The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-18
C0RBETT AND MCCOY
Their Recent Fight a ke-Th Wives
ofthe Pugilists show up the job.


JdIneS - SOFDSll VINO SURPRISED the
sporting fraternity by declaring that
the fight between her husband and
Kid Mccoy was a fake, and whose
statement has since been corroborated
by a similar statement made by the
wife Of Norman Selby, known as Kid
Mccoy. made another statement today
that viii fully confirm the opinion long
held by sporting men with reference
to the Corbett-Sharkey fight. which
was given TO Sharkey on the technical
foul committed by Con Mcvey. Cor
be<1's second. who jumped into the
ring in the 10th round ostensibly 70
protest against the manner in which
Sharkey was hitting below the belt
Mrs. Corbett went today TO the Of
flee OF her counsel, Howe & Hummel,
20 sign an affidavit upon which papers
for a divorce from Corbett could be
based. While her attorneys Were pre-
pairing the divorce apers she was ask
ed whether she thought Corbett had
really gone 10 Europe.
i don't know for SURE whether he
has gone to Europe or not" she said:
but, no matter where ne has gone, he
will have trouble in store for him..
z The fact of the matter is, ! don't
think he is right in his mind. You
know his father went crazy and killed
himself after killing Jim's mother. IL
he has really gone 10 Europe he viii
be back. AS a pugiliSt he is not we'll
received in London. To get any rec
milton when he was over there be-
fore he had TO pose as an actor. He
will be back"
And do you still think that he
could really whip any man in the
worlG?" was asked.
When the truth is known said
Mrs. Corbett, Il don't think the public
will ever go to another fight in which
he is interested. In my sui for di-
vorce there will be a whole lot OF evil
dence on the subject of fake fights
which has never before been made
public 1 was the cashier in some
deals, and, as / paid money by check,
/ Iva the proof of what l say. There
has always been a suspicion in the
minds of the sporting men that the
fight between Jim and Sharkey was
prearranged. What would they say If
1 were to produce the check for 2 1000
which 1 drew in favor of poor McVey,
who jumped into the ring to stop the
fght?And what would they say if ]
should show that McVey was made
to take the brunt OF the whole thing
because George ConSidine at the last
moment proved to be a coward?"
Mrs. Norman Selby, the wife of the
prizefighter kid" Mccoy, now declares
that the recent Corbett-McCoy fight, at
the Madison Square garden, was a fake
and that her husband agreed to give
h fight to Corbett. This charge she
makes in her complaint in her coun-
ter-suit for divorce, In which she filed
/, papers yesterday. In the part of her
complaint referring to her husbands
financial condition she alleges:
THAT recently my husband has be-
come possessed OF a large sum Of
money, amounting TO $780, 600 in cash,
which he secured in the following man.
ner:
LAS such professional prize fighter,
my husband, said Norman Selby, other
wise known as Kid Mccoy entered
into a conspiracy, in which a contest
was to take place between him and
one Jams j. Corbett, it being prear-
ranged that he was not t. try to win
said contest. but to permit himself to
be defeated: that the day set for said
1900.
Before the said date my husband
entered n an agreement with one
Eddie Burke and one Harry Heinds,
the former a we'll known book-maker
and h latter a proprietor of a gam
bling house in the city of Cheyenne,
state of Wyoming, whereby the a i
Burke and Heinds were to procure all
the money they could throughout the
United States wherever 1t was posi-
BILE. to make bets n wagers to the
effect that the said James J. Corbett
would b the victor in said pretended
contest, the said Norman Selby, other-
wise known as Kid Mccoy agreeing,
in the parlance of the prize ring, to
suffer defeat.
THAT. in order to secure themselves
against h duplfcity of my husband,
J and as security that he would fulfill
his part Of the conspiracy, the said
Eddie Burke and Harry Heinds in
sisted that my husband deposit a GER
a amount Of money with sad Burke,
and said Norman Selby. otherwise
known as Kid Mccoy did thereupon
sterdam bank safety deposit vaults
Canadian Pacific Railway securities to
the amount Of $4,000, which the said
plaintiff then owned. and did deposit
the same with the said Eddie Burke.
"An additional part 81 the said con-
spiracy was that the parties got up a
cipher code for t~elegraphing purposes,
and from time to time my husband die
tated to me telegraph messages. which
I wrote. and which were telgraphd to
said Heinds. to which Heinds replied.
The said kilograms were to the effect
that the said Heinds and his cocoon
%spirators were to bet that Corbett
would be the victor IN said contest.
MY husband accordingly did. on the
night Of the Goth Of August, 1900, lay
down and permit himself to be defeat
ed, and obtained his share of the
money referred to by me, out Of which
moneys the general public was cheat
ed. 81. E-AQ
THAI in addition to the amount this
plainif received from the salt Burke
and Heinds for allowing Corbett to
defeat him., the said plaintiff also re-
ceived s22, 900 in ash as his share Of
the purse, the said purse being equal
ly divided between my and
the said Corbert.
Besides aid sum Of 800 900 and the
said sum of $22, 900 my husband re-
ceiyed a royalty of 81. $50 a week, de-
rived from the kinetoscope picures OF
said pretended contest
Last Friday night my husband was
at our home, and while he was there
his brother, Homer Selby, entered
the house. After a short converse
ton he pulled out Of his pocket the
summons and complaint in this action
and served them on me. ! hastily