The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-01

lined in the United Press dispatches, and
is in brief that having given bonds in Pu-
laski County, the men can fight in Gar
land County with certainty that no
petit jury will ever convict them. pro-
ceeding necessary before the bonds can be
sued out
Billy Smith and Tommy Ryan will weigh
in at s o'clock to-marrow and claim their
forfeit of $500 each from the Florida Ath-
letic Club. New articles will then be drawn
up if both managers are willing for the
men to meet on Tuesday.
FITZSIMMONS' DIRE THREAT
VIII Quit Talking for Publication Until
He Meets Corbett.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, Oct. 31.-From
all appearances Bob Fitzslmmons is not
likely to be at liberty to participate in a
prize-fght for several days to come. To-
days legal proceedings were brief and in
conclusive, but they indicate that while
Judge Martin will not strain the law
against the lengthy Australian, neither
will he hurry the proceedings along in
order to oblige the pugilistic contingent.
If this view of the case is correct,
Fitzsimmons may be detained here for a
week, while the At Attorney-General and the
lawyers for the Hot Springs Athletic Club
paw over precedents and over old dusty
lawbooks containing statutes relating to
prize-fghting.
But even if it was assured that Fitzsim-
mons would be discharged from custody
tomorrow there is always the absolute
certainty that the redoubtable Governor
Clarke would be on his trail again with
some species of legal weapon within five
minutes. The Governor is enlisted for the
war and evidently means to serve out his
term OF enlistment. He is enjoying the
satisfaction of holding a prlze-fghter cap
tive within a stones throw of the State
Capitol and is reluctant to relinquish the
pleasing sensation.
He is not likely to do so, either, so long
as he has means at hand TO prevent
''Lanky" Bob's exit from the Arkansas
capital, and he declared that he has fresh
ammunition for any possible phase of the
situation that may develop. 1t is alto
gether likely, therefore, that if there is any
prlze-tighting in the vicinity OF Hot
Springs within the next few days, Mr..
Fitzsimmons will not be among the par
ticipants.
1t was half-past o'clock this morning
when titzsimmons and Julian arrived in
the city over the Cotton Belt road in the
custody OF Sheriff billiard OF Texarkana,
who made the arrest at the request of the
Sheriff of this (Pulaski) county. With his
party were ]. n. Crenshaw and w. E.
Casey, who, however, were not under ar
rest. The party was driven to the Capitol
Hotel. where they registered in a hopeful
spirit as Zen route" They were assigned
10 rooms on the third floor, and with
local Deputy Sheriff acting as doorkeeper,
settled down to await their appearance in
himself on bed and Julian busted himself
with letters and kilograms.
Neither was disposed to be uneasy over
the outcome of the affair. Julian, how
ever, spoke bitterly of the reports that had
been telegraphed over the country to the
effect that Fitzsimmons had thrown him
self in the way of Sheriff billiard, when he
might have surrendered himself to Sheriff
Houpt of Garland County and been taken
safely to Hot Springs.
"This statement he declared, sis lie,
pure and simple. We knew nothing about
either of the Sheriffs. The Hot Springs
people sent Us no word of anything of the
kind from the time left there, ten days
ago, up to the present moment.
I'VE know nothing about any arrange
ments that had been made to get US safely
to Hot Springs, if any such arrangements
were made. We were left completely in
the dark, to feel our way out if we could.
Neither Fltzsimmons nor myself is mind
reader and we could not be expected to
PICK out friends from enemies simply by
looking at them. But aside from that fact
the truth is that the Hot Springs Sheriff
himself surrendered US to the Texarkana
Sheriff when the latter made demand on
MIN. we had no choice in the matter.
Inc Hot Springs man made mild kick on
giving US up, but it didn't go.
"Ihat special train story is another
sample OF the way the Corbett crowd tried
to do US up. They said we refused to 90
on special train that would have taken
us through to Hot Springs without moles-
tat1on. Now, IN the first place, never
saw that special train, and if | had seen II
would not have got on the same car with
Joe Vendig, who, as everybody knows. has
been trying to do US up ever since the
match was made. l believed he would
have jobbed US somehow. The amount Of
it is that we have been getting the worst
of it right along. We were guaranteed
protection from legal interference, and as
you see we were arrested as soon as we
stepped over the State line.
"The Hot Springs people have not sent
lawyers here to appear for Us to-day. al.
though they promise to send them to-
morrow. You may say for Fitzsimmons.
however, that in spite of all the discour-
agements and bad faith we have had to
encounter, he is ready, as soon as we get
out of this muss. to fight Corbett or any,
body else, as originally proposed. His
$4,000 is ready, and SO is he. As for Cor
bett. Fitzsimmons will fight him in q ring