New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Sullivan Ill For
Long Time,
Wife Worried
Found in Faint Three year.
Ago-Boston Flags at
Half Mast
By John ]. Leary. Jr.

BOSTON, Feb. 3.-Now that Job,Y
Sullivan is dead the secret that q,
three years he carefully guarded f,o.
his most intimate friends is out I'll
secret was that the stout heart Whit,
carried him through many hard b.,
ties had become affected and wa. I.
danger of stopping almost as sudde,,-
as it did on Saturday.
His wife, who died only ,.u
months ago, suspected but was not sn..
that he was not in theegood pbys;c,,
trim he looked to be when three yesn
ago she found him in a faint. !,
alarm she went to his sister Mrs. Ami.
Lennon, but the big fellow half No,
suaded both that nothing more seriou.
than indigestion caused by overeat;,,
was the matter with him.
More Careful of Diet
After that. however, they noted thai
he was more careful of his diet, redue.
ing his meals to two day and pr,a
ually keeping away from the heayie,
| physical stunts that he used 10 deIiob,
in. Members of his household also
noticed that about this time he fro.
quently resorted to electrical massape,
of the region over the heart. this in
time becoming part of his daily ]ifo
This he excused on the ground that /,
waSa mild stimulant.
Still moro recently, on visit i,
New York, he complained that #
winded him to walk much.
Il guess I'm moving down" he told
his companions on this trip. "Anywav
we'll have to take things a bit easier
for can't get over the ground like
you young fellows"
Still more recently he always mad,
sure Of having some one with him :,
all times, apparently, the members .,
his South Abingdon household now d.
clare, because he was fearful of som,
such attack as that which carried hin
| off. He would not insist in so man,
words on having company, but nc tool
pains to see that there was aiway
, somebody around.
These facts and the fact that of tn
splendid fortune he gained in his hey
day only the Abingdon farm and som
building lots in far-off Vancouver re
main, developed tonight at the hsm
of his sister, where, in accordance wit
the ancient custom of his race, Ii
dead champion is being walked.
Hundreds Pay Tribute
In the little parlor at 81 Broo
Avenue, where hangs fine o,
! painting Of the magnificent 8osso
| strong boy of thirty years ago, hur
dreds of Bostonians to-day paid tribul
to Old John l.. Some were friends
his youth, old men now; few. ver
few were of the sporting set he ira,
elled with in his championship days.
Most, however, were friends Of late
years, for the old set travelled "a an
soon ended their races.
Others were men prominent in pol
itics and banking, high police official;
professional men and writer's whor
Sullivan in his da. had furnishe
re- OF copy. There were clergymc
wi. aw III John L. the temperane
worner, a tower of strength and popu
lar appeal to the classes they are
rule least successful in reaching.
Officially Boston will note the pass
ing of its best known citizen to- morro'
by half-n -n.asting flags on public build
ings. while the police arc preparin,
for larger outpouring of people thai
has marked any funeral since that q
Mayor Patrick A. Collins, dozen year
ago.
The services will be held on Wednes
day from st. Pauls Church. in thl
Roxbury district, with interment in ths
family plot in Calvary Cemetery, Nal
den. The unusual delay is due to tht
inability of relatives and close friend'
in the West to get here earlier.