The New York herald., 1879-10-17

Ian the winner of the race. and offered the
the pooIs ouHant IL weuld ''as sares to it, said
mot by damn sight" Brister was present ana
'.Frenchy'' Johnson was concealed outside behind
the boat honse. Ward said, ''If Hanian olu nor
think he could win he could not be pulled out OF that
boathouse with a log chain.''
MORE OFFERS. .
Since then have been approached by TWO otner
men at two different times. They offered me SlO0oo
or one-half the proceeds of the pools. replied
to lose the race il could win- Brister brought
me proposal this morning that was writ
ten by John Davis. 1t sent to me
to write of and sign in my own handwriting.
never was in as good condition in my life as am
now. heard OF no proposition to use Hanian'
sit in them. and besides. the outrggers were
different. Stevens. of the Northwestern Club.
offered his boat, which is modelled after
one Of nine and said he could telegraph
for and have it here by Saturday My paper boats
cannot be fxed without being taken to the factory
soon as can geta boat Think 1T unjust to give the
purse. to Hanlan, as I granted him ten days of
IS. in practice. Hanan is not as good this year as
last. II he does not that course in thirty min
utes to-day will bet $4,000 can beat ms time
AS soon as Mr.. Blaikie arrived apprised him OF
the meeting ut the boathouse and OF Wards pro-
posal.
MIR. BLAIKIE WARNED.
The next day Mr.. Blake took all down in writing.
Ho said IL a side ISSUE and in his official posi-
ton referee he had nothing to do with it. This
in any country. can tell enough about it to fill
book as big az dictionary. and. more
have not seen Hanlan lately He made PROPOSE
ton to me nor to him. 1t has always been our
custom to leave our lighthouses unguarded. We
did wrong in this. Larmon and Brown were at
the boathouse at eight o'clock and slept
there. We are sorry we did not guard the boat
house. as 1t was fatal mistake.
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
expect to be able to prove that Ward wrote to
New York that if he could fix the race he would
bought colt The Hanlan Club never did row
square race. have done something to teach the
Hanlan party since they have been here, but
drawn up by Davis. which reads as tollows:-
''MAYvIILE, n. Y. Oct 15 1879.
''E. HANLAN, Esq:-
''sIR-I hereby agree to hand over to you the sum
OF three thousand dollars (sS0oo. being one-half OF
the Hop Bitters Companys prize for which we are
after should be declared the winner Of said prize.
'In presence of William Blake."
MEETINGS.
The reporters here havo held two meetings one
this afternoon and in the evening" for the pur-
pose of. investigating in body the whole question
OF foul play. At the evening meeting, after the
reading of Mr.. Courtney's statement. statements
from other parties connected with the match were
received.
MIR. DAVIS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Davis, OF Windsor, Ont, made statement.
| He said that when he came last Monday evening he
was surprised to hear from Mr. Ward that he feared
| that Courtney would not start in the Asked
| Ward who said Mr.. Brister had called on him sew
eral times, and was very anxious to arrange that
| Courtney could win the race, to which Davis said
| he thought Courtney would give good account
| OF himself and if he won he was welcome to it.
Brster stated that If defeated it would end Court
ney's career; if permitted win the he would
still hold place as sculler. told Mr.. Ward that
now. as always. we had only Courtney's interests
| in hand, and if he started 1t to win,
as in all other races, with this exception. that
| he would beat this man far as he could. which
| would tumble out. Mr.. Ward told me at noon on
Tuesday that Bster had again called upon him that
morning and stated that il it was not fixed that
Charlie should win the that he would break his
boats play sick. said to Ward. lit is too bad to
sign articles as agreed and come to row race and
at almost the last minute resort to such
means" Mr.. Ward said he firmly con-
| vinced that some one of the many tricks
previously resored to would be tried. and Courtney
would face the starter. Ward said that he was
duffer Ward requested me to see Brister. said
preferred not to see him. He urged the meeting az
pest-Brister. asked him what he thought 1 had
better do with the man. He said he did not think
1t mattered much. as he was satisfied Courtney
| would not start
CHARGE AGAINST BRIsrER.
| met Mr.. Brister yesterday morning in the tel
egraph office down stairs. and had the only conver
| sation with him ever had on this or any othel
was prepared to meet their views; told hin
was to win the race and would not start under an!
other cond ions. He said they were prepared to Civ
and that Courtney would give Hanlan lette
to that effect, and he requested Il
draft Letter, which did, and wrote telegraph
hour on the wharf and told me Courtne!
! would not do 1t unless he had simila
document from Hanlan;; l told him to g
away. to get their man ready to get him out wher
the referee called; that woald give them nothing
All desired was to catch their man on the wate
@. If Courtney had signed the proposed documen
did you intend that Hanlan should win the racer A
By all means.
Q. What was your object in drawing up the docu
ment? A. As last resort to induce Courtney te
como out and take the word "Go!" We INTENDED
iD the proposed e plpm aaresment Gave him sS thu
| draft of the proposition to allow Courtney to viii
the race by paying Hanlan $4,000 1 mmediatel,
Mr.. Coulson what had done. Mr.. Coulson ant
myself felt satisfied that this would hav'
the effect to bring Courtney to the scratch
have the desired effect. He then told Hanlan TO beat
| Courtney all he could. Mr. Ward, on further ques
tioning. stated that no witness present wher
Brister said that II Courtney not permitted tt
win the race he would break the boats or play sick
| Mr.. Brister said. Il never made proposition a
any time to sell or purchase the race. think Wnrc
said that If Hanlan thought he could not win tn,
race they could not get HIM Hanan) ou
without log chain. On the eve OF the sams
day this week. had conversation with Courtney
Davis and Dave Ward about the proposition to sell
the race. I asked Davis what he had to say. HI
said they had concluded to have Hanlan como in
second for half Of the purse. asked him
to draft letter to that effect. which ht
did Courtney wanted guarantee from Hanlar
for half of the PURSE got such guarantee and nc
such letter was written Mr.. Ward proposed thai
the purse be divided, but insisted that Hanlar
was to win the race. to which Courtney
and declined to agree. l know nothing of the
cutting of Courtney's boats. said to Ward tina
We could not agree in any way to have Courtney
lose the race. 1 make great denial OF any
attempt to buy sell the race
Mr.. Soule has offered $1,000 to any one
that will discover who cut the boat first knew Of
it about eleven clock this morning.
''FRENcHY'' yoHNsoN's STORY.
aosla tba fpl cfa
ment FL crawled around to the boathouse when
saw Ward and Courtney go in. l heard Dave Ware
say, We must have Hanlan win the
He also said. II not you can't pull Haniar
out with log chain asked Charlie,
what il meant He told Of the
propositions made and submitted by Hanlan
Afterward two men called ut the house. The,
said they wanted to mako thing Of it,
wanted Hanlan to win that IL he lost 4
Hanlan would not Elliott in England
He corroborated the statement in full made b,
Courtney. was told the first time this morning o
the cutting Of the boats. never guarded a boa
house home in my lite. / deny having polishe,
up tho boats this morning. The statemcn il false