The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-17
MULDOON SCORES SULLIVAN
He Says the Big Pugilist Has No Brains,
and Is a Thoroughbred Loafer."
Instances Showing the Brutal Disposition of
the Man and His Love for Liquor-The
Stakes Ordered Paid-kilrain at Home.

NEW YORK, July 16.-If John L. Sullivan
could be chained up where he would be-
lave himself and kept SO until he had re-
formed, he would be a great man for years
and would ave many friends. The story
of his behavior in Chicago, which was pub
lished yesterday, has turned many of his
friends against him, and, unless he mends
his ways, he will receive no welcome when
he arrives mere, except of the army of para
sites which has always surrounded him
when his star was in the ascendant. Billy
MuldOon talked bitterly yesterday of Sui
ivan's conduct. He is as Thoroughbred
a ~loafer,n said Muldoon, "as | ever had
anything to do with. ALI these stories
about his great love for his parents and his
generosity are the merest bosh. A more
unappreciative fellow l never saw, andnow
that it appears to be useless to induce him
to behave himself, the sooner the truth is
told about him the better. Shortly after
the fight the telegram from Su~llivan'sfather
arrived, and Johnston and l cleared the
room of everybody, and then read the dis
patch to the big fellow. He did not pay
t1O 1ttCDtlOh W - LIS
ence SO enraged Johnston that he told him
he ought to be ashamed of himself. Your
poor old mother is lying sick he said, and
you don't seem to care a cent. why can't
you be a MANI
The matter with Sullivan is that he
hasn't got any brains. After the fight the
proprietOro of the Spanish Fort, a resort just
out of New Orleans, sent word to Sullivan
that he would give him $500 if he would
appear there once and be introduced to the
audience from the platform. Let him go
to the DEVIL was the response. The next
day the. proprietor called on Sullivan and
offered him the entire receipts OF the place.
guaranteeing him not less than $500. Sui
as the first, This will give you an idea of
the business ability of the man.
Sullivan is nothing more than a brute.
1t was no small job to keep him from graft
He is q stubborn brute, and it is a mighty
hard thing to compel him to do any thing
that he does not want to do. This talk
about his being tempted to drink by his
friends is bOsh. He drinks in order to salts
fly a craving for liquor, n not because he
is a good fellow"
Mr.. Muldoon was asked regarding his
statement that Sullivan was in Canada.
That was made in good faith" he replied,
"aDd if Sullivan had an ounce of sense or
honor he would be there now. When l left
him the address of a man In Canada, near
Detroit. was given him, and it was fully
understood that he would go directly there.
/ assured him that he would be well taken
care of, and that he could remain there
and get thoroughly rested, and permit his
hands to grow strong again. He prom
lsed faithfully to 60. He was to send
me a telegram as soon as he arrived there.
gram, and the first thing / hear is that he
is acting the drunken loafer in Chicago.
My interest in him ended when the sponge
was thrown up last Monday, but 1 was still
anxious to be q friend to him. Disinter-
ested friendship is something that Sullivan
does not know anything about"
Mr.. MuldOOn was asked concerning the
stake money, and that share of it Sullivan
would probably receive. His share will
unless be stops drinking. He hasn no right to
apenny oft, but both Johnston and Wakely.
understand were resolved to give him their
share of it. Under the circumstance the
money might Just as well be thrown into
would probably spend it in drinking sa-
looms, etc. His hackers intended to act
generously. toward him, but they may
change their minds now. 1t is not likely
I that a very large amount of mOney will be
given him at once, but that small sun will
be dOled out to him at different times.
II did more for Sullivan than l would do
for any other man in the world. / liked
him, and believed that if he could be
knocked into shape again he might behave
himself. l sent my family away and turned
my home into training quarters, and labored
hard with him. When he came to me his
stomach was so weak that it would retain
only the lightest kind of food. There was
a hole in his neck big enough to hold your
fist, and his flesh was as soft and fiabby as
a baby's. He looked like a man who would
not live three months: 1 laid out between
$50 and $40 in fixing the place up to accom-
sive of the household bills, etc. My butch
er bill while he was there averaged $40 a
week. / intended to accept nothing for
these services, but to tell Sullivan the only
pay wanted was to see him behave him
self and act hke man who had some re-
spect for himself. If his hackers intend to
surrender much money to him while he is
making a beast of himself, l may as well
put my bill in and get some of the money"
MuldOon is pretty well tired out. and in
tends to spend a few days out of town.
Arthur Lumley, one of Sullivan's back
ers, said it depended entirely upon the
hackers what amount of money the big fel-
low would receive. The entire stakes of
$4,000 belongs to the three men who backed
Sullivan, and it will be turned over to them
In a few days.
Fitzpatrick Orders Payment of the Stakes.
NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-John Fitzpat-
rick, referee of the Sullivan-Kilrain fight,
to-day telegraphed to stakeholder Cridge,
at New York, to pay over the money to the
Sullivan party.
Fitzpatrick, Pat Duffy and others will
go to Purvis and appear Thursday, and give
bail for their appearance to answer at the
November term of court, for aiding OF
abetting the recent prize-fght. Mr.. Fitz.
patrick states that the meeting, yesterday,
at Jackson, between Governor Lowry and
himself was of a cordial charac.
ter, he being received in the most
pleasant manner, and with the kindest con.
sideration. The Governor expressed himself
as determined to bring all the offenders to
justice, sooner or later, and he cOngratu.
lated Mr.. Fitzpatrick on the rood course
and discretion displayed by him in thus
surrendering into the hands of the authori.
ties of an offended State. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
says there is no doubt as to Governor Low.
ry's earnestness in the matter, and he thinks
the wiser and safer plan for all concerned
would be to follow his example, viz. Sur
render to the authorities of Mississippi
and thereby avoid all future ANNOYANCE
and the complications which are apt tt
arise from the issuance of extradition pa
pers, etc.
Kilrain Returns Home.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 16.-Jake Kilrair
returned to Baltimore this afternoon. III,
left New York at IL A. NJ, and came di
rectly home with Johnny Murphy, his