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

Is complete evidence Of Welsh's effor
isfax, Capt r. e. d. Hoyle's black
recent Kapiolani park meet.
The story that came out today Is
complex and startling. It shows 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 II. Detec-
tiyes, private and In the city's employ,
were used and Cooke gives special
credit to both sets Of detectives for
the work they did to unearth the al
legged fixing" ,|
The story @
Here in brief is the story:
Il is 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 ana
his hackers cleaned up" several
thousand dollars In bets. According
to the proposition. Carroll was to get
$50 down and $500 II he pulled" the
army mare. m
This plan came to the knewledge
OF Satisfax,s owner and his friends.
They also learned that car<oll had
no intention Of throwing the race.
carroll was thereuppp advised to &C.
cert tie $50 as evidence against the
men said to be IN on the game.
welsh rails 10 Enlist 5aekers
Chairman Cooke says that Welsh
said he had two men who would put
nm the money for the bribe, Carroll
knowing that Welsh did not have II.
Cooke has the names of the two men
hut HIS information IL that they de-
ciined to enter the deal so he does not
believe It fair TO them to make public
their identity. However, Welsh Is
said to have gone ahead on the as
sumption that ne could get the money
from these two. and It is declared
that on Friday Walsh told them ne |
had Carroll fixed all right" Carroll
by this time had agreed TO take the
$50 and have II used as evidence, un'
der instructions from his employer.
on Saturday just after noon, Welsh
4 alleged to have hurried out 70 2
beach hotel with the $50 for Carroll
and there to have paid II 70 the JOCK
ey. with the promise Of the 5000 later.
Then. the story goes, Welsh rushed
back down town and saw the two men
on whom he relied Tor the money, ten
ing them they must hurry and put Up
some coin to set down the bets against
Satisfax. II was then, according %
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 OH.
And lust after this Carroll, who had
been instructed to watch develop.
meuts. reported 20 Cooke that Welsh |
said there was no chance tor the deal
% 70 through and the plan to pull
Satisfax was abandoned.
The men who, Il Il said, refused 70
20 In on the deal are also said to have
Seen seen betting 2 to l on Satisfax to
win.
Detectives have verified the essen,
tiaI parts Of this information, says
Cooke = |
one part Of the story Is that Welsh /
aid to the two men II Carroll double
crossed him he would edo up the
Jockey, and also that Welsh made the |
same threat to Carroll direct. On
these grounds. II is possible. says
Cooke, for action to be taken against
Welsh. Otherwise the public officials
are said to have no chance to prose
cute Welsh. ! b.. -. !
The whole matter has been laid be-
'ore City Attorney Brown 40 well as
before the leaders of the racing asso.
citation, and Cooke says that the city /
attorneys office believes, as the as
ISOLATION does, that IN the interest of
slean sport and as warning TO all
md sundry, the story Of "The Deal
That Failed should be given to the
public. "a 80