The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-30

Parties Connected With the Affair.
HOT SPRINGS (Ark.), Oct. 29.--The
com plications brought about by the de-
termination of Governor Clarke that Cor
bett and Fitzsimmons shall not contest
for the fstic championship in Arkansas.
and the equally strong determination on
the part of the Citizens Committee and
the Hot Springs Athletic Club that the
men shall come together in the Ozarks. is
rapidly developing, even if it has not
already developed, into q serious crisis.
Things look squally tonight. and no.
body knows what tomorrow will bring
forth. although there is considerable fore
boding that trouble is III store. When
Sheriff Booker of Pulaski County, in
which Little Rock is situated, arrived
here on the 6 o'clock train, the latest
move Of the Executive was made appar-
ent. Booker brought with him sealed
package OF papers. with instructions to de-
liver them to Sheriff Houpt and await the
latter's action. This package had been
personally delivered to him by the Gov
ernor earlier in the afternoon, with or
ders to take the first train, and return If
possible by the o'clock train from Hot
Springs tomorrow morning.
ON mis- arrival he was met by Repre-
sentative South of Baxter County, who
is still here watching the movements of
Brady and party and the Citizens Com
mittee in the interests of the Governor,
and they then proceeded to the Sheriff's
Office. That official being just now on
the State line awaiting the arrival of tltZ-
simmons, the package was delivered 10
and receipted for ana opened by one of
his deputies. IS contents were fourteen
warrants calling for the arrest Of Corbett,
Brady and their party, and the produc
ton of each Individual Tomorrow after
noon at Little Rock. The warrants were
based upon information sworn out by
Attorney General kinsworthy in pre-
cisely the same language as that employed
yesterday in securing the papers for the
arrest OF FitZsimmons, setting forth that
the principals TO the proposed fight were
about to engage in contest wherein the
result might be the killing OF one or the
other.
Deputy Sheriff Sam Tate was the only
other attache OF the Office on hand, and 10
him the chief deputy turned over the
papers tor service. Tate took his time to
think over the matter. Shortly after
O'Clock he appeared in the corridor of the
II,
and alter a conference Of fifteen minutes
duration announced that he could not
serve the warrants for the reason that the
men named were already in the custody
OF officials on warrants out of the Car
land courts. Sheriff Booker, upon being
satisfied that such was actually the case,
ccepted the situation at once, ana stated
that he would make no further effort to
com plicate tho situation by endeavoriug
n force the man0ataQ h6 had brOJObt
with him.
The officers Of the club have been an
ticipGtlng some such move as this on the
part of the Governor, and took the
initiative toward checking it by having
issued warrant for Corbetps arrest yes
terday afternoon, and having it served
Immediately. About 2:30 O'Clock a citi-
zen, presumably opposed for the moment
10 prize fighting, presented himself be-
fore Justice Ripley anu sWore out war
rants for the arrest of Manager Brady, j.
j. Wheelock of Dallas. Secretary of the
club, Joseph Nenoig and the following
attached to Corbetts training quarters:
Young, Corbett (Jim's brother), John
donaldson, Billy Delaney, Peter Maher.
Steve O'Donnell and John McVey, to-
gether with 'Mysterious' Billy Smith,
who had arrived earlier in the day.
Service was had at once upon the men
who were in the city, and for the rest of
the day they were under the surveillance
OF Deputy Sheritfs, while another batch
went to Spring Lake TO take charge OF the
party at the training quarters. But for
this move the nine men would have been
gathered in and hauled off in the morn
ing 10 Little Rock. Governor Clarke
was notified tonight over the long-dls-
tance telephone 10y Attorney John NJ
Moore that his plans for the time being
had been thwarted. Some other move
from the executive mansion is expected
tomorrow.
Judge NJ core, who is recognized as the
head OF the Arkansas bar. came over
from Little Rock with Sheriff Booker
lie refused to talk concerning his busi-
ness. but be is evidently ou hand TO rep
resent the Governor in any court pro-
oeedngs that may result.
News from the State line at Texarkaua
will be awaited with intense anxiety, 1t
was not until to-day that II became gem
orally known that late last night Sheriff
Houpt had started for tho border line
with warrants calling for the arrest OF
Fitzsimmons and Julian and their pro-
duction in court ct Hot Springs. The Of
fcers sent by the Governor from Little
Rock bearing papers tor the taking OF the
same individuals and their arrangement
Ill the capital were on the same train with
the Garland County Sheriff and his
friendly warrant, but when the train
crosses the state line it will be race and
struggle between The Two details OF otfi-
GERS TO which the two sets os papers have
been intrusted, and the BEST viii in.
Nothing was heard from tl;Zsinmons
or Julian during the day or evening, al
though numerous dispatches were sent TO
them en- route, and an impression began
to gain ground tnat perhaps they had de-
cided, after all, To keep out Of the State
Toward O'Clock, however, = dispatch
was received stating That the party would
leave san Antonio at O'clock, and that
Fltzsimmons had expressed himself as
expecting to meet Corbett in private on
Sunday This was read aloud in the
packed rotunda, ana received with hand
clapping and exclamations of satisfac-
ton. Ii WAS the first substantial intima-
ton that had been received that the Aus
tralian intended to live up TO his agree
ment.
The outlook is that if Fitzsimmons
reaches here tomorrow night the details
Tor the Ipatch will be quickly arranged.
II il Is to take place in private for the
side purse of 10000 there VIII be no post
ponement from Thursday, the date origi-
nally agreed upon. Tho club, however,
favors q fight in public, and ii both sides
agree to this, time viii be called at |
o'clock on Monday or Tuesday. 1t is the
consensus of legal opinion that both mon
once here the Governor viii be power
less, and that nothing can prevent the
pair from fighting it out. Afterward they
can plead guilty TO Il misdemeanor before
the Justice, pay their fines and go scot
Tree. WhiIo tie has made no public ex-
preston OF his intentions, it is not be-
lieyed ihat Sheriff Houpt would under
any circumstances ask tie Governor for
military aid.
Cor bett did work training this morn
ing and in the afternoon he played eight
games of hand ball and then boxed fifty
TWO minutes with jim Daily, John Dom
aldson and McVey, the latter being
known at The quarters as the terror" on