Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-10
KILRAIN AN INVALID.
A Good Renson for Jnke's Cadaverous
Looks-why the Dog Collar Cham
pion Couldn't Make n Better
Show-He Leaves for
the North by Way
tBY ASSOCIATED PREss.l

the North by Way
of Texas.
tBY ASSOCIATED PREss,l
NEW ORLEANS, July 9.-The pugilists
and their friends who created such great
Juror here for the past week or two, have
all left the city, and the populace are grad
ually quieting down and affairs assuming
their normal condition. Kilrain, who was
believed to have received such terrible pun
ishment about the body, appeared this morn
ing to be as fresh as the day. After hi:
return from the battlefield be was conveyed
to the Southern Athletic Club rooms and
given bath, after which he retired to hi.
room. He vomited a greenish substance
some of which has been kept for analysis, in
order to determine whether he had beer
dosed Gas he intimately or not. Every con.
venience and accommodation was accorded
him and the janitor of the club assisted in
attending him.
KiIrain Not n Well Man.
Rumors that Kilrain 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
were the reports true, but that Kilrain had
recently had surgical operation performed
on him. DIR. Dougherty, of Philadelphia,
had been attending to him, and Kilrain had
been taking medicine ever since his arrival
here; in fact, on the day of his arrival he
was seen taking medicine from a vial, but
this, at the time, was believed to be some
preparation which was intended to assist
him in getting into condition for the fight.
DR.. Dougherty states to some of the mem
bers of the club that he had been treating
Kilrain for "boIl," from which he had
been suffering for some time.
Quite n Reversion of Feeling.
These facts only became known in the
club to-day, and the consequence was that
there was a reversion Of opinion in regard
to Kilrain, and some of the members re-
marked, when he had gone, that they wished
thew had never invited him.
Prof. Donovan stated that he did not
know anything 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 -luggish
movements while walking, his disinclina-
ton to strip, and his aversion to taking ex-
ercise, as we'll as Mitchell's care that he
should not take any, and Kilrain's troubled
looks, his rather cadaverous face--in fact, a
hundred strange actions, words and looks,
are all attributed to this.
Thinks the Whole Affair n Fake.
Prof. 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 q
colossal fake from beginning to end, and
that Sullivan and Kilrain were both parties
to it. This explained Sullivan's mag
nanimity toward Kilrain when he had him
at his mercy several times during the fight,
when he could quite easily have knocked
him out. He processes to know. all about
sparring, and has seen q number of prize
fights, and Is competent to judge. His
assertions are made openly to the members
of the club, and have evoked no little CON-
ment. Some allege that he is mistaken, for
too many heavy blows were hit and the
principals received too much punishment.
Kilrnin Leaves for the North.
Kilrain arose this morning and desired to
take bath in the swimming tank, but was
not permitted to do so. At an early hou,
the guests of the club gathered together
their wardrobe and commenced packing up,
and at 7:15 O'Clock Kilrain, Mitchell, Muir.
ply, Pony Moore and DR.. Dougherty left in
carriages for the Texas and Pacific depot,
and boarding the train, left for the North
via Texas, in order to avoid going back
through Mississippi, where they feared
arrest.
Mr.. Stevenson, Kilrain's hacker, left the
city yesterday afternoon, via the Queen and
Crescent line, for his home. Kilrain was
not suffering the least inconvenience from
the body 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.
1t is stated that Mitchell knew of Kill
rains ailing. but that Donovan did not.