The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-09-19
They squeal When Caught,
And Resort to Various Methods
to Get Even.
Noble DeHass and Al. Kendall Play the
Baby Act When Beaten ut Their
Own Game by Green.
field Parties.


last issue that a complaint had been fled
and the case was being tried Of man
named Burns. This Burns has been 10.
Gated at Greenfield in the immediate
past, and in supposed partnership with
one Billy Grant, who was located in
Hillsboro. This Grant was q runners
fast runner, 30 he said. He succeeded |
in having the news waited to the above.
named sports-DeHass and Kendall
that he was not only a fast runner, but |
was training daily on the track at the
Fair Ground. Here was q chance not |
only for sport, but for making stake. |
In due course Of time Grant informs
these interested parties Of the existence |
of this Joe Burns, and that he (Grant) |
would match himself against Burns in a |
foot race, in which he could easily win.
This pledge Of speed by Grant to our
local sports was quite satisfactory. In
order to make themselves acquainted
with Burns, this honest (7) pair Of Hills.
boro sports procured carriage, and
under the guidance of VIM. Grant, the
feet, they visited Greenfeld-more par
ticularly Crothers' saloon. Up to this
point everything was lovely in the eyes
Of our innocent sports. Things were ar.
ranged-that is, a match was made for
foot race-a contract drawn. We might
give it. 1t would be interesting reading
to number Of those who are not &C.
quainted with contracts of this kind,
but We give lengthy affidavit by Nobe
DeHass which we imagine will supply
the want. After the contract was drawn
sums were wagered on the respective
runners by our local pair, on Billy Grant
and by Martin Tracy, on Joe Burns.
The profit for failure to comply with the
contract was 500 side. After the re-
turn of the interested parties from
Greenfield Grant receives q number Of
letters from Burns in which he (Burns)
agrees to throw the race in favor of
Grant. The news is also communicated
to the Hillsboro parties who earn live
lihood without work. They take the
bait and 60 to Greenfield. No, not just
to Greenfield, but to the bridge across
the railroad, as DeHsss testified on the
stand, giving as reason shat they did
not believe it would be the best thing
for them to be seen in Greenfield" They
sent for their aiders and abettors in the
game to down the Greenfield sports.
All seemed we'll at the time, and even
up to the time of the start in the race.
But alas, for human calculations, "the
best laid schemes of mice and men gang
aft aglee" never had q more complete il.
lustration than in this case. The neat
little sum of fifteen hundred dollars
staked by Kendall and DeHass on the
pledge Of Burns through Grant, that
Grant should win the race, and our
sports gobble the money Of the Green
field parties was lost, and the Hillsboro
suckers opened their eyes in astonish.
ment when the Greenfield parties
pocketed the pot. The romance did moi
end with the losing Of the race with
Grant, and it is still whispered that the
end is not yet. The Hillsboro losers
and their sympathisers vowed the terri
BILE penalties OF the law against Burns
for Grant is non est. A warrant was
sworn out against Joe Burns by MAJ
Kramer for gambling. Why Mat should
be 80 indignant against Joe Burns, 9
perfect stranger, for gambling, may seem
a little mysterious, and 1t is to the un.
init ated. But we cannot explain al
the motives that govern men, particu'
larly that kind of men. Burns was ar
rested, and the Greenfield Enterprise
says of the arrest that it was an outrage
GUS affair. Be that as it may, Burns wat
brought here and plead guilty to the
charge and was fined $25 and costs by
SQUIRE Maddox. This result in the
Justices Court did not quite touch the
spot OF our local losers, and Immediately
the following affidavit by the justice
loving DeHass was sworn out against
Joe Burns. We give it in full. It is q
wonderfully worded arraignment.
| AFFIDAVIT.
THE STATE OF OHIO, go
HIGHLAND COUNTY, '''
Personally appeared before me, II. Il.
Maddox, Justice of the Peace in and
for said county of Highland, State Of
Ohio, one Noble DeHass, who, being
first duly sworn according to law, de-
poses and says;
That on or about the 9th day of Sep.
tember, A. d. 1889, at the county oi
Highland and State of Ohio, one Joe
Burns unlawfully did falsely pretend tc
one Noble DeHass that he, the said Joe
Burns, had agreed and arranged will
one Billy Grant to run foot race will
said Billy Grant, on the Fair Grounds
near the village of Greenfield, in sale
county of Highland and State OF Ohio
and had arranged and agreed with the
said Billy Grant that he, the said Jot
Burns, would so run said race that he
the said Joe Burns, would be djstancet
and beaten in said foot race by the sale