A. Gates and Schaefer, Gates came
to Guiberson and made a proposition
to get up a match game between
Schaefer and Kraker, saying that the
latter had agreed to throw off the game
ana permit kraker to win, adding that
MS stepfalher, Mr.. Benedict, could in
duce a number of business men in
town to bet on Schaefer, but with the
understanding that what money Mr..
Benedict put into the main stakes was
to be returned TO him. Guiberson con-
suited with Botto, and a few hours af-
terward Botto, Guiberson, Gates,
Schaefer, and a young man whose
name we do not know, met in a build
ing on Buel street, when the entire ar
Engagements were consummated,
Schaefer agreeing to throw off the
game, the parties present to divide the
winnings, with the exception of the
money put up by Mr.. Benedict, which
was to be returned to him. With this
understanding we telegraphed to Kra-
ker, in San Francisco, who came up to
play the match, Mr.. Benedict furnish
ing the money for the expenses.
When the forfeit of $500 was put up in
Dan. lmmel's banking house by Mr..
Benedict and Botto, the former re-
marked TO the latter, in the presence of
Mr.. Imrnel, that he was doing this to
enable the boys" to get out of town,
as he had them on his hands and
wanted to get rid of them; that he
didn't expect to make anything
out Of it himself, and other
remarks of the same nature,
which led Botto to presume that he
was acquainted with the whole arrange
emit and that they had his sanction.
Nothing more was said between the
parties until the day before the match
was played. When Botto went into
Mr.. Imnel's bank to put up his bal
ance of 81 500, Mr.. Immel remarked
that Mr.. Benedict had put up the en-
tire $1,000 on the other side himself.
Botto replied that he thought he was
mistaken, but he would ascertain the
fact, and, at all events, that Mr.. Bene-
dict should not lose anything as his
money should be refunded. That
evening Botto and Guiberson sent to
Gates and inquired how much Mr..
Benedict had put in. Gates replied
that he was in Sl.450 and so on the
outside, when it was agreed that the
Sl,470 should be returned to Mr.. Bene-
dict after the match. This was the
condition of affairs when the match
commenced. While the game was in
progress, and when Kraker was $50
points ahead and everything indicated
that he would win the game, Mr.. Bone
dict went to Mr.. Immel, the stake
holder, and notified him not to pay a
dollar of his money to Botto or u
berson. Mr.. Immel did not notify us
of this fact or we would have stopped
the game at that time. Shortly after
ward things took a turn and Schaefer
won the match; and, Notwithstanding
the fact that Mr.. Is nedict could not
have been ignorant of the arrange
nents which had been made. as evil
denced by his going to the stakeholder
ami iorbidding him to pay over the
money If kraker won, he came orwrrd
and claimed our $1,000, which we
would not allow to be paid. The next
day Botto met Mr.. Benedict on the
street and asked him if he claimed the
money, and Mr.. B. replied that he did.
Botto then asked him if he did not
forbid the stakeholder to pay over the
money in case of Kraker winning the
game, when MIR. b. acknowledged that
he did, and evaded any further con-
v~ersation by saying that the street was
no place to talk of such matters, and
that was the last that has passed be-
tween us i'm relation to the subject.
1t has been asserted that we first
approached Schaefer to induce him to
throw off the game. This is false in
every respect. We had never thought
OF such a thing until the proposition
vas made by Gates, as above related,
and afterwards voluntarily agreed to
by Schaefer. Whatever may be Il
position in the matter, we do not pro-
pose to rest under the charges pre-
ferred against us without giving the
public an opportunity to judge for
themselves who is entitled to the great
est share of the opprobrium involved
i'm the transaction, and for that reason
have made the above statement, the
truth of which we challenge Mr. Bene-
dict or any other person to contradict.
A. BoTTo,
II. GuIBERsoN.
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