Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-20
HOW IT CAME ABOUT
Why Squire Abingdon Gave Ma
oheli $4,000.
DEFENDS BAIRO's MEMORY
Charley Thinks That HAIL Can k~.s
kss<>imasaa< - { ~ s>ssn<ls Cur
$4,000 . ssde

Nsw YoEK. March fs Charley Nit
s'beli. Who is staying Al ihs sedney
HOUSE. -fn~e early the morning and rr4i
carefully the hieTraph, a HE dec.as-cd
friend and hackef. Squire Atang.ien
Baird. To.mans q the Published state
inents Mitchell to,k deciseSi escepti1.ns.
particularly that which represented the
fnuire a. sort II person about whom
prize agbtsrs We're wont O. hang and
The inference that might s,edeiucedcon
sserning his oen connection iih the ie.
,'eased millionaire sportsman.
Squire Abingdon and = he said.
have bceh friends. might ss, pals. for
seven years. bat never in ny life have l
been under any obligations o. him.
either financially or otherwise. lie &C.
conapanis-d me a. this country at has
own solicitation. ills solicitors. Lumley
1 lumley. then said THAI I had sSs.i
hss life by getting him ouf % hesf and
getting hiin a. interest himself Ia any.
thing. Tor he had been confined ~ his
n,om Tor three weeks and Was nuf 81
rected ID live. II eas noi necessary f,,r
The squire IL tina any money Tor me 10
bind this match With (orl.eft. Nv
father "a law. Pony Moore. put np sa.soo
Ia make the match fof $4,000 ,sie fen
weeks prior % any infimation that The
squire would back me.
Gave Him $4,000.
The chances then we're l.0o 10 THAT
Abingdon would never s,one Ii the
United Siaies. and certainly had noi
expected anything fran the Squirr then.
Tor during my previous relations with
him We quarreiied the only quarrel We
ever had. That was in connection With
the Hall Prifchsrd fight he hsscksd
Prischard. and being with Hall natur.
ally regarded hirl IN the Light Il an an
tsgonlsf
Nov I want 90 make clear the way
in which the Squire camc o. present me
with $1,000 10 back myeclf in tins fight
with Corbctt. On arriving az New York
We We're met with the sxorhitanf de-
maDd ~ Corbett. that ! should pot up
$4,000 az once and M one deposit 20 ~
cure a match OF else shut up.
.Of course. tha: was rough on me. but
the Squire at once came o. my assist
ance and said: A &il give you the
money and A. purh marc as they want
Go bet
Il thanked him and replied that slo.-
coo would he sufficient. adding that l
knew we would get odds Tor the rr-
mainder M the ringside. lie put the
$4,000 IN my hands and remarked IN
the presence ~ foriy pcopie. Here IN
the ncncy, make your own match. I
want nothing g. 10 with it. II you Uin
takr Il alt
The money. therefore. Was = Wholly
voluntary gift which | al the more
appreciated. az ! vas not IA a condition
to refuse a.
n also want 50 say that have never
been indebted otherwise 10 anybody Ia
my life Tor a dollar. have always been
able 10 earn my own living. and never
was 'cadger.'r
viii Hack Hall Against Fisz
Ia talking ~ tho offer a Cortrft TO-
day 81 fighting for the purse and honor.
without the side bef. Mitchell sud: 1T
Is the only good thing that ever knew
Jim 90 10 or SAY of course ] spprc-
ciafe his KINDNESS. luf think his charity
comes little too late. The only time I
want corhctt to treat me nice ir when
We arc in the ring and fher the befter
he treats ne the worse ! will use him"
Among fho-r who spent part 20 the
day with Charley Mitchell ~cre Edward
Everett Bell. Ike Thompson. the wealthy
b,-pkmaker and Jim Hail
Mitchell said that iiail wac ready Ia
fight fstzsiumons al the middle weight
limit IN the same ~uek and before The
same club - which the fight hetwecn
himself and Cofheit would come of.
Squire Abingdon hae been willing - put
NJ $1,000 o. hind this match. and fhe
money II siill ready and viii i~ pat up
AZ any time. IN NY own nrininn Hall
can tight better ct i5- pounds. ] want
this understood that this it not meant
a. = liun. Il is a f,pna fi'ie ofeK. leave
here on "Wednesday. and want II under
einusi that Hal aud hss friends mcan
l,Isinese Tbt money - rnssoy- Ike
Thompe,a sait hc vas wiling a. rusrsn-
tee that the money g. bind match he.
tween HAL and fitkrimmuns would be
ready ~ coon A. Fftzsimmens accepted