Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-12
rood Story of How Two French
WV m.o Took Famous PugillSt
For Monarch
lake WAS CARRIED TOO FAR.
a,a =, a Result the Famous c0lored
'' rlshter Was Hooted and M0OOed
At His Paris Hotel

a., Vim, blood courBed through
h'nVue poler Jackson, the negro heavy
,D,,ght pugIllst was once In'S'a .s,os ~ ",,v
w W. Il happened in Paris, when Wv Wv,
A"s, Visited after his hght WIN 'e"
s JAZZ IN England about fifteen years aso'
sm'n assumption Of royalty was the
saons' :, Joke played on him by ms
"suN sam Fitzpatrick who tells inc
ualn'' rhs plan began innnocenuy
'% onga hut in the end 1t evolved al con
me me IN peck Of trouble ana com
o'" CIV Jackson to remain in seoiuslon ior
p'l'0u ~ IN his hotel. In addition to be-
tn'es o ',bod and having his life threat
ned -. ,,ero n novelty I'm
r"s,ond and France. In England JooA-
has known and easily recognized ON
erect because while he was traliuns
wy smith the sporting papers published
.,o,ure and his photographs were on
tsPs,ion in the cafes ana CLUBS ~
e1niip' tbo,igb. Jackson was not so wen
iaa,, Jackson was accompanied W
AAg gs nv Fitzpatrick and ms MANAGE,
5srson Davies Naturally, mo l,s' s' ,hss
he party did was 10 ,ans nn in the
canital Jackson attracted atteh-
iIcn.n, oreyer no went, and there Wab
VOL nuneble sueculatiOn as TO his lden-
w., iockson was a quiet sort OF teiloW
~ yarely encouraged conversation or
,.sds friends unless introduced IN inc
conventional way, ,,,,,,, .r,oo,blv until
80 s,nick a cafe on one OF the Doule-
W. said F4tzpatrick. There two dis
.eoJjshod Ionking FrenChmen approached
u,atSSson and offered their hands, when
Tetsr grapsed and shook warmly one
~ Inc Frenchmen understood enough
English to get along Wnlle iho GQtih ter
,arlng Jackson the English speaking
Se,,sisn went up to Davies and gaid he
10 bis friend would like to BIO formally
Introduced 10 Jackson. They had heafd
,bat Jackson was 0f royal blood ana I'M
mensely rich Davies referred inc trench.
men 10 me with a wink ! TOOK me hihl
snd taking my questioners TO one side
ana beyond the hearing Of jackson. ins
,ormed them that Peter was no prince,
int a real i've King To make II strong
named A mythical island somewhere IN
ihe Pacific ocean as his domain.
S'He is the king OF Canario islands
md YOU are tho first persons we have
mentioned II to- | said We are sorry
Raj his Identity has become known, but
Il l. now no use to deny t. lie 10 very
wealthy, and that gentleman YOU Just
smoke 10 motloning TO Davies IN his
nime minister. / am his secretary and
general adviser We were formerly SAIL
ors but were shlpwrocked on his island,
We became his friends and are making
q tour OF the world with him. We are
strangers In Paris, and II you keep his
majestys Identity a secret we shall be
llad to have your company.
Those Frenchmen fairly ate up what |
told them, They were delighted at the
Invitation and gladly accepted IT,
For several days We we're their guests.
They would not lot MS spend sou and
insisted on our having the best In the
land jackson was llonized, The French
men saaamed In his presence, They tried
10 engage him in conversation, but we had
previously tipped him on that they were
d couple Of detectives IN disguise looking
for q negro who shot a man I'm America,
and told him not 70 talk to them And
TO make the string stronger, Davies pre-
vailed on Jackson to avoid every English
nan or American he knew for a while
Jackson was as mum az the proven
bal clam whom those Frenchmen were
tround. lie was kept IN ignorance all the
time Of how we were deceiying the
Irenchmen Those Frenchmen were good
fellows. They made Jackson valuable
presents, dned him etc. In return we
Invited them 10 our Island TO be our
guests as long as they cared TO remain.
The hnlsh Of our Joke came quicker
han we expected on plea that Jack
fon was desrous OF being left alone we
e9l rid OF our two wellwishers and Peter,
v wa was forced mute for many. hours,
was allowed to talk again A week
ioled by ana We heard nothing of Jack
IONS two admirers. We thought we had
uuled mem completely On the strength
q ms Davies, Jackson and myself went
lut Tor carriage ride. We rode through
lne remotes part Of the city, and were
having good time when we heard the
~ Of Bravo, boxeur Peter Jacksoni
bayo, Bravo followed by another veil
n pam English, Good boy. Peter you
ga Jem Smith up br0wnr jackson was
i.gognlzed by French sport and an Eng
mnnan who had seen Jackson fight.
.tWl accepted the greeting compla.
E{nu{ enough aud dotted his hat. AS
~ ga VINO should emerge from the
ugWd but those two Frenchnen. They
Hse amazed at the greeting, but when
KY realized that they had been duped
uA NOrmed the carriage and called
's S9 down I'm good shape
IA L Lilslre, Hdre' one shouted, Nlggalre,
W hhg Nlggaire et boxeur. Mon dent
Jackson was surprised and Dpvles
'auung trouble. urged the driver TO speed
au haste 20 JacksOn's hotel The
s,o,enehmen followed behind in another
M ana arrived at the hotel about
~ sane time We did. They raised row
$3.50 XXX oeneunced rs good and plenty in
G, s,GtaS french and broken English, and
Sraehed jackson with all kinds OF
I'm Peter was scared and shut him.
n@,.S his hotel for three DAYS. lie
NrssnnI that the trenchmen had mistaken
E% tor a criminal they were supposed 10
a''r' or else had gone mad. We never