The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-30
THEY MAY FIGHT YET
FITZSIMMONS IL, EVEN NOW ON
HIS WAY TO MEET
CORBETT.
GOV. CLARKE IS WATCHING HIM

And Says He Will stop ii at All Haz'
ards, Regardless of Place and Time
when Attempted--But ii Fitzsim-
mons Ever Reaches Hot Springs
There WlH Surely Be will, Unless
the Militia is Called Out--VendIg
and Wheeler Arrested.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Oct. 29.-Fitz-
simmons lefr Corpus Christi this morn
ing through San Antonio for Hot Springs
A telegram from a reliable source at
Hot Springs to q citizen here say ::
Come at once, the fight is an assured
thing"
FitZsimmons Says He will Fight.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex Oct. 29-Bob
Fitzsimmons and party arrived here over
the Arkansas Pass at 1870 p. m, and
left for Hot Springs over the |. Il G N,
at p. m.
Fizsimmons was seen by an Associ-
ated Press representative Immediately
upon bis arrival.
Il leave for Hot Springs tonight" !"
said he 81 do not care if / am ar
rested, I am going there to fight. III
fight in private or public; anyway suits
me''.
Fltz immons says he weighs 158 pounds
now. He is looking well and says he is
feeling fine He is accompanied by his
wife, Martin Steiner, Ernest Roeber
and Duncan G Ross.
Locked IN a Pullman.
TExARKANA, Ark Oct % -Passen
gers on the rexas & Pacific Cannon H.
aim that Fitzsimmons was ABOARD the
Pullman sleeper "Meredith" from San
Antonio The drawing room TO this car
was locked, and as 1t passed here the
Pullman conductor refused TO open it or
say whether Fitzsimmons was in it or
not.
Gov. Clarke is Watching Him.
LITTLE Rock. Oct. 20 AT noon Gov.
Clarke received a telegram from Corpus
Christi, announcing that Fltzsimmons
left there at $50 o'clock, and that his
destination was some point in Arkansas,
but which was not revealed where his
ticket was purchase He took pains not
to go via Texarkana. He will go to Hot
| Springs by way of Hoxie, and telegram
was sent TO the authorities of that town
to watch every train that passes there.
The Governor sent out several inquiries
to ascertain the movements Of the slug
ger, and expects to fnd out the exact
route he intends to take to reach Texar-
kama
viii Stop IL atAII Hazards,
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 30. The following
telegram was received at the Office Of the
Associated Press in Chicago at noon. It
reads as follows:
LITTLE Rock, Ark, oct 20.
81 intend to stop the fight az all
haz ards, regardless of place and time
when attempted. In fact it is stopped
now.
(signed) JAMES P. CLARKE"
Vendig and Wheeler Arrested.
H0T SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. 29.-Mana-
ger Jos. Vendig and Sc rerary Wheeler,
or the Florida Athletic Club, were ar
rested this afternoon on warrants charg
ing them with conspiring to commit a
breach Of the peace by aiding and abeC-
ting the Corbett and FitzsimmOns fight
Both were promptly released on
bo2d. This is bat another shrewd
move to hold off the Attorney GEN
eral who was preparing to have them
arrested upon similar charge and car
rled to L tile Rock for trial He TIPPED
his hand and lost the game. If FHz
simmons succeeds in getting here, there
will be a ''mill," unless the Governor
should run in squad of militia, which
is not probable.
Oorbett has already been arrested by
local authorities and is at his training
quarters hard at work being guarded"
by dpnufv sheriff