Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-14
KNOCKED EN- OUT.
Minncsota Does the Trick in q
Single Round.
HOW c,CrGH STOPPED A FIGHT.

Extraordinary Measures Adopted to Pre-
vent thp Scedham-NIoore Fisticuff.-
suR- Cor Damages Promised by Some of
sl,s Victims OF the Current "Prizefiglit-
opholie"-Points That May BE Of Use
to Governor Clarke.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 14-Governo- C!ough,
assisted b. the Humane society, knocked
cut the Needham- Moore prize fight an
sa"unced for yesterday, and there Were sew
cral interesting developments. In the first
place Nceham was arrested. Then ''gov-
ernmcnt by injunction" was called into
play, and ain order was obtained restrain
Ing all the railways and other parties in
tcTcstcd including the promoters Of the
iight, seconds, referee and everybody,
however remotely or suppositively con-
ncctcd with the mill. from aiding in any
way to "pull Off the affair. The promot-
crs OF the fight threw up their hands at
this and called the fight cf, but the fact
s1i6 not become generally known, and the
result, it appears, will be to give the state
IN oppc crtunity to find where it is at" on
such matters. \
state Officials Show Much Zeal.
Not Knowing that the fight had been
abandoned, and in order to make assur
unoc doably s;Isc the state officials went
ahoad Yesterday and arrested the cap
tam, pilots and engineers of the boats
ttat were to take the people to the scene
o. the battle. The men were arrested by
Deputy Shcriffs Picha and Kinney on
the strength Of allegations contained in
warrants sworn out by ID. T. Noyes and
W. l.. Wilson, charging the men arrested
with aiding and abct ting prize fighters
ancd onnivins to arrange prize fight. The
men arrested were Captain John c.
Smith, of the Oracle 4. Mower; Captain
p. +. Ritahic, owner of the excursion
steamer Daisy, and George TilbUry, en-
;sinccr and Ariah j. Bcslcy, pilot, of the
steamer Daisy. They wcro arrested on
their respective boats and were kept bc-
hind the bars all day, despite the attempt
OF friends to release them from jail.
VIII Tcs. the Matter in the Courts.
Three Of the four arrested are wealthy
pioneer residents of It. Paul. Captain
Smith is 81 years old and said to be worth
In the ncichborhood of $4,000 Captain
Ritchic is % years old and is the possessOr
of u fortune valued mt more than 100000
All are historic characters on the Missis-
hipDi river. Despite their aggregate wealth
they were compelled to spend day in pris-
on, since bail could not be given on sun
day. In an interview with Captain Smith
ut the Jail he said that both he ana Captain
Ritchic would Immediately bring heavy
damage suits against the pcrsons causing
tlCr arrest and incarceration in Jail. Il
don't see why | should tc arrested. )"
Captain Smithsaid."I was not arranging %
prize fight, ard in Fact did not know that
l was to take anybody to prize fight"
His boat had been engaged, Ec said, for IN
Excursion
Wants to Know where Arc His Rights.
Captain Richie made the same state
ment and also assorted that he intended
to bring Il suit for damages. ~ will spend
half my fortune, hc said, but that l Will
sec this thing through to the end. l Will
find ont, IL said warmly, ''whcthcr or
not the state has u right TO arrest me and
put me in a cell while ! am attending to
my own business and not knowingly
breaking the laws. have = right to run
my steamboat wherever | want to and
am not supposed to know for what pur-
pose my boat IL engaged
Some Extraordinary Pcecagtions.
In addition to the abovo precautions to
prevent the fight and for fear that the
fighters might outwit the governor, dep
uty shcriffs were patroliing the river bank
us far as Hastings and up the Minnesota
river for thirty miles, and the governor OF
Wisconsin had deputy shcriffs mt work on
the st. Croix river and in Pierce county.