Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-26
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The London correspondent Of the N, Y.
Times under date Of April 7th, represents that
the forthcoming fight for the championship baS
created an immense excitement in England
The arrest of Heenan was effected with some
lficulty, and his training must have been Sc
riously interlered with by the course of the
magistrates aud police. Warrants were issued
for his arrest on the 9th, and he was taken at
Trent Lock, near Derby, The following are the
Particular: 'H t
On Thursday afternoon last detective Off.
Ger Of the Leicestsrshire eonstabulsTy, named
Clarke, arrived in Derby, armed with warrant
for the apprehension Of Heenan; but as the pu-
giist was 'quartered' in Derbyshire, it was
necessary that the warrant should be backed by
a Derbyshire magistrate Consequently the
signature of Dr. Heygate, of Derby, was
quickly obtained, aud at 10 o'clock on Thurs
iay evening the Leicestershire officer, accom>
panied by Superintendent Shaw, Of the Derby
division, Sergeant Lowndes. and police consta-
bic Hallam, started from Derby in a Trap, and
proceeded TO Trent Lock, which divides the
counties Of Leicestershire and DeTbyshire,
where they arrived about ! o'clock on Good
Friday morning. They put up at DeacOn's
/ nublic house, and remained until A. Nj when
| they proceeded to the Navigation Inn, Trent
Lock, which is kept by Mr.. Rice. A Trent
/ ferryman let them into the house, and they i'm
mediately planted themselves at the foot of the
bedroom stairs and asked for the landlord. he
came, and they asked il Heenan was not in the
housel The landlord replied that he had been
there on the evening previous, but he could not
say that he was sleeping in the house. Ser
geant LOwndes aud Police Constable Hallam
/ -, sfs and IL hadronvn
| The bed was empty, but by the side of it was a
shirt, trowsers and waistcoAt. In the room,
however, WIS Macdonald, Mr.. Hughes, and
/ another friend of Heenln's. They said they
did not know where he was. The officers
searched every room up stairs. Directly after.
wards a man nam d Henry Jackson, who keeps
the lockhouse on the Trent bank, came into the
house. bringing with him a note written in
pencil which he handed to the landlord. The
Police were in plaia clothes, and Superinten
dent Shaw said to Jackson, who is it 'FRONT.'
and he replied tHeenan.' The note was as fol-
lows: q am waiting at the lockhouse for my
shoes Macdonald must bring them directly
The Police at once proceeded to the lockhOuse,
which they besieged. The occupant however,
would not admit them, up stairs, and stoutly
denied shat HeenAn was in the house.
1t was then agreed that Sergeant LOwndes
/
istrate living near, and get search warrant, in
order that they might go up stairs. About ten
minutes after he had been dispatched on this
errand Heenan jumped through the bedroom
window, and made a clear leap over the head
Of Police Constable Halam. He at once took
to his heels, and was pursued by the officers.
A regular steeple-chase ensued, but the line
of the country being new to the American,
and his bare feet beng cut By the stones, he
was compelled to stop, after going over two or
three fields. Both he and his friends seemed
much mortified al the capture. A trap was
soon in attendance, and he was at once con
veyed to Derby, distance of ten miles. On
the road he had little 'chstf' with the
police. He then said that he had not signed
an agreement to fight Sayers, and therefore his
apprehension was illegal. Heenan also said:
L have been removed twice Why don't they
take Ssyers! have been hunted about like a
dog His arrival at Derby about 10 A. u. on
Good Fliday, caused great sensation, and
large mob coGgregated in front Of the Town
Hall, to which he was taken. He was at once
put into the lock up, and was directly afterwards
was visited by Mr.. II. F. Osborne, Derby
magistrate, who ordered him to be placed in
better quarters. Mr.. Hilton, the head eonsta-
BILE of the borough, very kindly took him to his
own house, adjoining the Town Hall, where
for the present he is comfortably quartered.
During the day Macdonald arrived, AMI DR..
Heygate, having been seen by Mr.. s. Leech,
(from the office of Mr.. Gamble, sohcitOr,) who
appeared for Heen an, agreed to take respecta-
bic bail for his appearance"
At one O'Clock tO-lay the following tele-
graph reached US:
"Heensn, the Benicia Boy, has jnst been
bound over, himself in $3.50, and two gentle
men in Derby Sl25 each, for the tern of six
months. He is this moment at liberty, and looks
we'll"
The magistrates at Newmarket have refuse d
to grant warrants for the arrest of Sayers, and
heis still continuing his training The fight
will come off as originally intended on the
morning of the 10Th, at 6 o'clock. Tickets
will be issued for some two hundred people, at
three guineas each Heenan's course since he
has been in England has not been very satisfac-
tory to real friends. He has repudIated those
that have been his strongest supporters, caus>
ing q great falling off in the good feelings
previously existing for him IS 4 man of honor.