Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-11
KILRAIN IN ST. LOUIS.
What He and Mitchell Have to Say About
the Fight.

. ST. LOUIS, July 11.-Jake Kilrain, the de-
feated pugilist; Charley Mitchell champion
boxer of England; Pony Moore, Mitchell's
father-in-law, and Johnny Murphy the game
feather weight who was recently pounded out
of shape by ''Spider" Weir, arrived in st. Louis
this morning at 7:30, via the Iron Mountain
railway. There had been so many conflicting
reports about the great defeated and his fol-
lowers that only a moderate sized crowd had
assembled at the depot, but those who were
there were brimful of curiosity and peered
eagerly INTO the various cars attached to the
locomotive, discovering nothing. An Associated
Press reporter hurried to the smoking COM
partment of the sleeper in which the Kilrain
party were located, and in few minutes
Charley Mitchell cautiously opened the door
and asked if there were
ANY "BLooDY CoPPERs' ABOUT
He was assured that the police force slum-
bered peacefully, and upon receipt of this in
formation brought forth his principal, the
once champion of the world, followed by the
redoubtable Murphy, who rubbed his swollen
head ruefully and said
"Now just look at that nut of mine, will you?
and did nothing but stand there in the sun
and hold a bottle"
Kilrain looks badly, but he is as far from the
grave as before the fight in SO far as the in
jurles received in the battle are concerned
III.
lips cut, but not severely, and his jaw giving
evidence of some of the taps thereon from the
brawny fist OF the pride Of Boston. Kilrain
walks without assistance, but is far from frisky,
and especially was this noticeable in his alight-
ing from and mounting the steps Of the car.
He ia also badly frightened man. and fears
Governor Lowry more than he did John T..
He still looks to Mitchell and obeys his orders
like child.
WHAT MITCHELL SAYS.
"We can't talk here, you know, !" said Mitchell.
"Let's get off to the windward of these curious
blokes and get into our car and then well be
easier. you know" to all Of which Pony Moore
nodded a vigorous assent, and poor Jake Kill
rain followed meekly. Seated in the Cincin-
natl sleeper Mitchell opened with the statement
that the fight was lost because Jake was not in
shape. 81 knew he was sick and asked him
if he did not feel badly, and he deceived me by
saying no-now didn't you, Jake?"
But felt well enough to do him." growled
the fallen idol of Baltimore.
1.-The whole story in nut SHE'LL" continued
Mitchell, ''can be quickly told Jake had no
time to get fit and the sun knocked him out.
The battle was fair and square and we have no
complaints to make"
'.But didn't Sullivan assist the sun in knock
ing out Kilraih?"
SULLIVAN ASSISTED THE SUN.
"Some," said Mitchell. eyes, Sullivan did
get In some damaging Furnishes in the third,
and, I believe, in the seventh rounds"
''Just look at my head, interjected feather
weight Murphy, who clung tenaciously to the
belief that Old Sol aud not John L. laid Kilrain
low.
Butts it's a bloody shame to talk about dos
ing" continued Mitchell, land about my leav-
ing Jake because he was defeated. Jake will
tell you he was not drugged, and as for leaving
him. why was looking out that we were not
nabbed by the 'bobbies in Mississippi and
stood on the front platform to prevent the un-
coupling of the train. Bud Masterson Of Dem
yer, who is charged with twenty-five lives,
stood by me and promised to shoot the first
man who touched coupling pin, and by the
courtesy of the Associated Press, we finally got
into New Orleans on their special train. II
was forced courtesy, know, but We could not
quick, too. There is nothing in tho stories
about falling out between Jake and myself"
People would prefer Dur statement ss 70