Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-20


recent Kapiolani park meet.
The story that came out today IL
complex and startling. 1t shws that
two days before the race on Saturday
the associations racing committee
had information OF the attempted
bride and betting coup and prepared
70 secure evidence upon which they
could convict those behind It. Detec
tives, private and In the eity's employ
were used and Cooke gives special
credit TO both sets Of detectives fol-
the work they did to unearth the al
legged liking"
The Story
Here in brief Is the story:
Il "a alleged that on Thursday
Welsh approached Jockey Carroll,
who had the mount on Satisfax, with
q proposition that Carroll should
throw" the race while Welsh ano
his hackers cleaned up" several
thousand dollars In bets. According
to the proposition, Carroll was to get
$50 down and $500 If he pulled" the
army mare.
This plan came to the knowledge
of Satisfax,s owner and his friends.
They also learned that Carroll had
no Intention Of throwing the race.
Carroll wae AhereQpOn Advised e aet
cept the $50 e. evidence against IL
men said to be n on TIE game. q
welsh Fails 20 Enlist Hackefs -
Chairmaii Cooke saYs that Welsh
said he lad two men who would put
up the money tor the bribe, Carroll
knowing that welsh did not have It.
Coke has the names Of the two men
but hts Information ID that they de-
clined 10 enter the deal he does not
believe It fair 70 them to make public
their identity. However, Welsh Is
said I'd have gone ahead on the as
sumption that ne could get the money
from these two. and Il is declared
that on Friday Walsh told them ne
had Carrll fixed all right. Z, Carroll
by this time had agreed to take the
$50 and have Il used as evidence, un'
der instructions from his employer.
on Saturday Just after noon, Welsh
In alleged TO have hurried out to q
beach hotel with the $50 for Carroll
and there to have paid It to the jock
ey. with the promise of the $500 later.
Then, the story goes. Welsh rusneo
back down town and saw the two men
on whom he relied for the money, tell
ing them they must hurry and put up
SINE coin to get down the bets against
Satisfax. Il was then, according 20
the information, that the men told
welsh point blank there was nothing
doing. Welsh rushed back to the
track and saw Carroll Just before the
race. telling him that the deal was on.
And Just after this Carroll, who had
been instructed to watch develop
ments, reported to Cooke that Welsh
aid there was no chance for. the deal
"a 20 through and the plan to pull
Satisfax was abandoned. -
The men who, It Is said, refused TO
10 in on the deal are also said to have
been betting. 2 to I on satisfax to
win.
Detectiyes have verified the essen
.iaI parts Of this information, says
Cooke. - Sa,..
,.sd In the two men IL Carroll double
-.-
tossed him he would do up" the
Iackey and also that Welsh made the
.ame threat to Carroll direct. ON
Ehese grounds, Il Is possible says
rooke. for action to be taken against
Welsh. Otherwise the public officials
ire said toehaye no chance to prose
ute Welsh. a ,s4e 4ses,. -. ~
The whole matter has been laid be-
ore city Attorney Brown as well as
before the leaders Of the racing asso-
.iaticn, and Cooke says that the city
attorneys office believes, as the as
ISOLATION does, that In the interest OF
lean sport and as warning to all
md .sundry, the story Of The Deal
that Failed" should be given to the
,ublic. y '. ~