The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-08-22
SULLIVAN SENTENCED.

"A laIssiasippi Judge Publishes the Cham.
pion for HIS Defiance Of State Laws
Given y Year In Jnil-The Case Al.
poaletl, and the Slugger II Released ON
9l,O 900 hail.
PuRv1s, Misa, Aug. H. John L Sullivan.
having been found guilty of prize fighting,
was on Saturday sentenced to imprlson-
ment for one year, and thus the first act
in the sullivan-Kilrain legal drama closed
Much anxiety existed to know what penalty
WOULD DO imposed upon the offenders The
cour6 met at the usual early hour, with q
crowd of anxious spectators. Motions for
..arrest of Judgment and for a new trial
were filed and overruled in the
respective order without argument
T. S Ford :thon appeared ut the
bar and presented and read to the
court the petition signed by the members
OF both the grand and petit jurors and
sundry citizens asking the court not to i'm
pose higher penalty than fine of g.
OOO Remarks on the petition were mads by
Messrh Ford and Calhoun, for the defense.
At the conclusion of these remarks all was
expectation. The silence was broken bv
the defendant Sullivan, who rose and adj
dressed the court as follows:
''Your honor, desire to make few remarks
can only ask your clemency in this matter
No doubt have done some thing. but as my
counsel told you. was ignorant OF the law. /
am not rs oratorical 10 the distinguished dis
trict attorney. nor as my counsel on my right,
who have addressed you, and, therefore, beg
to remain your humble servant, John L. Sulli-
van.
Then he took his seat At this action and
appeal by defendant the excitement became
more intense. The Judge seemed 10th to
relieve the anxiety and suspense. for he sat
long time In contemplating the matter
before him. The tension of feeling at this
stage was very strong, until at length it
was relieved by the judge, who proceeded
to say:
Gentlemen, pass:n sentence has always
been Of considerable trouble and concern to
me even In small cases, except where the law
has one absolute punishment It seems to me
that the prize fight at Richburg for which this
defendent stands convicted, was gross ufrOnt
to the laws OF u State whose authorities person
ally forbade It, 1t seems to have been accom-
plished with systematic arrangement and in
the presence Of invited thousands 1t seems,
on the part of all concerned, to have been
studied disregard and contempt for
the law. TJey came from and through
many States whose authority and c!vili-
cation deferred them from any attempt at
such public lawless conduct within their lin.
its. and they chose the soil OF Mississippi as
| eating their utter contempt for the senti
ments Of the people and the laws of her statute
books
''Stand up, Mr.. Sull van.''
Sullivan arose
1.-The sentence of the law is that for and as
punishment OF the oifense OF which you stand
convicted you shall suffer imprisonment for
| twelve months in the county JAIL
No outward signs of emotion were made
by Sullivan, but all could realize that he
was hurt and mortified His counsel in
stantly appealed the case to the Supreme
Court. The matter will come up for hear
ing before said court on the third Mon
day in February next The bond re-
CURED was given at once and
| the defendant was released One OF
his attorneys says that he takes his sen
tence like philosopher, saying he is de
lighted with the big-hearted people of the
State OF Mississippi; that OF course no man
is going to Jail so long as he can keep out OF
1t, but il his case is affirmed in the Supreme
Court he will take his medicine like a man
and show Mississippians he is willing, ii
they require it of him, to submit to
| the penalty for his violation of the statute,
and that he meant no dis4espec5 to the
State nor the people, but could not show
the white feather when his antagonist, the
| challenger, selected the fighting ground.
! Sullivan left Saturday afternoon for New
| York, going on the 4 o'clock cannon BALI
train on the Queen 4 Crescent route.
The referee of the fight, John Fitzpat-
rick, of New Orleans, was arraigned Satur-
day morning and plead guilty to the in
J dictment against him for 'aiding and
| abettiug" the fight, and was fined $500 by
the court The district attorney announced
in court that Jake Kilrain would arrive
| here early next week.