The daily gazette., 1883-01-30
prscusrED IsRUzsEns.
80. and SHADES Proposed Boxing nout
stopped BY the Police.
rsnecial 40 PhlIadalphla Times.J

..o and sIade's Proposed Boxing noul
stopped BY the Police.
especial 70 Phlladelphia Times.J
,yv,v YORK. Jan. 20.--The first premoni
an that the sparring exhibition in the Mad,
m on souare Garden this evening for the
anest of Mace and Slade was 10 be inter
red with was the publication In the even
=, napers of q correspondence between
sy6r Edison and the Police Commissioners,
which the former wrote that he had In
prmatlon that an exhibition, practically a
rIze aght, was contemplated by Mace and
iade, and called the Police Commissioners
itention TO It. President French wrote
va measures would be taken TO prevent
~ collation. OF the law by prize lighting.
iTbe managers of the pugillsts read this
nd asked Captain Williams about It. He
M that he had had no orders to stop the
Exhibition, so the preparations went on.
TAXING POSSESSION or THE GARDEN.
The box Office was opened and tickets
ere being sold as fast as the throng could
et in line. There were thousands OF per-
M before each entrance. Two hundred
nd ten dollars had been taken at the box
flre when a platoon Of policemen In citi-
eps' clothes. under Inspector Thorne, took
nrclble possession of the garden. The gate
nom did not know them and at first resisted
Fbey were hustled out Of the way. The
iobts were turned down, the boz office
losed and the crowd Informed that there
ould be no show. They slowly dispersed,
rowling and damning vigorously.
In the meantime Slade and Mace had been
rrested, The arrests were made on war
AMI issued BY Justice Gardener, at the
Jefferson Market Police Court In the after
boop. Inspector Thorne had asked for the
rider of arrest, making affidavit that he had
eason to believe that thcre was going to be
M unlawful assemblage at the Madison
Bouare Garden with the intention Of further
lpp fight between Mace and Slade ia such
! manner as would disturb the public peace.
rhis warrant was put In Captain Williams
ands little aftef o'clock this evening.
BE took detective and went to the Metro
bolitan Hotel, where Slade and Mace were
Stopping, and found them In their room
Testing, preparatory 70 the proposed glove
Exhibition.
THE BRuIsERs UNDER ARREST.
Mace was much disturbed when told that
be was arrested. The half-breed took It
ery quietly. They got into carriage and
were driven to the Thirtieth street police
btatlon. HPry Hin heard of the arrest,
hurried there, too, and at once offered him
Ielf as bail. The captain said that no one
% police station could take bail for cap
ains prisoner, so Harry jumped into car
hage and drove TO Justice Gardner's house.
he returned with him and then the Justice
Bxed the bail at $500 each. Hill became
Aheir bondsman aud they were released,
with the understanding that they were TO
present themselves tomorrow morning for
Examination.
TROUBLE OVER THE LICENSE.
Mace had telegraphed to Fox, who was
.lso at the station soon after the arrest. He
kskcd Justice Gardner IL there was any rea-
bon why the exhibition could not 90 on this
evening. The Justice said no, except that
the garden had no license, The license ex-
'plred last Friday and had not been renewed.
'Ol course, II any attempt was made to hold
tthc exhibition In an unlicensed hall II would
be stopped at once by the police. Fox says
that he will give the exhibition In q few
days, II not in this city in Jersey City. He
paid Vanderbilt 81 900 rental for the use Of
the hall tonight, but expects TO get that
back The money taken at the door win be
|Felunded to morrow.
Mace is very savage over the arrest and
docs not think much Of New York civiliza-
tion. He says they were going 10 give
|fimply gentlemanly exhibition of glove
boxing, IN which there was going TO be no
Knocking out, and he sees no good reason
.why It should not have been permitted.
why" he said, sin San Francisco we
skparred in church and nobody said noth-
ing" He referred TO the exhibition In the
templc where Kallock USED to preach.
Ihone, the Inspector, said he ordered the
arrests because he had heard so much said
|about the wlckedness Of the New York police
|iorce In permitting these sparring matches
and he proposes 10 make this test case. IL
j. pretty generally believed that Mace and
slade will be discharged tomorrow and that
the exhibition will take place in the future.