The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-21

scowi made Its appearance on The cham
pion's face, bat he read the letter very care
fully, smiling and scowiing again by turns.
Al er ne had gone through the letter he re-
marked that il was Just the sort Of stuff he
would expect from q man of Muidcons
Gambler. he continued:
Never mind. I'll meet that fellow in
New York in few days and I'll bet he will
swallow every thing he has said about me.
de can also make up his mind that when
we do meet be will find that I can shoot
about as well as he does. When / do see
PIN III have gun in my pocket as well as
himself am not the only one that is
after him; there are half q dozen more peo-
pie he has treated the same as he has me.
and You need not be surprised when you
wake up any morning and read about him
having his head knocked off, That fellow
train me again? ! guess not. He never
trained man nor saw fight in his life till he
COX hold of me for my battle with
hiirain. He would not have had me then.
out be went TO Charley Johnston and
begged and pleaded 10 let him train me. l
kicked as hard IS | could against the ar
rangement. but Johnston persisted that I
should go with him. and I went. He is a
liar when be says that was drunk and
made temperance speeches upon beer kegs
IN Purvis after tine tignt. He is liar also
when he says that used the foulest and
most abusive language about friends who
had stood by me through NV troubles. He
Charms TO have proof that | did things he
accuses me of. Well, / have proof that he
IS O liar. and nv witnesses are the best men
In that town. whose word would be believed
before his. ] see he claims that he did not
make any threats to shoot me. Well. it
was published in one of the New Orleans
papers. / did telegraph to Richburg to
hold Muldoon there twenty-four hours for
me, pat never received any reply from
my telegram, so that Is the reason did
not go. Ii was not because was afraid of
Muidoon or that any harm would befail
me. That duck is the biggest
cur in the country, and any
Kid IN the land can whip him. he
regrets having had anything to 90 with
me. Well. he does not regret it as much
as do. Then again. he says that he never
wrote letter to The Mississippi authorities
offering 10 turn states evidence. saw the
letter and that is proof enough for me. In
regard to my paying him for training me,
be says that did not give him the money
that it was Charley Johnston that paid
him. Well, that's funny / fought and
won the money. and do not see what
right Johnston has to it. 1t was I that
pail the .duffer, and if the truth was only
known | paid him 81, 600. Besides that ]
paid all his expenses while he was with me;
likewise Mike Cleary's. There's fellow I
don't want TO say ANYTHING about. He is
a good fellow and like him. l gave him
$500 afier the fight. and offered to pay his
anu Donoyan's fines. but taey would not
have IT,"
Dad you offer to pay Muldoon's ine?"
NO, | would not be guilty OF dong so
much Tor him. did however, do one thing
for him. and / would not have done that
but was working to help another party.
l had his Mu dOon's), Cieary'S and Dono-
vans fines reduced. When / would not
let Muldoon go on tour with me he went
cling lies to people in different cities and
towns anout me. After he came back to
New York be came crawling into my room
and. like whipped cur. said he never told
any stories about me. / asked him about
the yarns published in the different news
papers about me and which were his utter
ances. He said that he never said any.
thing abont me, but / knew he did. 30
he'll match kiirain to fight me in Fort
Worth? Well, he and Klirain will have
no need to go beyond Long Island if they
want to fight"
us the Puritan club going to offer a
purse for you and Jake?"
II guess So but I'll DIX that matter when
/ get to New York next week. / don't
care particularly whether fight or not /
can make money enough outside OF the
business, and | may not fight again.
couid talk all day about Muldoon's dirty
tricks and the best of it is l can prove
everything / say. I'll settle everything
with him when get 10 New York, and I
don't think he will try to roast me