The New York herald., 1876-08-18
O'LEARY'S WALK.

REMARKABLE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST
THE rEpEsrRIAN-HIs REPLY AND cHAL-
LENoE-Is 1T BLAcKMAIL?
The eenuneness of tho recent pedestrian perform
ance of Daniel o'Leary has been called in question by
two OF those who acng for him in some subordi-
male capacity at the Rink.
The following letter is written by Frank Clarke, one
of the trainers -
NEW YORK. August II. 1876
The entire press of New city have duped by
oLcary tho seiistred champion pedestrian OF the world
500 miles inside OF 4l hours The track which
e d y"s 1Rsn s
mntpy cish time. 500 and you "li s n1d ,d 4s feet.
in walking 800 miles, which 0'Leary walked
be forty miles hundred Of the
, @ % S & mile h; /. he s.
from the whole amount utter dcdnctng the shortage OF the
@e walked sdhks Ak
Edward Plummer, who kept the time during the
greater part OF the weeS stated TO ERALD reporter
yesterday that the books often alsiled, and that
O'Lcary only walked 297 miles ON OCCASION
Tuesday morning, about two o'clockMr. Tanscy, the
manager, sent TO the judges table slip torn IRON the
margin OF newspaper, on which was written the FOL
lowing message:--
DO not put up figures on board some time Try and
bring record on books 20 about seventy miles
He also produced tho following memorandum which
came to The judges about midnight oil Thursday:
Put him up ach as possible and remove all those
fellows from the stand Hayes Is all right
IRREGULAR HONEST"
Plummcr also sald that the statements contained in
Clarkcs letter correct and true. He reminued
by writer that he had often asserted the Rink
that ''evcrytbing was regular and honest" and the
question asked why he had consented TO be a
party TO the deception, laugh being the only answer
obtaInabe Plummer also stated that The time books
missing aud ''that the whole thing was fraud.
oIEARY's STATEMENT
Mr.. O'Leary, his side said HERALD reporter
last evening that the action of Plummer was an at
tempt 10 blackmai Just before OIeary's walk began
Plummcr made his appearance, saying that he came
as the representative Of The Sportsman. He took n
place at the judges table and taoty permitted to
keep the His meals were sent to him regularly,
and was understood OF course that he would be re-
compcnscd tor his labor. On Sunday last O1.eary
paid him $50, which ho accepted then
demanded $50 more He told O'Leary that he had
given him laps which he did not make, and he would
expose the truth unless he paid $40 additional
He gave OLeary twenty hours 10 consider the matter
At the end of hat time O'Leary reasoned with him
and asked him If he had regard for his honor.
To tins Punmer replied that no did not care about his
honor; it was money he wanted. O'Lcary then left
hun. SAYING that the malice OF one whose honor could
be bought for $50 could not harm him much.
Clarke, according 10 Mr.. OLeaTy, is man who met
him in Chicago. He aspres be pedestrian, and
volunteered To measure tho track for O l.cary lie
claimed be civil engineer, and allowed to
make the measurements lie was desrous ofwalking the
500 miles with O'Leary and did accompany him Tor
twenty OF them. But he was too silent companion,
O'Ieary arranged for him to ako the tickets for
tho rest of the week. He paid at the proper time
and went away without making any complaint.
O'Leary positive that his agent (Tapsey) sent
scraps Of paper to the timekeepcr with any dishonest
intent.
A cHALLENGE
The pedestrian Is ready to wager s., 900 to 81. 500
that ha walk distance OF 500 miles in 40
hours. He says he has received the credit for
any performance which he IS not willing to wager
he repeat SO far as his rest concerned in tho
trial 0Leary states positively that he never
slept more than one hour and half at u time, and
those who attended him will certify to the truth Of
this.