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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-10

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
EARP's PISTOL.

Why the Referee Was Not Put
Under Arrest at the pavilion.
"Why was Wyatt carp not arrested last
night for carrying concealed weapon2"
was asked Chief Crowley yesterday after
noon.
at would have been very impolitic
action,' replied the Chief, ito arrest him
in the presence of $4,000 spectators. They
would have said that the police were try
ing to stop the fight for very trivial
reason,
"He handed the revolver to Captain
Whitman when asked to do SO, and it is
my belief that no judge nor jury would
convict him in the circumstances.
81 have the revolver in my posse ssion,
but Mr. carp has not called for it. don't
exactly know what will do when he calls
for it. would hate to have to be COM
PEELED to return it to him."
HAS carp a permit to carry re-
yolver?"
sIdon't know, but whether he has or
not, it was most extraordinary proceed
ing for him to have the revolver in his
pocket when he entered the prize-ring."
An examination of the records failed to
show that carp has permit, at least his
name was not on the register.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

it yourselves. Make some choice quickly
so that the contest can begin
After considerable discussion Fitzsim-
mons called off the debate and carp was
permitted to act as referee. | watched his
work and saw that he acted with fairness
and promptness. He stood close to the
two men and would quick break the m
apart when they clinched. My instructions
to him were to overlook any little unim-
portant fouls on the part Of either man
as it was not the wish of the club to stop
the contest on mere technicality. Mr..
carp said he would not interfere unless
absolutely obliged to-
"Do you consider Earp's decision fair
one ?" was asked Manager Gibbs.
81 cannot say whether it was or not, as
did not see the blow, which be declared
foul, struck. At that instant | was
looking up at the gallery, where the great
crowd was pressing dangerously against
the railing ana | was fearful that it would
give away and a dreadful accident occur.
When l looked again toward the ring
Sharkey was lying on the floor.
"I feel keenly this rumor of crooked
refereeing and am more than anxious that
the question may be investigated fully.
The club did ali 1t could to bring the fight
off fairly and if there is anything wrong
we want to learn that fact.
''This morning at the request OF Mr..
Julian | requested the bank to defer the
payment of the check till some amicable
settlement could be brougn about. Both
Sharkey and FitZsimmons are particular
friends of mine, and personally did not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

| tion to THE CALL beng represented by a
physician a the examination, Mr.. Groom
replied that he would be only too pleased
if all the papers were represented by
medical men.
1t was 4:30 p NJ. when the following
physicians met at the Windsor Hotel
solely for the purpose of ascertaining the
extent of Sharkey's injuries and if they
were caused by blow: Drs. Joseph
Pescia, ]. S. Barrett. D. +. Ragan, T. A.
Rottanzi, Charles Shilling, Winslow An
derson and ID. d. Lustig.
Doctor Ragan was the attending physi-
clan in behalf Of Dan Lynch. who is Shar-
keys manager. He was first to examine
the fighter and turning to Doctor Lustig
said in undertones that there was no
doubt as to Sharkey's injuries
The latter physician was next to ex-
anime the champion OF the navy. He
soon discovered that the injury to Shark
ey's groin was not as bad as reports stated,
and so informed DIR. Ragan.
Yes" said DR.. Ragan, rthat may be-;
but if you look into his eyes you will
notice that they are affected by the in
jury.
'Oh, nonsensel" was the quick rejoiD-
der of DIR. Lustig. What on earth have
the eyes to do with this case2' The physi-
clans then had a happy exchange of
words in reference to the question at issue
when DR.. Ragan put a sudden stop to
the exchange by informing DR.. Lustig
that they would postpone further argu-
ment on this matter until after the ply si-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
GIBBS EXPLANATION.
The Manager Tells Why Wyatt
carp Was Selected as Referee.

The Manager Tells Why Wyatt
carp Was Selected as Referee.
Manager Gibbs of the National Club
stated to represer tEsfye OF THE CALL
how he happened TO select carp to decide
a question involving the payment of
$4,000.
You understand" said he, ''that the
agreement was that in case Sharkey and
Fitzsimmons could not select a referee,
then the club should do so, and as time
p assed and they were far away from the
decision we began to cast about for man.
Step ping into the Baldwin one day l saw
Mr.. carp, and / told Mr. Groom, who was
with me, that if we had to find man,
there was good material.
II knew that Wyatt carp was cool
clear person of an unim peacha Bile
reputation, and one who would be per-
fectly fair to both fighters. Moreover. he
the experience necessary for the position.
The only desire of the National Club was
to give FitZslmmons and Sharkey an
equal chance in the ring and for that nur-
pose we wanted just and able referee for
the contest. Neither Mr.. Groom nor N.Y.
self spoke to carp regarding the matter
until noon on the day of the fight.
'sSharkey and Fitzsimmons had failed
to agree upon referee and the club must
act. Groom and l hunted up Mr.. Earp
and informed him that we had selected
him. We three sat in a small curtained
apartment in the Baldwin Hotel. carp
thought over the matter for few minutes
and said that if it were agreeable to all
parties concerned he would do his best to
render fair decision.
"Then we notified Julian and Needham
and both gentlemen expressed themselves
as perfectly satisfied. We congratulated
ourselves that all these preliminaries had
been settled, but when we got to the ring
last night Julian informed us that he OBJ
jected to the referee. He said he mad been
told that carp was going to decide in
favor of Sharkey.
Il then brought Needham and Julian
together and said: Gentlemen. haven't
a word more to say in this matter; settle
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
answer and that the matter would be
heard within few days.
carp ARRESTED.
The Referee Charged With Carry
Ing a Concealed Weapon.

Ing a Concealed Weapon.
Captain Whitman. in handing the
revolver to Chief Crowley yesterday morn
ing, did so in the hope that carp would
call for it before noon, when he would be
promptly arrested.
As he failed to show up the Captain de-
tailed four of his men to search for him,
while he personally spent the afternoon
doing the same thing, but without success.
Police man Frank w. Riley was detailed
to watch the Pup restaurant on Stockton
street. near O'Farrell. where carp takes
his meals. Between 6 and o'clock last
vening carp entered the restaurant and
Riley went up to him, telling him that
Captain Whitman wanted to see him at
the Central police station.
carp accompanied the officer and when
they reached the central station the cap
tain asked him where he had been, as he
had been looking for him all day.
ii have been out at the races since
morning." replied carp, ''as there is so
much - talk in town about my decision
that wanted to get away from it."
The captain then informed him that he
was under arrest for carrying a concealed
weapon, and he escorted him to the City
Prison, where the charge was booked
against him. carp put up $50 cash bail
and then took his departure, saying that
he would be in court this morning.
The revolver j. what is known as the
frontier Colts, y 45-caliber, single action,
about twelve inches long, with eight-inch
barrel. 1t has round barrel and square
cut off handle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

SIC, 600 purse offered the National Athletic
Club and which was by Referee Wyatt
carp awarded 10 Thomas Sharkey last
Wednesday night, alleging that Fitzsim-
mons del1v cred foul blow in the boxing
match then going on.
The action is directed against the Anglo
Californian Bank. which issued the certified
check for $4,000, Thomas Sharkey, John
Doe and Richard Roe.
After alleging that boxing matches are
allowed in San Francisco by virtue of an
ordinance enacted by the Board of Super
visors and that the National Athletic
Club had been granted permit to hold
exhibitions. the paper Deing signed by
Mayor Sutro, and that the license required
by law had been paid for conducting the
contest on Wednesday evening, Fitzsim-
sons goes direct to the point OF the quarrel
and charges corruption, eollusion and
fraud on the part Of Sharkey, the Va tional
Athletic Club and Wyatt carp, referee
and final stakeholder in the tight, th cir
purpose being alleged to be to swindIe
Fitzsimmons out of the prize, no matter
which way the tide of battle turned in the
roped arena.
Fitzsimmonsr recounts the circum stances
of the making of the match, whereby it
was agreed that the prize should be
awarded to the contestant who display ed
the greatest skill in training and boxing,
and that he expected to have the matter
decided on those lines In this expecta-
ton he declares that he was sorely disa D.
pointed, for he AYERS that corrupt under
standing and conspiracy existed betwee :,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

clans in attendance had had an opportu-
nifty TO form an opinion.
In connection with the examination OF
Sharkey there was an episode of unusual
interest. The physicians having retired
for consultation and having returned with
brief, non-committal report reple.e with
technical words, each medico affixed his
signature to it. As the last one was about
to sign the document he observed the name
of one Lee attached to it. He inquired as
to who the gentleman was, ana no one
knew him.
1t happened that Lee was the man who
attended Sharkey immediately after the
alleged injury was received, to the exclu-
sion of everybody else.
As he is not physician regularly regis
tered and in standing the six physicians
withdrew their signatures and signed an
other report, upon which Lees name does
not appear.
Stripped of its medical verbiage this re-
port shows that Sharkey's injuries are not
severe and bears out the statement made
by DR.. Lustig in another portion of this
issue that Sharkey's hurts were not seri-
ous and not sufficient to incapacitate him
from continuing the fight.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
EARP AND LYNCH.
Associates in the Running of Horses
at the Racetrack.

Associates in the Running OF Horses
at the Racetrack.
Martin Julian. at the Baldwin Hotel,
reiterated the statements he has made
and which were published yesterday morn
5ng. TO tire sffset that his brother-in-law.
Robert fitzsimmons, was robbed of the
$40, 900 purse.
1--WE will not give up without a fight"
he asserted, "and our attorney has en-
joined the money from being paid over to
Sharkey. Through Commissioner Gunst
and others learned yesterday that Wyatt
carp was fixed to give the fight to Sharkey.
His conversation with Joe Harvey and
the subsequent food of money put up on
Sharkey when before that no Sharkey
money was to be found, indicated there
was something wrong.
81 have ascertained that Wyatt carp,
the referee, is closely allied to Dan Lynch,
the representative and backer OF Sharkey,
in their race horse business. That being
the case, it would have been right and
proper thing for Earp to have refused to
officiate as referee even if / had not OBJ
jected TO him as did publicly before the
battle"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

{ for Sharkey, Earp's peculiar action IN not
defending himself before the assembled
throng and the fact that he was relieved
of a gun in the arena.
Then they told each other how foul
Sharkey had fought and of Earp's ap-
parent indifference to the sailors tactics
9. Then Earp's sudden and precipitate dis
appearance from the ring were com mented
on and differences drawn from that.
An incident that caused great deal of
talk was the refusal of the trainers and
hackers of Sharkey to allow the doctors to
see the sailor. When Sharkey was carried
70out of the ring he seemed in complete
state of collapse and totally unable to
walk This, ring-goers think, was the
time for a physician to be called. Yet,
when DR.. Lustig, DR.. O'Brien. DR.. Rot
tauzi and Others offered to attend him
they were shut out of his dressing room
and no physician saw him until man
named Lee. an irregular practitioner, with
whom the police are well acquainted, was
called and with no one but Sharkey's peo-
pie present at the examination pronounced
him seriously injured.
His statement is heavily discounted In
view of the subsequent reports OF reputa-
, BILE physicians, made yesterday, that
Sharkey's I'M juries are far from being Sc
we're enough to incapacitate him from hav-
ing gone on with the mill. So long a time
had expired that it was hard to tell when
OF how the hurts were received.
lSaessrs. Glib and Groom, managers OF
We National Club, are coming in for no
small amount of unfavorable comment for
not Withdrawing carp as referee when
Julian objected to him. Julian was will
Q ing to accept any one in the house outside
OF the bad man from Arizona
An easy and honorable solution of the
matter would have been to withdraw carp,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

sparring exhibition" which is the polite
way chosen by Fitzsimmons for saying
that he knocked out Sharkey.
Fitzsimmons concludes by asking that
the bank be restrained from paying the
check, that Sharkey and his agents be
prevented from collecting it and that the
check be ordered into court. After that
the court is asked to adJudge that. Fitz-
simmons is the winner of the fight and
consequently is the lawful owner of the
money and that the $4,000 check be de-
livered to him and his lawyers forth with
The certified check, over which the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
DR.. LUSrIG TALKS.
The Clubs Physician Was, Refused
Admission to Sharkey's


Admission to Sankey's
Room.
DR.. D. D. Lustig, the physician regularly
attached to the National Athletic Club,
was one of the very first men to go to Shar-
keys relief when it was announced that
he was injured. With him were Drs.
Rethers. O'Brien and Rottanzi. They
applied for admission into Sharkey's quar-
ters and they received point blank re-
fusal.
This refusal I consider as inexcus-
able," asserted DIR. Lustig yesterday after
noon, subsequent to the regular examine
tion conducted by the corps of physicians.
''If Sharkey were injured in the way as
was claimed he was in need of immediate
attention.
'Our examination to-day, sixteen hours
after the injury is supposed to have been
suffered, is rather tardy and unsatisfac-
tory. All we can say at best is that there
is an iniury-that's all. Whether the
harm is an hour or seventy-two hours old
cannot be determined.
'tI do not believe that man with the
injury presented now by Sharkey would
be incapacitated from continuing in the
fight. Perhaps the injury was much
greater last night, but we have no means
of ascertaining that, and our report is
based simply upon present appearances
without saying wnen the injury was in
ficted''
Stripped of its medical verbiage the re-
port of the doctors was that Sharkey was
not hurt so badly as to incapacitate him
from fighting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

the National Athletic Club, Saarkey and
carp. whereby Sharkey was to receive the
money under any and all circumstances.
To confirm this position Fitzsim mons
alleges that the parties so conspiring re-
fused to agree with him in regard to the
choice of referee, SO that by the terms of
the match the club had the privilege of
choosing the referee at the ringside, The
choice of Earp, Fitzsimmons says, was in
conformity with the conspiracy, and that
his decision awarding the money to
Sharkey was its consummation.
Touching the outcome and actual re-
suit OF the fight, the plaintiff AYERS ssthat
he discounted the said defendant Shar-
key so that said defendant was unable to
further proceed with said boxing an d
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

National Club had deposited as a guaran-
tee to the pugilists that it would carry out
lis part of the programme to the satisfac-
ton of the contestants.
When asked if the club intended to en-
gage physicians of prominence to examine
the manned pugilist, Groom Immediately
answered in the affirmative.
Eyes, by all means" he said. II want
reputable physicians to examine Sharkey
to-day in order that their testimony may
clear the club of any cloud of suspicion
that may be hanging over 1t in reference
to this unfortunate affair. There will be
a meeting for that purpose at P. NJ. this
evening at the Windsor HOTEL
Asked if the club would have any objec-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
SHARKEY'S HURTS REPORTED
NOT TO BE SEVERE.
A Majority Of Sporting Men Still Believe That
Fitzsimmons Was Robbed of the Decision
and the Purse-Lynchs
Statement

The lovers of fstic sport wno sat about
the ring at Mechanics Pavilion Wednes-
day night aud saw Bob Fltzsimmons put
Tom Sharkey to sleep do not and will
neverebelieve that the Cornishman fouled
the sailor, and moreover, the majority of
Q them are outspoken in their belief that
. Bob was robbed.
the fight and its sudden and unsatisfac-
tory termination were the talk of the town
yesterday and the peculiar train of events
that led up to the fight and what followed
itEEars pnrIs over on svsry street corner
and in every cafe.
The sports recalled the declaration of
Martin Julian that the referee was fixed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
DIR. LEES CAREER.
An Illegal Practitioner and Ar
rested for Negotiating Stolen
RnndG

B. B. Lee. the man who was called in
to attend Sharkey after he got his knock
out blow. is, according to the police, an
illegal practitioner.
Lee is the man who was arrested about
the beginning of this year on suspicion of
being implicated in the robbery of a num-
Der of Kansas City bonds from safe
deposit box in bank in Kansas City, Mo.
Lee had no connection with the actual
robbery, but he was arrested while trying
to negotiate one of the stolen bonds valued
at $1,000 with the Market-street Bank,
Spreckels building.
R. L. Lo1ghridge was some hours later
arrested as one of tile three men who
robbed the bank. Loughridge had some
friends in this City and he came here
with his share of the stolen bonds.
Loughridge was taken back to Kansas
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

which the management had perfect right
to do, and turn the selection of the referee
over TO Sharkey and Lynch.
In this issue will be found the opinions
of a large number of prominent citizens
on the subject of that decision.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
INJUNCTION GRANTED.

Fitz Brings Suit to Recover the
Purse for the Big Fight.
Robert Fitzsimmons, the Cornish prize
fighter, yesterday began a suit in the Su-
perior Court to obtain possession of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04

have particle of preference for one over
the other. l did not wager centand had no
other interest in the matter than 10 have
a square and fair contest the better man
to win the $4,000 and the public to get
sion,"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-04
THE EXAMINATION.

Doctors Report Sharkey's Injuries
to Be Not Severe.
Manager Groonl was seen yesterday
afternoon leaving the Chronicle Office with
q sack which contained in gold and cur
rency 5000. the amount of money the
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We favor the udn ssion of tue territories
OF New Mexico. Arizona and Oklahoma
into the nnlon MS States. aud we favor tho
eatis admission of all the territories hay.
ing tue necessary population and resource
To entitie them TO statehood, and while
they remain territories we hole that the
officials appointed TO admin ster the gov.
ernment If my territory together with the
Histrirt of Columbia apd Aaska sh uld be
bona 'idC residents OF the TerIit OIL dis.
irict iii which the duties are to- be D r.
.ntiaed The Democratic party believes
~ "oii.e fn'r null that all public lands of
tie United States shon d re appropriated
=" the 'stab'.cl;n.ut of free homes for
.inericnr citizens
we recommend that the territories of Aims.
k' lc granted n delegate in Congress and
That the general land aid ti,nber laws of
the United Statos 5c eqtcnded to said ter
ritory.
The Monroe doctrine, MS originally de.
ciared and Interpreted by succeeding
presidents. ms permanent part of the for.
gn policy of the United States, and must
ut all times be maintained
We extend our sympathy to the people
OF Cuba in their heroic struggle for liber-
ty and Independence