The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-07
He Tries to Explain That
!: He Did Not Select
J.. :. : Referee carp.
A CORRECTION THAT DID
NOT CORRECT.
National. Club O.fc,rs Trying to
Square Themselves and
Lawrence.
THEY SAY THAT he TOLD
THEM TO.
after the Criminal Courts Have Done
7 With the Case the Grand Jury
May Take 1t Up.
THEY SAY THAT he TOLD
THEM TO.

The evidence inculpating a select circle
in the fraud perpstraleu recently when
Bob .Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey
fouRhtin the Pavilion is narrowing down
to the half dozen mainstays who are re-
sponsible for the scandal that has been
Drafted throughout the world, aud that
. must necessarily be serious setback to
square pugilistic sport on this coast.
The civil courts are first to take up the
matter in connection with the rightful
ownership of the $40 600 check. This bit
+. .sof. paper was handed over to Wyatt carp
: by james G. Chesley, on the evening OF
'tiie contest, and from that repository it
passed into the hands of Sharkey's alter
ego, Danny Lynch.
. Since then there have been people
galore descending upon carp and Lynch
with legal power to prevent them from
dTsposing of the cheek without first paying
up long standing judgments rendered
against them for honest debts they have
heretofore ignored. But these cIamoring
creditors have counted without their
hosts Neither carp nor Lynch knows
where the check is.
E Earp claims that he turned it over to
3: Lynch, and the latter says he gave it to
!. some man. Dowell, for safekeeping, ac-
= scording 10 instructions from Sharkey.
8 The latter denies he ordered Lynch to do
any such thing, and there the matter lies.
!. carp failed to show up in court when
s4lbpenaed in this matter, and a warrant
for his arrest will bring him there when
the case comes up.
However, his absence has placed him
beyond the pale Of the law, so far as per-
jury is concerned. But it is aos SO with
;SnarSey and Lynch, who have each sworn
to contradictory statements, which will
: be brought up later in the criminal pro-
:eeedings that are to be instituted.
>: The criminal prosecution is to follow
:the.tivil suit. Robert Fitzsimmons, Mar
Julian and their attorney, n. 1. Kow-
.alsky, declare positively that there is
nothing that will stop them from prose-
cutting every individual I'M plicated in the
o conspiracy to not only rob FItZsimmons
o but lie public.
Colonel Kowalsky declared positively
last night that he had enough evidence on
hand at that time to send q half-dozen
men to jail.
I'VE will take this affair in natural
sequence" :" he said; first we will get the
$4,000 belonging to US. The other side
has ten days in which to answer. That
will give them enough rope with which to
hang themselves, and then we will take
.up.the conspiracy matter"
One of the points that will be shown as
Indicative of fraud is the terrific Jump in
the betting from 500 to $50 on Fitzsipl-
mons to 500 TO $65 within few hours af-
ter it was known that Wyatt carp was Sc
lected as referee.
The selection of Faro as referee has al
Jrvo
til recently has 1t come to light why he
was chosen.
His past mode of making a livelihood by
the use of his gun has been told. He
has been a man who has shot down people
innumerable, wiped the smoke from off
the barrel of his shotgun and cut another
notch in the butt, and said ''What a great
man am !.
The public would have preferred to have
Hiram Cook or Lem Fulda as referee, as
honesty and fairness was all that was
needed to properly fulfill the duties of the
Office But it was not so with those who
were interested in the outcome of a fight
in which the public must get the worst
of it.
"Long Green" Lawrence wanted carp
as referee and he put him there. Every
body does not quite understand what
"Lonp Green" means. 1t is not the
growth of grass, but the makeup of green
backs. "0ut for the long green" is COM
mon expression in speaking of an indi-
vidual whose weather eve is cast on the
main chance to telegraph his dextrous
fingers when to grip the crisp notes.
II goes with that old advice given by
some sage, ITO make a living honestly.
but if You can't make it honestly to make
it anyhow"
Another point it is expected to show
is that Sharkey was never foued during
his battle with Fifzsimmons. The phys
clans who tried to see him Immediately
after he was hurt and were only permitted
10 do so eighteen hours later, after DIR.
Lee mad been permitted to do his bidding,
will testify that Sharkey's injuries might
have been caused by many different
methods any schemer might adopt to earn
$4,000.
mdnaging editor OF the Examiner, his
BODY guard, WYATT carp. Danny Lynch,
s6arkey, Groom and Gibbs will have
happy time explaining themselves out of
the mess into which they have got them
selves.