Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-28

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fs ktory 81 M ~ C ~ John d
On Int restani one bnt the chief actoI n
many 81 ths occurrences sre not anxious
10 make them I'll public Ssllivap's bust
me- mAAaeen h0WexGr. III fond q felating q
the story az h6W 40 Gie4t pakilist cams
nsar md Ai6 NJ ~. On xsOfpesflA q 81 4ss
.It W. iH one q ftthD Illntnl tOwnl,"s
the managor q I'd. g You -, yVlssnever6e
gave an exhibition w advertised that Il
anybody In the country wanted 10 spar
with Sullivan, with or with gloves he
would be accommodated Well, when we ]
arrived in this little place We fopnd 8 chal-
lenge already waiting There Wn3 is min &
.er there who was anxious % lslseE sullivan
ON the stage and spar four or l1Se rounds
with. t,ars dsts, Il found that = other
miners had made up purse 81 $500 and
were willing TO back their man to that
amount. OF course, / coversd II. perfectly
confident that Sullivan would win. We
were going to exhibit that night and Sulli- 3
van Ind been drinking pretty heavily for /
two or three dayA though 10 had not
missed any performances. Our rnle was
70 have some Of the other members OF the
and sIarring and then conclude BY letting
there was somebody n the andisnee who
wanted to try it--which did not occur very
often. Upon making Inquiries In tho VII 4
lage during the day, heard Is much Of I
this man the miners had backed against
Sullivan that made up my mind TO- 90
Ind have q look ut him. They called him
che hairy man. $$s: ff5$ n IS s Il
Il found him training Id q whisksy ~
loon, and for the fiyst time ON that tour ]
was scared. He was six feet three inches
tall weighed 220 pounds without having
an ounce Ut supertiuous flesh, and he was
covered over with thick black hair like
Newfoundland dog. His arms vera q
hard as bars Of iron, and all tho miners
said that he had CREST deal Of science and
struck = terrible blow. I found that he
had u reputation for miles around, and
that there had even been talk about rails
ing money to send him East TO challenge
Sullivan. Sullivan had been drinking 80
much that feared he would meet his Wa
terloh n1,less could induce the other to
give mp the fight So ! told him that Sui
hvars had been drink ting that he was very
ugly, and that Il would not be safe to fight
with hi1R that night. The hairy man
only laughed and saM that II Sullivan
could stand II 10 could. His confidence
scared me- becanse every pugili no mat
ter who he is-wh0s has ever fought Sulli
van has been very nervous about meeting
hlnl, and this fellow was happy about it.
finally told them that I'd forfeit the SsOO
If they'd ksep the hairy man on the stage
Tint night Of course putting 1t on the
ground that sullivan might kill him. But
1t was no usa they ssid Sullivan must
light or they'd all get together and tar and
feather him T@.t' >4s$ Il ."
80 When told Sullivan that I'd tried to
get the light Oh, he was furio us and &c
tuhlly thought he'd assault me. He &C.
ticn, nd s1id that he was never In better
lighting condition s. BIZ hfa He was 20
mad that It sobered him, which was ono
good effect anyway WsgaYe the exhibit
ton ina hall that was made: u hold z, OO0,
{ersoAA but more than a,O00 wero piled
1at0 It. sndshrndreds Of pc rsons had come
scores Of miles for tn" Occ nsion. l found
That all the betting wits OH the hairy man
and was entirely prepared to see Sulli.
van getwMpped When they came on to
tho stage Sullivan cotlih h,irtily wait for
time 70 DO called, and he glared at the
hairy man like tiger. The hairy man
was ~ confident ~ ever, and his friends
yelled themselves hoArse in admiration.
Whom. time was called Sullivan made q
furious rush at the hairy man, struck him
Just 0ncs between the eyes, and knock ed
him ssnssless OF the stage into the audi
forum. I was % sure he was killed that
I made Sullivan get out Of tho hall and
prepare to leave tho plsee 10 8 hurry for
tear he'd b lynched. Il took ~ twenty
minutes 10 bring the hairy man to him
1el1 and Wte only managed Il then by cut-