Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

An Inmate Of the Ludlow Street
Jail for Six Years Secures His
Liberty--A Prize Fight Between
Ryan and Sullivan Being Ar
ranged, Etc.
New YORK, Dec. 22.-T. 0. Ross,
who has been an inmate of the Lud-
low street Jail for six years, has Sc
cured his liberty, through the gener-
osity of Mr.. Erastus Wiman. Ross
failed for something like $1,000, and
was committed to jail. and by the de-
cision of the court of appeal he was
apparently doomed to imprisonment
for life. Judge Donohue became in
terested in the case, but found him
self poweriess. Ross discovering that
Mr.. Wiman is president of the Cana
dian club Wrcte him as a fellow Cana-
dian. Mr.. Wiman, finding no other
way for helping Ross, finally decided
to compromise the debt, under which
the prisoner was held, and by the pay
ment OF the amount agreed to, Ross
was released. Ross has been provided
with employment, and will soon be
Joined by his wife, to whom he had
been married only three months before
his incarceration.
Yesterday Tom Kerins put up $3.50
forfeit on Paddy Ryan, and H. Reilly,
of Washington, put up a like amount
on Sullivan, for a fight for $4,000, $lO,-
900, $4,000 or $4,000, with bare
knuckles to the finish, London prize
ring rules or, with hard gloves, Mar
quis Queensbury rules. Kerins last
night sent Geo. Coburn to Chicago to
bring Paddy Ryan to New York, and
on Thursday Kerins and Reilly will
each deposit $2,500, and articles of
agreement will be made. Sullivan
said last night that he was doing very
well in the posing business, aud after
his engagement was finished he would
fight Ryan. He said he would give
Ryan the first chance and after that he
would box consecutive nights with
McCatfery, Mitchell and Jack Burke.
Mrs. Georgiana Newton has obtain
ed, in London, separation from her
husband, Julius Newton, he agreeing
TO pay her $2,500 a year during her
life. Mrs. Newton merely relinouishes
her dover rights on her husbands
property. Mr.. and Mrs. Newton are
people, whose presentation to the
queen, nearly two years ago, was can
celled at the request Of Mr.. Lowell
American minister. Mr.. Newton is {
German Jew, who changed his nam,
on his marriage with Gentle. His
name was Nathan.
Rindskopf Bros. s. Co., In Septem.
Der, 1884, assigned for $2,000,O0O
liabilities. After the assignment
various creditors obtained judgements
against them, executions being issued
to the sheriff who levied upon the
assessed property. The creditors
indemnifying him against claims of
assignee, claiming that the assign
ment was fraudulent and void. The
assignee brought suit against the
sheriff for the property taken. Yester-
day jury decided for the sheriff.
About fifty wealthy Irish American
citizens, all members of the Irish Par
liamentary Found Association, met
here last evening to devise measures
to assist Mr.. Parnell. Eugene Kelly,
the banker, presided, and Mayor Grace
was present. After speeches had been
made, subscriptions began to flow in;
over $2,100 was received in fifteen
minutes. Judge Brown said the COM
mittee, who waited on Judge Richard
O'Gorman and Richard Simmott, trus-
tees of the fund of 1848, had got
$4,000 the moment they stated that
they called to receive aid for the Par
nell fund. The $4,000 was the un-
expended balance of the fund raised
by Americans in l848, TO alleviate the
sufferings of the oppressed Irshmen in
the old country.