The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
An Exodus of Sports to the
Place of Meeting IN
Arkansas.
WARRANTS OUT BY THE DOZEN
Governor Clarke Determined to Arrest
Corbett, FitzSimmons and Their
Followers.

COMPLICATION
mination of Governor Clarke that Corbett
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 de-
veloping, even if 1t has not already de-
veloped into a serious crisis. Things look
squally tonight and nobody seems to
know what tomorrow will bring forth
although there is considerable forebodlng
that trouble is in 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 apparent
Booker brought with him a sealed
packet of papers with instructions to
deliver them to Sheriff Houpt of this
(Garland) County and to await the latter S
action. This package had been personally
delivered to him by the Governor with
orders to take the first train and return if
possible by the o'clock train from Hot
Springs tomorrow morning. On his
arrival he was met by Representative
South of Baxter County, who is still here
watching the movements of Brady and
party, and the citizens committee in the
interests of the Governor and then pro-
ceeded to the Sheriff offices. That official
being just now on the State line awaiting
the arrival of Fitzsimmons the package
was delivered to and receipted for and
opened by one of his deputies. It's con-
tents were fourteen warrants calling for
the arrest of Corbett, Brady and their
party and the production of each in
dividual tomorrow afternoon at Little
Rock.
The warrants were based upon informa-
ton sworn out by Attorney General Kings
worthy in precisely the same language as
that employed yesterday in securing the
papers for the arrest of Fitzsimmons, set
ting forth that the principals to the pro-
posed fight were about to engage in a con-
test wherein might result the killing of
one or the other, and should therefore be
held to maintain the peace. Deputy
Sheriff Sam Tate was the only other at
tache OF the Office on hand, and to him the
chief deputy turned over the papers for
service. Tate took his time to think over
the matter. Shortly after 8o'clock he ap-
peared in the corridors of the Arlington,
sought out South and Booker, and after a
conference OF fifteen minutes duration
announced that he could not serve the
warrants, for the reason that the men
named therein were already in the custody
OF the officials on warrants sued out by the
Garland County Court.
sheriff Booker, upon being satisfied that
this was actually the case, accepted the
situation at once and stated that he would
make no further effort to complicate that
situation by endeavoring to force the man
dates he had brought with him.
The officers of the club have been antici-
pating some such move as this on the part
of the Governor and took the initiative
toward checkmating it by procuring a
warrant for Corbett's arrest yesterday
afternoon and having it served imme-
diately.
To-day some more business was done in
the same line and as the sequel proved not
many hours too soon. Along about 2:30 a
citizen, presumably opposed for the
moment to prize-fghting, presented him
self before Justice Rapley and swore out
warrants for the arrest of Manager Brady;
J. J. Wheelock of Dallas, secretary of the
Florida Athletic Club; Joseph Vendig and
the following attached to Corbett's train
ing quarters: Joe Corbett (Jim's brother),
John Donaldson, Billy Delaney, Peter
Maher, Steve O'Donnell and John McVey,
together 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 the deputy Sheriffs, while another batch
went to Spring Lake to take charge of the
party at the training quarters. But for
! h = oIe
been gathered in and hauled off in the
morning TO Little Rock. Governor Clarke
was notified tonight over the long
distance telephone by 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 Moore, who is recognized as the
head of the Arkansas bar. came over from
Little Rock with Sheriff Booker. He re-
fused to talk concerning his business, but
he is evidently on hand to represent the
Governor in any court proceedings that
may result from the situation.
News from the State line at Texarkana
will be awaited with intense anxiety to-
morrow. 1t was not until to-day that it
became generally known that last night
Sheriff Houpt started for the border line
with warrants calling for the arrest of Fitz-
simmons and Julian and their production
in court at Hot Springs. The officers sent
by the Governor from Little Reck bearing
papers for the taking of the same individ-
ais and their arrangement in the capital
were on the same train with the Garland
County Sheriff and his friendly warrant,
bat when the train crosses the State line
tomorrow it will be race and a struggle
between the two details of officers to which
the two sets of papers have been entrusted
and the best will win.
Nothing was heard from Fitzsimmons or
Julian during the day or evening, al
though numerous dispatches were sent to
them en- route, and an impression began
to gain ground that perhaps they had de-
cided after all to keep out of the State.
Toward o'clock, however, dispatch
was received from the United Press, stating
that the party would leave San Antonio at
s o'clock, and that Fitzsimmons had ex-
pressed him self as expecting to meet Cor
bett in private on Sunday. This was read
aiOud N tho rackad rntl1nda and received