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SULLIVAN'S EIGHTS E^ AUS ^oes by The British Goyernment got "d of ^he^ the number so transportation in tb^se days^" treated were not a few ^^^^^^if^i became wealthy mer- of-leaye. , , ^ ^^pts to farm out the con- LS a'd it ^os - -~X"b tlo'o«"'^s clas. > to get iipapite'"'^,'^***'^ fTeated Steward m 2h-.8- ™cb Sulliyau fougtt and defeatMi^^ John White u rounds, 40 ramates; '^^^^eo^^ J^ ( tio,, 27 rounds lb- 6m ^f *^^ i colors, not bear aoned sailed ^^^^^Ji of the subject to Sull' or ever caring to say =i»™X^ christened so ,,i,e,™e e^r'^y,, fbSd customer to dir of his cloven foot, was ahara ^^_^^^^ ^^^ Sullivan used to ^^^ • .i^V Bumbles 1" heart good to bave been brt by ^ ^^^^^^.^ We have been suppbed w« ^ . ^ formation fb°" -l^-' Sui^an went V ^ Sidney at that tune J'^'^^'^j^a out LIFE AND BATTLES OP YANKEE SULLIVAN James, alias Yankee Sullivan (whose right name "was Frank Murray) was a native of the village of Bander, near the city of Cork, from which port the Emerald- ers take their departure for the shores of the "United States, and where passengers are landed, whose destination is the Green Isle, going from this country. Doubtless from witnessing the bustling scenes in the Cove of Cork -ships and steamers coming from and going to the Prom- 'd Land of America — the young fellow had a very early nng to see "that foine counthry," and inwardly re- d to do so when he should grow to be a man. In the ime he did the best he could. " the face is index of the mind " was never, per- ter exemplified than in the case of our frecHed- 3r-haired, pug-nosed hero. He was as fond of lU-dog, and while yet in his teens he saw fame be made in the only way open to him to make 1 the prize ring. t encounter was with Tom Brady, a scien- 'avier man, and he took the " consate " out en rounds, lasting half an hour. This date has been preserved, was fought his native land to associate with the ">f the English prize ring. le was quite awake to in aa well as out fighting, he fall Lane got his man down. 6. Lane came up laughing, and hit out with his left, but was stop- )ed. He made a feint with his left and succeeded in plantmg sbght- y with his right on SulHvan's ncse, which he followed up after an- (ther cunning dodge by a visitation from bis left, Sullivan, nothing launted, followed him up to the corner, caught his left hand with his ight, and with his left gave him a whack on the jaw. Lane broke iway and commenced a fierce rally, hitting out left and right. Sulh ■ ran stopped both blows on the points of his elbows, and m anmstant t was observed, from the swelhng of his rignt forearm, that Lane had (ustained severe injuries. He, however, lat go his lelt at the "Odj, rat dropped his right to his side. It was obvious he had lost the 30wer of using ii ; still he jobbed with his left, which Sulhvan rushed n and seized with his right, and in the close Lane fell, Sullivan ipon him. Although the injury to Lane's arm was only visible now, ;he mischief was done in the fall in the third round, and that the jubsequent use of his arm increased the fracture till further exertion aecame impossible. The bone called the radius was completely aractuied. 7. The extent of the injury to Lane's arm was not generally known, but on coming up it was soon seen that it was powerless; in fact, he rested it on bis boiy, and at once commenced fighting with his left. He jobbed Sullivan dreadfully on the nose, from whence he drew lots of claret. He repeated the dose in quick succession three or four times. From the rapidity, straightness and force of the blows (Sulli- van being unable to stop them) the hits were terrific, and severe cuts on the brow and cheek followed the previous visits on the nose. The Yankee exhibited a woeful spectacle. Sullivan's friends now called on him loudly to go in and fight, as Lane had but one arm. He re- sponded to the call, and followed Lane as he retreated, jobbing, to the comer. Sullivan attempted to close, but Lane slipped clown. It now became the question with Lane's backers, from the state of his arm, whether prudence and humanity should not suggest the propriety of submitting to the consequences of this melancholy accident. Lane, however, ^resisted the biiggestion, said he could lick him with one hand, and, on time being called, came up to the scratch laughmg. 8. Twice did Sullivan, who confined himself to the defensive sys- tem', stop the Hammerman'rf terrific left, whose right continued pinned to his side. Lane retreated, to draw his man, jobbing him as he ad- vanced. Sullivan hit short at the lame arm, but missed, when Lane caught him heavily in the body with his left, and then, to the aston- ishment of the ring, repeated the hke heavy blows, with the same hand, on the mouth and bodv with the rapidity of hghtning. Sulli- van appeared quite bewildered and hit short, but, being called upon by hia seconds and backers to go in, he followed their advice, but missed a ris?ht-handed hit, and Lane went down laughing. 9 . Sullivan had now sufficient to do to step the left-handed hits of hia eall'ant one-handed opponent, who, however, continued to pepper him with increased vigor and effect, till, on Sullivan bormg in, he fell at the ropes to avoid a struggle. 10. Lane again led off with his left and retreated; Sullivan, amid the bellowing of his friends, followed him to the comer, caught the YANKEE SULLIVAN. was hired to, Jd ihts ^"iShLf"^ u^ *^"<^ S'^"'^^^ man Bumbles could whip any 1^^.?"' ''^'f?^^ *^^t l^is ^100. George Wiiliamf a^Js Sll ^^ "^"^^ P"^^««« ^o^ and said to the gentlemai thev w ^^?-' ^^' ^ ^°^^i«<^ ^^so, would give them a chance to^etTr ^^"1^ ^^^^ *^^*' ^^ ^^ could whip Bumblesrand?bTstr^'^^^^r -^ ^^amedSuni.an,andhewhip^^^^^^^^^ tralia, on the sS^ cSn CaJT'-^^T ^^^^-^.^' ^««- Prom thence he went to Sa^H..^ ''?^' *^ New Zealand, 'bip Hamilton, Capt Hearn^ Th^°'' I^ong Island, in the 3n escaping he adopted Jhe name o7/ ""' *o'/"^^ 1839. ■emamed in this countrv l^!f^ '^^^^^ Sulhvan. He ime is said to hrvrdefeated •!. ^ ^'^'' ^^^ ^^^^§- t^^t knowing the advantage of* BrffiS^'' ^Tl"^ O'clnnor. n eye to finally settlin^g xn the Sd X^^^f *^^S' ^^^ ^^^ ompany with Harry Gm^^eWnp^f-p? *'',*''' ^"^^^^^^ ^^ ^e steamship President, wM^^^ ^l^f^f ^^'^^ jf 1840, in 'g year, having on board ^t^^ J ? -f ^* ""* ^^^ *^e follow- -wer, theMsh comedtn ^'* '*' P^'«sengers Tyrone AEEIVAL IN LONDON ' him shelter and a w^„, ^ '*''', H' «' ^'=te'' Tay- ^de him more lio4 "tfe;; " ""y'^^' ''^'i tiG without excitfnf „„,™ Z""' "^'ar as this I'-.esterrfll S^it^^^Ti 'T xr"it£f-"K°-^ %ANKEE BUIJilVAN. against SuUiyan, for whom Harry GiU fonnd the principal C™™ 7nd gallant battle between j^ ^™1S SULLIVAN AND HAMMER LANE. ik ^SULLIVAN THE CONQUERER, ^1 19 ROUNDS, 34 MINUTES. The celebrated prize fight between S^^^- ^^,^^^^(^* Crookham Common, Eng., Feb. 2, 1841 f^^^* ^^^^^ same ring as Nick Ward (SuUivaa's c^nsm) and Ben Gaunt wa" the battle which ga.e Sulhyan t- /^^i/^P^^f ^^^^^^ was for £100, and SuUivan was seconded by Petei iaylor Ind Harry H^lt; Lane by Johnny Broome and Bob Em er Salhvan did not, as is gei^erally ««PP«^f ' \g,^,\l^Jed S^erican colors on this occasion, ^r ^-J ottie^, ba^^^^^^ a green silk fogle with yehow spots. Lane b color was purple with a yellow border. THE EIGHT. SulUvan^aB no sooner tf^SCoXtt^':^^^^^^ a form which proved t^%« ^f,,^°^X^^ Bxons. He led off ^^g°^°^.^?J ^^.^^ Jnt'r^^^^^^^ Good stops lollowed ^, and be in turn stopi)ed Lane s ? , J^^wt but did not get quite home, m on both sides. Sullivan popped m Weft, out am n .^|^ 4 .^,„ ^^^^ ■I while Lane in the counter «^^^f * ^/^^ ^Vrfe^nUng dodge, but Lane n Bome of Sullivan's friends, and he t^^^J^JilVhS hands well up. when 1§ was u.t tobe had Sulhvan waited stead^^^^^^^^^ handsaw ^^ J^^^^ .^ ^ Lane broke ground, ^^^^^^ ^^i^^ ^^^^ T Sout muchidyant' .* on SiSSVhirnef ?SS Settat? of^e ground, slipped . ife) ^ rSoo^rcorerJJftr^fhTh:^^^^^^^^ of wnch can. th^mttandan^^^ ^^atoSredSSvaVSfo^^^^^ hfs man fl?hng himself, with his right annunder h^ 4 On coming to the scratch the dials of both ^ tan.o of bZd^was perceptible on Lane's bp,/ ivOTi'^s. Sullivan again stopped Lane s first f . Tretum gave him another Bmack op^the mm bothsides^ Lane ^^ropped his left on Sul change of blows. Sullivan hit short with h cut, but missed. Lane in getting away slipr 5. Counter hits with the left and gof close, in which mutiial fibbing took pi' \- f YAllKEE SULLIVAN. 4 strong on his legs . Owen Swift and the backers of Lane, now feeling that to protract the fight woxild be inhuman towards Lane , gave in for him, amid loud cheers from the friends of the Yankee, who was proclaimed the victor in 34 minutes. CAKEER OF HAMMER LANE. Bom at BirmiBgham, En^., Dec. 15, 1815. Height about 5lt. 8in.; weight, 1501bs. Beat Harry Ball, iS40, 21 rounds, 35min.; Smethwick, Nov. 18, 1832. Beat Hewson, ^620; Smethwick, Nov. 25, 1833 [dispute, and fight finished next day]. Beat Jack Green, £50, 23 rounds, 28min.; Shirley, March 17, 1835. Beat Tass Parker, iE50, 48 rounds; Kensale Corner, Sept. 15, 1835. Bert Owen Swift, deiOO, 104 rounds, 2h. 3m.- Four Shire Stone, May 10, 1836 Beat Jack Adams, £50, 16 rounds, 42min. ; Woodstock, Aug. 23, 1836. Beat Tass Parker, £100, 96 rounds, 2 hours; Woodstock, March 7, 1837. Beat Byng Stocks, £100, 10 rounds, 22min.; near Bices- ten, Jan. 15, 1838. Beaten by Jem Molineux (black), £200, 53 rounds. Ih. 12m. ; near Worksop, June 9, 1840. Beaten by Yankee Sullivan. Beaten by Tom Davis, £100, 40 rounds, Ih. 7m.; Nor- man's Heath, June 25, 1850. Draw with Jack Grant, £20, 34 rounds, 50min. ; Kings- wood Common, June 28, 1864. Died at London, Eng., Aug. 19, 1865; aged 50. All Hammer Lane's fights took place in England. His right name was John, and he had four brothers, three of whom — George, Jem and Tom — were professional pugil- ists. Tom Lane made a draw with Johnny Walker, who was in the United States some time. Tass Parker fought three times with the Tipton Slasher. Jack Grant is the same man who contended with Tom Sayers. Owen Swift defeated Izzy Lazarns, long a resident of New York City. Jack Adams was vanquished twice by Swift. Byng Stocks conquered Johnny Hannon, the same party who whipped Johnny Walker twice. Ned Painter, the referee, was the same person who fought Jack Shaw, Sambo Sutton, Tom I offending weapon in Ma right hand, and was ahont to administer^, pepper with his lefl, -when Lane got down to avoid. Sullivan's friends claimed foul, but the claim was instantly resisted as perfectly groundless. 11. Lane gave his adversary a poke in the bread-basljet and retired. Sullivan followed him at score, and caught him with his right on the nob, but open-handed. Lane, having retreated to the ropes, conld not get farther, on which SuUivan seized him with both arms. Lane, perfectly powerless, could not get away, but, in trying lor the tall, instead of falling on him, Sulhvan fell wide of his mark, to the great amusement of the spectators. 12. A strong feeling of sympathy for the fate of Lane now per- vaded all quarters, but still he came up as game as a bull-dog. Counter hits with the left. Lane, endeavoring to follow up hisfe- vorite suit, hit short. In a second attempt he was more fortunate, and jobbed Sullivan dreadfully as he came in three times in succes- sion, spinning the claret from his mug like sparks from a pyrotechnic centre. Sullivan rushed in ierocious. but Lane got down, 13. Lane popped in a body blow with his left and retreated. Sul- livan, who was nearly stunned by these repeated visitations to his head, rushed in, hit open-handed with his left, and Lane got down. 14. Lane pursued his jobbing system, hit between Sullivan's guard, and muzzled him. Sullivan fought wildly and missed left and nght, when Lane drew back, met him as he came in, and gave him a tre- mendous smash en the optic Sullivan was flabbergasted, when Lane dropped him with a slashing hit on the nose. __15. Sullivan came up a splendid ornament for a butcher's block. He stopped Lane's left, but hit short in return. In the counter-hits he was more successful, and, being provided with a piece of oakum in his hand, he kept it closed. Counter-hits with the left. Lane, three times in succession, popped m his favorite jobbers. Sulhvan followed him up to the corner, when Lane shpped under the ropes, laughinc?, and exciting the admiration of the surronnding throng. 16. Sullivan's left daylight all but extinguished. Lane popped in bis leit, but was short. Counter-hitting with the left, in which Sulli- van, having contrived, by the advice of his seconds, to keep his hands shut, caught Lane a tremendous whack on the left brow, cutting him severely and dropping him close to the comer. 17. Counter-hits with the leit. Lane popped in his left twice in succession on the head and body. He retreated, but on trying to re- peat the dose Sullivan stopped him, and was trying to return the compliment when Lane slipped down to avoid. ' ' Fotd " was again claimed, which showed the desperate apprehensions entertained by Sullivan's seconds, but was again rejected by the referee (Ned Painter). 18. SAW did Lane come up with noflinching courage, and delivered with his left on the head and body, retreating. Cries to Sullivan: " Go in and figbt !" Sullivan obeyed the mandate, and caught Lane a heavy jobbing hit under the leit eye. Lane down, bleeding. 19 and last. Lane came up with less vigor than in the former rounds, when Sullivan rushed in to fight, receiving a smack from the left, but returned with severity on the old spot, and Sullivan was again down, Sullivan, although dreadfully punished, beiag still YANKEE SULLIVAN. Spring, Tom Oliver, etc., tlie last named being the mo. IJ East Houston street HOW SrLLn-AN LOST HLS FIGHT WITH MOR- EISSET. After John Morrissev's defeat of Bob McLaren^ ahas Geor-e Thompson, in Cahfornia, he came East for the pur- pose of fight^.ng Hver . This, however, was not to be, and, &ng Mormsey spoihng for a fight Jmi Sullivan, who had become a bosom fiiend of Hyers m the meantime took the job off Hver's hands, and said h.. would fight just once more. Both being Irish rather mixed the gang up bat, with Morrissey-3 u=ual good fortmie, he found lots ol supT>orters. This match was, hke the other at catch ^il^rSd for the diampionship. The battle was foi $1,(XK) a side, and took place at Boston Four Comers Oct XA5KEE STELIVAX. 21 12, 1853. Morrissev stood oft lliin., -was abont eighteen years the voTinger man, and hilly 301bs. heavier than the Old Man. Morrissey's colors were the red, white and blue. SuDiTan's a black fogle with black cords. The seconds of Morrissev were Tom OTDonnell and Awfal Grardner (the converted pugilist \. Sullivaai being looked after by Andy Sheehan and BiUv "Wilson. They fought 37 rounds in 55 minutes. Sullivan got first blood in the first round, and otherwise sadly disfigured Morrissey, dropping in every round except the la&t, when a general melee ensued, and when time was called Mor- rissev toed the scratch while Sullivan was engaged in a sort of free fight on his own account. The referee, Charley Allaire, awarded the battle and stakes to John Morrissev. Johnny Lyng was stakehcld-^r; Bill Poole acting as umpire for SuUivan, and Alec Devo for Morrissey. The real facts were that bulhvan could not finish Mor- rissey. such was the Letter's gluttony, and hence the break- iog up of the fight in a row. This even Morrissey's ene- mies admit, and, had it not been so, the money would never have been given up without legal protest. The Life of John Morrissey has further part-culars of the affair. srixrvAX-s appeail\>sxe, etc. Anyone who ever saw Jim SulHvan once could never forget him, and in every city he visited he became a con- s|.ncnous object of peculiar interest. His close-cropped, bullet-like head, not unlike the head of a ram, except the horns; fierce, glaring gi'ay eyes; high cheek bones, flat nose, determineil mouth, square chin; close-shaved, freckled face; reddish-brown hiiir, prominent ears and thick neck, made him the beau-ideal oi a fighter. His close-fitting, bottle-^reen velvet cut-away coat, tight-legged corderoys, high cut vest, spotted scarf and cluster diamond pin, pro- truding shirt collar and straight broad-brimmed plug hat, vrere decidedly Sullivan-like. He carried very little flesh, had a jarmty, springy, de\-ii-may-care air, and when not in liquor was a clever sort of man, with an open heart for those not alwavs too worthy. Jim Sullivan gave the writer, while at 82^ Chatham s'reet, irstructions in the Manly Art in return for our wielding the pen in his inter- est, and he was neyer so happy as when he had on the mittens. YANKEE SULLIVAN. CAEEER IN CALIFORNIA. Not relisliing the atmosphere of prison life, incurred from his fight with Morrissey at Lennox, Mass., Sullivan did not remain long around the scene of his principal ex- ploits, but, leaving his saloon, at No. 82 J Chatham street, to be run by his brother-in-law, Patsy Hurley, took the steam- er for California. He struck San Francisco, but again got the restless fever, and migrated lo the Sandwich Islands, lo- cating at Honolulu, and while there being engaged to teach the noble art to King Kamehamaha, who himseK was one of the b'hoys, living in clover, with ebony princesses for company. He again went to the Golden Gate, where he became a great politician and gambler, and as such, with his pugilistic reputation, he was a power and terror for miles around. Upon the formation of the Vigilance Com- mittee in San Francisco SulHvan was living at Sacramento and not aware that a price had been set on the heads of BiUy Mulligan, Dutch Charley and himself by the Vigi- lanters, under the leadership of Chief Meyers, who took the law in their own hands. The assassination of James Kins', of WilHam, at the time editor of The BulleMn, for alleged slander, at the hands of Jim Casey, a noted gambler, was the signal for the Vigilanters to form, and Casey was at once hauded over to the sheriff, Dave ScanneL He was not allowed to lie loDg in jail; the Committee, being refused the keys of the prison by brave Scannel, the doors were broken in and the unprotected Casey taken out, together with Charley Cora, imprisoued for fatally stabbing Col. Stevenson, and for whom, through the exertions of Belle Cora and $20,000, a new trial had been granted. Both were marched to the Committee Rooms, guarded by mounted armed men, with cannon bringing up the rear, and swung fi'om cioss-beams in sight of the infuriated mob. This caused all those spot- ted to give 'Frisco a wide berth, on foot, horseback, by steam, or any way they could, for the safer city of Sacra- mento, which had not caught the Vigi^^ce fever. Had Sullivan stayed there he would have h^fen'^afe enough, but he insisted ujDon going to his fiiend|,.Ca^y's funeral in spite of the protestations of Ned McGowau, Tom Riley and others having influence over him at ordinary times. He went to the funeral and was arrested that very after- nooHi J. C. Heenan and James Cusick had more sense, 24 TAITKEE SULLIVAN. and gave San Francisco a wide berth, as did scores of others, equally as good friends of Casey. No one was better known than Sullivan in 'Frisco, and he was arrested the day he arrived, and at the point of the bayonet marched to the rooms of the Committee. A strong guard was kept night and day, some of the shrewder but 'ess pruicipled members of the gang joining hands with the Vigilanters, to save their own necks when they saw the Committee meant business. The time Sullivan is alleged to have committed suicide by opening an artery in his left arm with a table knife (not a very likely article to allow such a man to have in such a crisis) one of the Committee men on guard was a well-knovm. New York gambler, named Jessel, vnth whom Jim had quarrelled and licked in a gatk- bling place on the corner of Chatham and Chambers streets. This man swore vengeance when the time come. That time had come — the old grudge was renewed. A fierce quarrel ensued in trying to handcuff him, and Sulli- van attempted to break his back by taking him across Ms knees, chained as he was. Others rushed to the relief of the guard, who thereupon, rushing at Sullivan with his bowie knife, cut a terrible gash in his arm, aud lie was left to bleed to death . This occurred May 31, 1856. This information we ob- tained frorD a man who occupied the adjoining room to that of Sullivan's, and was corroborated by many parties well known to us. 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