THE VIOLENT LIFE AND DEATH OF YANKEE SULLIVAN
<p>Newspapers immediately reported Sullivan’s death as a suicide. But on the morning he died and for several days before, he had been illegally detained by a violent group of men who had recently lynched another man. Many people doubted the suicide verdict then, suspecting something far more nefarious; and the question remains today: How did Yankee Sullivan, once the most famous boxer in America, truly die?</p>
<p>The only part of Sullivan’s life more shrouded in mystery than its end is its beginning. Those who did not call him Yankee Sullivan believed his real name was either James Ambrose or Frank Ambrose. Or Jim Sullivan. Or maybe Frank Murray. Possibly Frank Martin. Indeed, Sullivan used so many sobriquets that even the best-researched sources differ as to his birth name, some giving Frank Ambrose and others James Ambrose. The dates given for his birth range from 1807 to 1813, but most sources agree that the location was Brandon, near County Cork, in Ireland.</p>
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