The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03
FLIGHT OF THE FIGHTERS.
They Agree TO Leave the state and
LegnI ProceedIngs Qunshed.

Legal Proceedings Quashed.
Little Rock, Ark. Nov. AT noon to-
day Attorney General Hemingway APP
peared in the circuit court and stated
that the state had received assurances
that the defendants. Fitzsimmons and
Julian. would abstain from any unlawful
undertaking in the state. They had also
agreed to leave the state. Upon that
assurance. the state was willing to dismiss
the peace warrant cases with the under
standing that if the defendants violated
their pledge the case should be REIN
Mr.. South. for the governor. stated
that this was satisfactory.
The court said that the desired order
would be entered and the cases were ac-
Neither Fitzsimmons nor Julian was
present.
Chancellor Martins court, where simi-
lar motion was made and granted as to
Corbett and Brady.
restrictions, except as TO the Injunction
issued yesterday, which stiN holds good,
and will be used should there be any at
tempt TO pull or any fight. Corbett lelt
for Hot Springs at p. m. 1t is said
he viii get his baggage and leave for the
east within a short time. The Fitzsim-
mons party win stay in Little Rock and
give a show on Monday night There is
still some talk of a fight at FL Paso, but
little stock is taken in it,
Chancellor Martin was evidently IN no
amiable mood over the dropping of the
Corbett-Brady prosecution and cOntended
himself by declaring that If the attorney
general chose TO dismiss the cases he
must do so absolutely and without power
to reinstate.
Il viii not share with the attorney gem
eral the responsibility of this proceeding
he declared. "He must assume 1t alone
Then turning to Corbett and Brady he
shook his finger at them ana said: You
must understand that the dismissal or
these peace warrant cases does not re
lease you from the penalties of violating
the injunction which was issued yester-
day. II this injunction Is violated In the
state of Arkansas you win certainly be
brought back here. There is no constf-
tutional or statutory limit for the punish
ment of a violation of court process.
The violation of this Injunction means
Imprisonment I'm the Pulaski county jail
at the discretion of this court, and 1 VIII
assure you that the term will not be lose
than two years If the majesty of the
laws of this state cannot be maintained,
the state ought 20 be dissolved
This lecture did not fail TO impress Cor
bett. who remarked that he had no ann
hltiOn to encounter the chancellor In
contest where he had the referee against
him and had no chance under the rules
There is a remote possibility OF
meeting to take place az FL Paso
ON Nov. 49, for the $4,000 purse
amounting almost TO a certainty Of no
fight at all. In the latter case Fitzsim-
mons will take his show on a tour through
Texas. leaving here next Tuesday. After
that he will return 20 New York. Julian
says the El Paso offer suits him, but II
Is not believed that Brady will accept for
Corbett.
Jim Kennedy, who was here to-day on
his way to New york says that the EN-
pire Athletic Club OF Maspoth i. l.. has
secured tho Maher-O'Donnell fight for
New orleans, Nov. 2.-There have been
reports current the past few days that
there is possibility of the Corbett-H'itz-
place at the Olympic Club In this city.
President Charles Dickson OF the Olym-
pic Club says that such thing would
not be tolerated by the management. lie
said the club is very well satisfied with
the success their athletic exhibitions are
meeting. with, and they do not care 70
antagonize the press and public by try
ing to handle any Of the big events that
the Texas and Arkansas people failed
to bring OFF. President Dickson was very
positive in his assertion, and said; You
can put IL down as a fact that the Olym-
pic Club Will never have anything to with
COrbett and t'itzslmmons, or any OF the
others who are matched to fight at Hot
II may also be stated that the law Of
Louisiana no longer permits prize ught-
ing and IL would be impossible to bring
one off here. The days of prize fighting
in New orleans are over for good.
Hot Springs, Nov. 2.-Corbett and Brady
returned from Little Rock tonight haV-
ing stopped off for several hours at the
Spring Lake training quarters. Brady
SAYS he has made his last effort and VIII
make or listen to no more propositions
concerning the fight. According TO the
statements made by both the friends and
opponents of Fitzsmmons. the latter's
attitude Is due to the fact that he Is dead
broke 1t is even said that he has not
the money to get out of Little Rock un-
less permitted to show, much less to pro-
vide a $4,000 stake. 1t IS urged that, in
view of this disclosure the fighter is en-
titled to sympathy, rather than denuncia-
ton although IL Is admitted that he
should make clean breast Of the mat
ter II he does not wish to hereafter be
regarded as funk"
parson Davies and his company left for
Chicago to-day, thoroughly disgusted.