The Washington times., 1905-12-25
FItz Will Fight Duel
With Julia for Stake
Says major" Miller Is sFour-Flushnq i'm Threat
ening to Shoot, But Is Willing to
Use His Own Cum

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 25.-When
shown a message to the effect that Mill
er would shoot him on sight Bob Fitz-
simmons, according to his manager,
burst into laughter
Shoot me on sight, eh?" said Fitz.
We'll. that is funny. Yesterday Miller
made me cry. Today he makes me laugh
Il expect to settle with Miller through
the courts. but 1 will stake him to my
wife If he will consent to get within
shooting distance of me.
''Major" Not Guilty.
He is four-fushing 1t is necessary
for him to chuck a bluff, but 1 will call
it. I've all the evidence L need against
him. 1 have proof that he saw my wife
at the Auditorium Hotel. Chicago, also
at the Bartholdi. New York, last June.
"Of course. he is not with Mrs Fitz
now, but after this scandal dies out he
viii join her
IF it is possible TO do 1 will have
Julia jailed. but Miller will have to make
good his bluff to kill me or I will force
him to forsake America forever"
Fitz has told dozen times today how
he met Julia in Chicago, and how he be-
lieved she truly loved him. He made her
his wife in that city more than two
years ago. and in his whoIe-souled way
tried to make her happy.
Julia Is Spender.
Without reserve he placed his bank ac-
count at her disposition. and never
questioned how the money went One
thing he made clear to his friends
Julie took as great delight in spend
ing as his second wife did in saving,
and that's saying a great deal
II was more than a year ago that the
Red Top first found that his wife
chafed at the restraint of married life
and the cares that she took upon her
self
He told Leon Friedman. the New York
newspaper man, now his manager to-
day. that when she left him 10 go to
Paris, friends advised him TO drop her,
but the affection Fitz bore was made OF
sturdy stuff, and he followed Julia, and
succeeded in inducing her to return.
Il gave her all of my second wife's
jewelry,b he went on. land L spent hun
dreds of dollars on her voice. but she
couldn't appreciate what 1 was doing"
In his easy simple way. the fighter
made Julia promise that if she ever
went back on him, she would return the
jewels which the second Mrs. Fitzsim-
mons owned. His friends are wondering
whether she viii make good this COM
pact.
Fitz Number Two.
Fitz admits that he knew she was
on friendly terms with the young Penn
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but he says she had nothing in COM
mon with the manufacturer until a lit
tie while before she started for Paris
That is when Fitz found the letter
which convinced him that Julia was
not acting fairly.
Those who understand Old Bob do
not think that ne creaSeG a scene then,
but they also know that what he told
her convinced the young wife that she
could not remain with Fftzsimmons and
play double agme. She knew that
she would have 10 leave. and so when
he departed for the coast TO wind up
his hghting career In :gnof>snious de
feat, Julia quickly consulted lawyers
and then, just two DAYS before Christ
mas. notified him that IL was all over
Advised to Let Her Go.
What Fitzsimmons Will do remains to
be seen II he listens to his close
friends. he will accept the conditions
imposed upon him. anc MAKE the best
of IT. once in a grimly Joking spirit
he announced that he might be forced
to go back TO the anvil in order to make
a living.
He is forty-six years old: too old for
the prize ring, but he is physically
strong.