The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-01-03
MlTcKELL AND cORRETT
ARE sted for Contemplating NJ setina In
Florida,

CharleS Mitchell ana James }. C0rO6LC
we're arrested today according to pre-
arranged programme Of the DuVal Ath
letic Club to test the law in the State
in reference to glove contests. Mitchell
was arrested just after he finished
breakfast at the Everett Hotel this
morning, but Corbett did not appear in
court until this afternoon, as he could
not reach tt city from his training
quarters ct Mayport at an earlier hour.
The affidavit was issued this morning
by County Judge Baker. Il says that
Charlie Mitchell and James j. Corbett
did, on the 9th inst, agree to commit
an offence prohibited by law. to wit:
Did attempt, unlawfully by a previous
appointment, to meet each other with
the intention of engaging in light
The warrant recltes the substance Of
the affidavit including the articles of
agreement alleged to have been signed
by the principals. These articles Of
agreement call for scientific glove
contest with gloves allowed by law and
also empower the referee of the con-
test to stop it when, ID his opinion it
endangers life or limb OF the principals
The warrant concludes with the allega.
ton that Corbetu and Mitchell are now
trying 10 get together and carry out
their intentinn to fight under the
agreement. The judge commanded
the arrest of both He did not, how
ever, issue the warrant or affidavit un-
I'll County Solicitor J. B. Christie
passed upon them. Judge Christie
passed upon beth and ADVISED the sher-
if to 60 ahead and have the warrants
served. He first amended the affidavit
before approving it.
Mitchell, accompanied by his party.
the members of the DnVal Athletic
Cluo and a number cf local sports,
went TO the court room. 1t soon got
noiSed about what was up, and the re-
suit was that the county judges room
and the corridors of the court house
were filed with humanity, from busi-
ness men and gentlemenly sports, to
the rag tag and bob-tail of the town.
The first thing that Mitchell did was
to look around over the room for Cor
bett. Not seeing hln,a shade Of dis
appointment spread over his face, and
be asked where he was. The members
Of the club said: ooh, he'll be here
later en-" He evidently did not like it a
bit, and said that the arrest Of him first
locked as if he were being made mon
key OF. He would not haYe minded,
had he been arrested at the same time
as the other man. He was told, though
and found more consolation 10 the
fact-that the warrant was joint az
fair, in which both he and Corbett
were ordered to be arrested and
brought before the court. Once n the
court room, the formal reading of the
warrant was gone through with. Dep
| uty Sheriff VinZant did the reading.
He stood on the inside and read, while
Mitchell locked over his shoulder and
followed him. The legal part of the
warrant did not seem to interest
Mitchell half as much as the articles OF
agreement which they incorporated
When the deputy got down to, "Said
gloves to be furnished by James J
Corpett," Mitchell said: Hold on. ,
He put his finger on the place and " as
about to make an objection, hut Bow
den told him that was all right, so be
simply smiled, and the reading consin-
ued. After the formalities of the ar
rest were gone through with, bono
was made out. Mitchell binds him
self in the sum of $500 to appear be
fore the criminal court on January 2
His sureties are Messrs. Richardson anC
BOWdep, both of the Athletic Club.
The Englishman pondered over The
bond for SONS time, and asked If ii
was going to cost him anything. HI
said he would not put his name TO it.
il there was one dollar of expense. HI
would 60 to jail first and fight his owl
case. He didn't wish to appear as !.
he invited this arrest.
A. W. Cockrell, Jr., of the firm o.
Cockrell & Son, who was present, as
sured him that the club was bearing
the expense, and that it had retained
ample counsel to conduct the whole
| affair: also that Corbett had to g
through the same programme. Ther
Mitchell sat down and put his name
on the bond.
During the afternoon, Corbett ant
his party reached the city from May
port. Corbett Immediately proceeded
to the court house and went through
the same formalities regarding The
bond as Mitchell did in the morning
During the Corbett hearing, Solicitc
Christie expressed doubt whether tn
articles of agreement, which were in
corporated in the warrant on which
tie men were arrested, were iden tlca
: with the original articles. The sollcl
tor seemed to thiuk the clause giVlns
the referee power to stop the contes
when, in his (the referee's) opinion, |
endangers life or limb was an after
thought.
CoTbett explained to the soliclto
that even if this clause had been adde'
to the original articles of agreement
cut no figure, as it Was impossible TO
the proposed contest to become bruta
so long as the rules governing sue
contests were enforced.
Corbett then affixed his name to tn
bond requiring him under penalty o
$500 to appear in criminal court, Jan
uary 2, and answer the charges sc
forth in the warrant. His suretles, a
in the case. of Mitchell, were Messrs
Bowden and Richardson OF the Ath
letic Club. Friends of both Corbet
and Mitchell, especially Of the latter
treated the whole proceeding is a hug
joke. They jollied him about th
prospect OF being locked up and. .one Q
the party asked him how ne Woul
like to be locked up in the same ce
with Corhett. That seemed to tickl
him immensely. a big smile sprea
over his face and he said with empha
sis: "Fine, and think that programm
would take all the fight out of the ger
tleman, don't you?'
Before January 2, when the prime
pals are named to appear before tn
criminal court Of record, another pre-
cedureis to be taken, which will, !a
: measure, test the law. This is an az
p;ication for writ Of habeas corpu
which will be made before Judge Ca
probably next Monday. Corbett an
Mitchell are practically: in custody, an
tie argument will be that they are III
:. lawfully detained and that the arreS
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