The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-28
BULGARIAN LION IS P|TEOUS IN APPEAL FOR FREEDOM AGAIN But Men Whom restler Fleeced Are Obdurate and
 Await Trial SANDOW OFFERS TO
 SWALLOW POISON Christoff Gives Him Some Powdered Mustard But Lion Decides He Is
 Not Yet Ready to Quit
 Living
By RICHARD F.. LUssIER

MO0Sleu1 AlekduQeT odHuOWs hnOWH in professional wrestling circles as the Bulgarian Lion," is quite desolate at his prolonged stay at the Hotel Me Adory.
 The Hotel McAdory is an exclusive hostelry located at the corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street. north, and is sometimes facetiously re- ferIed to as the "big rock" Wrestler Sardow has now been one of the many illustrious guests of Sheriff McAdory for about 10 days, due to a slight tech nicality in arranging bond, said tech nicality consisting of the inability to find responsible persons credulous enough to attach their names to the 5000 bond necessary for the release of the Bulgarian Lion.'
 F'retting under the necessary re- straint of jail life, Herr Sandow dra- matically announced few days ago tLat he would bump his head against the stone walls in order to convince his traducers, c. Christoff, an electrical contractor, and Dannan Cusmos, a young Bulgarian employe at the steel plant in Ensley. that he intended to commit suicide unless given his free dom.
 Wanted Deadly Poison
 Of G. Christoff. the suave mat artist Sandow also demanded the purchase of deadly poison that he might end it all as life meant nothing to him now. Christoff assented and later brought to Sendow several grains of a brownish powder which he stated to the impris- ored wrestler was strychnine. one of the most deadly of poisons. It was in reality powdered mustard.
 | Have you no heart at aIl?" cried SaIdow, as the plegmatic Christoff handed him the alleged poison. You want to die, don't your" terse- ly replied Christoff.
 'Yes, yes" in anguished tones; "this disgrace in jail is too much
 Well, there's the poison," coldly stated Christoff. swallow all that DC wder and I will see that your flu | neral expenses are paid.'
 "Ah, his heart is made of stone! l cried Sandow, dramatically, his arms above his head and incidentally spill I ing the powder on the cell floor, but I will take you up. Good-by. good-by. ana SandOW started 10 take the dilcS ee poison when with well feigned surprise he said: q was too nervous; 1t spilled all on the floor"
 That's all right, cheer up. I'll gt | to the drug store and get some more, readily announced Christoff, but San dow, now thoroughly disgusted witl his former dupe. cursed him roundly and bade him to go and never return However Sandow changed his attitude a moment later by supplicating Christ off to send him a few sandwiches ant some coffee. It was done.
 Christoff Tells the Story
 G. Christoff smiled grimly as he tolt the story to a group of Bulgarian friends. He said:
 'I don't wish harm to Sandow. blu !: he must be punished for the injury t.
 DEnnan Cusmos, who lost all his say ings of 31270 through his fake wrest : l;nc scheme. He says that l have n heart, and he doesn't think of him self as he took all the hard earne
 savings of this boy and squandered in the dens and dives of Bessenel
 Now Sandow has spent all the none he got from Cusmos and he is blufffn
 at suicide to escape jail.
 "However, we have been kind to Sar
 dow. We went to Judge Abernethy an
 asked that they turn him loose, but tn | judge said. 'lne SutTlil oiIiSc anu LII courts of Jefferson county were not co Ilecting agencies and Sandow would hay to stand trial We were going to tur him loose because Sandow was willing sign a contract whereby all the money !
 made above his wrestling expenses woul
 be given to us in payment of the none
 of which he defrauded us few weef fgo; L.. ,,,, go an
 the trial is Monday afternoon. guess tr
 best thing to do is to tell everytnins 1n
 send Sandow to the mines, where ne ca
 get in good wrestling condition by diggin
 coal. He ought to work for that $locV
 our money he spent.
 How Sandow's Game Worked
 sandow came to Birmingham about } weeks ago and possessing viriIe perso , ality, speedily impressed local buiear's, 1 of his prowess as a conqueror III wrestling world. Later match was ranged at the Bijou theatre. and two da' before the affair sandow and Jack Nave ] another alleged wrestler. disappeare a Then it developed that Sandow had ma , aged through alleged false pretenses . eet all the ready cash of his Buigar' . friends, amongst them Dannan Cusmt who was victfpized out of N27o. all [ savings.
 1. The police were notinsd. and throul 1. the activity of Detectives Jonss q