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VOLUME LXXXI.-NO. 5.
WHY EARP WAS APPOINTED
Named by Long Green
i Andy Lawrence of
■?V the Examiner.
THE GRAND JURY MAY
STEP IN.
Sharkey Tells What He Thinks
.. ' .About the Abilities of Corbett
•: ' ••• ■ and Fitzsimmons.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK
ENJOINED YESTERDAY.
Needham Sent Hot Tips to His Friends
in Seattle to Bet Everything They
Had on the Sailor— Earp Was in
the Police Court, but His
Case Was Continued.
Tbe true facts relating to the appoint
ment of Wyatt Earp. the bodyguard, of
Andy M. Lawrence, managing editor of
the Examiner and otherwise known as
"Long Green" Lawrence, as referee of the
fight, have come to light.
He was appointed at the instance of
Lawrence.
Tfce big pugilistic encounter has re
solved UseJf into a legal mill, and the
prospects are that the attorneys who are
preparing to cross-counter each other -with
a. Superior Judge as a referee will get the
larger end of the pnrse.
The probabilities are that the jurist who
presides over the battle will not have to
be relieved of a gun.
.Suits for purses, damages, old claims
and training expenses are in the air, aud
some of them have already set in motion
the machinery of the law.
•Meanwhile the talk on the referee's de
cision is still going on, with Wyatt Earp,
the Examiner's special writer, as the tar
get of any amount of forcible criticism.
Statements that the fight was fixed and
that Sharkey could not lose under any
circumstances are freely made.
; . Those who got even money on Fitzsim
mp'ns just before the fight are wondering
w.hy on earth they did not scent a rodent
and are recalling the many other sus
picious incidents that should have placed
them on their guard. As the non-com
itjittalTeport of the doctors who examined
fcharkey is talked over tne thinking sports
are more and more convinced that the in
juries to Sharkey were made in his room
affer'being taken away from the pavilion.
: ;Martin Julian's statement that one of
ffeose connected with the club manage
ment .was concerned in a conspiracy
to\ rob Fitzsimmons of his well-earned
victory is also receiving much comment,
and the hope is freely expressed that the
matter will be thoroughly sifted in court,
and that if a wholesale job was perpe
trated the guilty ones to a man mil be ex
posed »ud driven from the ranks of square
Bports.
The lovers of boxing cannot get over the
fact that when Julian publicly charged
that Earn was fixed in Siiarkey's interest
Gibbs and Groom, who appointed
Earp and had a perfect right to withdraw
him, scid not a word, and allowed a man
on whom suspicion rested to referee the
match.
While not taken as direct evidence that
the management was concerned in any
job, the matter has created no end of talk,
and it will take much to clear these men
from the.suspicion that has been cast on
them.
Danny Needham's telegrams to Seattle
friends telling them to bet their last dol
lar on Sharkey are taken as evidence that
the astute lightweight knew that some
thin? was sure about the fight — and that
was Sharkey's winning.
NAMED BY LAWRENCE.
How Wyatt Earp Came to Referee
the Blfir Mill.
The closely guarded secret as to how and
wliy Wyatt Earp, the bodyguard of Long
Green Andy Lawrence, managing editor
of tbß Examiner, was appointed referee is
out.
J. D. Gibbs, the chief manager of the
Kational Athletic Club, explained the se
lection in his own way the day after the
mill, when tbe public rose in its indigna
tion against the referee's unfair decision.
But Gibbs did not tell all be knew of the
matter by long odds for reasons best
known to himself and tbe people he hoped
to shield.
On the afternoon after the light Cnbbs
was being cross-qnestioned by reporters
fcsd other people innumerable on the sub
jectuntil. sick at heart, he blurted out to
the-Examiner reporter in the crowd:
J "Wliat kick have you got coming? It
i vag at Andy Lawrence's suggestion Wyatt
V-nrp went in as referee."
La-t night a Call reporter sought the
managers of tbe National Athletic Club
to asceitain thedetails of this i.ffui--, aim
J. J. Groom, the other executive officer of
the club. tol<l the story.
"It was simply like th.s,'' he sad: "The
day belore the tight Andy Lawrence
The San Francisco Call.
called for Gibbs to come and see him.
! Gibbs went to his office as we had some
tickets to deliver there, and he and Law
-1 rence entered into quite a conversation.
"Lawrence told Gibbs that he under
| stood the fighters were disagreeing as to
the selection of a referee. Gibbs stated he
believed that to be about right, and added
that it made no difference if the princi
pals did not agree, that it was understood
! that in the case of a disagreement
i the club would select the referee.
•'Lawrence said that was right, but the
j club must select a man who would be per
j iectly fair and fearless. He then said :
11 I've got your man. Select Wyatt
i Earp. I know he's as good a man as you
1 can get, and there will be no kicking
against him. 1
"Gibbs at the time only had a general
j knowledge of wuo Earp was, having met
him casually on one occasion, but when
I Lawrence named him as referee he agreed
that he woud select him for the club if
the fighters did not settle upon auother
choice.
"That is a true statement of how we
decided upon Wyatt Earp as referee."
The close connection between Earp,
Lawrence and the referee matter is shown
by an incident that occurred the day after
tbe fight.
Lawrence, accompanied, as usual, by
Earp, called on Fitzsimmons at the Bald
win. Fitz was courteous to his visitors,
and, in the course cf a conversation, asked
I Earp to describe the blow which the latter
I claimed was foul. The referee did so, and
Bob, after thinking a moment, said:
"Let us illustrate t' is matter."
He rang up a bellboy, who happened to
be about Sbarkey's height, and said:
; 'Now, Mr. Earp, just place this boy in
the position Sharkey was in when he got
the puncii."
Earp did so and Bob then said, "Place
me as I was at that time."
When this had been accomplished to
Eurp's satisfaction Bob remarked:
"Now, Mr. Earp, don't you see that as
we are iiow placed I could not have struck
Shnrkey as you describe?"
Earp studied the situation a moment,
looked confused, and finally said:
"Well, 1 guess the positions must have
been different."
Bob looked at the referee, whose eyes
were averted, fora moment and then said,
"Yes, I think so."
The visitors took their departure very
soon afterward.
TO THE GRAND JURY.
Sharkey, Earp and Others Will Be
Charged With Conspiracy.
Colonel H. I. Kowalsky, the attorney
for Fitzsimmons, does not mince words
when he speaks of the recent pugilistic
robbery.
"It was a clear and dirty theft," he said
yesterday. "It was prearranged and the
men mixed up in it were Sharkey, Lynch,
Earp and some gamblers. But they will
not get away with the money il there is
any law in this land.
"I have advised with Dave Freidenrich,
and he agrees with me that there was
conspiracy to defraud not only Fitzsim
mons but the public. This is a serious
charge, as it is a felony punishable by im
prisonment in the penitentiary. The
whole matter will be brought to the atten
tion of the Grand Jury and I hope indict
ments will be found aeainst the men who
carried out this high-handed outrage.
"The general story of the steal is al
ready public property, but there are bush
els of other things which we have
in our possession and which go to prove
positively that Lynch, Sharkey and Earp
had the whoie thing fixed so tdat Fitzsim
mons and his faction could not possibly
win."
THE BANK ENJOINED.
Lynch Could Not Cash the Check
and Was Angry.
The filing of the suit for the purse by
Fitzsimmons was ' followed yesterday by
the serving of an injunction on the Anglo-
California Bank preventing it from paying
ever the money.
Manager Lilienthal is mindful of the
power and majesty of the law, and he was
loaded lor b?ar, -pugilists or anything else
when Lynch, the manager of the sailor
pug, called yesterday morning and de
manded payment on ,the ', certified', check
that represents the purse in the tight. .
Lynch was accompanied by J. J. Groom,"
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1896.
The Great California Airship, as Shown in an Illustration in the New York "Morning
Journal" of Sunday, November 28. The Article Which Accompanies the
Illustration Says That the Witnesses of the Phenomenon Are All Credible.
one of the owners of the National Athletic
Club.
"We want that money and want it
now," said Lynch, flourishing the check
and red in the face with excitement. "We
are here to demand our rights."
"Tbe club has withdrawn its objection
to the payment of the check," interjected
Groom, "and as far as we are concerned
you may honor the check."
"But the bank is informed." said Teller
Stinson. "that steps have been taken to
prevent our pacing your check."
"Never mind what you understand,"
shouted Lynch, "give me the money. It
is ours and you will have to give it up."
The teller looked nettled, but merely
answered, "See Mr. Lilienthal if you want
any further information on the subject."
Lynch was even more emphatic in his
demands when the manager appeared, and
received a still more forcible setback.
"The bank bas been ordered by. the
court not to pay the check," he said, "and
we will not disobey the injunction. I
have referred the matter to my lawyer
and he advises me not to pay your
demand. Under his instruction I will
refuse to pay the money to any one except
upon an order of co\. rt.
By this time Lynch was wild with
anger. "You are unjustly withholding
tiais money," be said, "and I intend to
force you to make payment on my check.
If you do not accept this order now I will
bring suit against you for damages. The
club has agreed that this money should be
paid to Sharkey and I have the check for
the purse, yet in the face of all this you
ignore our demand. In law you are liable
for withholding our money and we will
brine you to time for it"
"Bring suit whenever you get ready,"
said Mr. Lilienthal. -We have acted on
tbe advice of our attorney and shall de
fend our position in the courts."
"I'll sue you for big damages," shouted
Lynch as be strode out of the bank with
knitted brows.
SHARKEY'S OPPONENTS.
He Says Corbett Is Clever, but
Cannot Hit.
Tom Sharkey last night gave his im
pressions as to the relative merits of Fitz
sin'mons and Corbett. Sharkey is still in
bed, and between puffs at his cigar told
what he thinks of the two big fellows.
"Fitzsimmons is the harder hitter of the
two," said the sailor, "but Corbett is
much the cleverer, rie does not take the
chances Fitz does. He never goes in and
mixes things up, but depends on landing
at long range and getting away without a
return. He is quicker on his feet than
Fitz. too, but his blows lack steam.
"However, Fitz has only two blows that
hurt. They are nis rieht and left swings.
His straight leads and short-arm punches
thai people talk about did not do me any
damage.
"I am willing to fight anybody before
the club offering the bieerest purse. 1 bar
no man, but will meet Maher, Corbett or
any man. I will not, however, enter the
ring again before February, as 1 want to
rest a month before going into training
for another contest."
Sharkey, when seen in his room at the
Windsor Hotel shortly after 10 o'clock
last night, remarked that he is "doing
pretty well, slept all right last nicht°
There be* lay in a constrained position,
partly covered by the bedclothes and
IN THE NAME OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY.
Prominent Gtizens Send a Letter to President Qeveland Demand
ing Recognition for the Cubans*
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 4— The following letter addressed tb the President and signed by the committee appointed at
the mass-meeting of Cuba sympathizers held in this city on the 21st nit. was mailed on Wednesday. It bears the signa
tures of Hon. John B. O'Mara, Lieutenant-Governor of Missouri; Hon. Isaac M. Sturgeon, City Comptroller; Colonel
Roberts. McDonald; I. N. Milner, Street Commissioner of St. Louis; Captain Koaser Romer, who holds a commission
in the liberating army; and John Cahill, editor of the pan-American paper El Commercio del Valle, who had seven
months of severe experience with the Spanish Government in Cuba during the Crespedes rebellion in Cuba from 1866
to 1873:
Grover Cleveland, President— Sin: The press reports that have been published for months past and are being daily published
from Cuba indicate that the war being waged by the Cuban people for liberty on tne one side and by the forces of the Spanish Govern
ment for their subjugation on the other, has degenerated Into a bloody and merciless system of extermination in which women,
children, the aged and infirm and other non-combatants are subjected to inhuman, barbarous treatment by the Spanish soldiery.
While we are disposed to discredit the enormity of the crimes reported and make due allowance for the disposition to magnify their
importance, the proceedings in Cuba during the ten years. 1868 to 1878, all of which have been unfortunately too well verified,
form valid grounds for the belief that most of the atrocities are actually committed. You cannot be oblivious to the cruel character
of the government which condemned, executed and allowed to be horribly mutilated the bodies of the gallant Critterden and his
companions in 1851 and similarly treated about 100 of our fellow-citizens under the leadership of Captain Fry in 1878; of the
•cores of American citizens who have been shot, imprisoned and deported from Cuba to Spanish dungeons in Africa, their properties
confiscated and their families left helpless and deprived of support.
Neither are you unfamiliar with the fact that in the ten yearis' war referred to American property aggregating nearly $100,000,000
in value was destroyed, used and sequestered by the Spaniards and with the exception of the Mora claim, none of our citizens thus
Injured and outraged have had the slightest satisfaction from the government of Spain.
In the name of Christian charity we appeal to you, in the name of humanity and American civilization .to make effective the
repeatedly expressed will of the vast majority of our fellow-citizens by granting to the Cuban people the rights of belligerents which we
believe will at once mollify the horrors of this war and tend to its speedy termination.
partly by the same bathrobe in which he
entered the ring.
Several friends were seated near the bed
side, among them a very counterpart of
the gladiator, a little taller man than
Sharkey, but with the unmistakable Shar
key features. He smiled grimly as he re
marked:
"I'm Tom's brother." Tom himself dio
not smile, though he asserted in a semi
hopeful way: "They say I'll be up this
day wpek. I can only rest in one position
now; it hurts to lie any other way." His
left upper lip was swollen and cut, his left
cheekbone swollen and discolored, bis left
eyebrow stitched together in a zigzag line
throughout its length, and his bead en
circled by a large white elotb bandage
that he declared was to protect his leit
ear, which it had been necessary to lance
that afternoon in order to reduce an ab
normal swelling.
EARP WENT SECURITY.
Agreed to Pay Attorney's Fees for
Bunko S'.?9rers.
If Referee Wyatt Earp g'-*; any of tbe
spoils of tbe Sharicey- Fitzsimmons fight,
as is alleged, be will tind a writ of execu
tion staring him in the face just about as
soon as it can be levied upon him. Judge
J. G. Swinnerton of Stockton is the man
who wants the money, and he has secured
such a document by which he will attempt
to recover his fees in a bunko steering case
tried here a year ago, for which fees Earp
went security for the defendants.
Stockton's great "gold brick" case was
one of tne most interesting ever tried in
the State. Three professional confidence
men, Crooked Mouth Green, Smith and
Brown, swindled Farmer Brack of Lodi
out of $2000 by the same old game of the
tin box and rocks. They were captured
by Sheriff Cunningham end the case came
to trial. t
Attorney Jimmy Long of this City repre
sented the men at the preliminary exam
ination, by which they were he d to an
swer with bonds fixed at $30,000 each.
Judge Swinnerton, who is known as one
of the ablest lawyers in the State, was
asKed to represent the bunko steerers in
the Superior Court and he' refused unless
his fees could be secured.
Judge Swinnerton defended the men
and got them off on an extremely light
sentence, but the fees have never been
forthcoming. No one knew who had
trone security for the fees, and for the
first time it is now generally known that
it was Bad Man Earp.
Those persons here who dropped their
money on Sharkey, while admitting that
it is not the safest thing in the world to
impugn Earp's honesty when he has a
45-caliber Colt's revolver a foot lont; in his
jeans, are nevertheless asking what con
nection he could have had with three
professional crooks, and they are agreed
that in the light of circumstances the
affair does not reflect any honor on him
in connection with the recent affair which
is now exciting the sporting world.
EARP IN COURT.
fteferee Appears on a Criargre of
Carrying a Concealed Weapon.
Wyatt Earp, the referee of the Sharkey-
Fitzsimmons prizefight, answered yester
day in Police Court 4 to the charge oi
carrying a concealed weapon. Earp was
represented by Frank Kelly, a Southern
Pacific lawyer, and apparently treated tbe
whole matter with indifference.
The referee was arrested Thursday on
complaint of Police Captain Wittman,
who took a murderous-looking revolver
from him in the prizering in Mechanics' Pa
vilion. There is evidence in the form of
the "gun," as well as the interesting
story tbat Captain Wittman will tell in
court about noticing Earp's weapon pro
truding under his coat, and then ordering
him to give up the Arizona instrument
while Earp was officiating in the ring.
Tbe examination yesterday was con
tinued at the request of Attorney Kelly
until Tuesday. In the meantime Earp is
at liberty on bail of $50, but he does not
"carry a gun."
NEEDHAM'S TIPS.
Wired Seattle Friends to Bet Every
thing: on Sharkey.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 3.— A cry of
"fake" has been going up among those
interested in pugilistic matters in this city
since the Sharkey - Fitzsimmons fight.
The claim is made w'th much v»bemence
that at ieaat one of the contestants in this
much-heralded mill entered into a well
planned bunko scheme to fleece the pub
lic.
Danny Needham, Sharkey's trainer, has
many warm personal friends in this city.
To these he sent urgent telegrams yester
day afternoon, in some messages saying:
"Bet all you have got on Sharkey to win,"
and 'Bet Sharkey to win," and "^barkey
will win; bet on him; never quit," and
like expressions.
It is significent tbat the recipients of
these messages read them between the
lines and as meaning more than Need
ham's mere assertion that the marine
could best the lanicy Fitz. They took the
tip and oet {heir money accordingly. Even
before the fight commenced there was talk
of "fake."
HARVEY DENIES IT.
Says He Had No Hand In the Rob-
bery of Fitz.
Joe Harvey, the bookmaker who has
been mentioned by Riley Grannan as being
in conversation with Wyatt Earp shortly
after the latter's selection as referee, and
who, it is claimed, furnished the capital
on the SharKey end of the battle after the
alleged "fixing," explained his position
last evening to Police Commissioner Guast
at the Baldwin.
"I bet tbe sum total of $600 on Sharkey,"
he said. "I did so, to some extent, upon
the impression my horse- trainer had that
Sharkey was a sure winner.
"If tnere is any one who can show me
where more than $40 was bet in my boots
at the racetrack I will return the
money. And if the losers can show that
I put up $5000 or $6000 as the papers have
claimed I will donate the money to some
charity.
"Do you think that I would have bet
only $600 if I had known the thing was
'fixed'? I would have either let the whole
thing alone or else I'd bet $5000 to $6000
and won enough for a good Christmas
present.
"I am very sorry I'm drawn into this
affair. I will state this, however, I ttiink
that Wyatt Earp would have done a great
deal better to have stepped down and out
when Martin Julian accused him of being
'fixed' be lore the fight. He could have
gone to Fitzsimmons and Julian after the
battle and given them a piece of his mind
for the way they spoke."
CARROLL'S WINNINGS.
The Lightweight Who Seldom Bets
Is Money In on the Fight.
Jimmy Carroll is known as one of the
most cautious men in town when it comes
to making a wager. In fact, there are few
that have ever known him to bet at all.
And yet the veteran ringster claims to
bave won considerable money on the
Fitzsimmons-Sharkey contest, under what
appear to be, from his own statements,
rather peculiar conditions.
"Yes," he said, the evening of the fight,
in the company of several, "I won a bar
rel of money in this fight. I bet tbat
Sharkey would iast the ten rounds, al
though I believed then and do now that
Fitz is the greatest fighter on earth."
"How is it," he was asked, "that you
came to make tbe bet if you thought Fitz
simmons so good a man?"
"Well," said Jimmy, "I guess I knew
what I was doing."
"Do you think Fitz fouled Sharkey?"
"From where I was I did not see it, but
I was too far back. I will admit that the
referee should not have awarded Bharkey
the fight till after a surgical examina
tion."
In view of these statements of Carroll
and the fact tnat he seldom bets, it looks
very much as if be realized be had a sure
thing.
NOW CORBETT AND FITZ.
The Olympic Club Takes Active
Measures to Match Them.
la view of the unsatisfactory outcome
of the Fitzsimmons-Sharkey con'.est, the
Olympic Club has reached the conclusion
that a star feature of the tragedy would
be a match between Bob and Corbett, and
the first pull in tut wires to match the
two men was made last night.
The matter was quietly talked over
among a few at first, and culminated in
Superintendent W. J. Kennedy and How
ard Taylor, the club leader, going down
to see the Australian at tbe Baldwin Ho
tel early in the evening. He was found,
however, to have gone with Julian and
his wife over to Sausalito.
Tbe board of directors of the club met
last night and the proposition was put to
them by Taylor. It met with such favor
tbat Taylor was empowered to see what
can be done in the matter to-day.
Superintendent Kennedy, acting for the
club, sent a telegram to Corbett late last
night inquiring if be would meet Fitz
simmons here under the auspices of the
Olympic CJub in the near future. An an
swer is expected sometime to-day.
Taylor will go to Sausalito and see Fitz
simmons to-day in regard to meeting Cor
bett. The lanky conqueror of Sharkey is
said to be, and bas frequently expressed
himself in this City, as willing to meet
"Pompadour Jim" at any time a match
can be arranged.
If Corbett' s reply is favorable there is
every prospect that the respective ad
mirers of the two fighters will learn who
is tbe superior.
Fitz to Be In Court.
Superior Judge Sanderson, at the in
stance of a collection agency, has issued a
writ of examination for Bob Fitzsimmons,
commanding him to appear in court and
tell of his belongings.
Fitz will be in Justice Groozinger's court
at 10 o'clock this morning with nis attor
ney to go through the ordeal.
Tbe amount involved is $904 40, for
which lightweight Jimmy Carroll has a
judgment.
The debt was contracted while Fitz was
training for his last fight with Maber, and
is for personal services.
Paying Bets. *
The paying-off of the bets on the fight
began at Corbett's poolrooms yesterday
afternoon. There was neaily $29,000 in
the box and it was soon in the hands of
those who held Sharkey tickets.
Corbett Wants to Flarht.
NEW YORK, N. V., Dec. 4.— James J.
Corbett had something to say to-ni^ht to
the patrons of a local theater concerning
the Fitzsimrnons-Sharkey mill. Between
the acts he came to tbe front of the stage
and said: "Last night Mr. Fitzsimmons
and Mr. Sharkey had a contest in San
Francisco, and I expected tnat Mr. Fitz
simmons would win in short order, but, to
mv surprise, he did not. I don't wish to
express any opinion as to the outcome of
the contest or of the decision of the
referee. I will say this, however, that I
stand ready to meet either Fitzsimmons
or Sharkey — first come, first served — two
weeks after papers are signed and at any
place on earth, because I want it settled
first and for all time who is the best man
in the world."
LAST OF A BAD GANG GONE.
Dynamite Dick, the Notorious Desperado of
Oklahoma, Slain by a Posse of
Officers.
GUTHRIE, 0. T., Dec. 4.— A man hunt
that has been in progress since last Sep
tember, when Bill Doolin and Dick Goul
sen, alias Dynamite Dick, escaped from
the Guthrie jail, ended in an encounter
to-day near Kildare, in which Dynamite
Dick was killed and Ben Cravens, another
member of the gang of outlaws, was
wounded. The pursuing posse came upon
the two unexpectedly near Kildare at 8
o'clock this morning and opened fire.
Dynamite Dick was shot and mortally
wounded, and Cravens surrendered after
receiving a shot in the right arm.
There are rewards aggregating $1000 for
the capture of Dynamite Dick, who is
guilty of half a dozen murders, and $300
is offered for the arrest of Cravens. The
prisoner and the corpse wjll be taken to
Guthr.e by Deputy Marshal Cox and his
deputies who mad« the capture. It Is
hinted that Cravens, being tired of the
chase, had given information of his chief's
movements, and was to be dealt with
lightly. The death of Dynamite Di«;k re
moves the last or the gaug of desperadoes
that have terrorized the settlers in the Ter
ritory since its first settlement.
l/o»t a Stnall Fortune.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 4.— Mrs. Paul
Freese of 4739 Hals ted street drew $4000
irom the First National Bank to-day with
which she intended to pay off a mortgage
on her home, and then after taking pre
cautions against robbers by concealing the
money in different parts of her clothing,
she lost half of tne amount on the street.
She tied $2000 m her handkerchief, and on
reaching the office where she expected to
discharge her debt she found that she had
lost it. The money has not been re
covered.
Th* Water Recedes.
CHUTEWA FALLS, Wis., Dec. 4-
The danger is now over. Tne water has
receded three feet. Many of the mer
chants have commenced to return to their
business places.
The Now humpague Vintage.
A truly remarJtaDle vintage for quality as
well as for natural dryness, without being
heavy, now being shipped to this market, is
(j. 11. Mumm's Extra Dry. *
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HEARST AND
HIS TWO FACES
Editor Hearst Has One
Opinion East and An
other Here.
The "Journal" Describes th 3
Invention and Credits the
Phenomenon.
News of the Aerial Visitor as the
Wires Flash It From Neighboring
Localities-
The many Jekyll-Hyde fe«ures of "Lit
tle Willies" journalistic character are
beautifully exemplified in the two views
of the phenomenon that has recently ap
peared in the heavens hereabouts which,
have from time to time appeared in tbe
Examiner here and in the New York
Journal of New York City — both Mr.
Hearst's newspapers.
In spite of the testimony of many rep
utable witnesses that strange moving
lights bave been seen in the sky tbe Ex
aminer has continually referred to these
phenomena as the result of ''red eye" and
midnight walKs near breweries.
The following parallel columns concern
ing the airship, tatten from Mr. Hearst's
two papers, give a fair idea of how little
one may depend upon anything seen in
either paper:
AN AIRSHIP SEEN. PROBABLY DTTE TO
(N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28) I LIQUOR.
(S.F.Examlner, Nov. 23)
SAN FRANCISCO,
Nov. 27.— The bigges.l Thee are men who
problem of tbe age has see queer things when
been solved. Man has 'they don't have a, gun,
won what seemed to j and others who en
be his hardest battle. counter wonder, of an
with nature. A suc-jearly morn or even at
cessful airship has been 'dewy eve when it has
built. Scientists ml been more dewy than
over the world are tre-lthe law allows,
mendously interested
by the stories which
have been telegraphed
from here ; nearly
everybody on the Pa
cific Coast is widely ex
cited over the matter.
The story sounds like
one of the romauces of
Jules Verne, but its
truth Is testified to by
so many reputaDle cit
zens that there seems
to be no reason what
ever to question its ac
curacy.
EVIDENCE FIRST CLASS. THE RESULT OF BEER
(N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28) (S.F.Examlner, N0v.23)
A WORKING AIRSHIP At Sacramento a man
SEEN ON THE PA- wandering in th« im-
CIHC COAST— UN- i mediate viuiaity of a
DER PERFECT (ON- Drewery saw a great
TKOL— IT CARRIESilight and a dark mass
FIFTEEN MEN ANi>: moving up and down
A SEARCHLIGHT, the sky.
The Pacific Coast j
newspapers are full of
stories about an air
ship seen hovering
above Sacramento and
other towns. The tes
timony concerning it
seems to be unim
peachable, but certain
details are lacking
which make Eastern
inventors and scien
tists doubt the accu
racy of tho statements
of alleged eye- vit
uesses.
IT WAS A REALITY. IT COULD NOT BC.
(N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28) (Examiner, Nov. 2a)
It swiftly drew near What this thing is
the city, sailing evenly nobody knows. That
to tbe southwest. it is an airship capa-
Then it dro ppe dble of carrying human
nearer the earth, but freight seems inipos
suddenlv shot, up into sib c of belief, in view
the air again, as if the of the record of failure
force that whirled it in tbe past. If some
through space were joker has turned loose
sensible to the dang -r a fire balloon to per
of collision with ob-lplex and mystify that
jects on the earth. might account for the
That much hundredsiairship on an imellig
of prominent residents ible basis.
of Sacrameutosaw, and
it caused consterna
tion in all parts of the
city, where groans
gathered at the cor
ners until far into the
night listening to the
tale of those that had ->
seen it. ■
"~~ ONLY A DELrSION. SURELY AIT AIRSHIP.
a F. Examiner, Nov. 24. N. Y. Journal, Nov. 28.
The man who has not For purposes of gelf
an airship in his back protection during the
yard in these days isjpendency of hid ap
poor indeed. The maoi plication tor letters
who hits not ueen a j patent, ti.e inveutor
fleet of airships man- has not disclosed all
euvering in the skies; the details of his con
has left California | trivance. Enough,how
ashamed of himself, 'ever, has been dis-
He is like the man who covered to show that
fell out of the balloon.! he has found the true
He is not in it. They! principle of aerial
come not in single navigation. The ex
ships, but in bat-jcitement here has ns
talions. The county or sumed the form of a
town in the State i tremendous sensation,
which cannot produce It is the one topic of
a machinery bird or conversation in every
two is hiding its head village, town and city
in shame. In the State. In Cali
fornia the prevailing
" question to-day is:
"Have you seen the
airship?" That there
is reason for that ques
tion the following
facts strongly demon
strate :
The strange thing about the positions of
ttie two papers is the fact that the de
scriptions that appeared in the Eastern
paper were probably written in the
Examiner cffiLe. They doubtless repre
sent tlie San Francisco editor's real views,
while the light vein pursued here ha*
doubtless been because the paper pooh
pooned the real news the first day and
was driven to eive it later, after the
chagrin of being beaten by The Call tb*
rirst day.
AIRSHIP AT LIVERMORE.
Editor Ellis of the "Herald" Glvas
His Views of the Machine.
The following article will appear in th«
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