The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-25

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then forget IL.
The only sfrect c< these aEns @Ion the
big fellow Vas 20 drive Aira FROM town- He
had no intention Of paying and ignored
the demands OF hts creditors wsth sspol-
comic dignity lie vent % Crescent Reach
aud spent bis s.,gs1 in rsotous living. while
his creditors were vsiztsing for their money
Ore man, VITO had sold him nearly $50
worth Of clothing on credit, secured war
rant for the charnp ioas arrest for Debt.
and demanded that be take the poor debt
ors' oath Il be couldnk par. Sullivan
couldn't ignore this move, bat he settled
with the help OF q lawyer without appear
ing In court.
While the traders have suffered heavily,
the sporting men hare been uippeci even
worse Mike Clarke, the proprietor Of
CEarke's hotel, has done more toward put
ting Sullivan on his feet thar any other
rnan He has helped the big fellow out OF
more than ore tight hole. and has been a
friend TO him froEa the start. When sulii-
van returned 10 Boston after his victory
over Paddy Ryan, be received a monster
reception in The Mechanics bElilding IN
this city. which Melted him nearly SIS 600.
Immediately after that Sullivan opened
saloon. and people supposed il vas done on
the procseesis OF the beue4it. But the en-
terprsse vas backed bT Mr.. Clarke. Ssslii-
van soon ran the business into the ground.
chiefly because he had no business in
stInctS. and also because ne patronsxed his
Own bar TOO freely. The enterprise was
wrecked. and liarke'S loss was more than
$500 suliivar's whole indebtedness 20
Clarke, i is said, ranges from $1,000 20
sI5.aa.
Sullivan owes Jimmy Coiyille $500, and
Nike Gleason loaned him nearly as much.
Bat neither OF these gentlemen would
think OF asking for IL Sullivan borrowed
$40 from one young man at the South
End who couid not afford 10 let him have
Il. and nov he needs the money badly.
But his requests have been ignored with
the rest. Thomas 7. Calvin, the florist,
has long bill that aggregates about 500
against John l.. and Annie.
When he Is out for 4 carousai be consid-
ers il unmaniy 20 take the change that Is
due from whatever bill he throws down,
and IN that way squanders a large sum
every year. The pick pockets grow rich
when Sullivan Is drunk. and he further
impoyerishes himself hy thrusting good
sized rolls into the pockets OF his friends.
IL is not strange, therefore, that Sullivan
has snch an army OF eamp-fol!owers.
Neither II his poverty TO be wondered At
under the circumstances. Whatever other
vices sullivan has, gambling Is not one OF
them. He shuns faro banks and race
tracks. He prefers the pleasures of wine
and women 10 the green cloth and the bet
ting ring.
Saiiiyans income, since he won the title
of champion by defeating Paddy Ryan.
has been enormous for one ia his profes-
sion. His toEr of the country under Al
Smith nettec him $4,000, and under Pat
Sheedys management the receipts we're
large, though not as large as in the preced-
ing trip. The largest sum received for
single nights exhibition was at New York
when Sullivan tried TO knock out Tug vii
sen IN four rounds. For the twelve
minutes in which he was thus employed
Sullivan was paid Sl6.0oo-more than 81 900
minute. The receipts at one Boston
benefit were nearly sf5Seo, and when he
was presented with the diamond studded
belt, IN the Boston theater, in the presence
OF the mayor and aldermen. he received
nearly $1,000 His other exhibitions in
New York and in other cities have netted
handsome sums.