The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-03
DEATH OF FRED BULLEN WHO KNEW
 MANY FAMOUS MEN

1 and Fairfield avenue, recently pur-
 chased by Lyon & Grumman, for 1 many years the Windsor Hotel. He fitted up the place in splendid style and had been established only a short time when he was forced to quit for the lack of funds. The firm of Mer- ritt & Hatch took the hotel and Bull len went to New York. The hotel which BuIlen had named after the York remained the Windsor until a few weeks ago. In New York Bullen
 went to work as a barHeeper for 18th street. After a few years he got back on his feet again and he came back to Bridgeport and he took a place in Main street where the | marble building Of the Peoples Saw Ings bank now stands. The place years by his former employer, George w. SinondS. He fitted up the second floor with dining rooms and did | bought the building for a site for it's building Bu1Ien moved to the old Haviland IIomestead in Bank street, he established Bu11en's hotel. This has been a favorite stopping place for automobile parties passing from New York to Boston. A few months ago the proprietor turned the place | over to his son, Edward Bullen, a graduate of B. H. s; and for several of H. O. Garfield, Inc, manufactur- CTS of rubber goods.
 A large volume could be written about Bu1Ien's restaurant and his place of business. For many years it has been meeting place for Yale students of the wealthier class, and | there was hardly a freshman at the university who considered himself eli gible to become a sophomore if he had not been a guest at Bullen's in Bridge port at least a half dozen times during his first year at college. Tom Shev- lin, the great Yale captain, and Bullen became fast friends and Shevlin was almost a constant visitor in this city during his stay at Yale.
 The fight between Johnson and Jeff
 ries was really the first big ring bat tie that has taken place in this coun- that was not attended by, Bul1en. His keen knowledge of the fighting game led him to believe that Jeffries could not win from the black man and rather than see a negro administer beating to one of his own race he stayed at home
 Bullen's place, the decorations were great attractions. They consisted largely of pictures of celebrated sport ing events. pictures of celebrated act ors, old time pugilists, famous circus men, and the majority of the pictures were accompanied by the autographs of the celebrities themselves.
 One of the natural talents of the deceased was his artistic sense in the arranging of his place of business, particularly his ideas of color harmony.
 
 he could work in the Identification of a barren spot. As g. dresser Bu1len was always a person of fine sartorial splendor. He could tend bar all day in a white flannel suit without Soiling his garments. He was never over dressed or given to the wearing of f1aShy clothing, or haberdaShery. Had Bullen been clothing man he could have made his fortune on Broadway showing men with money and no taste how to dress
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 ura1 and if he did things gracefully h edid them unconsciously. Many men in the same line of business used to say that Bu1len was even graceful when he rung up his cash register. In fact every time that the deceased took a drink he was ultra genteeL just cover ing the bottom of his glass with the
 liquor.
 In later years. when Bu11en was con- nected in the management of a num- Der of the important ring battles which were pulled off in this city. one of the attractions was the battle between celebrated Tommy West and Myster- ious Billy Smith. The fight resulted in draw. Bullen held the stake money amounting to about $2, 800, and he did not like the looks of the fight He declared that it was a fake and refused to give up a cent of the money. After the bout the fighters went to the stakeholder's cafe and demanded their
 money. Bullen denounced them both in front of the cafe filled with people as fakirs and said they would not get the money. Both West and Smith threatened him then and there. They were going to go back of the bar to get him. Bullen seized a bottle and dared them to come on one at a time or both together. They did not come and the next day they were satis- fled to take S25O each and it was quite evident that Bu1len had called the turn when he branded the fight as fake.
 One of the closest friends of the de- ceased in this city was Harry Taylor, proprietor of the Staffordshire House in Wall street. The latter knew all of the best qualities of Bullen, who took his Sunday dinners with MT Taylor for many years. They were natives of the same land and there had not been a Christmas in 20 years that the genial proprietor of the Staf- fordshire House did not see to it that Fred Bullens Christmas savored a lit tie of England, for he sent him large English plum pudding just to remind him of the day and that no native of England could celebrate it properly without the essential plum pudding. BROOKINS WILL FRY