Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-18
FOOT RACERS
SEQUEL TO A THROW OFF RACE IN SALT
LAKE.
p1oonE JoBBERs OUT JoBBED.
Kennedy Haniy Attempts to Kii
II winner.

The foot-raccrs who operated in Eureka
| a few weeks since, have been following up
their calling in Zion. They had there a
swindling foot race, which ended in a
shooting scrape- Mr.. Kennedy Hanly, OF
| Phoebe, seems to have been the victim Of
misplaced confidence and. losing his coin.
| he undertook to get even by sending the
| winner to eternity across lots. Mr.. Hanly
was the owner Of the race horse " Million
| aire," that died ct the Willows course the
other day. The Salt Lake Tribune" Of
the 18th has this account Of the race and
the shooting
The foot race had its sequel at the rail-
ROAD depot, yesterday morning, in a shoot
ing scrarc, in which some twenty shots
were fired. It seems that Marris, alias
O'Brien, had gone North on Tuesday night,
was overtaken at Woods Cross and brought
back by some Of the sports who lost money
on the race.
Raymond remained here in town and was
watched by the Piochers until morning,
when he took a hack and went to the depot.
intending to leave IN the north bound
train. Mr.. Hanly, who, it is said, had lost
between 81 500 and 50, 200. was also at
the depot, and when Raymond got out
OF the hack accosted him with a demand
for money, which was refused, whereupon,
it is alleged, Hanly drew his pistol and
fred at Raymond, who lodged, and. in
stead of getting the ball in the body, was
shot in the left forearm, the bullet passing
between the two bones. Hanly's next
shot cut away a portion Of Raymond's coat,
and struck Billy Sullivan on the thigh,
tearing up the skin. Hanly then started
up the street on the rum, pursued by the
station constable, Bob Houghton, and
others. Several of those who wanted to
catch the fleeing sportsman emptied their
pistols at him, and put several holes
through his clothing. On reaching Main
street he was arrested and taken to the
City Hall, and was afterwards released on
bonds until tomorrow, when be will have
an examination before Judge Piper.
Raymond was taken to DR.. Fowler's
Office and had his wound dressed, and, to-
gether with several other parties, will prob
ably have an interview with the Police
Judge to-day.
1t is stated above that Mr.. Hanly fred
the first shot, but it is denied by him and
his friends, and remains to be determined
on the preliminary hearing to-day.
III OBrien, alias Marris, threw the
race, it will be asked why Hanly should
want to kill Raymond, the winning man.
Tile explanation of this, it is alleged, is
that Hanly was operating both runners ;
that Raymond is, in reality, the fastest
man living, having a record, published in
Wilkes Spirit of the Times, Of 9S Sec
onds that the runners themselves, Hanly
and the sports along the Central
Pacific Railroad, knew this, N also
knew that Raymond could beat Marris 10
feet in 100 yards. But it is further alleged
that Hanly thought he had a perfect I'M
derstanding with both runners that Ray
mond was to throw the race, and thus
scoop the Ogden and Central Pacific sports.
Marris said such was his understanding
up to the very moment that the racers
stepped upon the track, when Raymond
told him that he intended to win.
And now this is where the disinterested
Irish boy showed his magnanimity. He
was very much alarmed for Raymond. He
felt sure Hanly would Kill him on the spot
if he won the race, and therefore took upon
himself the odium of Throwing" it, or of
appearing to do so. The Ogden sports had
bought Raymond Marris could not win
the race, try his hest, and, therefore, rather
than place the life of the best runner in
the world in jeopardy, he would, martyr
like, take the chances Of having his own
breath shut Off. Some of the Salt Lake
sports had it from Hanly and his friends,
in strict confidence, that Marris would
win, and others had it from the Ogden
parties that Raymond was bought, and
that the Phoebe people would get it good
in the neck.
But to a man up a tree it looks as though
both Raymond and O'Bricn had been seen
by the Ogden sports, and that the job
dates away back, and was put up deliber-
ately on the Piochcrs, from the first.