St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-30

Says the Arrests Arc Illegal, Thea
He VIII Cease His Opposition,
and Not Until Then-Meantimc
the Preparations for the Event
Are Being Rapidly Pushed
Forward.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. ga dis
patch from Tampa, where Gov Mitchell
is at present. quotes the governor as
saying that he will not abide by the de-
ciSion of the criminal court OF Jackson.
vile in regard to the legality of the ar
rests of C0rbett and Mitchell. The gov
e"nor says that when the supreme
court decides that the arrests were
illegal, then he will cease his opposition,
and not until then. This action on the
part of Gov. Mitchell was not unrX-
pected.
At meeting of the Duval Athletic
cub, held this afternoon, it was decided
to have the Corbett- Mitchell fight take
place at II o'clock Oh the morning of
Jan. p, 1894. The decision of the club
was, that in the event of q favorable re-
port from the criminal court on Monday
night, tile fight will take place at
all hazards. The big fight. according
to the newly formulated plans, will
occur on the morning of Jan. %. Man
ager B0wden, of the Duyal Athletic
club. is preparing for emergencies. He
is satisfied that the decision of the court
in which TIE legality of the case on
which COrbptt and Mitchell will be tried
will be in their favor, and in the LAM
guagc of the day the club intends to give
GOV. Mitchell Il run for his money.
That is the course the officials have de-
cided 10 take. and the pugIlists them
selves are extremely. anxious to give
assistance in the matter Of developing
every freshly haTched scheme. At
meeting held this afternoon the club
decided upen this popular move. The
contest Will lake place at IL O'Clock on
the morning of Jan. %. This, it is
thought, will be Of advantage to spec
tators, both in the matter of light and
in the means OF transportation TO the
arena. AL tie same meeting the club
decided, if the decision handed
down by the criminal court On
Monday next declares the ar
rests of Corbett and Mitchell
TO have been illegal, to go ahead and
pull off the fight, no matter what the
consequences may be. The governor
has declared that he will not abide by
the decision of the criminal court, but
it is thought he will be obliged TO do So.
Gov. Mitchell is said 10 have sent a
letter TO County Solicitor Judge Chris
tie, Of this city, expressing great dis
pleasure at the latter'S action in allow
ing the warrants for COrbett and
Mitchell to be sworn out. Judge
Christie this morning, however, refused
to deny or verify The rumor.
Both pugiiistS have lett the city.
Mitchell going to st. Augustine and
Corbett to Mayp0rt. No heavy work
will lie done by either until tomorrow,
when the American champion will re-
sumo his training, and the Engllshman
Will practically begin his first hard
work in this state. While Corbett was
III Jacksonville he was 4 constant cen
Ter of attraction for open-mouthed
crowds. lie received much more atten-
ton than Mitchell, from the fact that
the latter was not as generally known,
no pictures or him having yet been dis
played, while COrbettS grace nearly
As COrbctt WAS about to leave for
MayDorl this morning he was handed
package containing Il profusion of silk
muf11erS, embroidered suSpenders and
other tri1leS of varied hueS and natures.
No name was attached to the box and
Champion jim has no idea who sent it.
This is but one Of the cases in which
friends of the big boxer have endeav-
ore1 TO show their admiration for him
iii secret way. Mrs. Corbett and Miss
Howard. who have been at the training
quarters with the party, were in the
city today, but they, TOO, have departed.
1t is now stated that the governor is
exceedingly WrOlh at the course of the
Duval Judicial authorities in arresting
COrbttt and Mitchell. 1t is said that
the governor has been keeping the wires
hot all day criticiSing Christie, OF the
county court, for his action in the mat
ter, charging Christie and all the other
judicial officers of this county as being
i'll collision with the Duval Athletic
club. and are abetting the clubs efforts
to pull Off the match, and that the ar
rests and proposed test of the law are
not in good faith.
The governor goes further, it is said,
ana reiterateS that the proposed fight is
i'll violation Of the laws of that state,
and asserts that itshall not come Off I'M
less the supreme court decides that such
contests are legal. 1t is considered sig
nificant that Gov. Mitchell says no de-
cIslOn save that OF the supreme court
Will deter him from his efforts to stop
the fight. Those close to the governor
believe that this declaration means that
the governor knows that the decision Of
the supreme court will be against the
legality OF the contest.
a dispatch just received from Tampa
SAYS that the governor stated this even
Ing III the most positive terms that 1.-The
light Will not come off in Florida" He
says that he has his plans for prevent
ing the fight consummated, and that
at the proper moment lie will act The
proper moment is supposed to be, in
the governors opinion, when Mitchell
and COrbett are about ready to face one
another. The governor is further
quoted as saying: II regard this pre-
posed fight as an otTense against the
peace and dignity of the state, and my
DISCRIMINATION, m If l. 6vnh