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Show OI.U KI'OIITH HAD l:MI, Warren Lewis, who committed sul-' sul-' clde by Jumping from a steamer Into I Long Island sound not long ago, waa an old-time aportlng man und a prominent promi-nent backer of pugilists. He was 55 years old and was born In Ithaca, N. Y. For fifteen years ho had been Interested In-terested In pilxe fighting Ho brought out Jack Dempsey and took Jim Hull to Kngland. He backed Corhett when he won the championship from John U Bulllvun, and five yeuia ago was worth $100,000. Since the forbett-Fltxslmmona forbett-Fltxslmmona fight In Nevada his money baa been gradually slipping away. Ho waa engaged In aeveral business enterprises, bnt the tide had est against him. Heart broken because be-cause of hla failures, he took his life. |