The San Francisco call., 1895-10-18
CHAMPION JAMES j. CORBETT VIR-
TUALLY PLACED UNDER
ARREST.
BUT THIS is PART OF a PLAN
MEANWHILE GOVERNOR CLARKE
CONTINUES TO DECLARE THE
FIGHT WILL Nor BE.

spirine to com NIT breach of the peace
by entering into an agreement to do bodily
harm TO zone Robert Fitzsimmons. The
warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff
Hount about > 30 this afternoon and that
official went down 10 Spring Lake, Cor
belts headquarters, to serve the papers
and bring Mr.. Corbett before Justice of
the Peace w. A. Kirk.
The Sheriff succeeded in reaching Spring
Lake and in serving the warrant, but as he
arrived there at late hour it was decided
that Mr.. Corbett should give bond for his
appearance in court tomorrow morning at
8 o'clock.
1t is understood that Justice Kirk will
place Corbett under bonds to keep the |
peace the sum to be something like |
sic 600 This bond Mr.. Corbett will de-
cline to give, when he will be incarcerated |
in the Garland County Jail. His attor
neys will then apply to Chancery Judge !
Leland Leatherman for q writ of habeas
corpus. In the event the writ is granted,
Corbett will be liberated, and the officials !
who are opposing the bringing off of the
contest will be at their ropes end so far as
the law is concerned. A writ of habeas |
corpus cannot be suspended in this State
except by the General Assembly while in
regular session and it is the consensus of
legal opinion that neither the Governor of
the State nor the judicial officers can in
terfere with the proposed glove contest.
Should this prove the correct version of
the law, nothing will stand in the way of
the glove contest and it will be brought off
on time.
Governor Clarke left for Little Rock this
1oJo ool- I'd
as far as Malvern by a press correspondent
from this city. On the way between this
city and Malvern the Governor talked
freely to the newspaper man relative to
the present aspect of affairs here regarding
the t-Fitzsimmons glove contest
that was booked for the 3lst. He was
asked whether or not the press dispatches
OF this morning correctly reported his po-
sition as to the matter, and if the current
rumors that he would place no further
obstacles in the way of the contest were
correct. He replied that he was not re-
sponsible for the rumors, and that he had
found nothing during his visit to the
Springs to cause HIM to change his mind
a bout the contemp plated prize-fght.
.-"Is it fact, he was asked, 'that you
have promised the citizens committee that
you would let the local authorities cope
with the matter, and that under no cir
cumstances would you call out the militia
OF the State to suppress the fight if the
Florida Athletic Club insisted or persisted
in going on with it?"
There is no foundation for any such
rumors," replied the Governor. 81 made
no such assertions, either privately, pub
licly or otherwise, and regret very much
indeed that they have been allowed TO ap-
pear in public print"
Have your views in regard to the con-
test been modified in any way, Governor2'
q must admit that they have not been
modified in any way. ] came over TO Hot
Springs to see if there was not some COM
mon ground that we could find to stand
upon, but after thoroughly investigating
the matter, | could find none whatever |
entertain exactly the same views that did
prior to my visit and cannot see how | can
permit anything savoring of a prize-tight to
be pulled off on Arkansas territory. All
of the citizens of Hot Springs are my
friends. | think a great deal of them and
would like TO help p them in anything that
would be a benefit TO them, but there is
nothing about prize-tight that would &C.
crue TO the benefit of any community
ais it true that you promised the cti-
zens' committee that not in any event
would you call upon the State militia for
suppressing the fight?"
az made no such promises or anything
like them. The fact of the matter is that
the military of the State are now holding
themselves in readiness to respond to
call from me at any time. | am engaged
in marshaling my forces for any contln-
gency that may arise.
at is generally understood and so re-
ported upon the streets and in the hotel
lobbies that the committee convinced you
that there was vast difference between
prize-hght and the contest that Is now pro-
posed to be brought off under the revised
articles of agreement entered into by the
Florida Athletic Club and the hackers OF
Mr.. Corbett. Is such the case?"
THAT is not the case by any means.
The committee tried TO SO impress me, but
failed to do so. They showed me the re-
vised articles of agreement, which were all
right They also gave me the big fve-
ounce gloves 10 look at. At first glance no
one who is not posted on these matters
would think for moment the men could
hurt eacn other with them, but L happened
to know that they were tive-ounce gloves
that Corbett and Sullivan fought with
and that majority of the prize-fghts of
the present day are fought with. Upon
close questioning by Mr.. Martin or some one
else in the committee-room it was admit
ted that these were the identical gloves
that Corbett and Fitzsimmons were to
fight 10 finish with on the 31st if they
were not prevented from doing so. u nder
the circumstances l could see no distinc-
ton between prize-fght to a finish and a
glove contest for twenty-five rounds.
EVERY one knows that this fight would
not last through twenty-five rounds-that
either Corbett would whip Fitzsimmons in
less than twenty-five rounds OF Fitzsim-
mons would whip Corbett. Taking this
view of the matter. l could not see the diff
ference. see by the dispatches this morn
ing that Fitzsimmons declares he will not
90 into hmited-round contest with Cor
bett. He refused to do so once before and
the probabilities are that such a contest
could not be pulled off were l to consent.
Fitzsimmons has nothing to gain by meet
ing Corbett in a contest where there is