Show MITCHE R 9 BACKE squire abingdon the english sport is dead dissipation AND DISEASE the british bluffer thinks Thin lis it will make no Bif ference in the bim big tight right nets orleans dispatch george 13 A baird better know as squire abingdon the friend and companion of the english pugilist charlie Mie mitchell hell died saturday morn morning inc 0 the death created something of a sensation as it had not L leaked out that he be was so seriously ill when the squire came here from new york with the hall and mitchell itchell Al party he was in the very lest best of spirits and splendid health with quick elastic step and bright ruddy face he came in excellent condition for a long iong stay engaged the best rooms in the hotel be began bean 0 an to open wine immediately for all to whom lie he took a liking and spent money right and left for wineard wine and women ile he found new orleans very fast ina in a sporting M sense and cut out a pace that all who were with him had to follow except if hall all on the ni night 0 ht of the fl fight 0 bt he w was as sele selected eted to go g 0 into the corner with hall not because lie he was mas thought to know much about handling a man but simply pimply for the lionor honor of having been in the corner lie he wore nothing hut but a loose undershirt as did the other seconds it was rather warm durin during 0 the early part of the evening 01 but before the light fight began it had changed consid 11 daa era mai n adan a dan berous erous draughts whiz whizzing zi ng t through 13 the big pine building the squire handled ice and bottles in n the corner and himself generally useful until the fight was over and hall had been taken back to his room after the defeated pugilist had been escorted back to tile hotel the entire party went out for a lark and a general round of dissipation begat began then in which jim hall flail and the squire played the leading parts and which did not end until the squire broke down and had to go to bed his illness at first was not considered serious and was berard regarded merely as a cold resulting from dissipation however a physician was called in and the sick man r given every possible attention ile he himself did dia not believe lie he was very badly off and was so confident that lie would be up in a day or two 0 and be able to go east cast that lie ile insisted that mitchell Alit eliell 61 bould start on ahead of him for new york the western trip with bat 31 masterson asterson having been abandoned Ili mitchell left with hall flail and tho the squire expected to meet him in time to sail on oil the majestic wednesday the T majestic will carry back to 11 england on wednesday the dead I 1 body of the and his sorrowing friends it was not t until a dispatch came caine here from buffalo to the effect that mitchell had received word that the squire was dying that any faith was ivas placed in the rumors current on oil the streets yesterday evening that the squire was at the point of death dr fitch had originally been called in tu attend t the h e squire but when lie continued to grow worse dr miles the dist distinguished i hed stir surgeon geon and physician 0 of f charity hospital was summoned for coti consultation sul tation at that time the squire wn delirious and violent and had bad to have with him cont constantly antly some one to prevent him hiim from doing himself violence after consultation a between dr miles and D dr r fitch a telegram was sent east that tile the sick man was suffering with pneumonia and that his recovery despite his splendid constitution was regarded improbable he had dissipated so much in the past pact fortnight eliat his bis physical vigor had leen been impaired and disease made rapid inroads upon him during all liis his illness his secretary teddy bailey and liis his valet will vm monk remained constantly with bemand him and lie he was given every attention that money could procure in the matter of trained nurses and scientific care during the ni ht the condi condition tiou of the patient continued to grow worse and despite the 1 unremitting remitting attention ioa of iciano e ans anad and nurses lie was w is so tar far gone when daylight broke that his hie death became only a question of a few hours sinking 0 slowly death finally occurred at nine lie he had been ill but a week last night charley mitchell telegraphed here that lie he would corne come back at once to the side of the squire and would reach here monday morning lie ile was then at but buffalo this morning he be is in new york the squire was not yet cold when a wire was sent on to mitchell announcing the death of his friend and ar arresting resting his proposed journey r south telegrams were also inin immediately mediately sent to various points in the casi cabstand and to new york and cable grams gratcis to tho tha family in england consisting n ta of his mother sister and cousins Ite replies plies were received from over the water placing all it arrangements in t the he hands of secretary bailey who with dr fitch as a guide started forth it at once to carry out the wishes of the family of the dead man SKETCH OF 01 ills HIS LIFE george A 1 baird the squire abingdon of sport dom and the backer of mitchell li says the salt lake tribune was one of the most notorious rakes england has known during the present gen generation ration ilia his heavy turf plunging inz reputed liaison with the J jersey ersey lily and fondness for the london variety hall gai girls 19 gave him a prominence in england as unenviable unea viable as it was deserved while his hia exploits in america as the back backer er of the blowing blustering mitchell clI did not no add to the esteem in which ho he was held by those conversant with his bis antecedents ilia his death the telegraph states stales was due to a lark his whole life for that matter was a lark it was in a lark that he be scandalized the english turf it a lark that he with his brawnY brawn vlist Vf Ils tu b blackened I 1 lacke tid th the e eves of lady langtry 0 1 it was in a lark that he acquired the tha ailment which consi consigned 0 neil him to an early and perhaps merciful grave on this side of the herring pond what is known as a lark in england is denominated in plain anglo savon a drunk his many faults made him a r goud fellow in his set and out of it the quid nunes viewed him and his career with admiration sport has lost a great patron bit bat the less patrons it has of abingdon brand the better it will thrive A few days since bat Masters ibe well known Colora doan in a talk with ft a denver deliver reporter said t the ae squire ire was the greatest fellow on oil earth ile ho tries harder said lie to spend his income e than any wealthy yuan man I 1 ever b baw v and yet lie he seems to fail ile he very very seldom bets any mon money himself B bailey atey his secretary is instructed to wager a portion of tile the privy purse if charlie says that it is all right 0 abin abingdon don has the in most ost unbounded faitha faith in in mitchell and he has been dubbed so many times by fighters and athletes in other bracic branches hes of sport that it has sickened him hill and now he liag hag sworn that lie he wili will back no man but charlie kl itchell liell bailey asked abingdon 0 before the hall fitzsimmons in ons fight if ile he wanted to put up any money on it abingdon Abi ogdon replied do as yz you think best so i was placed on hall ile he is tho the gayest old bird I 1 ever saw continued bat 1 I could not stand the quantity of wine lie puts down every day da of course his fortune is enormous being valued at a year ile he possesses a a magnificent edt estate in england a stable of tho the finest race horses in in that country steam yachts and valets until you cant rest ile he sets a pace that kills when lies hes out on a lark and is a very excessive liver sometimes when he gets drunk lie he knocks his valet down for fun full and occasionally lie he knocks charlie out charlie falls flat and begs abingdon not to punch so hard barj then ti the le squire S qu ire wi will tender charlie preb ent just according to the mood lie he way may be in and by tho way it is not generally known that abingdon 0 is a crack jockey riding at about pounds he has 0 gone against the thebert the best jocks in england and pulled out some of the heaviest stakes on the course |