Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-10
LIN L. IS FLAT BROKE
The Great Has Been Says That
 He Hasn't a Penny.
HAS MADE AND SPENT A FORTUNE.

sullivan Says He Has Retired From the
 Stage and Wants to Settle Down as a Ho-
 tel Landlord-IIe Refuses Three Drinks
 and Hints at a Benefit.
 NEW YORK, Juno l0.-It was long ago said that only weak mon are sourod by misfortune and now at tho end of tho con- tury as though to clinch the argument of tho ancient seer, arises the great John l.. Sullivan, who announces in n husky though emphatic voice that he hasn't got dollar but says it with a smile.
 In other words, one of the strongest of moderns has the temerity to laugh at mis. fortune-a fact which should drivo all whining spindleshanks to boxing gloves
 Well I don't mind telling you said MT. Sullivan when asked to explain his utteranoe in Madison Square garden Sat urday night that he hadn't dollar, that I'm flat broko-flat. See:'
 You mean that you're absolutely pen nilcss.''
 Well, it's like this: 1 might want to blow you, but l ain't got the stuff to do 1t. Sec: But ain got any kick comin.
 You sec, made barrel of money and blew it. That's me. When got money, my friends know it. 1 ought to know bot ter, I s'poso ."
 You must have made a nice pile out of your plays, Mir. Sullivan!' I've been on tho stage l6 years. - said tho big lighter. but tell you there ain't nOthin in it. Tho stage is all wei! enough, but a man gets tired of it. This last play I had busted me. '
 What play was that?"
 True American.' The name means American like you and mo. only with a trt,n iy,f foF; ;f Y,la nn r;. but it was the people had to cart around with mo. That swallows the dough, toll you"
 "Shall you ever go on the stage again?" Has Retired From the Stage.
 "Naw!" disgustedly. "Tho stage is played out, l tell you. A man liko mo wants n business he can lay down on, sec? been travelin around since 1 was kid, and m dead sick of it. y
 What business do you propose to em- bark in, Mir Sullivan!' Now. l tell you. l ain't no chicken any more, and my sporty days arc dono. want quiet business. l want to stay in ono place. 1 want to settle down. think the hotel business is about my lay" i At this juncturo n tall, thin gentleman paused in front of tho great John and crooked his finger in an expressive way | -NOs tAlhuh NOu' SAlu otIIllNbn STullS, and thon to mo: You see, I ain't drunk anything in eight weeks and feel splon- did. As soon as get to drinkin begin putin on flesh. If drank for a week, I'd ! be up to 213 before you could wink your eye. m 2j4 now"
 i "Win you go into the ring aGain:'' m too fat ain't F" said Mr. Suln, van evasively. I've got to go to n Turkish 1 bath and get some of it off | sl .T money. won't it:"'
 Two made barrel of money in my time and spent it too. When 1 had mon ey my friends didn't suffer did thcy: I'm | gOin to have n little benefit of my own and wind up with Corbett. I spoke to a | lot of tho Joys last night, and they prom ! iscd to do tho proper for me l feol like a lark, and why: Because I lot tho booze | alone. "
 Il suppose you woro vastly pleased with ! your roo option at tho garden%' | "Pupularity's n grand thing, said he i srntcntiuusly. And Two had my sharo of i it. But I'll say ono thing-it never turned my head! I'm willin to give the young | 1cllors a chance now
 Io Refuses to Drink.
 MT. Sullivan relightcd his cigar, smoked collectively for few moments and refused thrCo moro invitations to drink. IIe never looked better in his life His complexion is clear and his eye bright and full of the fire of yoro IIo deserves well of his friends, and there is no doubt that he has a host of them. And if he would give mp the 'hoozr' forever ho would mako a valua- blo addition to the number of the citys s bOnifaCos
 Sullivans friends say that he has earned and spent more money than any fighter or athlcto the world ever saw. It is esti- mated that ill l2 years he made $500, 900. But with him it was easy come, easy go" He threw money away. In the height of his career it was commonplace for him to stand at the bar and spend $5, 900 in wino for his friends and admirers He used to throw 500 and Sl00 bills from the platforms of trains in which he was passing through towns which had turned out their population to welcome him. lIo once bought a barroom for a friend on tho impulse of the moment, and on another occasion paid $l 800 for a team of horses for his father, plain workingman.
 To his credit be il said that John L. | Sullivan ncVor turned a deaf car to n friend in need It is said that he Suuan dered between S5O, O00 and Stu, GOO a year in thus helping needy friends out of their difficulties