The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-07-18
KIIraIn and Party.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 10.-Kil-
rain and party passed through this city
this afternoon. They were passengers
on the Iron Mountain train from the
south enToute to st. Louis, The party
of "sluggers consisted of Kilrain,
Mitchell, his trainer; Pony Moore of
England, Mitchell's father-in-laW;
DIR. Dougherty, Kilrain's physician;
Col. Mike Donovan, the man who
threw up the sponge which gave the
fight to Sullivan, and Kid Murphy,
Kilrain's bottle holder, a very distin-
guished crowd in pugilistic circles.
There was quite a crowd at the de-
pot to see the Vanquished bruiser and
when the train stopped there sat
Mitchell who poked his handsome face
out of the window as sour as a green
apple. Pony Moore having never been
south before poked his white head out
of the car window and took in the sit
uation. Finally Mitchell followed by
Moore, Donovan and DIR. DOugherty
alighted from the train and entered
Pratt = hotel for dinner. Kilrain did
not get out, but kept his seat in the
drawing room of the sleeper peeping
out through the glass window at the
anxious crowd. The slugger keep his
effects of Sullivan's blows and finally
he turned facing the other way.
Fifteen minutes at TIE depot brought
their Little Rock visit to "a close and
the train pulled out with the party
seated around the bruised slugger in
the drawing room.
A reporter accompanied the party as
far as Barring Cross. A friend of the
reporter introduced him to Jake Kill
rain and party. Kilrain is very sick
and from all appearances he was badly
used up. The fact that he was sore
from the ring punishment could not be
better illustrated than by noticing him
when he attempted to put on his
coat. This was difficult and was not
accomplished without the assistance of
Mitchell, who carfully helped him on
with it. Mitchell was not careful
enough and when the coat was being
pulled off il was noticed that the pugil-
ist flinched as if in great pain. He was
finally settled and supported by big,
fat pillow, being wearied of the ride
from New Orleans His face was dis
colored and resembled mahogany more
than anything else, while his left eye
was black and blue, and just under his
right, he wore cut in the shape of the
crescent and that optic was also highly
discolored. Seeing that he was suffer
ing the reporter did not press an inhu-
man luOoINlCWs OuO hAE0lu OIu Say
that he had been licked but not fairly
and estimated that no would take the
fight up at the seventy-siXth round at
some future time. lie acknowledged
that it was one of his off days and said
that if the fight had come off the day
before he would have stood better
showing with Sullivan. lie had no
complaint to enter, however, only that
he was not at his best.
''What do you think of the light?"
asked the reporter to Mitchell.
THE papers say we were fairly,
squarely and honestly defeated, but
have my doubts about that. Jake was
not in condition for the fight and under
those circumstances he was defeated.
He thought he was y. X. and so did /,
but it proved otherwise as you have
doubtless learned before this. Yes,
Jake is anxious to have another ''go''
with the big fellow, and it may be ar
ranged when we get home"