The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-30
JOHN l.. IN MISSISSIPPI.
Pays His line and Gets Drunk-Muldoo
Is DisCusted.

Is Disguised.
PuRvIs, Miss, Special June 25.-John L.
Sullivan closed his engagement in Purvis
last night by painting the town scarlet. He
seemed overjoyed at having escaped sem
tence 10 the Marion county jail, and was
so highly enthused that he Rugged every
body he met. The champion accompanied
by Duncan Harrison, took the O'Clock
train for New Orleans, and within few
hours after their departure Jake Kilrain,
Muldoon and Mike Cleary arrived from the
North. Kirain inquired for Sullivan and
seemed surprised when informed OF the big
fellows departure. Muldoon and Mike
Cieary's cases were called in the circuit
court at 9 o'clock this afternoon when
they both entered pleas of guilty and asked
for the clemency of the court, Muldoon
stating that be was sorry for having vio-
lated the law, but had the manhood to
stand the consequences.
Judge Terroll stated he was glad the de-
PENDANTS adopted this course aud hoped
hat this experience would teach them
severe lesson. A fine of $3.50 was entered
against Muldoon and 500 against O'Leary.
Nike Donovan's fine was ordered reduced
to $780, Muldoon then stepped up TO the
sheriff and paid his own and 0'Leary's
fine, and KilrBin paid half of Donovan's
fine out OF his own pocket. This makes
total of 81 700 paid into the county treas
ury by the parties implicated in the Rich
burg fight. Muldoon was seen after the
trial, and the champion wrestler unbos-
omed himself.
81 am sorry that Sullivan saw fit to sneak
of before our arrival" he began, but |
expect his conscience smites him so he
can't look us straight in the face. ! mean
Cleary and myself, who saved him from
defeat at Richburg. The least thing Sulli-
van could have done would have been 10
pay poor Cleary's line.
"What do you think of Sullivan's declar-
alton that he will not meet Jackson2"
III he ever does enter the ring with Jack
son he will need a baseball club, but it will
be to keep the Australian from licking him.
But he has made that declaration so often
that no one believes him. As soon as he
gets few hundred dollars in his pocket
nothing can control him, and he would
break any ironclad contract to associate
With his old love, John Barleycorn, which
IL about the only reliable friend he has left.
when Sullivan Is broke anybody can
control him and he is very dociie. He has
been broke ever since the LIST of January,
and If he had not been picked up by Dun
can Harrison he would have been Carving
the banner today. What disguised me
with Sullivan more than anything else was
the way he treated his poor old mother.
sit is weli-known fact that when Mrs.
Sullivan was on her deathhed her big SON
was drunk and dancing the ean-can with
lot OF toughS IN a saloon 30 yards away,
and 10 think the big loaier came to Purvis
and slebbered and whlned like lo-year-
old kid TO secure the sympathy of the
court makes me tired. The ungrateful
wretch IS not capable of shedding a tear of
regret"
''will Sullivan and Kilrain ever fight
sgain2"
Il don't know. II they do Sullivan will
be the worst licked man you ever saw"
kiiraln was asterward seen in his room
and asked If he intended to await chal-
lenge from sullivan, now thar the Rich
burg echo has died away"
Certainly CO." he said, ''and you are
authorized 10 state 10 the EEdmisaer that
herewith challenge John L. Sullivan TO
tight noe TO finish either With bare knue-
kles or with tight gloves, London prize