The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25
NEARING THE DARK RIVER.
THE CAREER OF A CONCERTED PU-
GILIST NEAR IT'S END.
visit 20 ~ Downing street. Newark
Wreck Of n strong MANA Devoted Wife
An Interesting History Of an Active I.if /.

A yt.tt IN % noxx,,rs s,r.., vc,x,rL
x...a,, :. :. 49,. -. -, 80.
1900 W Iuo"s wv" "c'o,e" "ne
-" '"'eres'na h'r'"rS OF an active III
orv,,la cord,.r Tho oorv.r,od ,,,i,o
O'N"ie N"'une', the cohV'r'eu p'lHe
liter, WIS Visited recently at his residence,
25 Dovn,,, stroe, New.r. NV ers rono,,sr
a., r.,,,s -. , -, NJ. -
WIS ""lu"e'' u'rN e'eu'" "y ",''e """n""'
ap afent,y about f0rty-nve wears old, received
her vjsitor courteouslv and exrressed bpr
m, ~
",'nE"ess 10 give h'i the 'nior"a"oh poss'uie
with regard to her hu band. She preceded her
visitor To- N d,,ksnsd bedr,om Vnere thu an
.....,, So. -,
parently dNinR man lV
The tall form OF the once powerful athlete lay
s,,e,cbad M, ,ha nad IN. bod cto,has hahn,
. ..'.'Nou y" ."o "ou' '"' 'eu o'V."ee so''A
thrown on one side In consequence ~ the heat.
1ber wages which disease has made are apuar-
emf IN the a,,onun,cd FORM and N ,n-dr.vo
."' w wv "'c"""'eu lu'" a"" p'"-u''""
fe lures ~ the poor sufferer, VINO can speak
only In that alfuueruIuus, moaning tone pc
cui,ar 90 ,ors,n. .,o ~ 80, a.. r.-,,,,
u'"' w po's"s ""o "''o uoe' s""e''"t
from ionR-continued pain. Win frequent
pauses for breath he s,gnined his readi-
,a.. o., .,.u.a. 49,, a,..,,,,. ao.n 80.
ness 10 answer any auest'ons' speech oe'ns
painfui TO MN. Mrs. 6nrdnr gave the
particulars OF his career. but occasionally when
her memory seemed AZ fault SHE was corrected
Nv orvile, whuse eve frightened ntfuily with
SOM ~ its past u 70 as he s,lokp ~ IN triumph ms
~ his early uanhuod re was bnrn New
burrn. N. Y. In july 1894 Sno tly after his
birth h y family moved 10 New rk wners he
nved until his marriage. which took pace
wnen he WAS twcuty y,ats old, hts wife
being i've wears younypr. Flr some time
he worked ut shoenskInv. bat his sf,nrting
pri clivite- getting The bette CT OF MIN, he moved
TO New YORK. where ht h, came AN " emirr nj
wafdiu. agent " at & siie q ,dcn. Tnis bu.i-
ness often G. He'd tor dinpn Of tis great mus
GUAR powers. ~ III gradually his reputatton aa
a " hard inter" BEGAN" proh ,nrut among the
sDortIn1 fraternity. In 1913 no WIS ptted
ugatnz' a nDot pultiist u meu AirRee, the
stake beinp t5D ne n4ht s'e one hour and
ten minutes. duliug which forty seven ROUNDS
wcr. fou fht. b tore Nc F,."s second threw az the
sponge. Du iuu nc ut tuo rounds, OtviIle de.
Hvcr,d powerful tlOv,whicn SIN -hed the Done
# nj httie finger. IL was not pr. perry attended
to af, crwutd, tnas ia n.d to u, iuputated
Ci sc to tue naud. h TAR wears aftervard he was
matCued to ne WI unn WHO went uddet
u" sOut rQue Of Dut lin Tricks" Tor stake
Of &lUtJ. Before hlOw was strucW, lOD to
p Wa IN led on Oivitc, and there
were no kefs that. In tue tuiri
1. uni lie delivered n powerful blow from tue
shoulder, wnicn " ricks" lodged. its force was
20 crrnt however, that nj. snoLldc- was dislo-
Gated ana he wss unable O. con iuue the con
tcst any lpnEer For 5 me time ait, r thi- acct
deni lie continued his cpnneCtiuu with tne
prize Ing. principally as trainer, and u was
i.e ting la this canacity tuat he became
converted.
HIS witv was, and Il, a woman OF strong re-
hgiuIs ccnvictiot 3, and hi.. al avs set her face
hf.. she NV, : MIN the en- rncter, however, Of
LeIng ~ 'nyarl,uly ~ 4 ana anec Tomato nus
tanu, with woo. sue never had a -srinu. quar-
rel. In ls,S Just previous 10 ais c inversion, she
vas Oh u WI - nis brufn er, Dwell Gardner, at
IL. I A