The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-11
Long Green and the Examiner
in a Very DiSreputable
Transaction.
THE JOB IN sHARKEY's ROOM.
Hiram Cook Was a Fair Referee, and
q, Therefore Andy Lawrt nee Dis
Not Recomma nd Him.

- Long Green Lawrence, the Examiners
managing editor, did not recommend
Hiram Cook as referee because Mr.. Cook
had quietly given Dan Lynch TO under
stand that he would decide IN favor OF
the winner no matter who he might be.
According 10 the testimony of Trainer
Allen, Lynch and Sharkey did not want
a fair referee. THAT - won't do for
u.s." said Sharkey. Sharkey had Wyatt
carp of the Examiner in his eye.
The fact that Long Green induced Gibbs
and Groom to write a letter to THE CALL
. with the object of showing that Mr.. Bua
ker OF the Report and Mr.. Simpson of
the Chronicle had also recommended carp
for the position OF referee is regarded as
a confession of guilt on Long GREEN'S
part, for both these gentlemen have
branded the statement as a lie and placed
the burden where it belongs, upon the
shoulders of Lawrence and the Examiner.
AS an illustration of the low trickery
resorted to by Long Green in order to
make it appear that other newspapers
besides the Examiner had given Wyatt
carp the glad hand. the reader is reminded
of the visit TO the Chronicle office of carp
and Police Lieutenant Esola, the latter a
relative of Long Green Lawrence, and
whose position in the Police Department
was obtained through Long Green's inf1u-
ence as one OF the powers that be on the
Examiner. 1t will be remembered that
Esola asked City Editor Simpson for a
complimentary ticket to admit Wyatt
carp to the hall in which the Sharkey-
Fitzsimmons fight was to take place. carp
hax- &c ri
Long Green, bat it would De better that the
ticket should have come from the Chroni-
cle,.so that the Examiner could have said
that the Chronicle had approved of the
selection of carp.
p Every days developments clinch the
fact that the whole affair was a fake and
conspiracy on the part of the Sharkey
crowd ana that Managing Editor Law
renee of the Examiner assisted in the plot
by recommending and procuring the Sc
lection of Wyatt carp, his bosom friend
as referee.
Wyatt carp has resumed his position as
bodYguard and special writer for the Ex-
aminer, for that paper contained yester-
day signed article by carp.
George Allen and William Abbott went
on the stand in Judge Sanderson's court
yesterday morning and corroborated the
S atement made the day before by Billy
Smith to the effect that Sharkey's injury
on which the foul was declared was fake
. Both the witnesses saw the knockout
blows delivered and both were positive
that the alleged foul blow was landed on
the pit of Sharkey's stomach and not be.
low the belt. as claimed.
told Of ha viSit 2 H. q
. Sharkey's room and of Lynch ordering
them out while the doctor was there-a
proceeding which Allen regarded as un-
called for and unusual in his case, seeing
that he was one of Sharkey's trainers and
that there was no occasion for secrecy if
everything was fair and above board.
Sharkey returned to this City from Val
lejo yesterday afternoon, and was followed
up Market street from the Baldwin Hotel
to the Windsor by a crowd of small poys.
gazing in open-mouthed wonder at the
sturdy sailor who almost whipped that
fine elocutionist, Mr.. Corbett, and who
had the honor of being knocked out by
Fitzsimmons.
The sailor looked as though he had been
engaged in a battle with bulldog and had
got the worse of the encounter. His LETT
ear was bandaged and poulticed, he had a
freshly healed scar on his mouth, andswas
pale and interesting enough to be the hero
of one of Pierce Egan's novels. People
stopped on the sidewalk and turned
around TO look after him as he walked
along with slight limp and wearing a
gratifed smile on his face.
Similarly, when Mr.. Fitzsimmons, in a
long black overcoat and shining silk hat,
left the City Hall and walked down the
street with Julian and Lynch, he. too.
was followed by a crowd of admiring men
and boys.
All the people accused of being in the
conspiracy are vehemently denying the
statements made by Sharkey's trainer,