, 1879-03-13
DEFEAT.
Tho Great Walker. So Long
Champion, Faces
the Reality.
10 Has Walked to Deaths = Door,
~ and Has Stopped at tho
Threshold.
,norn1ous Excitement in the
Hall All the After
noon.
c,,sh Of a Rotten Gallery and
vvounding OF Eight
Persons.
Mia Unhappy Throng on the Out
side Become Frantic
ally Excited.
rsav Believe the Garden to Be on Fire
and 0'Lunry Killed.
rha Runners Spread, and the
Mult,tudes 1ncrease---
O'Leary's Condl.
ton.
c,.sh Of a Rotten Gallery and
Wounding OF Eight
Persons.
MIA Unhappy ThronE on the Out
side Become Frantic
ally Excited.
rsav Believe tho Garden to Be on Fire
and 0'Lenry Killed.
The Runnors Spread, and the
Mult,tudes 1ncrease---
O'Leary's Condi.
tiQtls

OL6ary'S toQQts
ton.
o,LEAHY's FAILURE.
Kptctaf Dispa4eh to The Tribune
rrw YoSH, March t2.-For the first tfne In
M b,)liaut career as the champion pedestrian,
fp,e.ty has (unkel. WhnleYcr charges may bo
r,ae about selling the great match, anl many
IA made, nobody WHO saw 0'Leary when he
,,,e m bis place In the contest could doubt
INT tho man had walked Us long as he could
tet1h bis legs. 11o WAS 60 used up that the re-
ports that ho was dying we're considered not 1T
ii! Improbable.
THIS EXCITING HVHNT
Q, withdrawal, the most important Of the
match. occurred between Q and this afternoon.
At8;31 0'Lcary, looking sick md worn, quilt tho
tr,ck up,1 vent into bis house. a few minutes
hter "Aln Smith went to the scorers stand
md asked for tile judges. Thoy
1e,p taken to O'Learr's quarters,
Ind O'Leary told them he was not
,bo to walk any further, and had concluded to
withdraw. DR.. Robert Taylor, his physician, al-
rs.d him that It would be at the risk Of bis life
Nhs walked longer, and several other p!lyaictans
ooroboratcd this opinion. Ho denied the re-
be had received tho best Of caro-, and that
NOBODY WAS TO uLAMB
for bis physical condition. Ip was, therefore,
formally withdrawn, and Ills record arasel from
the bulletins. This, Of course, settled It that
The belt should change hands, and the formc.
thamplon bo champion Of the world no longer.
0'LearY looked Hike corpse. When ho came
oul after bis sickness on Tuesday ho had little
eoior fn bis elsecka, but eYcry trace Of IL was
10. gone. lie wns the personijcatlon Of nun
rho bad walked hImscf to lcath.
RowELL,
II she same time, looked badly, but IN dtifer-
cut way. nts face mas terribly flushed, and
Bis neck and chest was as rcd as q beet.
0Lcary sntd, before leaving Ills llttle house,
that should neycr walk in another match In
thh country. He did not give tho REASONS, but
looked very much rs II be mover would walk
anothct match tn any countFy.s
0LcarY's unfortunate failure loft tho n1atch
With Roweli. Hurrlman, mud En's r., Fowell
leading, Hartman Second, and Ennia third
Notwithstanding Rowell's lead,
POPULAR SYMPATHY
Hemcd to be With Hartman, und Ennis was
poddlng around With Rrcatrcgunrtty, seemingly
rlta some chance Of oYertaking hfs competitors.
ULeary was of tho track oftencr OH Tuesday
nght than any OF his competitors, un-
doubtcdly on account of bis ilinoss,
Hhch, though sccmingly cured, was still at
work. lie seemed glad to mako every possible
e1euse for getting oil the track.
At6:90 In tbs morning Rowcll and O'LearY
bad brief race, 0'Leary walking aud Rowclt
trying to walk by bis side. lie kept
up with O'Lemy for three laps,
md then had TO give 1t up,
and broke into LIS trot acain. From the time
o' ULeary's breakdown tho three remaining
competitors kept at their work, until, at $3.50
?. a., their scores stood: Rowelt, 2ti9 miles;
Hartman, ESQ miles; Ennis, 2A3 mtlss,-a
slight gain for Hartman over Rowc1l.
TIE CROWD IN THE GARDEN,
IL the meanwhile confined to fucrcass every
Minute. ATS o'clock the Garden was full, and
fo1 blocks around tie streets were packed with
people. 1t was impossible, however,, for any
more to get inBide, mud no comfort for those
HhoHerc III.
Suddenly there cams tremendous crash
IN the corner nearest hIadison aYsnua
eai Tvcnty.alxth street. Planks, boards,
.aa tlmbcrs, thickly iutosming!ed with
Sunan bodies, were seen falllug as II
oas Of tho ceiling. Piercing cries arose In this
mfaer, and the crashing Of broken t,mbers con-
,m,,,t',. a' ine Cries Wero taken mp hii over TIC
l'3''5s' Aoout nail tAe spectators Dhcame
.,a h.on, rAsio.sTalokss,
~ ossan ~ "1'u felsh from the sceno Of d'sss-
n,",, ,ne othcf ha'l saw the great danger ot
'os,, ' Aops ahelf eeats, aud began to applaud rs
''ss.s ~. ~ possible, 10 d,atract attention.
~ a,e" momehts Tie pedestrians Wero stop
r,,,.: ~ u'e crush. ny the prompt action OF the
>s 's1f!ol5'1atal crush was aveFtct. as 1t
lou. must be crushed to death under the fallen
'e' IN u.s. lhe portion that fell was an addition
hnnn..ay salcsy ou'lt OH inst winter Twoor Three
n..s'' a pefsons were tn TIC south cad Of this
sh.a T., aao na't as many n tho seats under 1t,
n,,.,.. .'at eha gave way That tho boards as'tl
r,.aas" .aas usu not orcak, but bent and gnve may
n.as,5 ,5 "as ali That saved the hundreds oi
~. rvpe from terrible crush. When the debris
saa. lsafea away 1t was found that e!ght per
soon after tue accident the danger OF panIc was
ss1eFted. hut tho csies and commotlon iuside
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