The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20

SHINKEL'S RE.
TORT.
Denying that He was Paid to Let.
Cornell Lose any Race and At
tfiouSing the Charge
to Spite.

Mr.. j. N. d. Shinkel, the member of the
Cornell crew Who is accused by the other
members OF having sold the race at Vienna,
arrived here on the 9th inst. on the steamer
Apysslnia. He makes an indignant denial
OF the charge that he was bribed. He
further denies the story of his associates that
he had no money to speak of when he left
this country, but suddenly became possessed
OF a large amount after the Vienna race. On
the contrary, he says that when he sailed
for Europe he carried a check for $3.50 as
we'll as 500 in cash. The check he kept I'M
Til the day after the quarrel occurred between
him and the rest of the crew, when he went
to a bank aud had it cashed. He admits
that he bought a diamond ring which cost
$60 out of this money, out says it was for his
sister, and not for Miss Casey, of Ithaca.
Furthermore, he denies that he is engaged to
Miss Casey, as the gossips have declared.
MIR. Shinkel admits that he refused to al
low the other members of the crew to search
his trunks in London, butihe thinks.that any
man of spirit would have lone the same
thing after they had announced that if they
found a diamond ring and a considerable
sum Of money they should consider his
guilt established. He says it is true, as Mr..
Chase, the treasurer of the crew, says, that
he deposited ca with Mr.. Chase when they
were crossing the British Channel aud told
him that was all his MONEY. He explained
this by saying that he thought Mr.. Chase
wanted to borrow some money, and he didn't
want to lend him any.
Mr.. Shinkel declares that he did his level
best in both The races winch the crew entered,
he attributes their defeat in England to the
fact that they did not have sufficient time for
practice, aud that they had to row with a
kind OF oar to which they were not accustom-
ed. lie says that he was really sick at
Vienna, and had eaten nothing for three
days before the race. He thinks that the
crew drank too much ale while they were in
England, and ascribes his sickness to the ex-
cessive use of this beverage. He insists that
the rest of the crew knew lie was not in con-
dition before they started, and says that he
was completely used up before they had
rowed a quarter of a mile. Mr.. Shinkel adj
mils that, although he had but little to do
with anybody in Vienna, he did go around
the city a good deal with a reporter of a
VienDese paper, but he emphatically de-
clares that there is no truth in the story that
he was paid 1900 guilders by this reporter
or by anybody else for pretending to faint,
and SO loosing the race.
Mr.. Shinkle says that he proposes to go TO
Chicago and continue his medical studies.
First, however, he will visit Ithaca, ard he
says that when he returns there he intends to
take legal advice as to the course which he
IL hit to pursue towards his accusers. He
says that the Whole scandal has arisen from a
personal disagreement between Lewis and
himself last spring. At that time there was
the crew. Shinkel was a candidate and so
was Lewis, the latter being backed by Chase,
the Commodore Of the Navy. Shinkel was
successful, and, according to his story, Lewis
was so angry about it that he resigned his
position on the crew. As Lewis was a fret
class oarsman, whom they could not afford to
lose, Shinkel says that he went to him and
offered to throw up the captaincy ifhe would
withdraw his resignation. This was finally
done, but Shinkel says that Lewis Dever for
got his defeat and never ceased 10 oppose
him. Ner Y Ork World