Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-06
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Roll ofBMs.
What Aianager Kelley Says Datg Gotafhe Grand Thea
Ter for Fokng The Right WIN S1lcCarlhy- SIRE il
Was ThroOn for "Banch Of Shoney' 10 ram the
Shamrock cl4itiehc club Says lie KnoaS Who Did

That there Is mystery back Of mys-
terry fraud back Of fraud and scnsa-
ton back Of sensation in the Chicago
Jack Daly-Jerry Mccarthy fight at the
Grand Theater on Monday evening IS
more and more apparent. And II the
statements Of those most Interested are
to be credited there Is still trouble
ghead. Some pretty serious accuse lions
have been made; and though the
strongest Of them are spoken Conf
dpntlauy' with an injunction to se-
creCy they have been told ia 80 many
I'm secret that they are becoming pub
lie And in the words OF q now common
expression. "There is likely 70 be some
thing doing when these men meet
and meet they must sooner or later on
account of minellng constantly IN the
same crowd The truth Is. there is
bad blood" ana much feeling
incidental 20 this Mr.. Kelley has told
to the Deseret News in detail a story
which makes ii very cleai IN his mind
that he has enemies on his track who
have done and are determined 20 DO an
they can to drive him out Of the Ath-
letic club business. But while they are
working it would appear that he Is not
sleeping and that when the time for
locking horns occurs he win he In the
midst OF the fray Regarding the Won
der that has ben EXPRESSED over his
silence after Days offer-not 10 throw
the fight for s500--but to sell his inter-
est for that amount Kelley sgys he
was wholly misled; that he suspected
nothing until after the eight Was oyer.
Then. and not tin then he declares. did
he see what the willy Chicago man was
after But In the light Of what trans
pred on the stage he says he was con-
WINGED beyond question that be was
'iobbcd.' HIS statement of how II wa,
done will prove decidedly racy reading
TO the hundreds who paid their money
TO see the ''millY lie tells Il with exact.
ness how DAILY did most unusual
thing how he nut on his coat and left
the theater during the first or second
round Of the preliminary fight between
Markham and COndie and returned lat
er with a revolver and a roll Of bills
Kelley says he knows who furnished
the money and who paid Il. he Is also
certain about the IDENTIFY Of the man
who gave DAILY the gun, ard tho pur-
pose for which both We're given II was
while DAILY 'Was out he said that The
job was undoubtedly clluched the
money being paid over 90 have the fight
faxed and the revolver being given Cor
persona protection in Tho event II
trouble ensuing. More than that
Kelley affrms that he has positive in
formation that when DAILY returned ne
told Markham not to bet that he would
stay seven rounds for he wouldn't. as
he had GOT HIS MONEY and was
fixed Altogether % has very shady
look and proves again the low charac-
ter Of the class that shines as the prln.
clpal attraction IN such Affairs,
MR.. KELLEYS STATEMENT.
Following is Mr.. Kelley's statement in
detail: Nov, ! want 20 tell YOU an
about this 500 business on Thurs
day before the nrht DAILY came into
my place, and calling me TO one side
said: Kelley. win YOU Civ, mo $500
for my end OF the contest, Win or lose2
] asked him what he meurt ard Pc satd
that his wife was not feeling web. that
she was hOmesick and wanted To 60 10
Chicago and that he must have some
money ia gend her home Then he
asked me If ] wanted % make an IN
vestment give him $500 for hia end Of
the purse. win or lose ! told him no.
that the proposition was not a business
one that ! had given him everything
he hal asked for ] 6ii not suspect
then that he was in any deal 10 iniure
me and II did moi come to me until
the night OF the fight, and then not
until after the damage had been done
DAILY GOES OFT,
During the Markham Condie fight"
continued Mr. Kelley. 81 noticed DAILY
going out Of the theater. ! think Il