Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-10
K1nRAIN DISEASED.

Proof that the Baltimorean was in No Con-
dition to Fight-Was 1t Fake?
NEW ORLEANS, La, July 9.-The
pugilists and their friends, who have
created such a great furore here for the
past week or two, have all left the city
and the populace are gradually quieting
down and affairs are assuming their nor
NAL condition. Kilrain, who was be-
lieved to have eceived such terrible
punishment about the body, appeared
this morning to be as fresh as the day
before the fight On his return from
the battlefield he was conveyed to
the Southern athletic club rooms
and given bath, after which
he retired to his rooms. He
yomited a greenish substance, some of
which has been kept for analysis in order
to determine whether he had been dosed,
as he intimated, or not. Every conVe-
nience and accommodation was accorded
him, and the janitor of the club assisted
in attending to him. Rumors that Kill
rain had been suffering from disease had
been freely circulated and in order to
satisfy himself whether this was true or
not the janitor watched Kilrain. He was
evidently suffering great physical pain
and appeared to walk with difficulty.
The janItor was finally convinced that
not only are the reports true, but that
Kilrain recently had surgical operation
performed on him.
DR.. Dougherty of Philadelphia had
been attending him and Kill
rain had been taking medicine
ever since his arrival here. In fact
on the day of his arrival he was seen TAX
ing medicine from vial, but this at the
which tended to get him into condition
for the fight DR.. Dougherty stated to
some members of the club that he had
been treating Kilrain for a E'boil'' from
which he had been suffering for some
time. These facts only became known
in the club to-day, and the consequence
was that there was a revulsion of opin-
ion in regard to Kilrain, and
some of the members remarked
when he had gone that they wished
they had never invited him. Professor
Donovan stated he did not know any
thing of this prior to the fight, otherwise
he would have had nothing to do with
it, or he would not have allowed Jake
Kilrain TO enter the ring. Since the fact
has become known, Kilrain s sluggish
movements while walking, his disinclin-
alton to sleep and his aversion to- take
exercise, as well as Mitchell 8 care that
he should not take any, and Kilrain s
troubled looks, his rather cadaverous
face-in fact hundred strange actions,
words and looks are all attributed to this.
Professor Robinson, in charge of the
pupils of the Southern athletic club, who
witnessed the fight, stated openly on the
train while returning that the fight was
a colossal fake from the beginning to the
hot Ct.lTi nd lroi
both parties to it, This explained Sulli-
van s magnanimity toward Kiirain when
he had him at his mercy several times
during the fight, when he could quite
easily have knocked him out. He pro-
fesses to know all about sparring, and
has seen many prize fights, andis- capa-
bic to Judge. His assertions are made
openly to members of the
club, and have evoked no little
comment Some allege that he
is mistaken, for too many heavy blows
we're hit ana the principals received too
much punishment.
Kilrain arose this morning and desired
to take a bath in the swimming tank,
but was not permitted to do so. At an
early hour the guests of the club gath
cred together their wardrobe and COM
menced packing up. AT 7:15 O'Clock
Kilrain, Mitchell, Murphy, Pony Moore
and DR.. Dougherty left in carriages for
the Texas and Pacific depot and boarding
train. left for the North via Texas in
order to avoid going back through
Mississippi, where they are to avoid ar
rest. Mr--Stevensou, Kilrain Is hacker,
left. yesterday afternoon via the Queen
and Crescent line for his home Kilrain
was not suffering the least Inconvenience
from the blows he had received, and was
sounded by DR.. Dougherty, who tapped
him in the ribs and chest with his fingers
without causing Kilrain much pain.
Motel is stated that Mitchell knew
of Kilrain' ailment but that Donovan
did not
Marsh Redon of this city has
deposited 500 to make a fight between
the st. Joe Kid and Fallon of Brooklyn,
for from one thousand to twenty-five
hundred dollars a side, the fight to take
place in November within two hundred
miles of New Orleans, William f. Hard
ing to be stakeholder and to appoint the
referee.