Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-05


are about to attempt to break the laws
of the State of Delaware by this fight.
/ am sworn officer to sustain the
peace, and shall do it at the risk of my
life. The fight cannot take place in
this county. / will stop it if in doing so
| sacrifice INV life. | will arrest the
first man who enters this ring for the
purpose of fighting, and 1 call on all
good citizens 10 aid me to preserve the
peace. If | ehould not succeed in
unfolding the law by my efforts here,
will follow you with acquisitions
from the Governor until do,
The sheriff then got out OF the
square, and very soon IL was entered
by Kelly, who upon seeing the sheriff
step over the rope, almost as quickly
stepped out of it. Collyer then entered
The sheriff rushed toward him. and he
also jumped out and passed in the
crowd among his friends. At this
point consultation took place. Some
cried out, go on with the fight, but
no insult was offered the sheriff, Bar
ney Aaron, Kelly's second, approached
Mr. Herbert and said he had concluded
that the fight should not take place
there il he could stop it. He then said
to the crowd, 1T is very easy for some
to say go on, but be and the principals
were known and responsible to the law
They could be arrested anywhere and if
the fight went on there he would not
have anything to do with it,
Some one then proposed to go across
the line into Pennsylvania, and the
stakes were taken up and the crowd
departed. After this many of the
crowd came to the sheriff and congratu-
lated him on his success in stopping
the fight, telling him he had done a
big thing He followed them until
they passed out of the State. When
he halted many of the more respectable
of the roughs went to him and insisted
ON his going to witness the combat,
but he declined, by thanking them and
saying it would not look we'll in him
to witness the pollution of the soil of a
sister State, after having saved that
of his own from such disgrace. The
little man with. the white hat then
drove rapidly home, with heart no
doubt full of exultation at his success
| in so dubious an undertaking. Had
the officers Of Chester county performed
| their duty as promptly and with az
much energy, the fight might have
been prevented as it is we think we
express the sentiment of every Demo
crat and good citizen by thanking the
sheriff for SO nobly discharging his
duty. We hope it will be acknowl-
edged by the court which is now in
session. The service rendered to the
State is signal one; more valuable
than if it had been accomplished with
regiment Of soldiers, at great ex-
pense, as in Virginia.
ga few words from the bench by our
able, eloquent and most esteemable
| Chief Justice, whose wisdom, sagacity
and righteous exposition of the laws
have so long been acknowledged and
highly priced by our whole people,
would, we think, be very appropriate,
and have a salutary effect for good.
We also expect to see some substantial
expression by the Levy Court, and
hope it will, at it's next meeting, order
a handsome gold medal to be made,
expressive of its appreciation and thai
of the citizens Of this county, anc
present it to the sheriff for his gallant
conduct.
sit is but right to say that Mr.. Vim
ing also deserves much credit for stand
ing by the sheriff all through this affair
and evincing a willingness to sustain
him in every effort. As we did moi
witness the fight we have to depend
upon others for report of it, which
will be found elsewhere. "
account of the fight, clipped from
the New York "World, j" is printed ir
an adjoining column of the same issue.