A PEDESTRIAN SWINDLE.
The Border Watch reports the case of Humphries v. Bjrd, which was heard at the local court. It brought to light a nice little swindle on the part of some one interested in the great runner—the culprit, the public will have little difficulty in identifying. One of the items in the plaintiff’s bill was for a tape line damaged. It appeared this line measured twenty-two yards, and was lent to defendant. It was used in measuring several of the courses about Adelaide on which the champion ran, but when returned to M r Humphries it was found to be sbort, and that three feet between the 15th and 18th feet had been cut out, and afterwards sewn in again. This little bit of roguery would have the effect of shortening the great eleven-mile race by three-fifths of a mile, and making the public believe that Bird had run eleven miles when he had only completed 10 2'sths.
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Evening Star, Issue 3165, 12 April 1873, Page 3
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160A PEDESTRIAN SWINDLE. Evening Star, Issue 3165, 12 April 1873, Page 3
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