Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-24
Chancellor Leatherman 0VerFuled by
The State Supreme Court.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LAW VALID.


i Jurisdiction In hearing the proceedings
In the Corbett case: that 1t should have
gone before a justice of the peace, to
/ be tried. and appealed from there, etc.
! The court also declares the law of 1881
against prze-fghting in this state TO be
/ valid and operative. This law makes
prjze-Gghting a misdemeanor. punishable
with a fine of from $1,000 TO s2F"'
! Corbett will be rearrested. and forced
to give peace bond.
The Governor says he Will await 'he
| next movement of the prize-fighterS ana
their contingent before making any FUR
| ther preparations.
FAKE AFTER FAKE.
nor SPRINGS. ARK. october =
( Fake follows fake in the fight controVer-
/ sy in such rapid succession, that tnert l.
scarcely time for breathing spells be
tween developments.
! As told I'm the dispatches last night ant
early this morning. John Dalton oi 'hl-
ca,so who has been masquefadihg az the
! Arlington for the past ten days as Juldi
{ n,vnnuort drove out to Corbetts head
/ quarters at 10 o'clock. accompanied by
! Martin Julian. and. claiming to represent
/ the Hot Springs club. submitted TO Brady
/ o. nroposition TO tight on November Isl
for a nurse OF $4,000 and side-stake OF
/ $1,000 ,.,
The marty returned at ! O'Clock. with
the rennrt that Brady had taken the pro-
/ rosition under advisement. and wouid
/ consult with the club management.
At 10 O'Clock this morning Brady droVe
| into Hot Springs, and went to Mayor
/ Waters's Office, and was informed hy
] I.I ~ hRan
/ tborized to make any proposition; that
the cIub aid not know him. and did not
| want to have anything in the way "i
! dealings with him.
! " L. Eabcock. Of the CLUB VINO ar
! rived while the conversation was ~ pi .
| grcss. took the same stand as the Mayor
/ and so did several members oI lhe OF
! ganjZa ton. who dropped III "ut'"s w
| next iiftcen minutes.
! color had been given last night to Dai-
! toms reprcsentaHon by the fact that ne
! had heen seen i'm converse lion with Mayor
! Waters M the Arlington Hotel lor
! half an hour before the start was maue
for Sprine Lake. The Mayor explained
j his hv eaying that Dalton accosted him
and kept him talking for long time. pre-
,isclv AS scores of other strangers nave
done since the scene Of the iGht opera
! tions was transferred to TINS cl'y.
and through and his feelings were
/ shared by the club officials. who gath
cred al the Arlington and Expressed
their opinion of Dalton I'm blunt IAN
/ quaec. That individual. however, was
NOT within hearing, having arisen AT an
early hour and disappeared from the
hotel. .....,..,.
FINAL PROPOSITION.
BRADY said that. even II the offer had
been made bona fde, Corbett would not
/ nave accented il. "Our final PROPOSE
| tion." ne said. "waS made yesterday. We
are willing to fight within four days
! for th. side-bets or for nothing. II these
! peouIc continue to insist that Corbett is
! nor i'm condition. or we will get into the
| ring ON November nth for the purse OF
! q, 0o WHY should either man want To
| tpht for $1,000. when by waiting for two
/ weeks he can have purse Iour times
| mat siZe?'
So sure were Dalton and Julian mat
! the Corbett party would snap al the oher
| thot with the assistance Of score OF
! ,,.,,-s,,ansr men and local night-oWls they
! vc,re occupied until nearly o'clock draw
! ing up articles. so that Julian could at
/ ,och his signature before leaving to-day
| 49, visit FitZsimmons at Corpus Christi
! and TO bring him here next week.
| The articles provided FOR a boxing
| match 10 A finsh with Bounce gloves on
! Friday. November LIST, under the auspices
| of the Hot Springs Athletic cub, Tor a
! purs4 of Sl0Cp and 70 side-wager OF $2oV"'
! no nurse 10 he posted on or before Octo-
b.r 9ctb and TO be turned over To the
| ,.rere. twenty hours before the contest.
| # was further stipulated that the arti-
| clos should only hold good in case OF the
! failure of the Florida Athletic CLUB TO
! carry ont its contract expiring October
! 9lst. while final clause provided mat
ioseph Nendig, of New York, should nave
M financial interest in the arrangements
! for the match.
| UNMITIGATED GALL.
The drawing up Of the articles was
! characterized this morning 10y members
/ of the local club as unmitieated gall and
buncombe. The mill Is. therefore, as far
| CT as it has been at any time since the
| original articles were signed.
| Dan stuart who left for Dallas this
! afternoon. still clings to the hope that the
! men can be brought together on Novem-
/ her llth and ne will return on saturday.
There is a disposition to give the Flori-
/ Ga people an interest in whatever
| matches may be brought OF. In order that
! thev may have a chance to recoup them
selves for the heavy outlay 10 whlch
! they have been subjected.
Dalton's movements in the affair are
surrounded with considerable mystery.
| He is an ex-North Side. Chicago. saloon
| keeper. and claims TO be heavy holder
! of real estate Ten days ago he arrived
here. and registered AT the Arlington
as Julian Davenport. of Chicago. He
came direct from New Orleans, fact
! which he denies. but which Is affirmed
| bv people now here. who travelled nearly
! the entire distance with him. Around the
Z
! nv asking the opinions of everybody and
anybody concerning the merits of the
two men and the prospects of a fight
but has been chary OF expressing opin-
| ions himself.
since Julians arrival on Sunday he has
/ en.nt considerable time in the managers
! room.
kilograms TO Julian relating to Fitz-
/ sinmons's side-bet have been invariably
signed by f.. q. =. Eckhardt x Co. the
| New orleans bond-makers. who have al
! ways made reference to third party.
! This latter so it is alleged. is one Gour-
/ do. -
| IAVIGNE AND M'AULlFFE.
! loe Vendig this morning received a
telegram from John Fitzpatrick, Coleman
| tfouse New York. asking him II he would
| take charge of q match between Layigne
/ ,pd lack McAuliffe az the feature of the
nronosed supplementary carnival here
! lie will not answer until the skies have
| cleared.
Died from Her Injuries.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN@ October D.
special received from Cole city' Ga
says that Miss Maggie Henderson. who
80 assaulted october LIST near that
n,ace by New Smith. negro "trusty''
| fnnyic, working out sentence in the