The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-12
Nm NOT WRITE THE LETTER.
COMMONS WILL PAY $4,000 FOR
IT'S PRODUCTION.

10 Noes Not Know Leonard
nv and Never Wrote Anyone n
Tor Admitting He Feared De-
la+-Manager Julian and Mrs.
',.-iu,mons Equally Emphatic
- Tbeir Deniais-NO Benefit Unless
49,, Gets All the Cash.
york June 11.-Bob Fitzsimmons,
.1,mnion heavyweight pugilist' in
CIV with his wife and his manager,
,,..,io Julian. attended ball game at
w., End Field Club. Jersey City, this
aHanoon' ,,u
- ,fter the game. he and Julian found
~. ~ deny the assertions made by Leon
-bilIv who is credited with being an
obe Of the sherifrs office in Cincin-
s,1,v claims to be a personal friend of
,,7sinmons. but Bob says he does not
-aoo, such a man and Julian is equally
o,.itive that he never met such a person
T,e letter in itself purports that Fitzsim-
- feared defeat, and advised his
@...ods not to risk any money in the belief
,b,t he would retain the championship.
of never wrote such letter." said Fitz-
simmons,
who Is ShiIIy, Anyhow"
.r don't know Shnly. Who is he, any
sorq You say he is connected with the
.,erifr,s office in Cincinnati. Well, if he
!. know nothing about the sheriff or
Kin, never wrote such a letter l am
~, letter writer This letter in ques-
ian is dated New York, May 81. Since L
nsrt INTO training some weeks ago. l only
a-rota one letter, and that was TO DR..
TsIr y dentist of Peoria, Ill, but I made
-, mention of my chances of victory or
defeat in H.
Urn ,ell YOU what IN do. In order to show
,bo nrhlic that | never wrote such a letter
"a Leonard Shilly or any other person, III
give 50. 500 to the person who produces such
a document; furthermore, if any one be-
leves that he has such a letter, l will
nav his expenses from wherever he re-
sides TO this city and make him present
of $3.50. providing that such a communica-
ion can be produced, OF course, the
letter may be a forgery, if such letter
exists. but 1 want to be satisfied as to
lis existence, and 1 also want the public
10 be satisfied that l never wrote il, nor
had il written for me.
II am at a loss to understand why any
person could make such a statement, be-
cause see no reason why any one should
try 10 injure men in this underhand man
ner"
Julian Also Emphatic.
Martin Julian, Fits manager, was
equally emphatic in his denunciation of
the report, and said:
H.
that he never wrote such a letter. 1t
is a lie on the face of it, Fitz is not
making any idle boast when he says that
he Will give $500 for the production of
the letter if il can be proved to be au-
thentc. This we can easily afford to do,
seeing that we know if such a letter eX-
lists il must be a forgery. Now let these
people come to time, and if there is a
negro in the woodpile, we will soon dig
him out. If the letter can be placed in
evidence, we will gladly pay $3.50 TO the
person presenting it, as well as all other
expenses, in addition to the 81 500 promised
by Fitzsmmons.
Mrs Fitzsimmons, who was present said
that she was positive that her husband
had never written such a letter.
Bob was more than confident of sue
cess and all those who saw the fight must
certainly agree with me in saying that he
did his utmost to retain the championship.
He had no doubts as to his ability to de-
feat JeHfries, and although he was beaten,
! am not quite satisfied that he cannot
reverse the order of things
Wants 1t All or None.
Several rumors are in circulation that
Jeflries has offered to spar with .Fitz-
simmons a a benefit for the latter. but
Manager Julian said tonight that JEFF
ines and his manager instead of giving
benefit the proceeds of which would go
10 RITZ, had made a proviso that they
should receive 30 per cent. of the receipts.
Nhen this proposition was made to Fitz-
simmons, he and his manager declined to
have anything to do with 1t and stated
= mat when Fitz gave a benefit for Jack
Dempsey, after he had defeated him,
dempsey received all the coin. Neither
flIz nor Julian will accept half favors
rom the new champion or his manager,
and if they wish TO give the ex-champion
Deneht, he must have ALL