Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-08
TELL TALES ON EACH OTHER
Glenn Creveling and Curley Brown Still
Talking About Crooked Racing.
BROWN IS OUT WITH AN AFFIDAVIT
Demands that the American Turf
Congress Investigate the Mat
ter and suspend the
Guilty Party.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. last month H. E.
| (Curley) Brown, the well known California
| horseman, and Glen Creveling, equally well
| known in turf circles, had several encoun-
| ters in this city, in which the shedding of
| blood was narrowly averted AT that time
| Creveling who one of the judges at the
| race meeting in Kansas City last fall, made
| serious charges against Brown, who acted
| as starter on the same track Tomorrow the
| Republic will contain the statement that H.
c. Brown has forwarded to e. c. Hopper Of
the board of appeals of the American Turf
congress, a sworn affidavit, containing serious
charges against Crevelng in his capacity of
judge.
In his statement "Curley" Brown refers
to the charges given to the press in this
city by Creveling, in which the latter re-
flected on Browns honesty as starter. Mr..
Creveling, he said, charged him with de-
manding money and pool tickets from horse
owners on the threat that if he and his
brother, who was assistant starter, were re-
fused they would leave their horses at the
post or give them a poor start. In the
affidavit Brown denied the charges on behalf
Of himself and said that ne discharged his
brother when, on investigation, it was proven
that he was guilty. Brown recites that he
then demanded that his brother and AL
Shores, who made the false charges against
him, be ruled Off but the officials, of whom
Crevaling was one, refused. Brown said
Creveling pleaded with him to keep his
brother, saying that the matter could be
hushed up.
In the course Of his affidavit Brown went
en- to say: 1T might throw some light
this incident to know that Creveling admitted
to me that he was racing horses owned by
him over the track in the name of A. l..
Shores"
The affidavit closes W tn the following state
ment: "A matter watch should come under
your jurisdiction Is the following proposition
made to me by Clsm Creveling personally.
He called me to him one day on the track
and stated that he wished to speak to me on
matter of interest to me. His proposition
was this that he was interested with book
maker who had s5vsral books at the track and
that they desired me TO enter into a combi-
nation with the object to have Judge starter
and bOokmaker in one confederation, by
which, ne said, we can get every dollar
which comes into the track. As an earnest !
of his good faith, he offered to give me 81 900 |
to bind the bargain. ! refused his PROPOSE |
thereby cause him b, ing rul d G:s. He sgzed |
0nd pleaded with me to spare him this dis |
grace, and said that II he had not relied ON |
my word OF honor. given In advance, he |
would have said nothing TO me. Called upon |
with such plea, | finally told him | would !
say nothing about it, and kept my word until !
he accused me in the public prints OF being |
a blackmailer. l now demand as my right |
that the American Turf congress, the govern
Ing body OF tne western turf, make a thor
ough investigation Ct these charges, and when
a finding has been reached to punish the
guilty person, or persons. whoever they may