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Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
TINTLo 7 OlN- d olbIItI
Sheriff of Windham County.
Danielson, Conn, Sept. s, 1910.
A Clean, Upright Citizen.

OF the hundreds of persons who have
come to know Jailer Fields since he
came to Brooklyn, it is doubtful if
even 1 per cent. of them has any faith
in the charges of cruelty and brutality
that have been made against him. Here
in Danielson where he is a daily Wis
itor, his standing is that of a clean,
upright citizen of excellent moral char
aeter. This standing is his also in all
those towns in the county where he is
intimately known. The attack upon him
is REGARDED as shameful
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
No Game on Saturday Next.

Putnam fans will not see any ball
game here Saturday, the one sched-
uIed with TaftvilIe having been can
celIed. 1t is hoped, however, that a
series of games may be arranged with
the fast Andem team of North Gros-
yenerdaIa
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
Firsmen Playing Ball.

All the hose companies are exercis-
ing their baseball material with view
to getting combination fast enough
to win the fire department pennant.
Mansfield has the first of the series to
be played safely slowed away and ex-
poets to be strong enough to win out.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
Sheriff sibIey's Statement.

Sheriff Sibley gave out the following
statement in connection with the af-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
Eagles to Initiate Big Class.

Putnam aerie of Eagles has complet-
ed arrangements for the reception of a
large class Of candidates Sunday, when
the degree work will be in charge Of
q team from Webster aerie.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-09-09
Petition fer Vote on License Question.

Girls from every quarter Of Con
necticut and q number from New Yorl
city came to Putnam Thursday to en-
ter Notre Dame academy for the year
The majority of them are girls here
last year, but there are d satisfactory
number of new students
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slightest right to challenge the winner. this
interest was all the more surprising. 1t
exceeded by two to one that taken here
when Charlie Mitchell met old John L.
Sullivan-and Mitchell was an English
man, and some fighter in his day.
Here in England. just as in the United
States. there is obviously an undercur-
rent of sentiment against boxing. but at
present 1t has only a scattering following.
and the promoters and fight fans are in
nowise alarmed. Only last week the mat
ter came up in the house of commons
in the form of a question addressed to
the secretary of state for the home de-
partment by Jeremiah McVeigh, who
sought Information as to the number of
deaths In England at boxing institutions
during the last ten years. Mr.. McVeigh
processes. however that he is not in
search of the information much to
prohibit boxing altogether as he is to
secure the enactment of a law by which
death in the ring should not be treated
as an accident, but rather that 1t should
be made the basis of criminal charge.
No official answer to the question has, as
yet been forthcoming. but the most au-
thentic private records here show that
there have been but six casualties dur
ing that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
EFFRlES KEPT HID
HIS REAL CONDITION
Both Corbett and Choynski
Say They Were Badly Fooled
and Lost Their Money.
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO, July Thames J. Corbett,
worlds champion Of other days and the
man who is particularly in the limeight
at the present time because he was chief
trainer for James j. Jeffries when Cham
pion Jack johnson defeated the boiler
maker in their memorable battle Of July
4. arrived in Chicago Yesterday noon and
left Immediately for New York.
He declared in terms that could hard
ly be doubted that he had been sadly
misled in the condition of the boiler
maker before the battle. and that he
was not the only one in the training
camp who had been fooled. The fact
that 5000 of Corbetts money went with
the rest of the Jeffries dough into the
hands of Johnson's hackers, Corbett
thought, was conclusive evidence that he
had picked a loser instead of winner.
1T is unfortunate that 1 should have
been fooled in Jeffries' condition as L
was, said James. but the fight is over
now and there is no way for me to do
but to apologize for my mistake. 1t was
my opinion and also that of Joe Choyn-
ski and other members of the camp that
JEFF needed more boxing. But he wouldn't
take it and suited his own fancy in the
matter. Had he boxed more we certainly
would have learned what his real condi-
ton was. Fishing and playing cards
took up the time that he should have
used with boxing gloves. The result of
the fight was big surprise, for on the
surface it looked as if man could not
be in better condition than was jeff
when he entered the ring
But it was not the real jeff that faced
the negro. 1t was nervous wreck, and
JEFF hardly knew what he was doing dur
ing the time he was in the ring"
Corbett was accompanied by Joe Cho-
ynski, who said that he, too, had been
treated to little surprise party at Reno
last Monday.
. Champion Jack Johnson, full of ginger
and jOllity, left for New York on the
Twentieth Century at 2:45 o'clock Sun
day. Jack goes east for the purpose of
appearing on the vaudeville stage, he
having an engagement Of a weeks dura-
ton, booked with Hammerstein's. john
son will tell of few things to his au-
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WALKER A HAS-BEEN.
Phenomenal African Splinter Loses
Speed and May Never Come Back.

Has Reginald Walker, the south Afri-
can sprinting marvel. hit the toboggan
that will eventually land him in the has
been" ranks? This is question over
which many an athletic sharp is ponder
ing since Walker suffered the first clean
cut defeat of his career as champion at
the hands of TEX RamsdelI OF. the
University of Pennsylvania, in England,
last Saturday. Walker was beaten, they
tell us, by less than a foot, and did not
run quite up to his best form That's
the way they all begin to go back. Only
a little at first. just enough to get licked,
and lose their nerve.
If Walker loses to RamsdelI in their
next race il will be by yard Half a
dozen of these defeats. and he will 4
thoroughly discouraged. Then il will be
back to South Africa for long rest
after which he will come out next spring
all freshened up to get the old speed
back. VIII he do 1t? Ask dozens of old
time sprinters, who have tried hard TO
regain their best pace. after the retro
grade spell hit them. Notable EXAMPLES
are Arthur Duffey. the reals 3-5-second
record holder; Bill Schick of Harvard
John Morton. four times English. cham
pion: Pat Walsh of the y. Y. a, C.. and
Bernie Wefers. the greatest of them ali.
1t looks III the next internationa
Olympiad. two years hence. will see the
doughty Walker among those whose
greatest achievements lie in the pastas
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MADE LOTS Of MONEY
OUT OF BIG SCRAP
"Sure. Thing" Bettors Worked Eng
lishmen and Frenchmen for
Juicy Profits.
SHREWD GAMBLERS FIND
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
Took johnson End in England and
the Jeffries End in France-More
Lucre Had JEFF Won.

LONDON, England, July ia party OF
sure-thing bettors from the states, by
taking advantage of the widely different
sentiment in England and France regard
ing the outcome of the Johnson-Jeffries
championship battle, cleaned UP last week
an amount variously estimated at from
$50 900 to $4,000 without standing to lose
a penny And had the decision gone to
Jeffries, instead Of TO the negro. their win
nings would have been even greater 1t
was a shrewd move on the part Of these
men, who needed capital rather than
nerve in order to win big stake, what
ever the outcome might be. 1t was the
chance of a lifetime, and these Americans,
who spend much Of their time aboard
ocean liners. worked it to the limit.
Here in England. very naturally, Jeffries
was even more Of a favorite than in the
states. English fight followers had not
forgotten how Johnson had treated them
following his victory over Burns, after the
English had befriended him. They made
Jeffries a 2-to-1 favOrite, and any English
man who took the johnson end did it dis
tinctlV under cover. over across the
channel in Paris the betting was quite the
other way The French have ever had
particularly warm place in their heart for
a negro pugilist. as witness the fact that
both Joe Jeanette and Sam McVea are
idols there. They picked Johnson to win,
first. last and all the time. and were will
ing to give three to one for the sake OF a
bet.
a nice chance to clean up and took advan-
tare of ii. They took the johnson end in
England and the Jeffries end IN France;
Having wagered every dollar they could
command. they simple waited for the re-
turns. They were absolutely sure Of win
ninu 81 for every two they had wagered.
n the decision went Johnson's way. while
had Jeffries won they would nave pronted
dollar for dollar.
II is doubtful II any ring contest. Ger
tainIy none in recent years. ever created
tho interest here in England as did the
Iobnson-Jeffries 60. In view OF the fact
th.t; england was in no way directly in
viewed in the outcome. and that there is
ABSOLUTELY no English pugilist who has the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
TO REOPEN RACING
AROUND CHICAGO
Rumor That Rich Syndicate Is
Trying to Secure Control
of Race Tracks.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. July 11.-Prospect of
an attempt to reopen horse racing In
Chicago was seen yesterday when John
Condor, owner Of the Harlem race track
and deeply interested in Worth, admitted
that he had been approached by an agent
for a combine for the purpose of racing
in this city.
The proposal is to open racing at either
Harlem. Worth or Hawthorne, in connec-
tion with other sports. and the indica :
lions are that a heavily backed set OF
men will make one last effort to replant
the game that was tabooed half-dozen
years ago.
1.-TWO or three days ago l was visited
by. a man representing himself as the
agent for a group of men anxious to start
racing again in Chicago" said Mr.. Con-
don yesterday. by request Of the agent
1t Is impossible fer me to give out the
names Of these men, but they are evi
IDENTIFY a substa bunch. The refer
ences of the agent were good, and he
seemed a businesslike, smart fellow.
LAS far as / am concerned, of course.
the reopening of the game is what
would like to see. But there was moth
Ing definitely settled. and one must take
into account the fact that there have
been rumors of like sort going about
since the game closed
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UHLAN'S GREAT FEAT.
Driven by Owner Billings, Gelding
Establishes New Worlds Record.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 1l!-Horsemcn
continued to discuss the marvellous per-
Torrance of Uhlan. the black geiding by
Bingen. who. driven by his owner, c. *
G. Billings. established a new worlds
record to wagon of o.0c 3-4 at the North
Randall track Saturday, and they are
still enthusiastic over the performance
THAN wipes out by full second the
previous mark of c.03 81, made by Major
Delmar in 1908.
In making this fast time THAN smash
ed two worlds records, il being the best
mile to wagon ever credited to a gelding
1t is also the fastest mile ever trotted or
paced thus early in the year
THAN stepped the mile in comparative
case. not being touched with the whip
He went the first quarter in thirty-two
seconds. the half In Loo. the third quarter
in 81 and the last quarter in 29N Sec
oads. His trotting was the feature OF the
.Gentleman's Driving Clubs weekly mat
inee races.
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Benger fell into the water and sank
twice before he grasped large piece OF
wood and struggled ashore.
Hurry, boys."- came the voice, plead
ingly. I'm up to my neck. Every
struggle sends me deeper His, friends
wept helplessly, but managed TO call out
encouraging words.
Its all right, fellows,'' were TIE last
plain words they heard, but Benger last
night said he also later seemed to catch
a Goodbye. boys or something like
that Yesterday. morning residents OF
Old Mill found the helpless three, sui
mired, and also located the body CT Ell
brecht, uncovered by the outgoing tide.
He was a car conductor and unmarried.
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good as | ever was-I thought | could
beat Johnson even when l entered the
ring. But | couldn't get into action at
all guess I'm too old to fight any
more
JEFF said the above hesitatingly. shaking
his head at times like an old man. When
asked about Richards statement that he
had the fighters signed to contracts two
days before the bids were opened, he
ffared up and said:
What has that got to do with it? You
got your fight. didn't your
Again he was asked about Johnson's
statement that he was offered huge aIms
to throw the fight.
why should l ask johnson to throw
the fight? / felt as sure as that l was
alive that | could whip him. I don't be-
lieve there is anything in it,
Ripper and Jack Jeffries his brother
both said that they believed that
Jim had been doped in some way
Sam Berger Is the only person who Is
trying to get Jim back into the ring. He
says JEFF is sure he can whip the negro
but JEFF himself absolutely, denies that.
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KNOWN AS FORGER KING
LAWRENCE T. LATSHAW PAY.
ING PENALTY. OF CRIMES.
Released From Prison in Atlanta
and Rearrested for Trial in
Wheeling, w. Va.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 11.-Lawrence
T. Latshaw, who has completed a two
year sentence in the federal prison for
the alleged swindling OF a hotel pro-
prietor in Washington. ID. c.. was
taken last night to Wheeling, w. Va.
by Chief of Police Hastings of that
city to answer a similar charge. Lat
shaw was formerly a travelling sales
man for New York hardware house.
King Of Forgers.
Latshaw is known to the police
throughout the country as the king of
forgers. At the time of his arrest In
this city, November %. 1908, he had
sixty-six aliases. Detectives Weldon
and Burlingame apprehended him. for
passing forged checks at the National
Hotel and the Riggs House. 1t was
soon afterward learned by the police
that he was wanted in all parts Of the
country. 1t was charged that a brother
of the prisoner passed similar checks
here about the SAME time, but he es-
capped arrest.
Il have worked in every state In the
Union said Latshaw at the time OF his
arrest. Its easy money: the world is
full of suckers. / didn't have a biz
of trouble passing checks at the hotels.
/ don't remember whether I passed all
of them or whether my brother got Of
some OF them. Anyway, we got the
money. and I'm glad my brother wasn't
caught"
Escapes From Texas ohicer.
Latshaw had been under arrest In
Dallas. Tex. the year before he was
caught in this city. he said. and he
broke away from the oflicer At that
time he was wanted in Chattanooga.
Tenn. He was in this city q year be-
fore he was caught. stopping at the
st. James Hotel. He passed a check
there. and also one at the Raleigh.
In this city Latshaw procured the
printing of q number OF drafts on the
First National Bank OF Chicago and
letterheads purporting to be for the
American Insulated Wire and Cable
Company of Chicago. He had about
800 in cash in his pockets when he
was placed under arrest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11

The first funeral ever held In Rich
mond. Va. in which the funeral party
is conveyed i'm automobiles will be that OF
Henry C., the eleven-montf-o ld son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. +. NJ. Trout, from the
family home on West Marshall street this
afternoon. An order has been placed for
seven automobiles to take the party to
Hollywood cemetery, where the burial
will be made.
Joseph T. Taylor. fifty-six years old
who had been I'm the hotel and restaurant
business in Keyser, w. Va, for many
years, died Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
HOPES TO REDUCE: WEIGHT
PRESIDENT TAFTS DAILYEXER.
CISE IN GYMNASIUM.

BEVERLY, July 11.-President Taft Is
trying to reduce his weight. Every MORN
ing when most persons on vacation are
sleeping peacefully Mr.. Taft rolls reluc-
family out of bed, gets into trunks and
running shirt, and hastens toward the
gymnasium. This is at Z o'clock. and as
if the hour were not enough to keep the
curious away. the secret service guards
double their vigilance at this time.
The Presidents gymnasium is a large
room at one corner of the cottage, far
removed from the family sleeping apart
ments. 1t is equipped with chest weights.
rings. bars and other athletic appurte-
nances. There are also a wrestling mat
and two sets Of boxing gloves.
Mr.. Taft started in last week to take
off twenty-five pounds. When he left
Beverly last summer ne weighed 26J
rounds, which was fighting weight for
him. During the winter he has been so
busy that his exercise has been omitted
and he has accomplished a large quantity
of additional tissue.
Weighs 2s5 Pounds.
DR.. Charles e. Barker. President Taft's
trainer, has three months in which to
get this off. and he started right in the
day Mr.. Taft arrived in Beverly. The
Presidents weight is about 2S5 pounds.
his height 6 feet 1 inch, and his reach
about q inches. Barker weighs about
40 pounds. is about feet inches, and
has a reach OF about 66 inches. Yet
Barker stands up against the President
every morning and bangs away at him
with boxing gloves while he receives the
blows of the chief executive on his arms
The President moves rather slowly. and
about all the damage he does is to the
atmosphere, hut this helps him TO take on
weight
After the boxing ordeal the President
walks over to the wrestling mat. DIR.
Barker wrestles as well as he boxes. and
contrives to be on top most OF the time.
After Mr.. Taft has boxed and wrestled
and worked at the chest weights for an
hour and had a shower bath and a rub
down he is ready for breakfast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
Escapes From Texas oMcer.
Holy Name Societies to Meet.

Michael d. Shaffer and Richard r. Cur
tin have been appointed by the Holy
Name Society of ST. Joseph Parish az
it's delegates to a meeting of all the Holy
Name Societies of the District, to be held
in knights of Columbus Hall next
Wednesday evening. This meeting is for
the purpose OF arranging for the conven-
ton TO be held in this city next fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
PER|SHES IN DEATH TRAP
YOUNG MAN SUFFOCATED IN
BED OF QUICKSAND.
Falls Into Greek in Early Morning
and Friends Unable to
Rescue Him.

NEW YORK. July 11.-Caught in a
death trap of quicksand and mire. Will
liam Elbrecht, twenty-three years old. Of
Maspeth, L. l., died in a desperate man.
ner yesterday while friends sought to
save him.
The unfortunate man had fallen into
a creek in the darkness of the early
morning. The tide in the creek. which
leads from Jamaica bay into Old Mill
he was doomed unless help reached him
quickly. He was brave in the face of
his great peril.
lover this way. boys. Over this way"
he called. his voice family reaching the
ears of the other men from whom he
had become separated.
"AH right. were coming. Wen get
you out. old man. they called back in
the hope of encoura ging him.
The men had been fishing-Elbrecht
and three others-and. being delayed on
Saturday night by the strong tides which
wind through Jamaica bay. reached the
vicinity Of the Old Mill shortly after IL
o'clock yesterday morning
Land in the Darkness.
They did not care to pull I'D Old Mill
creek against the powerful outgoing tide,
SO they landed in the darkness at the
outlet of the creek and sought to make
their way into the little settlement There
were several small but deep tributaries
Of the main creek, and several times the
men were mired, but managed 60 struggle
out. They became separated. each try
ing to lead the others, and it was a case
of the blind leading the blind
I've got a way out of this swamp.
yelled Ebrecht jubilantly, and the other
men. some distance away and unable to
see him, called out to him to come back
and lead them on. when they suddenly
heard him yell in fright. He had plunged
down into quicksands in Long Point
creek. place dreaded by all who know
it.
I'm in deep hole and sinking Ell
brecht cried out.
keep up your nerve and yell so we'll
know what way to travel to get to you,
called back William Benger.
The would-be rescuers plunged into
other holes and nearly lost their own
lives, as blinded by darkness, they en-
deavored to reach him.
Makes Frantic Appeal.
'Hallco-o-o! Over this way. The
tides coming in and I'm sinking lower.
I'm up to my shoulders called the i'm
prisoned man.
His comrades could hear the tide bub-
bling by through the creek. High
rushes helped the darkness blind Them
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JEFF SAYS HE WILL
NEVER FIGHT AGAIN
Deplores Fact That He Allowed Him
self to Be Matched With
Johnson.
WAS BADLY USED UP
IN RENO ENCOUNTER
Is Satisfied That He Was Not Doped,
But Thinks He Is Too Old to
Get in Condition.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, July Thames j. JEFF
fries submitted Saturday to his first inter-
view since the tight at Reno. So persistent
were the demands for an expression or
opinion from the defeated pugilist that
his friends let down the bars and allowed
newspaper men to see the ex-champion.
The first question asked him was whether
1t was true that he wanted another fight
with Jack johnson.
NO. I'm through fighting, he said,
mumblingly. Il fought once too often. as
II was. and guess they'll let me alone
after this. l might have beaten john
son six or seven years ago. but 1 don't
believe l ever couJd-again.. That's all
there is TO II. / don't want to fight John
son or any one else again.
The interviewers were warned by Jack
Ripper. his partner. to expect much
bruised man. though Ripper said he was
greatly improved.
This is the first day since the fight that
Jim would speak to any of us, even his
Wife said Ripper.
But Jeffries is in bad condition mentally
as we'll as physically He hesitated in his
speech and stopped in the middle of sem
fences as If hunting for his thoughts. His
face is still pulled up abnormally and he
hears with difficulty At times he gives
up without even trying to finish his SEN
fences. 81
Was Not Doped.
How about the story that you were
doped. JIM he was asked.
Nothing to IT, 1 wasn't doped. No
one could have doped me- Some one said
that the dope was rubbed into me. But
that isn't SO. Not man in my camp
would have done anything to injure my
chances under conditions. They all lost
about all their money me. All my
friends lost all their money.
THE trouble with me was that ! was
broken down nervously and didn't know
IL. 1 guess il had been coming for
about week. but I thought ! was as
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William McCutcheon, colored. was shot
and killed few minutes after he had
gone to bed last Monday night near
Waynesboro Augusta county. Va. The
murderer fired through the window.
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diences about the big fight at Reno, and
also will make some music on his bull
fiddle" for the edification Of those mu-
sically inclined.
Accompanying the champion were his
wife and Sig. Hart and wife, making a
party of four.
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