The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-07
is THE ENDEAVOR IN LIFE OF
ROBERT FiTzslMMoNs THE
FALLEN PUGiLlsT.
DEALT HIM KNOCK out
In Fight With Quaker o'srien, He
DecIares--ls Afraid of Her
Lawyers--Angry at the
Major.

) OuX Fails, Jan. b.-NOtWlthE' ana
ing his failure yesterday to induce his
wife to be reconciled with him. Robert
Fitzsimmons is still here hopeful OF
yet attaining his desires.
In an interview he admitted that
hope had not yet deserted him and
that he believed his persistency would
be yet rewarded. He first blusterei
and then wept as he discoursed on
ner perlidy, his overwhelming love for
her, Major Miller's duplicity and his
treatment of him. of endeayors to
please Julia and of her crushing him
with a telegram which took the heart
ont of him and made him lose his fight
with O'Brien,
IF can get by her watching law
yer and get into her room withou
them knowing ii ! may yet win her
back" Bob then talked earnestly of
his hopeless position without her A
new play written for them jointly,
awaits them. II she deserts him now
he cannot put on the play, and the
stage Is the cnly method left to him
Of earning q wing, No more fighting
for him. He say;
Julia Lost Fight for Him.
Julia deal me the la knockout
moaned the pugilist Il would have
licked OBrien to a standstill had she
stood by me Six days before the figh'
knew something was wrong wher
she stopped answering my telegrams.
] fell off six pounds from 164, and then
on the day of the fight Friedman
showed ME her telegram saying she
was going to quit me forever. How
could a man fight in the face Of such
odds? was Whipped before went
into the ring, and not a blow Of
O'Brlens hurt me like that little tele
gram.
She had said goodbye 10 me so
sweetly | thought she was sorry for
the way she had treated me and was
going to be true, She kiss>l and gave
me train letter, which / read all tn |
way to Frisco She called me Dear |
Old Bob and said she would love me |
always. When | got west ! was fit to |
Enock O'Brien out of the ring, and |
then 10 have her throw me down that
way"
Tears Fill His Eyes.
And tears filled the big fellow
eyes and he turned away. Then he |
whirled around and began pic |
n pFsG "A anfa % IL
That fellow has been trying TO win |
her from me ever since | married her |
She tells the truth when she says she
visited his wife at the Majors home,
but she cut her visit short because
The Major was jealous of his own
brother. On another occasion, when
we were plying "A Fight for Love"
in New York Just before our season
closed. she was late for a matinee. | |
wouldn't let the curtain 60 up until |
'he came. She tcld me she had been
shopping but she told Louie Friedman
next day that she had been out with
he Major
Then when | got ready to figh
5chreck | told her | had a surprise
Ior her-that | was going to let her
20 TO Paris to study music. She was
delighted. ! couldn't wait TO see her
.G on the boat. but sent her flowers
very day While | was doing this she
vas with Miller there in New York.
lie was with her at the Barthold
Hotel and saw her off on the boat She
II all to me later.
cabIegrams From Miller.
When went TO Paris | got hold or
wo cablegrams from the Major, ask.
lg W.T. she hadn't answered his mes
ages He, signed the cable Always
Jd she admitted to me that was a
'ode name for the Major. She
these messages OUT of my
hand one day in public and the papers
said we had quarreled." +"
The funny thing about this state
neni was Bobs seriousness as he said
Il. He rather anticipated that Judge
Aiken. his wife's lawyer, would try
10 prevent him from getting access to
her tonight He inquired minutely as
- AtAN VI IODfl. TQp 1ftOT I
h was on. etc. and said he would slip
Ip TO It without registering as soon
Is he reached Sioux Falls.
I've got Aiken's record down pat"
be said. He may try to get around
ny wife like he did Mrs. Blaine when
he got her divorce"
Calls the Major a Coward.
Bob said this in a tone that bo1ed
u for Aiken if h crosse1 his path.
Bob secuted the idea of Major Miller
ighiing him ard said the Major was
coward. He has a black dog with
him which he calls Bob and de
,lares the animal is worth 5000. In
len Of his wife he lavishes his affec-
ion on the dog. He says the white
loodle owned by his wife is worth up
yard Of s2.705.
Continued on Sixth PaRe.l