St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-29
sHEEHY's TART REMARKS.
The Minneapolis Man Sends a
Letter to Killen.

Inc MtnneapOllS man ScnuS u
Letter to Killen.
Joe Sheehy called at the GLOBE Office
last evening and left the following let
ter, addressed to Pat Killen:
II consider you 'bloodthirsty' cow
ard. l have been following you for
over year without being able to get on
fight. l offered tc meet you at Duluth
for $500 side OIL the stage of the Peo-
pies theater, but you backed out and
showed the white feather. Then you
brought Mccartney out from New York
and weakened at the last moment, and
let him go back without night. Then
[ Eied to get on a 'go' with you.
but the nearest ever got
you to fight was the door
of the Newmarket On Saturday evening.
There you backed down from the
articles of agreement, although there
was $1,000 or more in sight, because you
haven't the courage of chicken.
think you are the cheapest fighter ever
met. And to prove that you are genu-
inc coward, will fight you to finish
for any sum from $500 to $4,000 at the
Twin City Athletic club, Minneapolis.
] will not bother about meeting you
again in st. Paul, because / am sure l
could not get fair play here. l don't
believe, however, that the biggest yoke
OF oxen in Minnesota could pull you
into ring if you knew l would be
there. If you are any kind of a man at
all you will allow me to take your 500
forfeit now in the hands of st. Paul
man, because you know that it was all
your fault that the fight did not come
off Saturday"
In the meantime the $500 forfeit post
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hands of the stakeholder, who will not
turn it over because there is conflicting
evidence on thepoint that Sheehy or his
representative was prevented from en-
tering the box office. Sheehy and sew
eral of his friends state positively
that they were refused entrance
to the box, whereas George
SymondS, who states he was
in the box with G. w. HiXon. expresses
his willingness to make affidavit that
Sheehy was not refused admission to the
box. Mr.. Symonds. however, says
Sheehywas refused permission to handle
the money. The articles of agreement
state that each man shall have rep
resentative In the box. but they do pot
state that either of them shall sell the
tickets. This is nice point. Did the
agreement contemplate that each mans
sold by regular ticket seller OF sell
them themselves? 1t is plain that the
whole 500 must go to one or the other
of the pugiliStS,:but to which one? Was
Sheehy refused admission to the box?
Was he given permission to enter the
box and refused permission to sell
tickets? And if permitted to enter
the box and refused permission
to sell tickets, were the articles of
agreement thus violated by Killen?
And, on the other hand. suppose it be
granted that Sheehy refused to go into
the box because he could not sell
tickets, did he thus violate the agree
ment and forfeit his money? The
stakeholder does not undertake to de-
eide these questions. He will neither pay
the $500 to Killen nor to Sheehy unless
directed to do SO by some court. He
will. however, hold the money for an
other fight, or, on the mutual agreement
of the two pugilists, pay to each of
them 800 if they will appear, together
with their hackers and receipts. and
state that they have arranged to draw
down their money.
kILLEN'S STATEMENT.
Pat KiIlen stated last night that he
was quite as anxious as ever to
make a fight with Sheehy. and said
Pat Conley had agreed to put up purse
of $500 for the two men to fight for at
the Olympic theater some time during
the week of Oct. 6. the winner of the
mill to take the purse. Killen also said
he would wager his 500 of the forfeit
money now up that he would whip
Sheehy inside of ten rounds.