New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-13
4 DOG FIGHT UHICH MEYER CAME orr.
THERE WAS 5000 IN STAKE MoNEY-oNE SIDE
HAS IT, THE OTHER SIDE Is AFTER IT.

THERE WAS 5000 IN STAKE MoNEY-oNE SIDE
HAS IT. THE OTHER SIDE Is AFTER 1T.
| Eight or ten men gathered yesterday IN BENJAMIN
| Oppenlcimcrs law Office In the Potter building 10
settle differences arising out Of dog ight Every
body there full Of fight, and spelling for on"
the two well-mcaning and pcaccally ircllned dos'
the original cause of the difficulty. were ont OF The
fight. safe ut home in some snug corner dreaming
doubtless. OF bones and tidbits
some time ago james :. Mortcmor brought hni'
against Patrick T. Erasan 5000. Which had
been placed IN his hands AS stakeholder III dog
fight scheduled for June II, ls92. The case wa
tried in the Court of Common Pleas. and aferwarj
Judge Blschof appointed benjamin Oppcn!oimer
referee 10 discover why the 500 judgment against
Brasan was Wi satisfied Mr. Oppcnhcimer was
doing his level best yesterday TO master the technI
calities Of dog fights
Patrick +. HraNlan. the defendant. was on the VII
ness stand under cross examination all through thu
session. lie said he lived nj No. 300 West seven
feminist. and that he earned his daily bread lv
driving an ice wagon for his wife, who owned The
business. and paid him si5 week. His WIFE was
his "bo,s" in the business, he said. -hc gets rom
him $40 a week for board and lodging. anf lets him
of easy on 81 weekly allowance for spending money
Braslan said be never saved any money because h"
never had any to save
J. H. southworth. counsel for Braslan. seemed 10
geo In this admission chance 10 get In good wori
in his clients behalf for he turned to ~ Assembly lyman
Never j. stein. counsel for J. : Mort NOR. ana said
with an air OF confidence. How could he
TO be sure how cou;i he repeated Mr.. Stein.
Thi, was an uni,put"d question. put in such q
solemn way that every one seemed satisfied. ana II
was the first and only rift In the clouds which hing
heavy In the legal atmosphere OF Referee Opp'n
hcincrs Office.
Mr. stein. who conducting ia" examination Of
Era.lsn. was not able to lind out definitely who all
Of the interested pariic, II" did learn that
"D.ck7 Cahill had put up 500, and that b" lived
somewhere In Brooklyn. Another wae biliy" kchoe
liqnor seller of Jersey City. II discovered when
the proceedings were nearly over That he was the
owner Of Of the dogs booked for the hsht. which
never came on on account Of differences Of opinion
between KchOr and The Other side. Another Grii
nal fact brought out that BIllyH kcoc brought
to the OF the proposed fight two hundred Of his
Jersey City friends. while The Other Side had only
fifteen.
The first part Of the proceedings dealt with prop
crty real and PERSONAL that the defendant, Ems!an.
didn't own, and business enterprises he wasn't IN
tercstcd I'm. Braslan said he didn't onn anything.
he never did anything. and didn't know that he
ever would own anything. He wearing clothes
which III, wife bought for him. he said. lie might
have bought pair OF shoes ont Of his own money.
but he could net remember just when
Then the story OF the dog fight was taken mp.
Biasau said that lie hal the $500 In his pocket when
he got out at the Van Courilandt station the New
York ana Northern Railroad. whcrc The party 10
meet There to De- only ten "ach side to
witness the fight. he said. but k"hOr had 200 Of hi
supporters with him The dogs had both been weighed
and everything was In readiness for the fight. WHEN
some Teller hollcred Police. This -at-
urday. and according 10 BraSlanS story. Keno" pro
posed 10 him 10 meet with IL" dogs ana have IN"
Gcbt out the next day. Accordingly. III" Other side
was there with the dog. Then sail Erdslau that
KcEoc claimed the 1900. the ground that the
Other SIDES dog weighed pound more than hls dog
did.
What dd you then do with the $500 which you
held ~ asked cX-ASscmblyman Stein.
- gave it to Il man named JapSon.A Rra>ltn
swcrcd.
Who Is JapSon and whcr. doe, he live"
/ don { llI0w where he lives. II" Of tho,r
interested IN the fight. Cahll told me TO give II
10 JapSon."
Tristan said further that K'hc" came 70 him with
a supposed copy Of the original contract and again
demanded the money hut he could not verify the
ccpv bccausc Mr.. BraSlan. In iii Of III temper
had thrown the original contract into the fire.
The proceedings throughout cnivcnrd by
an exchange Of personal plclsnnric,. No trace 81
property TO satisfy the judgment found. aud the
ra.c was adjourned untl next Wednesday morning