Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-26
SAID HE WAS JOHN Is BROTHER.
The Remarkable Career of Arthur &.
ClsmPr-t I'm New Zealand.

The Remarkable Career of Arthur q.
ClsmPet in New Zealand.
! The little town Of Christ Church New
Zealand, has ju.t gotten over the hent Of
| great religious scandal John L. Sullivau's
Christian brother has come and gone. He
who created such furore as preacher, no
who was the lioI Of the hour, has been pulled
down from his pedestal OF piety, and has
ANONYMOUSLY Skipped. Some time ago a
great revivalist made his appearance in the
town. He was man Of rough Vet not un-
pleasing address He represented himself as
Il reformed sinner, tough who had been
reared IN the slums of Boston, but snatched
from the lowest rung OF the ladder of vice
and brought into the church. He talked as
If the fullness q true religion that swelled
within him must get out something would
burst
After having Ieen in town a few days he
announced hims IF 10 be u full blood brother
Of John l. Sui ivan, the champion pugilist
OF the world lie called himself George T.
Sullivan, and la d been pugilist himself, SO
he said Whisky and women had taken even
that means OF gaining livelihood from him
He was not totally depraved: he might have
redeemed hims, II and remained in Boston,
had not fate mterposed her iron will A
with him, and the result was elopement
Alasl for the irony OF fate, they were
caught. To save scandal, her parents gave
him $4,000 in gold and told him TO clear
out. He did So For the next two years he
led II gay life, gambling and dissipating
now at Monaco, now in England, fitting
from place to place. After his money was
spent lac led fearful existence. He, in his
own words, 'roie on the back of the DEVIL
This was his story, and he told it we'll In
proof of his tale he showed pictures OF him
self, in prize ring costume, stripped to the
waist
From the morlent Of his arrival in Christ
Church sullivan tOok,with the people. He
hlred IA large hal and advertised himself ex-
tensively. Hin audiences were enormous
people being turned away AT every meeting
Some went out Of curiosity, others because
they believed him to be what he claimed "a
worker for the Lord. His sincerity was so
well feigned that the leading churches Of the
town were only two anxious 90 throw open
their doors and 'eceive him as "a heaven born
man" There Y as tremendous awakening
in that part Of the religious world The ex-
element was intense People were at fever
4eat. Converts We're many. sullivan was
Tie lion of the lour His well feigned godli-
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of the town. Like most imposters, Sullivan
grew reckless in his success and threw all dis
erection aside. The result was bitter pill for
him to swallow. Among those who went to
hear him speaI WAS young lady who had
just arrived from Ireland In him she recog-
nized clever out notorious fellow named
Arthur Clampe-t, whom she had often seen
In Waterford, Ireland. A young man also
identified him rs IA clerk in the office Of a
solicitor OF Londonderry, Ireland, twelve
years ago.
This broke tn slate
With these acts on hand the ministers
promptly CLOSED their doors on the reformed
sinner from Bo. ton. Did he cavei No. His
nerve was something colossal He held an
other meeting and denounced the ministers
In the most fen vent language of abuse. He
branded them as a lazy lot, filed with malice
and professional jealousy. One man in par
ticular he stig natized as a Judas and "a
snake in the gri SIS. To make matters more
lively and inter sting just at this time, pho
tographer turr ed up in u card to a local pa
per stating that he had taken those semi
nude photograI his of the Boston pugilist right
there in Chris Church This was too much
for an outrag d community to stand, and
they turned en- nasse on the imposter.
The true stor- Of this interesting person Is as
follows: Arthur q. Clampett went to Aus
tralia with Cha renee Whistler. the wrestler.