The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-17
,u sULL1vAN's CASH WENT
.,.v thousand Dollars Squandered
1"e- in Three Months.
FJom the Net0 York Sun.

/ rs money Win WHICH 10 thake adOIuoi
MIS- life within three months after
sta. Tt more than $50, 900 as the result of
- over Kilrain, was the informa-
BIS '@a.atsiced in a disnatch to the Sun last
u9 q il dead broke" Another fortune
vsfA through his fingers like water.
bs tfsIIow cares less about it than those
ID W ~ faasted at MS expense. All he
wi ~ is a chance to make another
EllJ with the usual string of good resO-
Pc 81 Ia has started in once more to punch
b. Sullivan never pretended to be a
s.:;--.goodv sort of a fellow. He con-
So his faults like man, but, unlike
ie no does not try to correct them. He
IT, a pretty fast life since he began to
lr-,b 10 the pinnacle OF fame, and has
e- Ll',, evyav enough money to have sup
o-rted him in luxury during MS life II 1t
po.' -, nroDerly invested. Now he is
nsl a. than penniless, for he owes debts
Nus.s "a disbearten most men, and hasn't
sl s.r2 If money with which to pay them.
y Tben the BIZ fight was talked of Sulli-
nos inst recoveri G from what was
, 70. {, he a fatal illness. He had no
I-Ulo and there was no immediate pros
no'' If his getting any. Toronto was as
I'D as the place for signing the articles
NJ Tohn I, received a telegram ordering
- - y, 20 IN that CITY. He had no money.
~ II ,r.,1 IN Ed McAvOy and borrowed 500,
i Nv ,Titb that the big fellow began life
srag His training expenses were paid by
sis hackers The hour for the fight ar
80 40 aTd when Su livan stepped into the
Inc 1e received $1,000 for tho purpose of
r ~ A personal bet with Kilrain.
ca -Tvsn's share of the gate re-
c SsI,t was IS, 800. That was given him
at New Orleans. In addition to that he
nod the 81 900 which he won from Kilrain,
making Total Of 81, 800 for incidentals aud
ernenses of the return trip. At Nashville
he was arrested, and he expended $500 in
securing his release. His lawyers took
81 50O for what they did, but Sullivan in
sists hat they did nothing. At any rate,
he attributes his escape to the judi
cious expenditure OF $l,lOO among
the no.ice and court officials. That
made onjte a hole in the $4,000 which
ba had when he left New Orleans, and
in some wav or other he managed to get
rid of 500 more. When he reached Chi
cago on the Sunday night after the battle,
he had $500 bill and SIS in smaller de-
nominations, and that was all. He was
drunk. In fact, he had been more or less
under the Influence of liquor ever since the
fight He went at once to Pat Curley'S
saloon Sullivan knew that Ed McAvoy
was In town, and sent for him. When the
latter arrived at the saloon Sullivan re-
membered the loan of 800, and with
maudlin persistency insisted that McAvoy
take the $500.
That's what l owe YOU" he said.
"But you don't owe me $500, john" said
McAvoy.
"TnaG's all right" replied the champion.
"You take what | give yer. SeeF
nHe crowded the big bill into McAvoy's
pocket, and with goOd-natured but rough
Sparring prevented the latter from return
ing it. McAvoy found considerable trouble
In changing such big bill on Sunday. but
be succeeded at last, aud returned $500 to
Sullivan. The latter took it without
word, and showed the roll into his vest
pocket together with what remained of the
S15 After drinking awhile Sullivan sat
down IN a drunken stupor. and fell an easy
victim to a pickpocket. He woke up pen
nileSS. In less than week he had disposed
Of $500.
Then the champion of sluggers had to
hustle. He had no money, but he did have
quite retinue Of friends who were depend
ent upon him for transportation. He had
to come down to begging. and found some
trouble in raising he dust. That, in part,
accounts for the long delay which preceded
his arrival in Gotham.
Naturally the big fellow was anxious to
get the stake money that had been promised
him. A story is told of that deal which
may open at least one mans eyes. Ii goes
to the effect that while, of the $1,000 stake,
5000 was furnished by Mr.. Willett of the
Illustrated NeWS, and Charley Johnston
and Jim Wakely claimed to have given the
other $1,000, in reality the latter half of the
stake was supplied by George Enge-
mann, the Brighton Beach turf man. When
the battle was over these men made great
deal of talk about giving Sullivan tee entire
amount of the stake money. They claimed
to have won so much in outside bets that
they could afford to be generous. Mr.. Will
lett was perfectly willing to make John L. a
present. Of the $1,000 which had been won
with his share of the stake, but he had not
thought of giving up the original stake. He
mad not done as much outside betting as the
others, and didn't feel quite as flush" with
MS coin. But he didn't want to appear
nlggardly, and when he was told that
the other men in the stake had turned
over the entire sum to the champion he
consented, after much hesitation, to do the
same. The fact that Johnston aud Wakely
mad given everything to the champion was
pdohshed broadcast, and they were looked
upon as paragons of generosity. One who
was In the deal, however, says that that
was only bluff that was used for the pur-
pose of making Mr.. Willett shell out, and
mat then Johnston and Wakely quietly
gave Sullivan the $1,000 which had been
won, but retained the 5000 which they
we're credited with having subscribed for
me stake. 1t has been generally supposed
mat Sullivan pocketed the entire stake
money $40 900, but that is an erroneous
" hen the champion established himself
az the Vanderbilt hotel, with his eleven re-
. "a or companions, he had ST., O00-the
SSIo, o00 stake money and 81, 900 which he had
borrowed. The party lived in clover for
WINE. Nothing was too good for them.
one boston man paid his own ex-
pehses. The others lived on Sullivan. Car.
mage rides were of daily occurrence; Sulli-
, van PAD for them. Champagne suppers
we're enjoyed, Sullivan paid for them.
sullivan was arrested by Gov. Lowry's
unions, and, accompanied by chosen few
aTIurned to his old battle ground. He paid
e az Ghe expenses of the trip. He returned
y; Lne Vanderbilt and enjoyed the same
ign llVlng for while. He sobered enough
une gay to ask for his bill. When it was
tI he looked twice to assure himself
W. maj ne was not still in his cups. There was
b;, array OF figures that fairly staggered
IL IL. but he didn't squeal. That isn't
$onh l.. Suilivan's style. He had had hi:
i pn and he paid for it. He returned tt
b as with $4,000, which, with $1,000 ht
10. gwen Annie Livingston, was all thai
: o'Hdined CT the small fortune that came &c
1'.n through his victory over Kilrain.
srr nGi.ilvans homecoming was anxiously
awaited by two classes of peopIe-the sport