The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-31
.FITz IS UNDER ARREST
BUT THE SPORTING FRATERNI.
TY is STILL CONFIDENT
OF VICTORY.
GOV. CLARKE is EQUALLY SURE

A Warrant Has Been Issued for Corr
bett and Brady, and the Military
viii Be Called Out if Necessary
The Sheriff of Carl nd County Has
Gone Over to the Side of the Pugil-
lists, and Fitzsimmons' Arrest is
Considered by Many as Ruses
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 80 The net result
| of to-day's operations is that an agree
mem has been reached between counsel
| OF the the Hot Spring Athletic Club and
| Attorney Trustworthy, by which COrbett
is to be brought to Little Rock t0-mOr
r1w to ans wer to the warrant issu d from
Pulaski county, and that the fight Is
temporarily postponed pending hear
ing of the case, provided the club people
entered into this agreement in good
faith. Each one of the opposing forces
seem to he quietly resting on their arms,
each confident OF the victory.
The day has been replete with exciting
| incidents, in which the militia took the
| leading part Brigadier General Taylor,
| of the Arkansas State Guard, came in at
| an early hour this m0rl ing from his
home at Forest City, and held numerous
conferences with the Governor, as re
| suit of which the State militia was early
| this morning ordered to hold itself ia
| readiness to move at a moments notice.
olonel Hollenberg, of the First r gi-
ment, in command of the two Little r ck
companies, was ordered to move at 80
| this afternoon.
Meanwhile Gov. Clarke continued
with renewed energy his efforts to bar
| the gates against Fifzimm 1us and
sheriffs and deputies were sent hurrying
| to block every possible p0iot Of ingress
against the New Zealander. The silua-
ton became extremely ludicrous for it
was plain to every one that Sheriff
| Houpt and the Garland county authOri-
ties had arrayed themselves on the side
of the sporting element and the spectacle
of two sherlffs each armed with war
rants, one to prevent fight, the other
| to facilitate it, both on the State b)rder
waiting for Fitzslmmons and the proba
bility Of row between the two officers
| over the possession OF the coveted pugi
list. presented itself.
Gov Clarke received a telegram early
in the day stating that in the race the
| rival sheriffs, Houpt had won, and that
the Garland count officer had met Fitz-
s mmons and party at Marshal Texas,
from which point the whole party in
charge of Houpt had taken a special for
Shreveport, lnten ing to reach HCt
Springs by circuitOus route by the
way of Alexander, thence over the Cot
| ton Belt to q mden. Fr m Camden
the Guerdon Branch will bring the
| party to the main line of the Iron
Mountain and thence TO Malvern and
Hot Springs kilograms were quickly
dispatched by the Governor to the s1er-
| ifs of the counties through which the
| special train was to pass. These tee
grams said:
Spare no effort; capture Ftzsimmons
and hold him for sheriff of Pulaski
C unity"
Then came the information that the
special train would avoid stops at all
points where officers were liable to be en-
countered and the excitement increased.
FftzsimmOns Arrested.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3O-IC is report
| Cd here that private dispatches have
been received here stating that FitzSim
mons and his whole party, including
Sheriff Houpt of Hot Springs, have been
arrested at Fulton, AK, about forty
miles north of TeXarkana.
Gov. Clarke Gave Ont the News.
LITTLE RoCK, Ark Oct. 80.-At $50
| Governor Clarke gave out the informa-
| ton that he had received a telegram
| from Sheriff Davies and one from Dep
uty Heard, saying that FtZsimmons had
been arrested at Fulton, Ark This ar
rest is regarded as ruse.
| A telephone message from Hot Springs
| says that OOrbett is in hiding and will
not be brought to Little Rock tO-mOr-
| row. This information comes from a
| thoroughly reliable source. The agree
ment TO bring Corbett here, the same
| authority states, was flank movement
on the part of the club to keep the mi
litia from coming to Hot Springs.
ON their Way TO Little Rock.
TExARKANA. Tex, Oct. 30. Sheriff
billiard with the Governors warrant ar
rested Fitzsimmons and Julian and Sher-
iff Houpt at Fulton and the party are
now on their way to Little Rock, to ap-
pear before Judge Martin.
Writ Issued for Corbett and Brady.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Oct 30.-Gov. Clarke,
of Arkansas, at $3.50 to-day, wired the
Associated Press as follows:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct 30.
''At Hot Springs Attorney General
Kinsworthy has perfected an agreement
by which { orbett and Brady will appear
here To. morrow to answer writ issued
| by Chancellor Martin The militia will
not receive further orders until the re-
suit of this proceeding is known
[Signed JAMES p. CLARKE"
FitzsimmOns will be Tried To-day.
TExARKANA, Tex, Oct. 30.-Sheriff
billiard and deputies of Miller county,
who left Texarkana ON the Iron Noun
| tain Cannon Ball at $3.50 o'clock sue
ceeded in bagging the pugilistic game
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