Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-28
Prize Fighters in Delaware.
They Meet at Newark
Sheriff Herbert Attempts to Arrest
Cn11uar

This sovereign State was invaded, Inst night, by
the prize fighters, Sam Collyer, of Baltimore, and
William Kelley, Of New York, with all their at
tendant train. They had engaged to fight each
other for 81, 900 side.
The fight was to have come off at the mouth OF
the York river, In Virginia, but the recent deter
mination of General Schofield not TO permit any
more affairs of the kind prevented 1t. Its taking
place In Maryland was likewise prevented by the
action Of the Baltimore authorities, who ycster-
day placed portion of the party under bonds
not 10 fight In that State
Accordingly, about three hundred Of the crowd,
including both principals, their trainers, and
principal hackers, left Baltimore, at 6.85 r NJ,
fight
IN DELAWARE.
One of the principals rode In the ladies' car
and another In the car forward At Elkton, Coll
yer, with his trainer, Newell, left tine train. AT
Newark most of the crowd debarked, while Kel-
ley, with some fifteen or twenty friends, includ-
ing the celebrated Barney Aaron, came on to Will
mington. They stayed all night at the United
States Hotel, conducting themselves, as is usual,
with propriety, Kelley remained I'LL about 94O
and the rest of his party departed South at 1910,
by railroad.
AT NEWARK,
The crowd remained all night. On the express
train North from Washington, which passes
about 1l.30, large crowd of the fancy, with
At about IA, this morning, Collyer arrived in
town from Ekton, having come up In a carriage,
accompanied by large number OF curious peo-
pie from the vicinity Of that place, in other car
Collyer went into the ladies' room at the station
house and remained there, his friends generally
congrcgating outside. AT about half-past eight
o'clock,
SHERIFF HERBERT APPEARED
on the scene of action, quite suddenly, having
hpa fan had f.rf had
him small posse, and had determined to arrest
Colyer. AS he entered the door Of the outer
room, at the Station some ono raised the alarm
the Sheriff." and Colyer hearing It, came out
Of the ladies' roomand passing close by the sher-
iii, who, Of course, did not know him, rushed ont
of doors, accompanied by his trainer, Newell and
Skinned ii across the fields at rapid rate Dur
ing this time, large and threatening crowd gath
cred around the Sheriff and his posse, and cmbar-
| RAISING their movements prevented any pursuit,
capture. They then set up q loud laugh at the
Sherih's discontinue.
Meanwhile parties were busily at work making
arrangements to pitch the ring, the ground for
which had been selected, at q point down the
railroad three fourths Of mile, on the South side
and about two hundred yards from tho road
TIE FIGHT PROBABLY "oFF."
About this time, the stakeholder, a prominent
restaurant man of New York, privately announ-
ced his intention to declare the fight " off," and
summon the principals TO be at the Clipper office,
in New York, on Friday, so that the fight might
take place in the vicinity of that city.
POLICE WANTED
During this morning Sheriff Herbert telegraph
ed to Chief Dougherty of this city for aid from
the police force of Wilmington. Only five men
being on duty, it was impossible to comply, as
they were all required for the preservation oil
order in the city, particularly when the usual
crowd of "roughs" attendant upon such occa-
sons pass through their conduct at the depot, at
several previous times having been disorderly in
the extreme.
ANOTHER FIGHT.
1t is said that on the way up from Washington,
another :" mil'' to take place after the principal
Edwards, New York Engllsman and certaii,
Mike Carr, said to be of Washington. purse
TO be fought for was made up by some of the
principal sports, on the train.