, 1890-09-23
BY THE POLICE.
MeAuliffe and Slavin Arrested
and Bound Over.
Richard <. Fox Denounees it
as an Outrage.
The Pelican Club Accused of
Stopping the Fight.
McAuIIne and slavIn Arrested.

LONDON, Sept-It is reported that
MoAuliffe and Slavin have been arrested.
Later-Upon his arrival at the railway
station Slavin entered a cab and was i'm
msdlately placed under arrest. He was
conveyed quietly to the Lambeth police
station, where bJth prisoners were ar
rigned and bound over to keep tho
peace.
In court the police inspector, justIfyIng
the arrest. said that it was to be a genu-
inc prlze fight. He produced a copy of
The articles and said the gloves, as exhib
tied in the window OF a sporting paper,
we're smaller than ordinary gloves. and
we're thinned around the knuckles. The
secretary of the Ormonde club said the
gloves were ordinary boxing gloves, the
contest was to be strictly in accordance
with Queensbury rules, and no breach Of
the law was intended. He added that the
police had been melted TO make the ar
rests by jealous enemies of the club. The
Inspector denied that the police had been
melted. The magistrate directed the DO
Tee to produce the gloves before finally
deciding as to the illegality OF the fight.
He added, that If in the m eantime the
persons should venture to proceed with
The fight, he would deal with them Sc
yerely. The sudGenness of the arrests
preyented the defense from obtaining
counsel. Tomorrow the legal question
viii be agued.
Al a meeting OF the Ormonde club to-
night it was decided that it an adverse
decision was rendered the contest would
beIdecIded on the continent.
Richard X. Fox of New York, in an
interview, denounced the arrest of SlAvin
and McAuliffe as an outrage. He said il
was not proposed to have a prize fight, but
only a limited round contest with gloves,
aud there was no reason why the police
should interfere. Both men we're in
splendid condition and anxious to have a
fair contest and the police have no reason
to anticipate a breach fthe peace. The
fight was nothing but what often occurs
openly in England and America.
Bemple, proprietor OF the Ormonde
club, said he believed the management Of
the Pelican club was at the bottom of the
matter. If the fight had been arraged by
the fashionable Yves; End club the police
would not have interferred. In HIS opin
ion the Pelicins were jealous and be had
expected all along that they would try to
stop the fight. He didn't believe there
was anything "snide' aboutthe two fight
ers, who we're both anxious to see whicl
was the better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. % "A special cable
to the Police Gazette says: MANY rumors
are being circulated about the fight. Billy
Madden, McAuliffs's trainer. claims that
Slavin is afraid Of the American, and be-
leves he did not want to meet him. A
well known American says hat the ar
rest OF MoAuliffe is dae to the fact that
Slayin has trained off and those who
backed him had the American arrested
70 save their money. Crichton Temple
Of the OrmonGe club attributes Nc
Abilities arrest 20 the fact that the prince
OF Wales was going to attend the fight.
At a meeting Of the Pelican club today
Lord Lonsdaln aud Richard X. Fox Of
New York decided rather than see the
match tall through they would, il the au
thoriues prevent it, rut up between them
the same purse offered by the 0rmandc
club and bring the fight off on the CONT