The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-01
GOVERNORS DANDER Is Up.
lie Enjoys The Satisfaction Of Holding
Prl, Fighter,
COEPLETE KASTER OF qHE SITUATlOl.
lie Declares rha, No Tight shall TAX
Place in Arkansas ms Long as Ne IL
eovernor-JuiIan Bitterly De-
nie- That fitx sought Arrest.

LITTLE ROCK. ARK, oct. M.-Frou
all appearances Bob FitzSlmmons Is no
likely to De AZ liberty to participate in
prlze-nght for several days to come. To
days legal proceedings were brief and In
conclusive. but they indicate that. Will
Judge Martin viii not strain the las
against the lengthy Australian. neitho
VIII he hurry the proceedings along l..
order to oblige the puginsfic contingent.
II this vicw 0f the ease - correct. Falz
simmons may be detained her. for
week. while the Attorney -t.enerai and tn
lawyers for the Hot Springs Athletic Cui
argue the legal points But even II
werc assured that fitzSimmOns would b.
discharged from custody tomorrow thon
Is always the absolute certainty that th,
redoubtabie Governor clarke would b,
on his trail again with some species o
legal weapon within live minutes. Tn,
Governor IL enlisted for The war; ans
evidently means TO serve oUt his term 81
enlistment. lie Is enjoying the sat.sfac
ton OF holding a prize-nghter captly,
within a stones throw OF the state Capt
tol, and ~ reluctant To relinquish IN,
pleasing sensation. He Is not likely TO d(
so.cithcr,so long as he has means az hand
10 prevent ianky BOb's exit from fht
Arkansas capital. and has declared that
he has fresh ammunition fDi any posi-.
BILE phase OF the situation that may de
yolve.
At half-past . this morning Fitz
simmons and Julian arrived Ia the city
over the Cotton Belt road, In the custod,
OF sheriff Diiiar1, or IcNdrkana. who
made the arrest az the request of the
sheriff Of this (pulaSkD county. With
the party were j. y. crenshaw ana W
=. Casey, who. however. were not under
arrest. The party was driven 10 the
Capitol Hotel. whore they registered In q
hopeful spirit as zen route" They Were
assigned 10 rooms on the third roor and
with a local deputy sheriff acting a. door
keeper, settled down To await their APP
pearancc In court at o'clock.
spoFE plrrrHLt.
Julian spoke bitterly OF the reports telc-
raphed over the country that f1tzsim-
mons had thrown himself In the way Of
Sheriff billiard, when he might have SUR
rendered to Sheriff Haupt, OF Garland
county, and been taken safely 10 Hot
Springs.
''rhat statement" he declared. 'is a lie,
pure and simple. We knew nothing OF
either Of the sherns. The Hot Springs
people sent rs no word OF anything OF IN,
kind from the time ! left there ten days
ago up TO the present moment. We knew
nothing about any arrangements th1l
had been made To get us safely to Hol
Springs, II any such arrangements were
meue. We were left completely IN ths
dark. 10 feel our way out If we could.
"Neithor titZsimmons nor myself Is
mind reader, and ne could not bc eN-
ffnf'l 10 PICK out IIlCuIS Iloil tn'Nlitt
simply by looking at them. But aside
from that fact the truth IL, that the Hot
Springs sheriff himself surrendered us 10
the Little Rock sheriff when the latter
made a demand on him. We had no
choice in the matter. The Hot Springs
sheriff made mild Kick on giving us up,
bat it did not go
That special train story is another
sqs 1 70 % 20 ne a ns Ssd S0rSs reused sfS~d
10 20 on "A special train that would have
taken us through to Hot Springs without
mOlostation. Now, in the hfst place,
never saw that special train. and II had
seen it would not have gotten on the
same car with Joe Vendig. who. as every
body knows, has been trying TO do us up
ever since the match was made. believe
he would have jobbed us somehow. The
amount OF IT is, we have been getting the
worst OF IL right along. We were guaran-
teed protection from legal Interference.
and. as you see, we were arrested as
soon as We stepped over the state line.
READY TO FIGHI.
"You may say for Fitzslmmons that in
spite of all the Of iscOuragements and bad
faith we have had To encounter. he IL
ready as soon as we get out OF this
mess 10 night C0rbett or anybody else.
as originally proposed. Ills $1,000 is ready.
ana so Is he
Fltzslmmoni endorsed what his mana
ger said and added that he was sick and
tired OF being lied about ana misrepre-
scntcd and tnat he had about quit talk
Ing for publication until after he had
AT 2 o'clock the pugillst and his man
ager appeared before Judge j. w Martin.
IN the Circuit Court Mayor Waters. or
the Hot Springs Atnlctic club. had tele-
graphed Julian thar The attorneys Of the
club could not reach Little Rock until to-
morrow, and consequently, when the as
sistant AttOrney-General. Mr.. Hemming-
way requested "A continuance until to-
morrow afternoon because OF the absence
Of Attorney-Gencral kinswFthy, there
was 80 opposition.
The pugilist party returned 10 :he hotel
In the custody OF the deputy sheriff
Under the law Fi'zsimmons and Julian
may be held IN bonds not exceeding $o,1p
each 10 keep the peace, should the court
decide that they contemplated breach
thereof.
Governor Clarke was mildly and placldly
haDpy this afternoon
II have declared all along" he said IN
answer to "A question, that there would
be no prizc-nghting I'm Arkansas on cc-
tober Sist A. you see, there has been
none. You viii also see that there viii
be no prize-hghting In Arkansas on any
other date, 20 long as | am Governor OF
tho State The resources at my disposal
are fully equal 10 any emergency, and
prize-nghtcrs and their patrons viii save
time and money by kceping out OF the
State"
ytNDIs DID IT.
The friends Of Fitzsimmons lay all the
blame for the existing fasc0 on the
shoulders OF Joe Nendig. The latter,
wnom Fitzsimmons hates and detests
most cordially, went down all alone %
the State line yesterday 10 witness what
ever might happen when the two sets OF
officers contended for the possession OF
F1tzsimmons and Julian. The former, 80
II is claimed. espied Nendig, and assun-
Ing from his presence that some kind OF
a trap was concealed behind Sheriff
Haupt's offer OF "A special train, preferred
to take his chances with the Governors
officers.
The followers OF Fltzsimmons denied
that Corbett went out TO the ring-side
this evening TO make good his part OF the
articles Corbetts friends are a. much
put out with Nendg as are the Fttzs:m-
mons men. They style his going alone TO
Texnrkana an interference, and Brady re-
sents the insinuation that verdig was
acting in Corbetts interest to keep Fitz-
simmons away from Hot Springs.
Brady says that Nendlg LEFT town with
out his knowledge. and that II he had
known OF his movements he would have
moved heaven and earth to choke him OF.
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