The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-16
JOHN L. POISONED?
rRIENDs BELIEVE Hs WAS
HVEN A DOSE OF OPIUM.

sre Is About One Chance in q
sxuuon That They Are RiRht-Hard
uork to Find an Excuse for the
cbsxn pion's Downfall
from the NeiD York Recorder.
- opiuions of the best friends OF John
e,,11;van are that the defeat Of the big
t,ov WAS the result of ''job" and that he
I.sxifenedn before he entered the ring.
~ 40 not hesitate to assert that the big
- fxon Boston was poisoned, and some
- ID so far as to insinuate that men who
Lo,,ld be closest 90 the ex-champion were
-vo;za mt Of the fact that he was to be
-, NE high low" Since the defeat Of
x st~opg boy his friends have argued that
oould not have made so poor q
sowing If he was right, and they
Ev. gone to work systematically
orove the truth of their asser-
so,s They have taken up the thread
c;rcnmstaatial evidence and worked on
xvish care, and now they believe they
avs matters in such a shape that Sullivan's
,raatness will be made apparent, and the
s.ct mat he was not defeated on the level
,,,.da nalpable. They have no doubt he was
done wrong wy 0 ~ NJ
ot sn1l,vsn passed bad night Monday. He
- II he'd In the rooms occupied by his de-
voted sister Annie and her husband, James
ysnnop. The big fellow was all ont of
shane Ind two doctors were in attendance.
m Greer of Lexington avenue and Forty
th;rd streeu took the stitches out of the for
mar champions nose, and then the con-
cnaror Of hundreds fell faint. He was
1srv weak and did not recover during the
Xii the day he remained In bed, and read
bis Ietters and kilograms there. During the
nioht, when he was sick, William V. Malloy
81 Nav Rochelle sat by his bedside, apply
iuo cooling lotions to the fevered brow of
tbs great gladiator. From sunrise until
darkness Mrs Lennon, Johns sister, ad-
ninistered TO the wants of the champion,
who Ia really 'nutty" in some respects. At
fir,ee he gives evidence of the fact that he
sioea hot know where he is or what has
bappened, and his young nephew, John L.
enron is made to exercise out of doors.
II Il this state of affairs that causes his near
frionds great concern.
Oh course, all who are near to John speak
Of BE condition in the most guarded terms.
THAI have no desire to give the idea that he
| il opt OF form. But the truth is that he is
farsfrom being a well man, and that, as
nlnf ter Of fact, he gives every evidence of a
mai suffering from morphine poisoning.
H8 showed some OF these symptoms in the
ring and he has them now.
Trank Moran, who Is nearer to Sullivan
fhfn any other man, shook his head ON
tnb usly when spoke to him yesterday and
h8 refused TO speak for publication.
II have nothing to say that will interest
lie people," said the champions right
Bower, land, as a matter of fact, / do not
Believe it would do any good, anyhow.
What l believe is one thing, what could
prove is another. l don't .hink it possible
fOr nae to prove that John was gotten at,
but suppose that in the end all will come
bat-that is, providing that there was any
thing wrong. / am not dead sure there
wssn
One Of the men who was close to Sullivan
from start to finish said to me: There is
something strange about all this affair, and
am not yet on to the strength of it, 1t
seems odd to me that the big fellow was
trained at q road house, and in the way he
q was. II 1t was intended to make him slow,
no better means could be adopted, Before
be went into training Charlie Johnston and
Frank Moran agreed that the training quar-
tiers should be at a place where no liquor
was sold. Instead, however, John is steered
FL up against joint where booze is plentiful.
Then, again, look at the way he was sent
M south. Apparently everything was done to
Nj make him uncomfortable. The cars ordered
we're NOS on the train, and he was made a
monkey Of from start to finish.
AFTER he got to New Orleans be was
Il taken to public hotel instead of private
b house. The meats be ate and the tea he drank
came from public dinlng kitchen and
there were no precautions against bis being
# dOSed. In former days Johnston and Frank
Moran and Muldoon and Mike Cleary took
turns eating the grub sent to John L. but
this time John ate what was ordered 1t
had been arranged for Johnston and Moran
10 do the marketing and for Casey to do the
cooking, but upon arriving at New Orleans
this was done away with and negro waiters
we're given full play. He did not even have
epriVate waiter.
Fl Now, l make no accusations, but / do
say that 500 bill is a big note to waiter,
and dose Of laudanum is easily put on a
steak. | may be wrong in my premise,
but there is enough to show me that | am
not.
For the first time, Sullivan made talk
lest night He described his feelings dur
Ing the fight to DIR. Greer, and then said
that ia the fifth round his lower limbs be-
came as cold as ice and numb. He did not
Know what to do with his feet. and as for
MS hands, they telt like Jumps of lead. He
IN mad no power in his arms and could not
raise his hands. He was clearly done.
M Every mau who had seen Sullivan IN
ms previous fights and in his work for the
Datte with Corbetr knows full well he was
hot himself. He was as slow as cold mo-
lasses and could neither walk nor punch.
am not excusing his defeat; l am simply
pointing out facts that must be patent 70
all de was not the Sullivan we all know,
aul tnere must be some reason for it. He is
Today sick man, and is now in bed. II
ne was not poisoned, he would be up and
# When l called on John L. he was in bed
10 ~ room 2l2, in the apartments occupied by
;ul; and Mrs. James Lennon. Mrs. Lennon
sJ9nu's sister. Annie is her name. and
sue dig fellow is very affectionate toward
III III John was on Il bed covered with
D.aasets and was reading letters and tele-
stams Frank Moran was present and was
81 sl,lng John some tips about the benefit on
saturday night at the Madison Square
sa,uen. Sullivan had been through an
olueal; that was plain enough. But he was
nsEsne as ever and had no complaint to
M make.
Nv Il What is the difference whether l was
U W.. or notP said the big fellow. II can
ny N.Y. prove anything, and no matter
T Tuat think or believe it will do no good.
Knew got it | could not afford TO
-'A, Tor people would thluk was making
EXCUSE Everybody else makes excuses
Oh t %asn they beaten. don't, was licked, and
c caa' Is enough for me. don't care how il