Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-17

A disagreeable aftermath has follow ed close on the heels of the Bowman Raison. wrestling match, which took place at the opera house fn this city on the night of the 18th instant. Hard ly Rad the decision of Referee Hurst been pronounced than rumors were started to the effect that Raison naa tried to sell out the contest to friends and packers of Bowman, and coupled with the rumors was the name ol Tony Downs, the well known manager of the Orient Saloon, and Matt Diiion, cashier of the Maze Cafe.
 First came the charge of some or the sports who had backed Raison that the barber had offered himself for sale to the Bowman contingent. and that he had laid down to Bow man. This was not only denied by Raison, but the latter comes out now with a far-reaching statement, to the effect that it was he who had been approached by the other side and or tered more money than he could pos sibly win if he would lose to Bowman. In his statement, assuming that there is some truth in it, Raison admits himself to be as rank a sport as Bis bee has ever paid money to see in contest. He does not attempt to dis pute the fact that he did agree to sell out for the sum of $500, and only the unwiilingness of the promoters to put up cash in advance deterred Raison from throwing his friends. However. he claims that it was his intention, af- ter getting the money of the opposi- ton. to give them the double cross, ? thus accepting pay for doing their bid ding and then winning all the money in sight by going in to win.
 Here is Raison's statement, in reply to the question as to whether he had entered into any crooked arrange meut:
 The truth of the whole matter is simply this: That I was offered $500 by Matt Dillon, cashier of the Saddle rock restaurant, claiming to be acting for and in behalf of Tony Downs. if l would lay down to Bowman in our match.
 The proposition was first put to me by Dillon last Saturday evening in the restaurant back of the Maze saloon. Dillon asked me if was going to make any money out of the match. l told him was, of course, as l expect ed to win the gate receipts by defeat ing Bowman, which ought to amount to $500, beside getting some money from my friends who were going to back me, and that in addition to this I was going to place all the money could get on myself.
 Dillon then asked me why l didn't throw the match. saying that l could win much more money in this way. Your friends will come around when you have won,' said Dillon, pat you on the back, tell you what a swell kid you are, and ask you to take drink. That's all you'll get out of your friends. Do you suppose that any money was ever made out of wrestling by pulling off matches on the squareg
 '-I told him that l would not consid- CT any proposition that would throw down my friends, since there could not be enough in so small a match, anyway. Then he told me that if l would come in later he would show me a man who would put up $500 in cash if I would throw the match. I went in later, at which time he whispered to me to go back of the library on the railroad track and meet him there.
 Then I went out back of the libra ", and soon billion came along. He took me up the track and into a room in building which I afterwards rec ognized as Dr. Hart's old office. There he told me that the man who would put up the coin was Tony Downs.
 Well, finally agreed to the propo- sition, after he had talked to me awhile. and he went and got Downs, who. when we got down to business. said he would do as Dillon had prom ised.
 We'll I said to him, I might do something like that if you were to make it worth while
 "Then Downs offered to give me his personal note for s200. This I re- fused. Then he offered to give me $500 after the match had been lost 10 Bowmen. 1 laughed al; him.