St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-30
HOT SPRINGS Law.
1T SUITS THE PUGILISTS AND DE-
FIES THE STATE COVER
NOR.
FITZ AT TIE D0DGlNG ACT.
GOV. CLARKE is EVIDENTLY
WORSTED, BUT HE'S A DEAD
GAME SPORT.
MILITIA NOW HIS ONLY RESORT.
Hot Springs Sheriff Likely to Kid
nap Fitz and Carry Him to
the battle-ground.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 29.-The
moves made on the pugilistic check
err board today are full of greater
interest than has developed at any
time since Hot Springs was selected
as battle ground by the managers
of the big fight. AS the. time for the
meeting of tine two gladiators had
drawn so near that nothing short of
strategem and extreme measures
would prevent it, Gov. Clarke and
Attorney General Trustworthy put
their heads together and decided to
use both by virtually kidnapping"
FitZsimmons before he reached Hot
Springs and carrying him to Little
Rock, where he would be so tightly
bound by bonds to keep the peace
that he would be glad to get out of
the state without ever seeing Cor
bett. Their plans have been thwart-
ed at every move, however. Corbett,
Brady, Joe Vendig and Secretary
Wheeler,o Of the Florida Athletic club,
are all under arrest here, and in the
hands of the local authorities, hence
the attorney general cannot get
service on them now and take them
from this county for trial. as he
contemplated doing. He was too
slow.
officers from this county, armed
with warrants, for Julian and Fitz-
simmons arrest, are now doubtless
with that twain somewhere in Texas
plotting them toward Arkansas. AS
soon as the train crosses the line
| into Arkansas the warrants will be
served on them and they will be pris-
oners Of Garland county officers, and
when Gov. Clarke's Sheriff at Tex
arkana proceeds to serve his papers
he will find that his warrants are
no good. The arrest today of Brady,
Vendig ct al. by the local authori-
ties was simply for the. purpose of
forestalling the move made by the
attorney general and preventing the
removal of the men from this city
to 'show cause why they should not
give a bond to keep the peace" The
governor has been tripped, and the
only thing that remains now for him
to do to stop the fight is by military
interference, and it is not believed
| that he will do that, as he is some
what handicapped on that score.
IT DEPENDS ON FITZ.
The only thing that will prevent
| the fight now, it seems, is the fail
ure of Fdtzsimmons to get here and
make satisfactory his stake money,
which it is said he will do if he gets
here, and he can get here if he wants
to come. mysterious" Billy Smith
arrived today at noon and went di-
rect to Peter Maher's training quar-
ters at Hughes villa. He is conf
dent of success in his "go" with
Tommy Ryan. 1t is impossible to
| tell at this time on what day the
! Corbett-Fitzsimmons mill will take
| place. That will be definitely set
tied as soon as Fitzsimmons and
Julian arrive. Everything depends
on Fitzsimmons getting here. He
| is expected tomorrow morning, in
charge of Sheriff Houpt, unless a
serious clash of authority should oc-
cur between the officers who are aft
er him-those holding the warrants
issued ait Little Rock and the sheriff
of this county. But it will very like
ly result in the first officer who gets
service holding the prisoner. That
the fight will take place between
now and Nov. 2 seems to be a GER
tainty. In response to a tip sent
out Saturday night to the various
sporting headquarters all over the
country, each incoming train is
crowded with sports and others who
expect to see the fight. Corbett is in
active training at his Spring Lake
quarters, and is pronounced to be in
| the pink of condition.