Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-15

Snouin indke eutrleS us soon as pOsSl-
bic. The prize will be $40 in cash.
McCOY'S FORTUNE.
Mrs. Mccoy alleges that her husband
has made S22T 900 during the last two
years. She sums II up as follows:
One houndred thousand dollars on
the side in the Corbctt Mccoy fight.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars as the
purse for that fight.
Fifty thousand dollars In his fights
at Johannesburg, South Africa.
Twenty thousand dollars in the fight
with Peter Maher.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars in his
fight with Sharkey. and
Ten thousand dollars in his fight
with Choynski.
She alleges that in addition to what
Mccoy made in his fight with Corbett
he has made 100000 clear within the
last two years, all of which she de
clares he has invested in securities.
She does not ask for any specific
amount of ,alimony or counsel fees, but
she prefers to leave the matter to the
Judgment of the court. She says that
she has been getting an allowance of
$50 a week for spending money and in
Inmates that SHE could continue to get
along on that amount.
SAYS IT WAS NO FAKE
Mccoy, referring to his wife's charges
says:
"There is not one word of truth in
my wife's story to the effect that my
fight with Corbett was fake. 1t was
a square fight. They are hard words
to use, but will prove that my wife
is not worthy of belief. | will prove
that her story about the cipher dis
patches to Hynds or others is silly rub
bish, invented by a woman for re-
venge. l will prove all the charges
made by ME against my wife in my
suit against her for absolute divorce
upon statutory grounds, and / will
leave it to the public If have not been
badly abused by two women within
the past few days.
'My wife says that l had cipher
code with which informed my friends
that the fight was to be fake, and
that she herself sent the messages The
truth Of the matter DIS that from the
time l went into training until after
the fight, never sent but one message,
and never knew of but one which was
sent. The message was to my old
friend Harry Hynds, of Chey-
enne, Wyo. Hynds Is an all-around
| sporting man. On the afternoon of the
fight, on Aug. 80, as / was lying on
the bed at 'home, resting up for the
fight, my wife said to me; Aren't you
going to let your friend Hynds know
about the fight? / said, OF course
Will you write a telegramsfor me, say
ing l am in good condition and that
expect to win in ten rounds She got
a telegram blank and wrote, as ! sup
pose, just what / asked AnG to do, and
then she sent the message out by the
servant
McCOY'S FAIR PROPOSITION.
Now, here Is where she will have q
chance to make money. publicly Of
fer to pay $1,000, and / haven't any
money to throw away for every tele
gram, either in cipher or plain English
sent by me to any one, except, OF
course, that telegram to Hynds telling
him that | expected to win in Il
rounds. That message was in plal
English. ! intend to ask the telegraph
company to let me have it, if only Ions
enough to have it photographed L
will show that the woman whom
am suing for divorce is merely a de
signing creature, who, after having
spoiled my domestic life by her inf
deity, has not hesitated to attempt tt
ruin my reputation as n pugilist.
give permission to the telegraph com
panles to show any and all kilograms
sent by me about the fight, and If there
have been really any cipher dispatche,
sent as my wife says she sent here /.
her golden opportunity to make money
by producing them. 1t will be founC
that my wife did not think of thi,
charge OF fake in connection with my
fight with Corbett until she saw how
much notoriety Mrs. Corbett got 10y
trying to ruin her husbands reputa
tion. Then my wife stepped in anC
concocted this story. Like all untru,
stories, 1t Is easily disproved by tn,
telegraph companies, to whom l give
permission to show any and all mes
sages."