The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
LORD SULLIVAN AND JOHN L.
THE CHAMPION VISITS TIE LORI
MAYOR OF DUBLIN IN JAIL.
Jack A.htou's Interesting Description Of
the Meeting-John LIS search Tor inc
u..eerdunts Of Old English Boxers.

.y.cG A.btor,s Iuteresting Description OF
the Meetiny-Jo Ohm L.'s Search for the
Deseendants Of Old English Boxers.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 1s.-Jack Ashton, who
accompanies John L. Sullivan on his tour, In a
letter to james II. Russell of this city, describes
his visit with Sullivan to the latter's namesake,
the Lord Mayor of Dublin:
ave have seen some sad as we'll as some
pleasing sights since we came over here, put
we never witnessed anything that broke us up
so as when we saw the tcars hlling that grand
old mans eyes. Tho big fellow and ! were not
permitted to go to the coll, but We sat at the
door and talked with him for hall an hour. You
ought to have heard hin. 1t would have done
YOU good. Talk about speeches for Ireland
that YOU and l have heard in Music Hall-they
can't begin to compare with what Mr.. Sullivan
says. He tolls in five minutes what 1t takes
some of our speakers two hours to toll. He
was still Lord Mayor when we first ran over to
visit him in his confinement. Mr.. Sexton not
having then been elected, and u funny incident
happened. We were to DO escorted to the prison
by u City Councilman, but mistaking the time,
we thought our friend was not coming, so we
started without him. The big uni always
mean John L.. by that-rang the bell, and when
asked for his name and business said his name
was Sullivan, and that he wanted to see Mr..
Ills Lordship is not about yet. 1 bolieve.'
sn, Iisis %Ip SI i3se,s w sa}s j pDy LORD o., n s]p lnInP.
ing that the Mayor Of Dublin is a Lord Tor u
year, the same AZ in London.
no was confined. Mr.. Sullivan grasped us
warmly by the hand. and was better pleased to
SEQ us than II we had been Dukes.
I'VE ought to be friends. my doughty name
sake said he to the big fellow, We are both
sulliyans; and we are in tough places at times,
that the condition Of Ireland's sons was such
JONI L LIS sow Wills we werS talking ins word came
municipal officers desired an audience with tho
Lord Mayor. They came up and were intro
d %nds the phSaig BIZ f fsIiow 'sG Sca wSHIa ra'h than ha aEe
it there. When we parted tears, filled Tho Old
low was all broken up. i was. KNOW
Ashland also says in the same letter; II
want to tel you OF an interesting expedition a
some members Of the ring one day, when John
long Since dead and gone. That night he said
it would be a bit Of fun to hunt up the de;
s ss{iads tI Of the Ss ,isst sihtiampi0WRs s Of , Epg1saHd t ana
Inventor Of gloves for sparring. died
e Glii6bSSo Who came came after an him, T Esd left ' many e shhs
dren; This. I nudge. must have been in tho
neighborhood Of 100 years ago. We were di.
rected to a place called Doctors Commons, and
there We learned that the living descendant of
Boxer Crib was a chap not ACTUALLY suffering
for the necessaries of life. He is a bloated
Biz as Rhode Island. Think Of us starting out
to relieve that %feller's poverty: But we sue.
CHAMPION. We LOCATED his grave in
ney road. The graveyard has long since ceased
to be used as such. probably for the last thirty
years, In the southwest corner q modest
stone Informs the world that beneath it lies
tho Lord after all; There is n postscript at the
bottom which adds that he was finally respect
ed by those who knew hin. The big fel-
when Le read that certificate of character
at the bottom. was finally respected eX;
said l; We sat down on tho square box tombof
q pastor. which was next to the pugilist's,, to
consider what ought to be done. and when the
sexton came along we arranged Tor taking the
Getting up a new one in place Of it. We found
dered 1t, with another F. g., to the effect that
the stone had been replaced by a poor sinful
DuRiliSt OF the present period"