The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-12
WRESTLER MULD0ON
Writes a Letter on his COntro-
versy With Sullivan.
HE CALLS THE CHAMPION A LIAR.
This is Probably True of the Accused and
Accuser-He Will Back Kilrain
for Another Fight.

Especial to THE HERALp-Examiner Dispatch
New York, July 11.-Wllliam Muldoon
has come out with long reply in answer
to the remarks made BY j. L. Sullivan, in
which he says:
"That Mississippi affair has cost me
nearly two thousand dollars, besides loss
of time and the discomfort have been put
to and the disgrace of having been con-
nected with such an affair. This does not
seem to be enough in the eyes of the big
bragger and loafer, Sullivan, for whom L
got in all this trouble. He resorts t. the
most contemplate methods ever heard of
to vent his spite against me, which has been
gradually gathering in him ever since the
fight, for no other reason than that the
public press and the public themselves saw
fit to give me credit for assisting him in his
victory over Kilrain. Then he was used to
say that he would never forget me for my
kindness to him. He would say | was the
greatest trainer on earth, the best friend he
ever had, and many other complimentary
things, but when ne was drunk, as was
nearly always the case, he would become
very sullen and disagreeable [ saw at once
what this would eventually lead to with an
ignorant brute like him, and l MADE no fur
Their efforts to continue our business rela-
tions. He once came to me and offered me
$1,000 to train him to fight Jackson, and 81
per cent. of all exhibitions before and after
the fight. This proposition was made only
q month or so ago.
He charges me with being a liar,
coward, and an migrate, with having
threatened to shoot him and having offered
to turn states evidence against him in
Mississippi. That is what ne says about
me. Now as to what | have to say about
him. [ say ne is liar. He accuses me of
having written letter to the Mississippi au
thorities offering to turn states evidence
That say again is a lie. The thought of
such a thing never entered my mind. An
other thing he lies about is that he paid me
the sum Of 81 900 or more for training him.
Charlie Johnson, of Brooklyn, is the man
VINO first proposed to back him for $4,000
against Kilrain and at that time he was
probably the only man in America who
would bet dollar on him, and it was on
account of my admiration for Johnson 5
plucky offer that | stuck to Sullivan
| through the many disagreeabie and
unpleasant occurrences during his train
ing and until the fight was over.
johnson can testify as to whether it is q
fact or not, that this man Sullivan was q
drunken, bloated, helpless mass of flesh
1
money in his pocket and only such clothing
as he could carry in small hand satchel
The night [ took him from New York to q
to my place johnson told MIN in my pres
ence: You haven't a friend on earth wh(
would take you into their home in the con
dItion that you are in tonight Johnson i!
the only man who paid me all the money
ever received for my services in that whole
affair
'.From the time that Cleary and mysel
were arrested list January in this city VI
to the time when the tria | was over, this
great blackguard Sullivan never offered
one dollar towards defraying the expenses
of Mr.. Cleary and myself, and we wer
his seconds. Now it would have been littl
enough for Sullivan to do after receivin!
all of the stake money and excursion
money, to have at least offered to defraI
our expenses and pay our fines. | stood al
the expenses and paid the fine and Cleary
who Is poor man, is working now by the
day for a small salary to try and pay bac
some of the expense that | have been pu
to- This is why [ call Sullivan an migrate
''rThe reason [ call him a loafer is this
He went into the courts of Mississippi an
; listened to the charge of Judge Terrill t
the grand jury and before the Judge wa
through Sullivan was frightened out of hi
boots. When he was called up to plead b
was as meek as a lamb. He SMILED like
J whipped schoolboy and he turned his fac
1 out of the window to hide his tears. II
v succeeded in getting the sympathy of tn
court and got off with fine of $500. On
hour after he was getting drunk and if tn
$ people of Purvis are to be believed, he 81
u drunk, stood up or beer kegs and delIvere
! u temperance lectures and used the foule:
Il and most abusive language about th
II friends who had stood by him through n
|. trouble, ate raw beefsteak and gave othe
e exhibitions of his ability to be a distil
y guished loafer.
Nov, if he will fight Kilrain again
will go on the other side. | will put XII
rain in the ring weighing 205 pounds and
g will bet 81 500 that he wins the fight in le
is time than it took Sullivan to win his la
IS fight from him, when Kilrain went in
t the ring Weighing only rs pounds. The
j. would be plenty of money in such fig
as Kilrain can get hackers for $4,000. /
badly as Sullivan has acted through t
" whole matter, l don't care to see hi
. whipped by negro and [ hope he will ha
L the good sense to let Jackson alone"
i Muldoon also pays his respects to Har
lg son and Donovan.