The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-27
WELL KNOWN IN ST. PEUL
ssONE-EYED" CONNOLLY PLACED IN
KINGS COUNTY, n. ",
HOSPITAL
LACED IN A sTRAITJACKET
is an OId-Time Boxer, but Rest
known by His Ways of Col
Letting the Living the
World owes Him.

A telegram from Flatbush, L. l., says
that "One-eycd' Jimmy Connolly was
gathered in by the police Monday. He
had to be placed in straitiacket
and was sent TO the Kings county hos
pttal, insane and raving.
Living by his wits. and always con-
triving. by hook or crook, to negotiate
a loan when he needed one, the adven-
lures of Connolly. on this continent
would, if compiled, make a good sized
volume, Of peculiar interest to the sport
ing fraternity. Where or how he be-
came deprived of his eye nobody knows,
and Connolly would never tell.
native of birmingham, Eng, he
came to this country at an early age,
drifting to Chicago in the SOS. This city
he looked upon as his home, in as much
or sense as he could be said TO have
one.
at one time he was a boxer of no mean
merit, and he put UP some lively argu-
meuts against ambitious pugiiistic as
pirants when travelling with Parson Da-
YfeS' fistic combination, Paddy Ryan, the
former heavyweight champion, beng the
star of the aggregation.
On one occasion it devolved upon Jim
my to meet local boxer at little
town in Iowa where tie Parsons troupe
was playing a one-night stand. Pre-
Nious to entering the ring Connolly in
dulSed rather freely in alcoholic bevera-
ges. and his vision was rather hazy in
consequence. Though possessing only
one optic, he could see two opponents
before him, where his better sense as
sured him there should be only one.
At the end of the first round he went
back to his corner having been made the
receiver general for a generous amount
of punches.
TWO OPPONENTS BEFORE HIM.
Say, Bill he whispered hoarsely TO
his second wat am l up against, any
way. Have they got me fghtin twins?
can see two blokes in front Of me, and
can't hit either of them
Hit between EN-, them, his second
said. t'and maybe you'll land
Connolly jumped from his chair at the
call of time, and, according to his own
statement, banged his right straight i'll
between two grinning faces that danced
before him. Down went the local boxer
with a crash. The blow had reached the
Jaw point and all was over.
While the seconds of the defeated man
were endeavoring to restore him to con-
seriousness Connolly hurried to his foe,
mans dressing room. He had noticed
that the 1owan was about his own size
and build, and James needed another
suit OF clothes. In a corner of the room
lay the local boxers garments
=
fled to his own dressing room, donned
the clothes and hied him swiftly to the
railway station, bearing with him the
spells of war.
RAISED MONEY ON HIS EYES.
But it was chiefly upon his glass eye
that Connolly relied to raise the wind
when all other means had failed. Many
kind-hearted sportsman, listening to
Jimny's tale of woe and gazing on his
empty socket handed the artful one a
few dollars with-which to purchase a
new eye, unconscious of the fact that the
original substitute for natures organ
was reposing snugly in the owners vest
pocket
A shrewd confidence scheme in which
the ever-Valuable eye figured as a source
of revenue was frequently worked by
Connolly and a confederate in the fol-
lowing manner: Connolly, having Sc
cured fairly presentable suit and equip
ped with a property bank roll of stage
money, would betake him to some town
where he was not known. His first visit
on reaching his destination would be to
the store of some Italian fruit vendor.
AS soon as the proprietor turned his
back to get Connolly the particular kind
Of fruit he called for Jimmy would al
low his glass eye to fall into a fruit
crate or any other receptacle that hap
pened TO be handy. Then Connolly would
bitterly bemoan his loss, declaring that
the eye could not be duplicated in the
town and that he had to attend a swell
function that night After search for
= the missing object had been made in
vain, Connollys bank roll of dubious
notes came into view and the Italian re-
ceiYed promises of a hundred dollars re-
ward if he found the eye and sent it up
to the hotel where Jimmy claimed to be
staying.
CONFEDERATE FINDS THE EYE.
Half an hour later the confederate
would wander into the store and find
the eye. The Italian, with visions of
800 reward before him, would gladly Of
fer half that sum for the prize, and the
confederate with $50 in his possession.
would regain Connolly, after which the
willy two departed in haste.
To keep Connolly out of the building
> where a championship fight was IN pro-
gress appeared to be an impossible task.
When Creedcn and Greggains fought be-
fore the Columbia Athletic club at Roby,
Ind, 1898. the officials of that organiza-
ton erected a barb-wire panel around
the inc,oSure where the fight was held.
- The top stran Of the fence was connect
ed with a powerful dynamo. and heavily
charged with electricity. Connolly es-
saying to jump over. placed his hard on
the top wire. received an awful shock,
and was fairly thrown into the air. But
with his usual luck, he fell upon the in
side of the inclosure, and saw the bat
tie.
Strict orders have been given by tht
promoters of the FitZsimmons-Corbe
fight at Carson City that he should no
be allowed into the amphitheater Blu
when the battle began Connolly was sit
ting in a box at the ringside beside Sen
Gtor ingalls,.
CLAIMED THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
. A claim to the heavyweight champion
ship of the world was once made by Con
molly on the subjoined lines of argument
back in the early eighties Connolly b5xeC