The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-03
CONSIDINE EXPLAINS,
CORBETT'S FORMER MiNiGER TSSIES
4 S~TiRTITNG NIiTENENT.
Rid Mccoy Told Him In England That He
Laid Down to C0tbett and That Jim Adj
mitted That He knew OF This Arrange.
mcrt-wishss 20 Clear His Own Name.

George L. Con-idinc. until recently the mana
ger of Jane, j. Corbctt. who sailed with tho
pugili-t when he took the my ~t"rluus trlp TO
England. which led to the Institution Of divorce
proceedings 10y turhctt'- wife i-sued a STAT
ment yc.trrdal. The disclosure, made 10y
Con,idiuc are of u ~~tIrtiiug nature and tend
u verify the charge, made 10y both Mrs. Cor
bett and MIR M"Coy that the fight IN Madison
square Garden between the two pugiIl-tS who
have gained such unenyiablr notoriety was
not on the level Con-.d.nr states that Mccoy
informed him IN England that he laid down 10
Corbett and tina: when on his return 10 this
country he taxed the latter with participating
in a fake fight Jim admitted that he knew
McCoS Wa goinG to lay down. 'onsldiur -
anxious to clear hlin-,!i from any blame IN
the matter ana To I'M" 'Ru hd~ written the
following letter
TO The EpiloK OF Tn Sun Sir ] was in
London and did not intend coming HON" for
several months. hut ! met Mccoy in that city
and To my surprise Wa informed by him that
ho had com" over To England because ol the
downtown people In New York, who, y" said,
were sore on him on account of his tight wiih
Corbett. McCoy also made The statement that
they-thc downtown peoIl, had never done
ANY thiug for him, and that h" had the right TO
GOT the money any way he could And lac got
II, he added, by LAYING down to torbctt rs I.r
agreement. He also informed Ia" that nearly
every one in New York believed that | was IN
on the scheme. When he Told nae this ! was
amazed and Immediately left for New York.
w NY dlliNti lN ~ l'Ah anu ~
making any statement | called ON toTheti and
accused him of having a nnri IN tie tnkc rght
~nis-tatcments and proved, through witnesses
present at tho interview, ono Of th"m. lie
then admitted that he knew that Mccoy was
going - Law down and ! said 20 him Why
didn't you tell ne Of H. instead of making a
monkey If me-. "a. which h.. replied NhIt
for, - vo1 could tell Tim sullivan. who would
make Mccoy eight on the level. Is You did IN
the Mah"r fight; dldnt, Know tlit
could lick Mccoy on the level and | WIS glad
to know tha, 10 WIS going TO Law down,
Now, in view Of these circumstances ! don't
intend TO stand for anything for him ON ac-
bo,t should shift the blame ior that business Of
the Cornille woman on u" steamer on me, a. !
was an unmarried man and better ahle 4"
shoulder the scandal then he wa never
saw this woman until ! met her AT Corhci''1
training quarters AT Bath Beach and II was "A
great surprise to me when ] discoveries sho waN
on the same steamer with us | had decided TO
take the trip to London because. 'orbett had
been begging me for over a week to 40 WIN
him. a. he wanted To leave his wife. one Of his
reasons being a remark sh" had made Ia. him
when he was leaving the hous" the night OF the
naht with Mccoy, when she told him that she
hoped Mccoy would hit him and kill him. Cor
bett told me that Miss Cornille was 10 leave on
n steamer a week later than the one we took
As for Corbett's statement about his not
knowing where he was until he was two days
out to sea, he knows-and i can prove II by
reputable witnesses who saw us of-perteCtlv
well that he was aware OF what he was doing
and where he was going. all the time. ] do
not care to bring into this matter the names
OF these people. but shall do SO If Corbett denies
this portion Of my statement,
Il would not make this statement AZ all but
for the fact that in clearing myself also show
that was entitled to the friendship Of every
place, and sincerely hope that the public
Yours truly. GEORGE +. CoNsID1NE.
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