The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-02-23
Morisini's Muscle Brought to
Him Millions,
RID GOULD OF CRANKS
Herman oelrich Is Another Strong
New Yorker WHIP Was a Match for
John /. Sullivan in His Best Bays
Dick Croker ano Dom Paul Strong.


Dick Croker ano Dom Paul Strong.
Professional strong men have lost
their vogue somewhat in New Yc.h
since the days of greatest popularity
for Sandow, Atilla and the rest of
them, but the vogue of the musculs r
man in private life is increasing it is
held by William Blake, of Harvard
College, who has divided his energies
for century's -four tn part between the
law and physical culture, and there
never were so many men of exceptional
muscular development in business and
professional circles as now.
Probably there is no man in New
York whose muscular strength has
been worth so much directly as that of
Giovanni p. Morosini, the banker. has
been to him. MoroSini must be past Go,
but his appearance still shows evidence
of unusual muscular powers, even
when he is sitting quietly at Saturday
matinees with his favorite daughter
the younger one. Primarily, Morosini
owes everything to his muscle. He did
not attain his splendid bodily develop
ment by course of training UNDER
taken for that purpose, as did Blail<ie.
Morosini is Italian born. He fought
with Garibaldi, and then became a
sailor before the mast. 1t was his sea-
faring life during which he had to work
hard and live on simple food, that de-
veloped his muscle. After leaving the
sea he came to America and got a job
in the Erie Railway offices. Morosini
came under Gould's eye when Gould
had reason to fear bodily assaults from
certain quarters. Mr.. Gould liked the
young mans looks, being struck par
ticularly with his strength, and hired
him promptly. For years thereafter,
wherever Gould was seen in public,
there Morosini was also, gigantic in
body, with swelling muscles to match
his size, at once an ideal personal
guard and a startling contrast in APP
peararce to his distinguished employer.
There are many stories of the mus
cular services Morosini performed in
Gou'ds behalf, though usually he only
had to show himself when the little
Wizard of Wall street wished to get
rid of & crank or other Objectionable
person.. ge. On one occasion the big
eX-sailof had to expend some of his
physical strength. Gould, being far
from we'll at the time, had given strict
orders that no one should be admitted
to his private office, but a certain we'll
known promoter managed to get past
the door boy. Once in the millionaires
presence, the promoter was received
politely, but without enthusiasm, Gould
saying he had no time just then to look
into the proposition advanced. But
the promoter insisted, on the basis,
20 hof ho haN
other chance to talk with Gould. The
millionaire cast an inquiring glance in
the direction of Morosini, who was
present as usual, and gently requested
the intruder to go away. This was too
much for the latter, who started to
make an impairment answer. Step
ping quickly to the promoters side,
Morosini threw one arm about him,
piniening his arms to his side, caught
him by the legs with the other nrm as
you would pick up child, carried him
to the door and dropped him outside
in the corridor
IF you ever come back" said Moro
SIM. "Pll drop you out of the window"
Morosini has boxed with John L.
Sullivan and wrestled with Muldoon.
making a pretty good showing against
both. He attributes the preservation
of his physical powers to steady exer-
else and diet almost as simply as
when before the mast.
Herman Oelrichs, known for twenty
years as one of the most muscular non
professional strong men in America,
though not exploited so much now as
formerly, acquired his powers through
the training he got at college. His
speciality is swimming. His friendship
with Matthew Webb the swimming
teacher with whom he swan on one
occasion from Seabright, N. j., to the
Sandy Hook liEhtship and back to
Monmouth, a distance of eighteen
miles, lasted till Webb's death in the
Niagara gorge. But Oelrichs is, or has
been, bit of a boxer, too, as Sullivan
discovered a few years ago.
Daniel Webster and Abraham Lin
coin were noted when boys as wrest-
lers. The speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, d. B. Henderson, at 16
was champion wrestler of his own and
two adjoining counties. Gladstone and
Bismarck were powerful, and both at
tributed their success in public life to
their unusual physique. Gladstone in
particular. His treechopping propens-
ity often was spoken of as an idiosyn-
Grassy, but in reality It was his method
of preserving his strength.
j. p. Morgan, 1.-The great CONSOLE
dator," is known Hy his friends to be
an unusually powerful man. Dom
Paul. Kruger is said to have the ply
sicial strength Of two or three men, and
they tell story of his killing fifteen
mutineers with a sword when he was a
young man in Holland.
William ]. Morse, son of S. f. Il.
Morse the inventor IF the telegraph, is
another New York Clubman of i'm
mense strength. He is a great traveller,
and has srent much time in the West.
Once when a wild Western editor print
ed something derogatory about Morse
he went to the publishing office. where
he drove the editor half frantic by
moving the imposing stones about the
Office, after which he swore he'd carry
off the press unless a retraction were
printed. The editor retracted.
Richard Croker is, or was, a man of
immense physical strength, and so is
Lawson N. Fuller. The latter was as
great wrestler in his boyhood as was
Lincoln, being champion for years of
an Northern Vermont at "backhold,"
"sidehold" and "squarehold" At past
70 he has grip enough to crack the
bones in the hand Of an ordinary man