Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-01
FITZ AND CORBETT WHIPPED
Governor Clarke Has Succeeded in Whipping Both of Them-Juan Does Lots
 of Talking.

Little Rock, Oct. 91-From all appear ances Fitzsimmons will not be at liberty to participate in a prize fight for sev- eral days to come. The legal proceedings indicate that while Judge Martin will not strain the law against the lengthy Aus tralian, neither will he hurry the pro- ceedings along in order to oblige the pu- gilistic contingent If this view of the case is correct Fitz may be detained here for week while the attorney-general and the lawyers for the Hot Springs Ath- letio club argue the legal points. But even if it were assured that FitZsimmons would be discharged from custody to- morrow there is always the absolute cer- tainty 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 prize fighter captive within a stones throw of the state capitol and is reluctant to reln- quish the pleasing sensation. He is not likely to do so as long as he has means at his hand to prevent Lanky Bob's exit from Arkansas capital, and he declared that he had fresh ammunition for any possible phase of the situation that may
 
 when Fitzsmmons and Julian arrived in the city over the Cotton Belt road in the custody of Sheriff billiard of Texar- kama. With the party were J. N. Cren- shaw and w D. Casey, who, however, were not under arrest The party were driven to the Capitol hotel, where they registered in a hopeful spirit as len route."
 They were assigned to rooms on the third floor, and with local deputy sher if as doorkeeper settled down to await their appearance in court at 2 o'clock.
 Julian spoke bitterly of the reports that had been telegraphed over the coun- try to the effect that FitZsimmons. had thrown himself in the way of Sheriff billiard.
 That statement" he declared, "is a lie, pure and simple. We knew nothing of.either of the sheriffs. The Hot Springs people sent us no word of anything of the present moment. We know nothing about any arrangements 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 if we could. Neither Fitz- simmons nor myself are mind readers, and we could not be expected to pick out friends from enemies simply by looking at them. But Jas I said the truth is that the Hot Springs sheriff himself surren- dered us to the sheriff of Texarkana when the latter made demand on him. We had no choice in the matter. The Hot Springs man made mild kick on giving us up, but it did not go.
 That special train story is another sample of the way the Corbett crowd tried to do us up. They said we refused to go on a special train that would have taken us through to Hot Springs without molestation. Now, in the first place. never saw that special train, and if I had seen it would not have gone on the same car with Joe Vendig, who verybody knows has been trying to do us up ever since the match was made. I believe he would have jobbed us somehow. The amount of it is we have been getting the the worst of it right along. We were war ranted protection from the legal authori- ties and, as you see, we were arrested as soon as we stepped over the saeY .tou as soon as we stepped over the state You may say for Fitzsimmons that, in spite of all the 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 5000 is ready and so Is he."
 Fitz indorsed what his manager said and added that he was sick and tired of being lied about and msrepresented, and he has about quit talking for publi- cation until he had fought Corbet.
 At 2 o'clock the pugilist and his man. dBeT appeared DeIOTe J. w. MdFIln III the circuit court. Mayer Watetrs of the Hot Springs Athletic club had telegraphed Julian that the attorneys for the club could not reach Little Rock until to- morrow, and consequently when Assis- tant Attorney General Hemminway re- quested a continuance until tomorrow afternoon because of Attorney General Kingsworthy there was no opposition. The pugilistic parry returned to the hotel in the custody of a deputy sheriff. Un- der the law Fltzsimmons and Julian may be held In bonds not exceeding $5000 each to kep the peace if the court decides that they contemplated a breach thereof.
 Governor Clarke was mildly and plac- idly happy this evening. T have de- clared all along" he said,, that there would be no prize fighting in Arkan- sas on October 31. As you see. there has been none. You will also see that there will be no prize fighting in Arkansas on any other date so long as I am governor. The resources at my disposal aret fully equal to any emergency, and the prize fighters and their patrons will save time and money by keeping out of this state. 'Deliver Us From Can't.''
 Morning Advertiser.
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