Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-24
SPENDING THE SP0ILS.
John L. Sullivan Receives
His $4,000.
HE STARTS OUT TO SPEND 1T.
The Big Bully Sneers at the "POlice
Gazette" Belt Which is Also
His Trophy.
Associated Press Dispatches to the E

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. !
New YORK, July 23-John L. Sulli-
van came into possession of 500, 900 this
afternoon. 1t was the stake money in
the Sullivan Kilrain fight, and was paid
over by Stakeholder Cridge at his estab
lishment in West Twenty-eighth street
Cridge telegraphed from Long Branch
last night that he would like to meet
John L. and his hackers today. 1t was
O'Clock in the afternoon when Sullivan
and his party arrived at Cridge's.
He was accompanied by Lumley,
Johnston and Wakely. After some
conversation, Cridge drew forth
a roll of bills. There were just forty of
the denomination of $500 each. Sulli-
van took the greenbacks, sat down at a
table, counted them over very carefully
twice, and then ehoved the wealth into
his pocket, thanked Cridge for accepting
the Office of stakeholder and taking such
good care of the money. The fighter
then invited all hands out to drink his
health in bumpers of champagne.
Stakeholder Cridge then said the $780,
900 in cash was not all he had to
dispose of. He then produced the
Police Gazette championship belt.
According to the stipulations of
Richard K. Fox, the donor of the belt
as Cridge understood them, guarantee
must be given for its safety before he
would surrender it. Sullivan insisted
that the belt went with the money and
dem anded it on the spot. Matters were
smoothed over by Wskely giving the
requisite guarantee, and then, with the
money and the belt in his possession,
Sullivan and party left Cridge's and
started out
CELEBRATING THE EVENT.
The first place visited was Middleton Z
saloon on Broadway where Sulli-
van broke his first $500 bill and
cracked many bottles of champagne.
Every time the champagne cork popped
he called for seltzer and lemon. From
Middleton's the sports went to Jim
Wakely's resort where more wine was
opened. When the wine gives out Sulli-
van will 60 over to Brooklyn and visit
Charley Johnston's. Johnston has
the belt, which Sullivan con-
temptuously calls "dog collar, +"
and will have it on exhibition. Sullivan
SAYS he will take all the stones out OF the
belt and distribute them among his
friends, and then melt "the collar" into
a solid mass. He will have tag at
tached which will read: "This is the
remains of the dog-collar won by John
L. Sullivan in his fight with Jake Kilrain
at Richburg Miss, July s, 1885,"
Sullivan, flushed with his recent vic.
tory, is
ANXIOUS FOR FRESH LAURELs
In the pugilistic world. Lumley said
this afternoon Sullivan would accept the
challenge of Jem Smith, England g
champio and would present him 81 500
if ne would come to America and fight
him, Marquis of Queensberry rules, be-
fore the California Athletic Club.
The $40, 900 stake money is notall Sui
Ivan g. Ten thousand dollars goes to the
big fellow land the balance will be divided
among his hackers, as follows: One-half
to the New York Illustrated Ne'gs, one
quarter to Jim Wakely, one.quarter to
Charlie Johnston. 1t is said that in this
ratio the hackers will present to Billy
Muldoon $1,000 Sullivan also intends
to give him q Thousand,