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Show Santry Explains Nelson Affair Durable Dane's Sparring Partner De- clares There Was a Woman in the Case. (By Eddlo Santry.) SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.-"BattlIng Nelson has not a bottor friend in tho world than myself, unless It bo In Ted Murphy. Everything that Murphy did ho did for tho sake of Nelson. On tho day Murphy and I left San Francisco for Chicago. Murphy had no moro Intention of running away with Nelson's money than I had of doping 'The Battler. "Murphy wantod to got Nolson out of San Franolsco. Ho had plcadod with him to como back to Chicago. Nolson was spending hl3 monoy altogothcr too freely. Thoro was a woman In tho case "Nelson never beforo went against the wishes of Murphy. Ho was always willing will-ing to obey, and It was a great surprise both to Murphy and myself when Nelson showed, Just beforo the Brltt fight, that ho wanted to tako tho bit In his teeth and go out and do somo of tho running alono. Murphy did not know oxactly what to mako of it, but I had known tho Bame kind of feeling that Nelson" was ox-porlonclng, ox-porlonclng, and I thought ho would bo all right In a short time. Ho couldn't stand prosperity without having his head turned a bit. "Tho woman arrived on tho scene a long tlmo before tho fight with Brltt. Bo-causo Bo-causo ho was Just then a prominent flg-uro flg-uro beforo tho public eho becamo infatu-atod infatu-atod with him. "Well, tho fight camo off. Wo didn't think there would bo anybody talking about Brltt after It was over. We couldn't see how Nelson could loso. Murphy bet 2000, Nolson bet 00, and I wagered $10 of my own monoy. "In ovcry fight Nelson had taken part In before ho had gono in from the 3tart and battered with both of hla hands. But ho didn't do it when he fought Brltt Thcro was something mysterious about his actions. Ho seemed to bo back- ward. M "Tho rounds Bllpped by and tho fight i was lost. Murphy and I felt woreo than ' Nelson did. Ho was lauchlng about It a fow hours afterward. Then wo knew I wo had a Job on our hands to get Nol- son out of San Francisco. Murphy was If afraid ho would spend all of his money. '1 Nelson began to spend money Hko wa- I ter. 'V "Right hero It might bo well to show how foolish wero tho statements that u Murphy and I woro trying to 'got away ' svlth Nelson's monoy. If wo were trying that kind of a scheme, why dldn t wc . , toko a steamer for Honolulu, instead of j! a train for Chicago?" |